"Why don't you come spend Shabbat with us on our settlement, come to the
synagogue and see for yourself that we don't have horns and there is no
occupation?" I get such an invitation practically word for word every
few months from settlers who wish to present the appearance of a
normative, moral and virtuous community beyond the Green Line.
A former IDF medical officer and a Palestinian from a refugee camp are seeing the conflict in a whole new way this summer.
The ugly reports keep rolling in. A rally against African migrants turns
violent and a race riot ensues; the whole thing is repeated a week
later. A Jewish-Israeli of Ethiopian descent is "mistaken" for a migrant
and assaulted in Tel Aviv. A group of teenagers in Tel Aviv is arrested
for a series of brutal, racially-motivated robberies and assaults
targeting Africans. A Sudanese man is viciously beaten in Tel Aviv. A
Sudanese hotel worker is nearly lynched in Eilat. An apartment in
Jerusalem is torched with 10 Eritreans trapped inside.
The Washington Post's Sunday edition featured Hagit Ofran, the director of Peace Now's Settlements Watch project, in a story about the attacks on Israel's democracy and civil society. Last night, extremists further escalated the settlers' campaign to terrorize Palestinians and deter Israel's law enforcement authorities from protecting the rule of law in the West Bank. After desecrating and vandalizing mosques in the West Bank, these hooligans are now attacking loyal Israeli Muslim citizens.
Residents of east Jerusalem neighborhood celebrate holiday with songs of praise for Cave of Patriarchs massacre. Left-wing activists plan protest
