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Jews and Arabs: In view of the vision documents by Israel’s Arabs

Jews and Arabs: In view of the vision documents by Israel’s Arabs
By Bambi Sheleg  |  11/02/2010
Four documents, different in terms of their authors but very similar in terms of their content, were published by the young Israeli Arab academic elite in 2006 and 2007. Their publication had numerous goals

You have lost my support
By Galit Bineth  |  11/02/2010
Galit Bineth attended a one-day conference in Jerusalem that was held at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute where the authors of “The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel” presented their document. She found the experience traumatic; here are her reactions to a very different kind of conference

A Cry into the Diplomatic and Political Darkness
By Amal Jamal  |  11/02/2010
The Jewish majority cannot afford to ignore the ethical basis of the vision documents and the existential claims they contain. Ignoring or dismissing them reflects the defensiveness of an immature society. Dr. Amal Jamal, Head of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, demands that Jewish society in...

The new left and its conflict with nationalism
By Gadi Taub  |  11/02/2010
Gadi Taub believes that the vision documents are based on a leftist-liberal language that their authors borrowed from the Israeli academia, where the belief that the nation-state is an obstacle to true democracy and equality has established a foothold. “When the majority feels that there is a threat to its right to se...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  11/02/2010
One of the main causes of the Jewish Film Festival in Berlin is opening the eyes of its audience to the pluralistic heterogenic side of the Jewish society. The festival which operates since 1994 and 80% of its visitors are non-Jewish might not be able to continue suggesting other references and associations to the word...

A letter from London - My Ukrainian family
By Antony Lerman  |  11/02/2010
Ukraine almost has a new president. Ten years ago Kuchma was in power and I was having dinner in a restaurant in Kiev with Jewish community activists when they told me that my grandfather, who I never knew, was born, and lived the first 24 years of his life, just two hours west of where I was sitting. It was as if a br...

Alarming signals for Jews and Non-Jews - Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  11/02/2010
Recent reports from Great Britain and France showed a dynamic growth of anti-Semitism in these countries. According to the media, a post-modern bias towards Jews has an anti-Israeli nature, however, research reveals that anti-Semitic approach still has hallmarks of “classical” bias has historical, economic and religiou...

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