Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

In the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...

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Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...

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Sephardic Synagogue in Jerusalem

Sephardic Synagogue in Jerusalem

Yohanan Ben Zakai’s Sephardic Synagogue in Jerusalem, 1893. Via +972Mag. The Yochanan ben Zakai Sephardic Synagogue is located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The building was constructed by 1610, and it became the largest synagogue of the...

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Religious Freedom Prior to Nakba

Religious Freedom Prior to Nakba

Prior to the Nakba, Muslim, Jewish, and Christian people were free to practice their religions. This photo shows Jewish people at the Wailing Wall in Palestine, sometime in the early 1900s. The Wailing Wall is a place of prayer and pilgrimage for the Jewish people,...

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Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish

Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish

“What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish” – Don Pardo, former Director of Mossad Tamir Pardo, the former Director of Mossad from 2011–2016, recently toured the West Bank, after which he delivered a sobering assessment of the mistreatment of Palestinian...

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Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

David Sheen: Investigative Journalist

David Sheen is a Toronto-born, Haifa-based investigative journalist, who has worked for dozens of local, regional, and international news outlets, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada, since 2010. He has focused extensively on the Israeli far-right, including the...

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Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

In the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...

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