Twenty Five Years After Yitzchak Rabin’s Assassination, Israel Remains Divided
“The incitement and rhetoric did not come from all sides. In Israel, incitement reads from right to left.”
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Nov
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Mar
Jewish Word | Israeli Elections Slogans Get Personal
As Israeli elections near, Moment looks at the history of political slogans in the country’s elections. From Mapai to Rabin, Netanyahu and Benny Gantz.
04
Nov
Opinion // Israel’s Haven For Palestinian Informers
The unspoken challenge of protecting Palestinian informers—and continuing Yitzhak Rabin's legacy
By Ofir Hadad
Munir, a native of the West Bank, claims that he was jailed and tortured in Nablus by the Palestinian Authority for more than two years until 2002, following suspicion that he worked as a collaborator of the Israeli Security Agency Shin Bet with his cousin.
Although authorities denied that Munir (not his real name) was a collaborator, they granted him a temporary permit to stay in Israel. In 2005, he petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice for a permanent permit. The court, however, ruled that his temporary permit is the only appropriate remedy he can have. Under this status, he is afforded none of the legal privileges of a permanent resident, other than sanctuary.
Munir’s case illustrates the tension between Israel’s concern for...
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Jan
Shmuel Rosner on Upcoming Israel Elections
Israel’s election season heated up this week as political parties rushed to submit their final list of candidates. Much is at stake: This time, unlike the elections of 2013, we don’t know who’s going to win. We ask Moment columnist Shmuel Rosner to outline a few possible scenarios and predict whether an ouster of Prime Minister Netanyahu is a real possibility.
Q. How are these elections different about the ones in 2013?
A. First of all, it’s an open election. We don’t know who’s going to win. Two years ago it was almost impossible for anyone to usurp Netanyahu and become prime minister. So the whole point of the election last cycle was to determine the kind of coalition Netanyahu was going to establish. This time it is not about the nature of the next Netanyahu coalition. It is about the question...