Israel’s Druze minority galvanizes opposition to nation-state law
Participation in high-profile mass protest was a departure for the Druze, who are celebrated in Israel for their patriotism and military service.
Israeli civics textbook reinvigorates debate on nation's character
(The Christian Science Monitor) Can Israel be both Jewish and democratic?...
Israeli justice uneven for grieving Palestinians
(The Christian Science Monitor) At the center of an otherwise idyllic Palestinian village, soot still blackens the entryway of a house...
Violence spikes in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(The Christian Science Monitor) Are Israelis and Palestinians on the doorstep of a new intifada?...
Al Aqsa Mosque: Can Israel, Jordan prevent Jerusalem from catching fire?
(The Christian Science Monitor) The images on social media this week made Jerusalem’s Old City look like a conflict zone, with black s...
Refugee crisis: Israelis invoke Holocaust as they debate how to respond
(The Christian Science Monitor) As scenes of Middle Eastern refugees streaming along European railways were stirring Israelis’ collect...
Israeli settler vigilantes see attacks as route to Jewish theocracy
(The Christian Science Monitor) Clinging to a barren hillside, the Baladim outpost was little more than a solitary trailer, a farming...
Ethiopian-Israeli Jews protest racism in society, policing
(The Christian Science Monitor) Tensions over Israel’s absorption of Ethiopian Jewish immigrants that have simmered for decades explod...
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