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The National
April 18, 2018
But at what cost, both to the native Palestinians on whose homeland a Jewish state was built and to the moral character of those who settled there? And has it really provided the sanctuary it promised? Those questions should be especially troubling to Israelis in the wake of three weeks in which IsraeliÃâà...
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2018
To the contrary, as Jews were claiming their political legitimacy, the forces that have historically haunted our people, the enemies of our community and the emerging opponents of the Jewish state, were reinventing their case against Judaism and Zionism. The seeds of modern anti-Semitism would beÃâà...
Forward
April 18, 2018
The leader said that for students who love Israel, it's often better to have the Jewish state be more obscure rather than at the forefront of everyone's mind. In other words: “Make Israel Azerbaijan again.” The vote, lasting from April 11-18, is open to students of Barnard College, the women's school affiliatedÃâà...
World Israel News
April 18, 2018
Print Email. WIN's Steve Leibowitz speaks with Israelis and tourists at Jerusalem's First Station asking them how they plan to celebrate the Jewish state's 70th birthday and what they wish for the Jewish state on this special day.
Florida Courier
March 31, 2018
The CBC asked the RJC for help and heard crickets. What kind of fake Black-Jewish relationship is this? And while Israel is kicking Black Africans out of Israel, she is blocking Ethiopian Jews from reuniting with family members living in the so-called Jewish state – which seems to welcome White Jews Only.
Canadian Jewish News (blog)
March 30, 2018
Shai DeLuca-Tamasi is an interior designer and media personality in Toronto. Since 2011, he's been appearing on CityTV's morning show, Cityline. Born and raised in Toronto, DeLuca-Tamasi moved to Israel after high school and served in the Israel Defence Forces. He's an outspoken advocate for IsraelÃâà...
Haaretz
March 24, 2018
Israel's values as a Jewish state differentiate it from other democratic states. There are many democracies around the world. Only Israel is not just a democratic state but a Jewish one as well. “The Jewish state” is the state of the Jewish People; it is a state to which any Jew has a right to immigrate – theÃâà...
Jewish Journal
March 22, 2018
We are still arguing among ourselves over whether the two-state solution is dead, but here's a question that is rarely, if ever, asked: Exactly when did the idea of peaceful co-existence between a Jewish state and an Arab state first enter the international diplomatic conversation? The surprising answer isÃâà...
+972 Magazine
March 22, 2018
Prior to Israel's founding in 1948, the village residents lived northwest of where the village currently stands. Like many Bedouin, they were expelled during and after the 1948 war, and like most Arab citizens of the nascent Jewish state, they were placed under strict martial law until 1966. Bedouin inspect theÃâà...
International Middle East Media Center
March 22, 2018
We are not only a democratic state but also a Jewish state.” Finally, voices of protest have been raised over the new draft bill's clause “allowing the establishment of residential communities for Jews alone” (something that even a member of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party likened to “apartheid”). But PalestinianÃâà...
Mondoweiss
March 22, 2018
Other ultra-Orthodox groups identified with the self-proclaimed Jewish state and integrated into government institutions with their constituents now participating in Israel's parliament. Leading political parties like Shas and Agudat Yisrael have members who are ultra-Orthodox yet ardently support the state ofÃâà...
Haaretz
March 9, 2018
Thank you, thank you both, for all that you do for the Jewish people and the Jewish state," he said." [Haaretz; Pic] BUZZ ON BALFOUR -- "Netanyahu mocks reasons behind corruption probes" by Orly Azoulay: "Speaking at the Economic Club in Washington as part of his five-day trip to the US, NetanyahuÃâà...
Haaretz
March 9, 2018
The Jewish component in Israel's definition as Jewish and democratic not only hasn't been neglected in legislation, it even preceded the human-rights Basic Laws by more than 40 years. The 1950 Law of Return (another magnificent piece of Knesset legislation) defines precisely what a Jewish state is: theÃâà...
Palestine Chronicle
February 17, 2018
Palestinian revolt against the Jewish state is precisely the idea that Facebook is suppressing. Facebook does not only censor what any reasonable person can recognize as “hate speech” or “incitement to violence” against an individual or group — “to keep Facebook safe” as Facebook advertises in its warning messages;Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
February 12, 2018
“It really bothered me that no other alternatives [to the law] were discussed. The discussion was restricted and revolved around the framework created by the right, which focused on the Jewish State. It lacked mention of a minority group. Our status, our rights. Twenty percent of the Israeli population wereÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
December 31, 1999
The Israeli Knesset is fast tracking a “nation-state bill” which opposition groups have denounced as “institutionalising the apartheid regime”. Knesset members approved the final draft of the bill defining Israel exclusively as a nation for Jews. The “Zionism's flagship bill”, as it's been described by IsraeliÃâà...
Jewish Chronicle
December 31, 1999
They were rejoicing at the United Nations resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish state in their ancient homeland, but Benzion Netanyahu, then executive director of the United Zionists-Revisionists of America, had drafted and published a large advertisement in the New York Times titledÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Many of Israel's founders believed the Jewish state was necessary because the Jewish people would always be under the threat of destruction, others could not be relied upon to protect the Jews, and the preservation of the Jewish people required a country of their own. Or, to put it with typical IsraeliÃâà...
