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• Israel: Military service for all, including ultra orthodox?
  9 December 2013, by siawi3

  There is a virtually blanket exemption for the Haredim from mandatory national military service.

• Is Israel succumbing to Jewish fundamentalism
  3 December 2013, by siawi3

  Jewish fundamentalists come in two colours: the black-clad haredim or ultra-Orthodox, and the blue-jeaned settlers, also Orthodox but more modern in their lifestyle. Both groups are growing, the haredim meteorically, inside Israel and in Jewish communities abroad. Both are strongly represented in Binyamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition.To what extent do they set policy or powerfully influence it? Do they strive for the same policy goals?

• USA: The Creeping Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Midst
  3 December 2013, by siawi3

  American Jews are actively supporting a demographic trend that threatens the fabric of American Jewish life: the unchecked growth of Jewish fundamentalism. Call them what you will — ultra-Orthodox Jews, “fervently Orthodox” Jews, Haredim, black hats. They will soon become the majority of affiliated Jews in the metropolitan New York area, and the religious majority in Israel. The results will be catastrophic.

• USA: Inside Hasidic Modesty Patrols
  3 December 2013, by siawi3

  most of their energies are directed towards ensuring that women and girls dress and behave modestly. When a female wears revealing clothing or chats with the opposite sex, it could entice the men, and lead to dire consequences. “Women should not wear any fashionable dress or shoes. Even their kerchiefs should be similar to those that their mothers wore.”

• On the rise of Jewish fundamentalism in Israel
  3 December 2013, by siawi3

  Over the past decade or so, the religious Zionists and the ultra-Orthodox have joined forces to push for an Arab-free greater land of Israel. The racist ideas of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, once considered marginal, have gained new power as they are expressed by important ultra-Orthodox rabbis with wide authority in religious matters. With this authority comes a dangerous new fundamentalism that is gaining increasing political power in Israel.

• The End of Liberal Zionism - Israel’s Move to the Right Challenges Diaspora Jews
  27 August 2014, by siawi3

  Both liberal Zionism and the left accept the established historical record: Jews forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes to make way for the establishment of a Jewish state. The indivisibility of human, civil and political rights has to take precedence over the dictates of religion and political ideology, in order not to deny either Palestinians or Jews the right to national self-determination. The result, otherwise, will be perpetual conflict. The liberal Zionist intelligentsia should embrace this challenge, acknowledge the demise of their brand and use their formidable explanatory skills to build support for a movement to achieve equal rights and self-determination for all in Israel-Palestine.

• Israel : Un regard d’historien sur l’occupation de Gaza
  23 août 2014, par siawi3

  A défaut d’une solution équitable du conflit, les images de milliers de femmes, d’enfants, et de vieillards, descendants des réfugiés de 1948, errant parmi les maisons en ruine à l’été 2014 continueront de nourrir la haine, pour longtemps.

• Israel : Le Hamas reconnaît le rapt des trois Israéliens
  28 août 2014, par siawi3

  Un responsable du Hamas a déclaré que des membres de son organisation étaient à l’origine de l’enlèvement en juin de trois adolescents israéliens, dont la mort est en partie à l’origine de l’actuelle spirale de violences que connaît la bande de Gaza.

• Israel- India: Extreme-right alliance
  22 August 2014, by siawi3

  In what is being called by organizers the biggest pro-Israel, anti-terrorist rally in recent years, an estimated 20,000 gathered in India on Saturday in a show of solidarity with Israel. At the August 16 rally Ghosh said that both India and Israel, “surrounded by very tough neighbors,” are united in peace.
  The crowd, holding placards stating “Hindus and Jews have a right to exist” and “Hindus and Jews — united against terrorism,” cheered Ghosh’s statements. Sikhs and Buddhists participated in the Hindu-organized rally as well. Representatives of West Bengal’s Sikh community spoke, while members of the Buddhist community in neighboring state Bangladesh, reeling from Muslim riots, also attended.

• Israel : Aveuglé à Gaza
  22 août 2014, par siawi3

  En février 1969, j’émis cet aver­tis­sement : “(Si nous conti­nuons) nous serons confrontés à un ter­rible choix : souffrir d’une vague de ter­r^o­risme qui cou­vrira l’ensemble du pays, ou engager des actions de ven­geance et d’oppression si bru­tales qu’elles cor­rom­pront nos âmes et entraî­neront le monde entier à nous condamner”

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