Mizrahim

( Middle East Monitor ) – A “major setback” was the recurring theme in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel’s General Election last week. While this referred specifically to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to secure a decisive victory in the country’s fourth election in two years, it is only part of […]

Haredim

Israeli election: Fundamentalist Mansour Abbas emerges as possible first Muslim kingmaker in nation’s history

The Conversation

By John Strawson | – For Israel, this has been the “no change, all change” election. No change in that the result appears inconclusive – just like the three previous elections. It’s also all change, as we are seeing the beginnings of the political normalisation between Jews and Arabs for the first time since the […]

Elections

Will this month’s Israeli election end the Netanyahu era?

Middle East Monitor

By Ali Abu Hableh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Due to right-wing domination, Israelis find themselves approaching the General Election this month with little real electoral choice. The various right-wing parties reflect the fragmentation on the right and the minor differences between them in terms of government priorities. Only Haredi Jews appear to […]

Culture

New TV Show About Cairo’s Jewish Community draws Fans, Critics

contributors

Aj+ | (Video Report) | – – ““The Jewish Quarter” – a new series about Cairo’s once-thriving Jewish community – is angering both Egyptians and the Israeli Embassy in Egypt.” AJ+: “New Show About Cairo’s Jewish Community Angers Many”

Democracy

Lurch to Far Right keeps Netanyahu in power, but for how long?

contributors

By Luisa Gandolfo | (The Conversation) | – Only weeks after Israel’s snap Knesset elections, the Likud party was bluntly reminded that winning the most seats does not guarantee an easy ride. It met its latest challenge with a series of coalition-saving deals with the HaBayit HaYehudi (Jewish Home) party, whose leader Naftali Bennett agreed […]

Human Rights

Video Shows Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Beaten By Police – Violent Clashes In Tel Aviv

contributors

AJ+ | — “Clashes on the streets of Tel Aviv. Thousands of Israelis of Ethiopian origin have taken to the streets after a video appeared online. It appeared to show an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier being beaten by two Israeli police officers.” A+: “Video Shows Ethiopian-Israeli Soldier Beaten By Police – Clashes In Tel Aviv”

Israel

Black Lives Matter in Israel too: Protest against police violence

contributors

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | — Several thousand people, mostly hailing from Israel’s large Ethiopian population, took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to protest racism and police brutality against ethnic minorities. According to reports, marchers blocked highway traffic chanting and bearing signs which read: “A violent policeman must be […]

Israel

Religion in Israel: It’s the Government’s Business

contributors

By Shalom Goldman | (ISLAMICommentary) – Shalom Goldman Surveys of religious affiliation in the U.S. reveal that more than 25% of American have joined a faith other than the one in which they were raised. And if we factor in movement from one Protestant denomination to another, we find that 45% of Americans are affiliated […]

Dissent

Dear MSM: The Israeli Elections are about Minority rights, not Iran

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By Sammy Smooha | (The Conversation) There are 5.3 million eligible voters living in Israel today (votes may be not cast abroad). Among these voters there are three main minority (non-dominant) groups. Their numbers break down, according to my own estimates, as follows: Palestinian Arabs are 15%, Mizrahim or “Oriental” Jews (who immigrated from Muslim […]