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Whoever said that intellectuals are keeping silent? Who claimed that academia is ensconced in an ivory tower? And who dared to think…
Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy is a Haaretz columnist and a member of the newspaper's editorial board.
Levy joined Haaretz in 1982, and spent four years as the newspaper's deputy editor. He is the author of the weekly Twilight Zone feature, which covers the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza over the last 25 years, as well as the writer of political editorials for the newspaper.
Levy was the recipient of the Euro-Med Journalist Prize for 2008; the Leipzig Freedom Prize in 2001; the Israeli Journalists’ Union Prize in 1997; and The Association of Human Rights in Israel Award for 1996.
His new book, The Punishment of Gaza, has just been published by Verso Publishing House in London and New York.
The timing of the mini-maelstrom over an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by Neve Gordon, who teaches politics and government…
For the past several weeks it has been very hard to get coffee in Gaza. Gas is dirt cheap (NIS 2.40 per…
Everyone now has his fingers crossed for Ari Folman and all the creative artists behind "Waltz with Bashir" to win the Oscar…
The Prime Minister’s Bureau will probably soon be occupied by a politician whose career has been partially based on Iran scare tactics.…
The fighting in Gaza is "war deluxe." Compared with previous wars, it is child’s play – pilots bombing unimpeded as if on…
This war, perhaps more than its predecessors, is exposing the true deep veins of Israeli society. Racism and hatred are rearing their…
The legend, lest it be a true story, tells of how the late mathematician, Professor Haim Hanani, asked his students at the…
Don’t blame Ehud Barak, he’s just the victim. Don’t blame Eitan Cabel, he is the one who registers the death certificate for…
The elections for the 17th Knesset have already been decided: Benjamin Netanyahu will be the next prime minister. Nothing will change the…