Movie Theater of the Absurd: Regev’s Boycott of ‘Foxtrot’ Snubs Israeli Culture
Culture Minister Miri Regev is often at war with cultural institutions, but boycotting the Israeli Film Festival in Paris over ‘Foxtrot’ is simply absurd
[Haaretz Israeli News source->http://www.haaretz.com/]
Culture Minister Miri Regev is often at war with cultural institutions, but boycotting the Israeli Film Festival in Paris over ‘Foxtrot’ is simply absurd
Law might break agreements Israel has made with the EU to maintain a separation between academic institutions in the West Bank and those in Israel proper
A boy who threw stones at IDF jeeps suffered the punishment of execution by a soldier; it was the third time in recent weeks that soldiers aimed at stone-throwers’ heads
Israeli freedom of speech is being called into question, and that’s pretty ironic
Denmark strengthens government guidelines against investing in projects over the Green Line, thereby adopting a UN resolution defining West Bank settlements as a violation of international law
Nur Tamimi is out of jail after being arrested with her cousin, Ahed, for slapping Israeli soldiers – following the shooting of their cousin Mohammed. If the same thing occurs again, Nur says now, she’ll react in the same way
Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide also vows to act against Israeli decision to bar senior activists from pro-BDS organizations from entering country
Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry had for months refused to divulge which organizations are on the list
Just before Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi slapped one of the soldiers who’d invaded her yard, she learned that her 15-year-old cousin Mohammed had been shot in the head at close range
Half a head.
Ahed Tamimi’s father: I’m proud of my daughter. She is a freedom fighter who, in the coming years, will lead the resistance to Israeli rule