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On Islamic State rumour and paranoia in Israel
One Saturday evening, three weeks into Operation Protective Edge, a group of Israeli Christians gathered in Haifa to demonstrate in favour of Israel’s Gaza operation, and to draw attention to an issue which, back then, was on the sidelines of … Continue reading
Posted in Mid East, Middle East, Uncategorized
Tagged Christians, Facebook, Gaza, Hamas, Iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Israel, Jordan, Palestinians, paranoia, rumour, Syria, West Bank
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Just for fun: razors, cigarettes and kaparot
On day last month, when the sun was shining outside, I was sitting in a basement doing one of the things I most love doing: reading old newspapers – editions of Haaretz from the 1950s, to be precise. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Haaretz, history, Mid East, Middle East, Newspapers
Tagged 1950s, Ads, Adverts, Haaretz, History, Judaism, Kaparot, newspapers, Yom Kippur
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Hope, grief and frustration at the first post-Holocaust Maccabiah
Now that the 19th Maccabiah Games have come to a close, here is another piece for Haaretz. This one is about the newspaper’s coverage of preparations for the third Maccabiah, which took place from September 27 to October 6, 1950. This … Continue reading
Posted in Haaretz, history, Jews, Middle East, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Zionism
Tagged Haaretz, Holocaust, Israel, Maccabiah, Maccabiah Games, Palestine
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Tensions and boycott: Haaretz’s coverage ahead of the 1932 Maccabiah
I undertook some slightly meta research this week. I looked into Haaretz’s coverage in the lead-up to the first Maccabiah in 1932 – for a piece in Haaretz. The world did not cave in on itself, the universe did not … Continue reading
Posted in Haaretz, history, Jews, Middle East, Newspapers, Zionism
Tagged 1930s, Haaretz, History, Maccabiah, newspapers
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The day I thought I discovered a ‘price tag’ attack in the 30s
On Tuesday morning, racist graffiti and slashed tyres were discovered at the town of Abu Gosh near Jerusalem. The graffiti, daubed across the wall of a building overnight, read “Arabs out” and “racism or assimilation.” Police suspected this was the … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Middle East, Newspapers, Uncategorized, Zionism
Tagged Haredim, History, Israel, Jerusalem, Kofer Hayishuv, Mandate Palestine, newspapers, Palestine, Price Tag, Revisionists, ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Zionism, Zionists
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