The response to Howard Rosenberg’s July 30 column, “Negative Stereotyping Distorts Arabs’ Image” was extensive, with roughly 95% favoring Rosenberg’s point of view. Here is a sampling. I read your ...
Consider the word hello. Iraqis who speak English use it when they mean goodbye. Or so it seems. "It was good to see you. Hello," they say. Or, perhaps, "You must leave. That's final. Hello." Foreign ...
The United Nations has designated March 15 as the international day to combat Islamophobia. This year it has coincided not ...
As Israel rushed its reserves to meet the surprise Syrian-Egyptian attack opening the Yom Kippur War in 1973, it simultaneously dispatched contingents to Israeli Arab enclaves for fear of unrest. But ...
Israeli Arabs are simply no longer a monolith - a growing sub-sector has emerged, especially in mixed cities, that is culturally quite “Israeli.” Last week, on a Dutch podcast, I was asked whether the ...
JAFFA, Israel — Up a narrow, stone stairwell in this ancient port city, a group of self-confessed radicals plot an evening of interfaith rebellion. In a sea of hardening views and violent rhetoric ...
A friend asked my reaction to the current war between Israeli Jews and Palestinian and Israeli Arabs. It’s painful to watch. I imagine every other Jew and every Arab feels exactly the same way. I’ve ...
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The survey, conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, also revealed that most Jewish Israelis feel safe during the war, ...