Articles by Gideon Levy – Haaretz

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If There’s Such a Thing as a Murderous Culture, Then It Exists in Israel
Gideon Levy – Haaretz, 30 Dec 2019

Israel actually likes cultural and national generalizations, especially when they glorify its image. The “Jewish genius,” “the chosen people,” “Jewish morality,” and “eternal Israel,” are evidence of baseless arrogance. Ziffer has every right to think that the Palestinians enjoy murder and London can think they are savages compared to us, the enlightened and developed. It is our right (and duty) to answer them: There are no lies more abominable than these.

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Israel’s Minister of Truth
Gideon Levy – Haaretz, 11 Sep 2017

1 Sep 2017 – Israel Justice Minister Shaked said the truth loud and clear: Zionism contradicts human rights, and thus is indeed an ultranationalist, colonialist and perhaps racist movement.

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Israel Is Galloping to the Next War in Gaza
Gideon Levy – Haaretz, 2 Mar 2015

Israel is heading to the next violent eruption with the Palestinians as though it is some sort of natural disaster that can’t be avoided.

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Jewish People Are Just That, People, and Far from Chosen
Gideon Levy – Haaretz, 10 Oct 2011

The idea that we are members of the chosen people is deeply ingrained, not only in the Jewish tradition, but also among modern and ostensibly secular Israelis. On Saturday, the prayer was once again read in the synagogues. “You have chosen us from among all the nations” was once again heard all over the land. The idea that we are a special nation was once again specifically expressed, as is often the case in prayers and in the Torah, and not only on Yom Kippur.

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Israel Does Not Want a Palestinian State. Period.
Gideon Levy – Haaretz, 19 Sep 2011

What will we tell the world next week, at the UN? What could we say? Whether in the General Assembly or the Security Council, we will be exposed in all our nakedness: Israel does not want a Palestinian state. Period. And it doesn’t have a single persuasive argument against the establishment and the international recognition of such a state.

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THE TIME OF THE RIGHTEOUS
By Gideon Levy – Haaretz.com, 12 Jan 2009

This war, perhaps more than its predecessors, is exposing the true deep veins of Israeli society. Racism and hatred are rearing their heads, as is the impulse for revenge and the thirst for blood. The "inclination of the commander" in the Israel Defense Forces is now "to kill as many as possible," as the military […]

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