Yonatan Gher, at The Blogs

Yonatan Gher

Full time peace, human rights, environmental, social and religious-pluralism activist

Mar 11, 2019, 5:38 PM

Much has already been said over this past day, following Netanyahu’s Instagram comment: Dear Rotem, an important correction: Israel is not a state of all its citizens. According to the nation-state law we passed, Israel is the nation-state of the...

Feb 14, 2019, 3:59 PM

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Eli Yishai’s hatred is not just for my kids

The Yachad party's desperate campaign is loaded with homophobia and a list of other hatreds

Jan 24, 2019, 1:41 PM

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So, Logan Paul wants to be gay for a month

It might be the worst idea ever -- or maybe it's the best, and we should all learn the value of walking in someone else’s shoes

Dec 25, 2018, 9:44 PM

Brace for the worst incitement yet

Elections are upon us. It is plain that our prime minister chose to go to elections following developments in the corruption and other charges looming over him. Just last month Neyanyahu said that it would be wrong and “irresponsible”...

Nov 4, 2018, 3:55 PM

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One Donald down

Coming out a second time -- this time with cancer -- was a whole lot easier

Oct 8, 2018, 6:21 PM

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Dangerous times for young men indeed

I'm not terrified my two sons will be falsely accused of sexual crimes, I'm terrified they will commit them

Sep 6, 2018, 8:03 AM

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In service of the UNRWA defunding and the Trump genius

Sivan Rahav-Meir gets the UNRWA story wrong, cherry-picking the facts that serve the narrative she constructs

Aug 23, 2018, 1:53 PM

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How a democratic school works, and how it improves society

Because education does more these days than prepare kids to be good factory workers

Aug 15, 2018, 2:55 PM

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Beinart’s airport questioning: No mistake, just a fadiha*

Netanyahu doesn't think the policy is wrong -- he's just sorry it was applied to a prominent Jew

Jul 31, 2018, 4:51 PM

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Two poems. Find the differences.

The security forces should not be critiquing poetry, and the poets do not belong behind bars

About Me

The writer is the Israeli Executive Director of Combatants for Peace. He has previously been the Executive Director of Amnesty International-Israel, Greenpeace Mediterranean, and the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, and Communications Director for the Masorti (Conservative) Movement in Israel. Born in New York, Yonatan grew up in Jerusalem, and now lives in Jaffa with his husband and two sons. All opinions expressed are those of the writer only.

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