Israeli documentary film has been a haven for criticism of the occupation. For how much longer?
For years, left-wing filmmakers have resisted the right’s attempts at delegitimization. But political pressure may soon dry up their funding.
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Germany just took a drastic step toward criminalizing Palestine activism
A new report by ministers and senators seeks to lay the legal basis for outlawing Palestinian groups, and even banning maps of historic Palestine.
The last first Israeli anti-Zionist
Sixty years after co-founding the radical leftist group Matzpen, Moshé Machover reflects on the organization’s enduring legacy, the internal splits that led to its demise, and its lessons for today’s anti-Zionist left.
The war that canonized America’s hasbara playbook
The defensive line taken by the American-Jewish establishment during the 1982 Lebanon invasion solidified many of the methods that are deployed when Israeli violence makes headlines today.
Anatomy of a scandal: Unraveling the myth of ‘Jewish-free zones’ at UC Berkeley
The manufactured controversy surrounding a student group pledge underlines the dangers of legal attempts to conflate anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
German broadcaster requires employees to ‘support Israel’s right to exist’
Deutsche Welle’s new code of conduct marks the latest Israel-related crackdown on free speech in German public life.
‘Refusing is the minimum’: Why these Israeli teens are objecting to army service
Ahead of imprisonment, four conscientious objectors share their reasons for refusing conscription and their hopes of inspiring opposition to apartheid.
Israel storms Palestinian NGO offices after months-long failure to discredit them
Seven NGOs denounce raids as message of impunity against Palestinians and foreign governments, after army seizes equipment and welds office doors shut.
Confession without consequence
A film about a 1982 war crime in Lebanon shows Israeli soldiers are more open to divulging their violent actions. But their search for exoneration without accountability says much about Israeli society’s moral decay.
Israel sends veiled threat to attorneys of outlawed Palestinian NGOs
A letter from the Defense Ministry to the lawyers representing the six organizations hints their legal work may be viewed as violating anti-terror laws.