On Israel Independence Day, the Netanyahu government succeeded in torching democracy at the expense of a budding theocracy. A bill to amend Israel’s Basic Law and declare Israel as a Jewish state, one which has been fought successfully by former Likud elders who were eliminated in a settler putsch during the last party primaries, will […]
Thousands Join Combatants for Peace in Commemorating Israeli Memorial Day
Thousands of Israelis joined Combatants for Peace’s Yom HaZikaron ceremony marking Israel’s Memorial Day. Among those who led and performed at the event were Israeli-Arab TV star and singer, Mira Awad. Only 44 Palestinians attended the event, because the defense ministry refused to allow most of the 109 invited to attend. It only relented for […]
Defense Minister Yaalon Rejects Palestinian Participation in Alternative Memorial Day Ceremony
Yesterday, I posted the flyer for Sunday’s Yom Ha-Zikaron ceremony sponsored by Combatants for Peace. It is the eighth year in which they’ve offered an event that incorporated the political and national narrative of the suffering and sacrifice of two peoples in this land called Israel. Each year, the NGO must submit a list of […]
Combatants for Peace Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony
One of Israel’s leading peace activist NGOs, Combatants for Peace, holds a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony every year. This year’s event will happen on April 14th in Tel Aviv. Below is a flyer for the event. It is important because it presents an alternative to the what Salo Baron termed the “lachrymose” narrative of […]
