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Jewish Ledger KOLOT – The Fog of War By Anat and Etan Markus Anat and Etan Markus were born and raised in Israel, but they have lived in Connecticut for 30 years — first in Manchester, then in West Hartford and now in Mansfield, a short distance from the University of Connecticut’s Storrs campus where Etan is a professor and researcher  All three Markus children are American born, graduates of what was then the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy in Bloomfield and H...

Tue May 18, 2021 Political maneuvering rather than security considerations has occupied the Israeli Knesset (parliament) in recent years, certainly as it applies to Gaza. The Israeli government worked on arrangements of a long term quiet with Hamas in exchange for Israel easing up on the Gaza blockade and other concessions, including allowing Qatari money to reach Hamas. Israel’s attention was focused on four rounds of elections, with attempts to form coalition governments, a task no...

Most of the attention from the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas focuses on rockets fired from Gaza and the military response. On the ground, however, some fear a greater scourge taking place and that’s the growing violence between the nearly two million Arab living throughout Israel and Jewish Israelis throughout the country. 

Pain and hope fill hearts of Israeli coexistence activists Pain and hope fill hearts of Israeli coexistence activists Against the backdrop of conflict between Israel’s Jewish and Arab population, leaders of coexistence groups explain why they are not going to give up. May 16, 2021, 11:00 am Arabs and Jews protest the escalating violence and riots between the Arab and Jewish population, in Jaffa, on May 14, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Israeli president has crisis confab with multifaith clergy ‘We cannot forget that we believe in the same God. All of us are children of Abraham. We must look, with all the problems, at the half-full cup,’ says Waqf official at Akko meeting. President Reuven Rivlin with clergy in Akko, May 14, 2021. Photo by Mark Neyman/GPO Amid spiraling violence throughout mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in Israel, President Reuven Rivlin met with the local leadership from all sectors of society in Acr...

“This has nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict, but is about money and power. Why are no Arab politicians in Jerusalem protesting? It is because they are focused on gaining power and prestige,” said Rodayna Badir, an expert on Arab society in Israel.

news Arab Israelis in spotlight as IDFs Gaza strikes continue dw.com 6 days ago David Ehl Arab citizens of Israel are being drawn into the conflict as the IDF bombards the Gaza Strip. Amid street fights between Jews and Arabs, knives have been brandished and firebombs thrown. © AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP Fearing attacks by Jewish nationalists, Israeli Palestinians guarded this mosque in Lod Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel have been clashing in the streets as the military continu...

Arab Israelis in spotlight as IDFs Gaza strikes continue Arab citizens of Israel are being drawn into the conflict as the IDF bombards the Gaza Strip. Amid street fights between Jews and Arabs, knives have been brandished and firebombs thrown. Fearing attacks by Jewish nationalists, Israeli Palestinians guarded this mosque in Lod Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel have been clashing in the streets as the military continues strikes on the Gaza Strip and the Hamas organization. In the city of Lo...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jew...