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Teacher for Democratic Life - Part 1
Meir Baruchin, a civics and history teacher who was fired by the Petah Tikva Municipality over Facebook posts but was reinstated...

Ayala Shalev
Sep 3, 20258 min read


Almost two years
It’s almost two years since the October 7 massacre in the Gaza Envelope, two years since the beginning of the slaughter in the Gaza...

Ayala Shalev
Aug 27, 20256 min read


Barricades are not security
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Umm al-Khair and Susya , deep inside the occupied territories, and saw the barricades Israel had closed...

Sayel Jabarin
Aug 20, 20252 min read


A Tale of Two NICUs
One of the most heartbreaking outcomes of the ongoing fighting in Gaza is Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon, which has already...

Mushon Zer-Aviv
Aug 13, 20255 min read


The Story of Odeh Hathalin
Can We Talk About Justice in a World of Occupation? About a week and a half ago, on July 28, the settler Yinon Levi entered the village...

Ayala Shalev
Aug 6, 20257 min read


If we don’t rise up now, then when will we?!
For nearly two years now, every day we wake up to a new horror, and every night we go to sleep with another, each one the work of the...

Quami
Jul 30, 20256 min read


Zen and the Art of Tactical Felonizing of the Digger Operator
A holocaust is unfolding in Gaza, a holocaust of our own making. For nearly two years we’ve bombed from the air daily, maneuvered and...

Shuki Ben Naim
Jul 23, 20254 min read


For the Children
Amidst the inferno that Israel is unleashing in Gaza, it’s impossible not to shrink back and shudder at the unimaginable number of nearly...

Neora Shem
Jul 16, 20256 min read


Breaking the heifer’s neck
When I talk about "the day after," I don’t mean the day after in Gaza. There, it seems, things will probably continue to be bad, mainly...

Ayala Shalev
Jul 9, 20256 min read


Reality Check
These days, when lies are truth – George Orwell so aptly described – it’s more important than ever to stay alert and critical in general,...

Amir Shperling
Jul 2, 20255 min read


Who’s on the Road to Recovery?
Yael and I have known each other for many years, and I know that "Road to Recovery" remains one of the few organizations where Israelis...

Ayala Shalev
Jun 25, 20257 min read


What should I write about here today?
The “situation,” as we call it here, keeps getting worse, and many questions that need to be asked are left behind—as usual in our...

Ayala Shalev
Jun 18, 20255 min read


Who’s fighting who here?
A very special woman, Mai is. I know, because we know each other for many years now. A few weeks ago I came to visit her, we had dinner...

Mai Shahin
Jun 11, 20254 min read


A Shared Fate
On the streets, on social media, and even in my own social circle, I keep encountering this statement: “Hamas is to blame for...

Assaf David
Jun 4, 20257 min read


Gaza residents changed the equation
The residents of Gaza, through their blood and their sacrifice, have changed the equation. They have torn off all the masks and put a...

Majd Asadi
May 28, 20255 min read


About Denial
Piaget, one of the most important researchers in developmental psychology, who studied the development of thinking and understanding in...

Ayala Shalev
May 21, 20255 min read


Why do Palestinians hate yellow?
Beyond the fence, in a place the Israeli regime prefers we don’t look at, people live a different kind of life, different from anything...

Iris Gur
May 14, 20255 min read


Between Protest and Struggle
A protest seeks reform; a struggle seeks rebuilding. A protest asks permission from the system. A struggle takes responsibility – even...

Sawsan Masarwa
May 7, 20253 min read
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