Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian communities looked past each other until violence and bloodshed forced a reckoning.
Tag: Jews and Judaism
Spain Pledged Citizenship to Sephardic Jews. Now They Feel Betrayed.
In 2015, Spain said it would give citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Then rejections started pouring in this summer.
A Rap Song Lays Bare Israel’s Jewish-Arab Fracture — and Goes Viral
A Jew and a Palestinian sling slurs at each other, giving voice to hidden prejudice with the aim of overcoming it.
Jewish Prayer at Contested Holy Site in Jerusalem Sets Off Alarms
Media reports of prayer groups and mixed messages from Israel’s government raised questions about a potentially explosive policy shift.
As Secular Peace Effort Stutters in Israel, Religious Mediators Hope to Step In
The inclusion of an Islamist party in Israel’s government has spurred a group of imams and rabbis hoping to build a religious-based peace movement.
A House Divided: A Palestinian, a Settler and the Struggle for East Jerusalem
Efforts to force Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah set the stage for the recent Gaza war. A similar dynamic looms in a nearby district.
Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Excluded From Coalition, Face Loss of Power
A new coalition that aims to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office could also usher in a more liberal civil rights agenda.
Coalition Deal to Oust Netanyahu Puts Israeli Arabs in the Spotlight
An Arab party’s decision to join a right-leaning Israeli government would be an important, if uncertain, step toward inclusion rather than perpetual opposition.
Netanyahu Rivals Agree on Israeli Coalition to Oust Him
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is on the verge of losing power as his opponents strike a deal that would replace him with an ultranationalist, Naftali Bennett.
Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera
She joined the Resistance brigade after her family was executed and used her photographs as proof of German barbarity and Jews’ determination to fight back.