Jewish State
Israeli Arabs hold a Palestinian flag during Saturday's protest against the nation state law in Tel Aviv. Photo: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
August 16, 2018, 11:48 am
Arabs protest in Tel Aviv
Thousands of Israeli Arabs, some waving Palestinian flags, gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square last Saturday evening to protest the recent passage of Israel's nation-state bill enshrining the state's Jewish character.
Thousands joined the Druze protest against the new law on Saturday night in Tel Aviv. Photo: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner
August 9, 2018, 12:00 am
Israeli Druze rally against ‘slap in face’ law
The relationship between Israel and its most loyal minority is in crisis, after it assembled a mass demonstration to decry the government's path.
By Nathan Jeffay
Arab lawmakers protest as the Knesset debates the nation-state bill. Photo: AP Photo/Olivier Fitoussi
July 26, 2018, 12:00 am
Nation-state law: for and against
The new nation-state law has come under fire both domestically and internationally, but the government in Jerusalem claims it is a pinnacle of Zionism.
By Nathan Jeffay
The IKEA in Netanya has a synagogue.
January 25, 2018, 12:00 am
Learning a valuable lesson from IKEA
Why the Netanya branch of flatpack furniture giant IKEA, which has its own shule, is a metaphor for the Jewish State.
Benjamin Netanyahu greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the airport.
July 6, 2017, 12:02 am
‘Truly a historic visit’
THE staggering transformation of India from Israel critic to firm friend was completed this week, with the first ever visit of an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish State.
By Nathan Jeffay
Israel's Minister of Culture, Likud politician Miri Regev, was strongly in favour of the resolution. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL
June 15, 2017, 12:02 am
Regev walks out on performance of Palestinian poet’s work
Israel’s minister of culture and sports, Miri Regev, walked out on an awards ceremony during a song based on a work by a Palestinian poet that the official said “hoped … for the death of the Jewish state."
Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: REUTERS.
January 19, 2017, 12:00 am
Netanyahu: A ‘useless conference’
WHEN 70 countries assembled in Paris to talk Middle East peace on Sunday, there was one notable absence: Israel.
November 7, 2016, 10:46 am
99 years since Anzac charge 
Some 99 years after the stunning Anzac success in Beersheva, one-time enemies came together for a moving remembrance ceremony.
By Nathan Jeffay
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