Israeli Elections 2009
Mada al-Carmel Issues the Second Issue of Jadal
In February, I used Kabobfest to advertise the issuing of Jadal’s first issue. I will repeat my shameless exploitation of my posting privileges now that the second issue is out. Mada al-Carmel, the Arab Center for Applied Social Research in Haifa, a unique research center that is attempting to create the first intellectual institution run [...]
Hide the Female Ministers
The Huffington Post recently ran a story about an Israeli scandal of a different size. Apparently the oasis of democracy and the guardian of freedom in the Middle East has a problem with women in power. Reports revealed the disappearing of two female ministers serving in the new Israeli Cabinet led by Benjamin Netanyahu. Members [...]
Livni and Bibi Meet in Hottest New Tel Aviv Club
“What is love? Baby don’t hurt me…” With the techno bumping in the background, Israel’s leading politicians Tzipi Livni of the Kadima party and Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud met at ‘Splash Go-Go’, a new disco in downtown Tel Aviv to discuss Israel’s next government. They sat in the lush new “Champagne Juice Room,” which club [...]
Zakaria: Closeted Palestinian-Supporter?
Avigdor Lieberman is upsetting the liberal internationalist stomach, namely Fareed Zakaria’s. His Newsweek piece on the electoral success of the right-wing hawk and the popularity of the ‘transfer’ ideology is a welcome contribution to the growing unease in the American foreign policy establishment for the looniest of Israel’s political spectrum. If anything, this election has [...]
Israeli Election Results Extremely Close: Updated
Despite being built on ethnic cleansing and still premised on rampant anti-Palestinian racism and ethno-religious chauvinism, Israeli politics are so much fun to watch. They really out shine America’s routine, canned bonanza. The cast of characters is colorful and fully representative of the current mood of the nation. Israeli voters rise to the occasion in [...]
Can marijuana stop the resistance?
While Israeli elections never fail to cede a winner who loves apartheid, this year’s round, according to the LA Times, includes a party with another approach to ending the resistance. Aleh Yarok, a party called “Green Leaf” in Hebrew, is running on the platform of legalizing pot in Israel on the basis that it will [...]
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