[note: This article, belatedly published here, was originally written by Idan Landau in his Hebrew Blog "Lo Lamut Tipesh" (don't die stupid), it contains links to several sources. whenever possible I've provided english versions of the links. However, some of the links are for blogs, some for media articles with no available translation. Those links were [...]
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Israel is a highly militarized society. Service in the Israeli Army, aptly named Israel Defence Force, is mandatory in Israel. By law, every 18 years old is drafted; young men are enlisted for a period of three years, young females are obligated to a 2-year period. After their release, they are enlisted for reserve duty, [...] 1. A few weeks ago, one of my friends asked me about the protests in Bil’in: Why do they continue? Haven’t the supreme court already ruled that the “separation wall” there should be taken down? Indeed, the Israeli court did acknowledge that the path of the wall near Bil’in was laid not based on security requirements [...] Israel is currently experiencing a rush of new bills that either passed or are close to passing, that have raised the ire of quite a few Israeli bloggers, but hardly much beyond that. While the media is obsessing over a law that stipulated state-owned land that has been leased to individuals for 98 years actually [...] The mainstream reaction to the evidence presented by “Shovrim Shtika” was shown here. But it was not the only public response. Prominent politicians, media representatives, authors, academic figures and such – most of them recognized with what is called the “Zionist Left” (a term that describes most of Israel’s left – a [...] A claim that’s being heard over and over, made by Israeli spokespersons as well as by leaders of the free world, is that Israel has the right to defend itself. Of course, this isn’t true. Israel has an obligation to defend itself, or rather, its citizens and their sovereignty, just like any other country. It’s [...] Two Army Radio broadcasters urge violence against whistleblowing soldiers. |
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