Articles by Haaretz
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Noam Chomsky Denied Entry into Israel and West Bank
Amira Hass - Haaretz,
17 May 2010
Left-wing American linguist, who was scheduled to speak at Bir Zeit University, given no reason by Israeli inspectors at Allenby Bridge.
→ read full articleIsrael’s Tourism Ministry Is Wiping Palestinians off the Map
Daoud Kuttab - Haaretz,
17 May 2010
If Israel supports a two-state solution, it can start by redrawing official maps that ignore internationally recognized borders and major Palestinian towns.
→ read full articleEUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOLDSTONE GAZA REPORT
Cnaan Liphshiz , Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press,
13 Mar 2010
The European Parliament on Wednesday [Mar 10 2010] urged its 27-member states to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes committed during last year’s late-winter conflict in Gaza. The resolution backed the findings of a UN-appointed expert panel chaired by South African Judge Richard Goldstone, which concluded that both sides committed war […]
→ read full articleUNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE MARK ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK
Danna Harman, Haaretz Correspondent in Europe,
1 Mar 2010
A filmmaker, anthropologist and economic researcher are among those headlining events marking what pro-Palestinian organizers have declared as "Israeli Apartheid Week" – and all three speakers are Israeli. University campuses in more than 40 cities around the world are marking the week with lectures, films, multimedia events, cultural performances and demonstrations. Since they were first […]
→ read full articleUN LIKELY TO REFER GOLDSTONE FINDINGS TO THE HAGUE
Shlomo Shamir, Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff – Haaretz,
10 Feb 2010
Arab states set to force debate that would bring Gaza war crimes claims before international court.The United Nations is likely to refer the findings of the Goldstone report to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, diplomatic sources in New York said on Saturday. A decision to bring the report on last year’s Gaza […]
→ read full articleIN THE WEST THEY SAY IT’S RAIN
Amira Hass - Haaretz,
28 Jan 2010
Israel, via the Interior Ministry, continues to spit in the face of friendly countries, and those countries continue to admire the falling raindrops. The ministry’s most recent gob of spit was the cancellation of the work visas that citizens of those countries who are employed by international NGOs have been getting for years. Instead, they […]
→ read full articleLET’S FACE THE FACTS, ISRAEL IS A SEMI-THEOCRACY
Gideon Levy - Haaretz,
11 Dec 2009
The storm over remarks made by Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman is in many respects a tempest in a teapot, which has for a long time taken on holier aspects than it seems. Neeman wants Torah law, or in other words, he wants Israel to be a country governed by Jewish religious law, halakha. In any […]
→ read full articleWHY CAN WE TALK TO HAMAS ABOUT SHALIT, BUT NOT PEACE?
Gideon Levy - Haaretz,
26 Nov 2009
Why is it permissible to talk to Hamas about the fate of one captive soldier and another several hundred prisoners, but forbidden to talk to them about the fate of two nations? Never has Israeli logic been so distorted. Now, when our hearts look forward to the deal’s implementation, when every human heart should look […]
→ read full articleU.S. IS BLIND TO LIMITS OF PALESTINIAN POLITICS
Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent,
14 Sep 2009
After a drawn-out and frustrated negotiation over several hundred housing units in the settlements, the Obama administration realized that instead of tasting the grapes, it is wasting its time fighting with the vineyard’s gatekeeper. They also revealed that the greatest superpower came to the fight unarmed. They discovered that to threaten Benjamin Netanyahu and Moshe […]
→ read full articleISRAELIS DON’T PAY PRICE FOR INJUSTICE OF OCCUPATION
Gideon Levy, Haaretz,
19 Jul 2009
Really, who needs all this? The U.S. president is devoting a considerable amount of his precious time and goodwill trying to be persuasive about the need to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Europeans are ready to act, half the world is waiting, but let’s admit the truth: Why all the commotion about us? The settlers […]
→ read full articlePRIVATELY RUN CHEKPOINT STOPS PALESTINIANS WITH ‘TOO MUCH FOOD’
Amira Hass, Haaretz,
30 Jun 2009
A West Bank checkpoint managed by a private security company is not allowing Palestinians to pass through with large water bottles and some food items, Haaretz has learned. MachsomWatch discovered the policy, which Palestinian workers confirmed to Haaretz. The Defense Ministry stated in response that non-commercial quantities of food were not being limited. It made […]
→ read full articleRED CROSS: ISRAEL TRAPPING 1.5M GAZANS IN DESPAIR
Haaretz Service,
30 Jun 2009
The Red Cross released a damning report Monday [June 29, 2009] on the effects of the Israel-led blockade on the Gaza Strip, describing the 2-year-old measure as having trapped the coastal territory’s 1.5 million residents "in despair." The international humanitarian organization lamented the fact that the blockade, imposed after Hamas seized control of Gaza two […]
→ read full articleISRAELI TROOPS HUMILIATE PALESTINIANS – AND PUT IT ON YOUTUBE
Uri Blau - Haaretz,
20 Jun 2009
Forty-three seconds: that’s the duration of a video clip uploaded to YouTube under the category of "Comedy." For the "hero" of the clip, an unidentified young Arab, they were probably eternally long seconds and far from amusing. He was forced to slap himself and sing to the jubilant shouts of the photographer and his buddies […]
→ read full articleJERUSALEM RAIL OPERATOR JUMPS SHIP. TEL AVIV GROUP ISN’T EVEN RESPONDING
Haaretz,
9 Jun 2009
The light rail projects for Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are both facing difficulties. In a body-blow to the future Jerusalem light rail, the French company Veolia, which was supposed to run the train system after its construction, is abandoning the project. Moving on to Tel Aviv, the city can’t even get a response to the […]
→ read full articleGAZA, REMEMBER?
Gideon Levy - Haaretz,
24 Apr 2009
Alyan Abu-Aun is lying in his tent, his crutches beside him. He smokes cigarettes and stares into the tiny tent’s empty space. His young son sits on his lap. Ten people are crammed into the tent, about the size of a small room. It has been their home for three months. Nothing remains of their […]
→ read full article(CHANGE? WHAT CHANGE?) – CLINTON: HAMAS MUST ABIDE BY PRECONDITIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN TALKS
News Agencies (Haaretz),
4 Feb 2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the United States wants to work with all involved parties to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but insisted that the Islamist group Hamas must first abide by the preconditions for such talks. According to preconditions set by international powers, Hamas must renounce violence, recognize Israel and respect […]
→ read full articleTHE 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 […]
→ read full articleAND THERE LIE THE BODIES
Gideon Levy - Haaretz,
7 Jan 2009
The legend, lest it be a true story, tells of how the late mathematician, Professor Haim Hanani, asked his students at the Technion to draw up a plan for constructing a pipe to transport blood from Haifa to Eilat. The obedient students did as they were told. Using logarithmic rulers, they sketched the design for […]
→ read full articleTHE NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY STRIKES AGAIN
Gideon Levy - Haaretz,
30 Dec 2008
Israel embarked yesterday [Dec 28] on yet another unnecessary, ill-fated war. On July 16, 2006, four days after the start of the Second Lebanon War, I wrote: "Every neighborhood has one, a loud-mouthed bully who shouldn’t be provoked into anger… Not that the bully’s not right – someone did harm him. But the reaction, what […]
→ read full articleA SHORT PATH, FROM GAZA TO SOMALIA
Daniel Levy – Haaretz.com,
23 Dec 2008
As the defined period for the Gaza cease-fire comes to an end today [19 Dec, 08], preceded by a new cycle of violence, Israelis are being treated to a predictable dose of political posturing and chest-thumping. "We must do something, exact a price," we hear. Yes, the rocket fire needs to stop, but there is […]
→ read full articleTHERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS
Daniel Levy, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleJEWISH HISTORY Inventing an Invention
Israel Bartal, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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→ read full articleSHATTERING A ‘NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY’
Ofri Ilani, Haaretz,
16 Sep 2008
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