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Trial for the Nation's Youth: Trying Eichmann, not Jewish Disputes
The 1959-61 Ben-Gurion Government's archive opened to the public last year: "...Another subject that preoccupied the government was the trial of Adolf Eichmann, who was kidnapped to Israel from Argentina in May 1960. His trial began in April 1961, and he was hung in Ramle Prison on May 31, 1962, almost exactly two years after the kidnapping. We knew the Israeli government discussed the trial, but only now, when we can peruse the minutes, can we understand to what extent the government, a political body, was involved in an event that was basically a criminal trial." [Full article...]By: Yehiam Weitz
Holocaust
Israel > Israeli Society
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Judaism > Holidays with a Twist > Yom Hashoah
People > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
60 Years Later and the Question still Alive: Why All Jews Need a Jewish State -- Wherever We Live
"We don’t ask if Canadians need Canada, if Americans need the United States, if the Dutch need the Netherlands." And what about the Jewish people? Why is the question posed and what is the answer? [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Israel > Advocacy
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Beyond the Media: Looking at Israel Through a Different Lens
Most people who only get their views and ideas about Israel from what they see and read in the news, are seeing Israel with tunnel vision glasses. This article offers alternatives. [Full article...]By: David Brinn
Israel > Advocacy
Media and the Press
Zionism
Here's something for ME: Taking Zionism Personally
In an era where so many causes are competing for our attention, Zionism offers a fresh and comprehensive "ism" that can satisfy both our individual and global concerns. [Full article...]By: Gil Troy
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Israel: The Persistence of Vision
"Any Jew who makes aliyah from the United States is certainly not doing so because of anti-Semitism. We come to be connected to this land. We come to be connected to this enterprise of building a Jewish country." [Full article...]By:
Israel
Jewish History
Judaism
Zionism
Reflections in the media: Is Israel Still Relevant?
David Brinn, Editorial Director of ISRAEL21c will be highlighting opportunities to convey the wonders of “the other Israel,” the one that exists beyond the conflict. [Full article...]By: David Brinn
Aliyah InfoBase > Life in Israel
Israel > Advocacy
Media and the Press
Who's in Who's Territory?: The Wars of the Rule of Law
The struggle between the Supreme Court faction and that of the Supreme Court critics has been going on for a long time. It is based on a legitimate struggle; it is good for an activist court to have its prosecutors as well as its defense attorneys. It is good that there are those who wish to raise the court's status, defend its supremacy and expand its area of jurisdiction; and it is good that there are those who wish to restrain it, criticize it and restrict its jurisdiction. [Full article...]By: Ari Shavit
Israel > Israeli Society
Israel > Politics
Being Patriotic in Israel: In the Path of the Founding fathers?
Given the devaluation of the Zionist identity in recent years, the persistence for defining Israel as "the home of the Jewish people, its historic bastion, the homeland of our people" is not to be taken for granted. However, without it, Israel will not be able to survive for very long as a Jewish state, as it was envisioned by the founding fathers from the labor movement. [Full article...]By: Israel Harel
Israel > Israeli Society
Israel > Politics
Zionism
Zionism > Post-Zionism
Long Overdue?: Saving the High Court from Itself
In light of public criticism of the activism of the Israeli High Court of Justice and its controversial rulings during the last decade, new measures are being introduced by the Minister of Justice to balance its relative powers in Israeli society. [Full article...]By: Israel Harel
Israel > Israeli Society
A nuclear partnership: Peace on the Wings of the Fly
Israeli technology enables this extraordinary project: IAEA-United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons is just one of its tasks. The organization also engages in helping countries use atomic know-how and technology for peaceful purposes. In this project, guided and funded by the IAEA, scientists, politicians and officials from Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority - and perhaps in the near future their colleagues from Syria as well - have come together quietly to wage biological war on the Mediterranean fruit fly. [Full article...]By: Yossi Melman
Israel > Nature
Peace Process
