The press has tried to smear as “anti-Semites” hundreds of anti-Zionist protesters who opposed a pro-Israel event at the annual LGBTQ conference in late January, Creating Change. While the pro-Israel event should not have been canceled, even temporarily, the smear of the protesters does far more damage.

Old battles between Israel’s right and left are playing out inside of the government and on the streets of Tel Aviv, amid a Knesset discussion on sanctioning left-wing groups. The NGO transparency bill proposed last November by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked would require organizations that receive funds from foreign donors to disclose the sources on materials presented to the government.

In October 1948, Israeli forces massacred scores of Palestinians in the village of al-Dawayima near Hebron. The case was covered up by the Israeli military, an investigation died out. 68 years later the story is finally emerging in a confessional statement suppressed at the time in which a soldier sought to relieve the weight on his soul.

The Academy Awards are coming on February 28 and although most stories in the lead up to the show have focused on the incredible whiteness of this (and last) year’s acting nominees, there is another issue that has made it’s way into the press — the swag bag. What makes this newsworthy? Well, the contents of each bag is valued at over $230,000. And this year it includes a free trip to Israel.

Israeli forces are mounting pressure on occupied village of Halhul outside Hebron. A 17-year-old girl was detained for three days by soldiers who did not inform her family. And a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed on the road after allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at passing vehicles.

“Not prepared to have an Arab cleaner for security reasons?” A housecleaning service in affluent Tel Aviv has the solution. No Palestinian workers, and higher rates for white help than black help.

Israeli forces closed down Qabatiya village in the northern occupied West Bank overnight Wednesday, following an attack carried out by three teens from the village who shot and killed a 19-year-old Israeli police officer, and seriously injured another. All three teens were shot dead at the scene, but Israeli forces retaliated by closing down the attackers’ hometown. Around 25,000 people in the large northern village are on lockdown.

Is the Adelson primary over? The Las Vegas newspaper Sheldon Adelson just bought endorsed FL Sen. Marco Rubio for president; but its editorial denies that the owner has declared his support

Nada Elia says that when it comes to Palestine it is not bigots who attempt to shut down debate, but instead Israel’s liberal supporters. She believes that the impulse amongst otherwise rational people to shut down educational events and conversations stems from the fact that there is an essential dissonance at play when liberals embrace Zionism. Whichever way one looks at it, there are irreconcilable differences between the professed beliefs of liberals, and the quotidian acceptance of supremacy which Zionism hinges upon.

Democratic voters are more concerned with economic policy than foreign policy. Witness last night’s debate, in which the candidates clashed on bank policy, and the Sanders campaign promptly fact-checked Clinton assertions with Elizabeth Warren’s book showing Clinton’s obedience to bank interests. When will Clinton’s credibility gap begin to hurt her perceived foreign policy “strength”?