Political change is slow. One doesn't go to sleep in a democracy and wake up in a fascist regime. The citizens of…
Political change is slow. One doesn't go to sleep in a democracy and wake up in a fascist regime. The citizens of…
Imagine a college student returning to her university after spending Christmas break at home. At the airport she logs on to the…
Despite the fact that it was the seventh demolition since last July, this time the destruction of the Bedouin village Al-Arakib in the Israeli Negev …
Imagine a sheriff offering the head of a criminal gang the following deal: ‘If you agree to stop stealing from your neighbours…
Would Meryl Streep, Spike Lee, Tim Robbins or Susan Sarandon be willing to swear an oath of loyalty to the United States…
“Everything is political,” cultural theorists often claim. Recently, Bar Ilan University in Israel, decided to prove them right. Located on the…
On May 31, I joined some 50 students and faculty members who gathered outside Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to demonstrate against…
Several weeks ago, hundreds of students demonstrated in front of Ben-Gurion University’s administration building. About a third of the protestors were expressing…
A menacing convoy of bulldozers was heading back to Be’er Sheva as I drove towards al-Arakib, a Bedouin village located not more…
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