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Feb 8, 2023, 11:32 AM
Terrorists are a product of their conditions
For Israeli Jews, who feel disproportionately hurt by attacks carried out by Palestinians, this could seem like an insane proposition. I know this because of the words of one of my teachers after the attacks in Jerusalem. He said...
Feb 1, 2023, 1:19 PM
Indoctrinated teenagers are the new government’s greatest assets
It seems as if every day the government presents us with a new fascist policy that crosses a line. Another line after another, day after day. Everyone is outraged, even voters who previously sat comfortably in their homes are...
Jan 25, 2023, 10:23 AM
Israelis surprised me
After understanding their highly passive and much too tolerant sentiments towards the occupation, I'll admit, I thought that all empathy and caring were lost from their hearts. Maybe that’s true for the most part, but after weeks of tens...
Jan 18, 2023, 9:33 AM
The myth of the greatness of Israel’s economy
Israel’s economic achievements are not entirely its own success, to say the least. The myth of the great might of Israel’s economy is a notion I hear too often as a high schooler. A week doesn’t pass without me and...
Jan 4, 2023, 9:31 PM
Netanyahu does as he pleases and Biden lets him
How far is Netanyahu willing to go? This question has been asked multiple times in the past, and truthfully, he has crossed every line the critical public considered uncrossable. It was an interesting question for the wider Jewish public, while...
Dec 28, 2022, 12:57 PM
It’s time for Israelis to stop ignoring reality
Ignorance is bliss and Israelis need it now more than ever. Since the start of the occupation, 55 years ago, Jewish Israelis have had to live in a form of cognitive dissonance. On the surface, everything was okay, and the...
Dec 21, 2022, 5:05 PM
Israel is not a democracy
And so, it cannot be the only democracy in the Middle East, either. Just a couple of months ago, the European Union designated my birth country of Hungary an electoral autocracy. I spent enough time there to know that this is...
Dec 14, 2022, 4:03 PM
Antisemitism hurts Palestinians too
No, I’m not talking about the theory that antisemitism targets not only directed Jews but every so-called Semitic people. I’m talking about how attacking Jews in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere hurts the Palestinian cause; statehood. There are plenty of...
Dec 7, 2022, 1:42 PM
Free Palestine is not antisemitic
Free Palestine. Two simple words. A call to action. A call for respect. A call for self-determination. And yet, the ones in power who should support it and who would be able to make it happen are the most fiercely opposing...
Nov 30, 2022, 12:58 PM
Indifference is key in the fight against oppression
Suddenly everyone is worried about the rule of law in Israel. When the government is coming for the rights of even parts of the Jewish community, for example, women’s rights, everyone suddenly cares. Seemingly every article is about how the government...
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Fred is a high school student. He is very critical of the IDF and their practices.