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Jul 8, 2018, 4:14 AM

Inhumanity at the Top

It used to be the case that humans were inhuman to other humans. Now government has usurped that role. In the United States, land of the once-free and home of the once-brave, President Trump has created a very inhumane act...

Jul 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

The question no one dares ask

Why doesn’t the Palestinian majority in Jordan overthrow the Hashemite monarchy? Is there anyone who actually believes the Hashemite kingdom is legitimate? Anyone who believes it is an ancient and venerable institution? Anyone who believes it rules over its own indigenous...

Jun 18, 2018, 2:01 PM

A Bedouin village can model the peace process

A boy walks through the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near the Jerusalem-Dead Sea highway, on April 13, 2018. (Yaniv Nadav/ Flash90)

Israeli and Palestinian leaders should take note of the conflict in Khan al-Ahmar, and write its lessons large

Jun 5, 2018, 7:48 AM

WeWork and Siraj Technologies: Advancing tech development in Bedouin society

How many “programs” has the government announced over the years to bring disadvantaged groups -- ultra-Orthodox, residents of peripheral areas, Arabs, Bedouins -- into the workforce? We've lost count, but the answer is “a lot.” Yet Bedouin score far...

Phyllis Bernstein

May 28, 2018, 7:44 AM

My Vacation with Meaning: Negev Bedouin Exploration and Experience

Conventional wisdom sees Bedouin in southern Israel as poorly educated, under employed, poor, disobedient, with an inferior standard of living, as a breeding ground for crime and violence, and failing to shape their own destiny. Their survival through the...

May 27, 2018, 12:28 AM

Do you have time for me?

What does time mean for you? Is it your master or your servant? I grew up in the UK where being on time or preferably early is an intrinsic part of our nature. School timetables and work routines teach us...

Raymond M. Berger

May 13, 2018, 10:29 AM

Jews, Lemmings, and Zionism

Why can’t we Jews advocate for our self-interest? Recently, far-left Israeli journalist Gideon Levy published a provocative opinion-piece in which he claimed that Zionism is inherently unjust. According to Levy, “Zionism gave birth to a terrible national wrong that has...

Apr 21, 2018, 10:37 PM

Mohammed with the two houses

This is my friend Mohammed. He has half an eye, one wife, two houses and three children. Mohammed is a Palestinian man, 38 years old. He makes his living from a garbage dump on the outskirts of the Palestinian town 'Anata,...

Apr 13, 2018, 6:31 PM

The Fair Umm Al Hiran Agreement Israel Reneged On

“In the framework of several meetings that took place between Benny Tefilin (representing the Issa and Mousa groupings of the Abu-El Qian family living in the Hiran area) and Yigal Buskalia on behalf of the Bedouin Directorate in February-March...

Apr 5, 2018, 1:04 PM

‘I Have An Order’ — Passover Thoughts 5778

The State of Israel has transformed, and continues to change both the Jewish people and Judaism. Returning a few weeks ago from protecting shepherds on the Friday of the week we read the last two Torah portions of Exodus...

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