Naama Lazimi is being hailed as the Israeli left’s rising star. But when she isn’t busy making excuses for the genocidal turn in Israeli society and politics, she’s advocating for a return to good old-fashioned apartheid.
Benjamin Netanyahu is under fire across the Israeli political spectrum for allowing the U.S. to reach a deal with Iran. “The state of Israel won the battle,” said Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, but “Netanyahu lost the war.”
After passing two death penalty laws in six weeks, Israel is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to try to execute Palestinians on live TV. Unanimous support for the laws shows that Israeli society can unite around “death to Palestinians.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir has been attacked across Israeli politics for a cruel video showing him mocking flotilla activists as they were being abused by officers. His offense was not his fascist celebration, but rather showing the true face of Israel.
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid’s joint effort to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu aims to appeal to those upset by Israel’s growing pariah status, but their campaign merely puts a ‘liberal’ veneer on the same Israeli apartheid.
An Op-Ed by a well-known right-wing Israeli journalist has laid bare the looming conflict between Israeli and U.S. Jews as more Americans abandon Zionism.
The entire Israeli political spectrum is united in blasting Netanyahu for not continuing to attack Iran, and Israeli society agrees. The reason, to put it simply, is that Israelis are war junkies.
A recent poll registered Israeli support for the war on Iran at a whopping 93%. Between the genocide, the ethnic cleansing, and the annexations, Israelis think this is how it’s meant to be. Constant war to sustain our constant expansion.
The dehumanization of Israeli society itself reaches yet another nadir, as the soldiers who gang-raped a Palestinian prisoner from Gaza are not only freed, but celebrated and recommended to return to military service.
What we saw at the Olympics is the eruption of popular discontent, not only with Israel, but with the power structures that protected and enabled the genocide. And while Israel continues to be allowed into such events, the boos are growing louder.