Opinions

From the YouTube link to the film: This special feature documentary  goes inside one of the most closed institutions in the world: the Israel Defense Forces during the war in Gaza. Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War presents first-hand accounts from IDF soldiers who served in Gaza after October 7th 2023. Speaking openly – many for the first time – they describe what they recall seeing on the ground: the bombardment, the civilian impact, the pressure, the confusion, and momen

What do you call it when police or military forces enter your place of residence – city, village, home – and take you with them into the unknown, without you having done anything, without you or your family knowing why, and in fact, as it turns out later, without any reason at all? So if you're Jewish, it's called "kidnapping," and if you're Palestinian, it's called "arrest." Ruti Lavi writes about yet another particularly painful manifestation of the occupation and apartheid

"I think I don't really understand what's the big story there," I wrote in my friends' group on Friday, after it was reported that the Military Advocate General had resigned. "They're angry that she released a video of prison guards abusing inmates? Is that what all the fuss is about?" "Yes," E replied to me. "The abuse itself doesn't interest them – it's not considered, it's not an event. What interests them is that it was brought out into the open”. So, I now understood, th

For the sake of full disclosure, I'll say that Hamza and I worked together for three years. We know each other well, and there's a solid foundation of mutual respect between us. I know that Israeli Jews who read this text of his might wince here and there. And yet, I think it's important to bring in the Palestinian voice that sees reality from a perspective different from the one the Israeli public looks through. Most of us live here without really knowing this viewpoint at a

So here we are, with a ceasefire agreement that some are even calling "peace," and Trump, our new bestie, is even saying it's forever; the living hostages have finally returned home, and the fallen are arriving slowly too, to be buried in loving hands and broken hearts. Seemingly, the end of days. And yet, the feeling of distress doesn't cease; the feeling, beyond the immense relief over the hostages' return, continues to be a mix of horror and defensiveness – at least for th

Amid the overall complexity of life here, and especially in the past two years, everyone longs for change. Which really means that no one is satisfied. But saying “change” isn’t enough. Simply because it only says what we don’t want – that is, what exists now – and doesn’t say what we do want. What kind of change are we hoping for? What do we actually want this place to become?The return of all the living hostages this week brought a collective sigh of relief, of course. Yet

Adi Ronen-Argov (★), Ayala Shalev (☆) – A conversation after hearing about the Hostages’ Release. What’s going on here? ☆ Hey Adi, what a...

Yom Kippur carries so many meanings across so many layers of life. It might be the most important day from a religious point of view, one...

One of the horrors Israel is using in Gaza is deliberate starvation. Israel prevented aid trucks from entering the Strip for many months,...

This text was initiated by Iris, out of that awful feeling shared by the few who actually follow what Israel is doing in Gaza. She then...

Today I’m bringing part 2 of the conversation with Meir Baruchin – where he talks about politics and education, about education for...

Meir Baruchin, a civics and history teacher who was fired by the Petah Tikva Municipality over Facebook posts but was reinstated...

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...

A few weeks ago, I traveled to Umm al-Khair and Susya , deep inside the occupied territories, and saw the barricades Israel had closed...

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

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...