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The Election Strategy Israel Knows Too Well
Israel is heading into what may become the most toxic election cycle in its history, with local, regional, and international circles of influence. Not because the country lacks real crises to debate, but because its political system increasingly rewards those who manufacture internal enemies rather than confront national failure. The warning signs appear not only in speeches by politicians or viral social media clips, but in hard data.
The Election Strategy Israel Knows Too Well
Israel is heading into what may become the most toxic election cycle in its history, with local, regional, and international circles of influence. Not because the country lacks real crises to debate, but because its political system increasingly rewards those who manufacture internal enemies rather than confront national failure. The warning signs appear not only in speeches by politicians or viral social media clips, but in hard data.
Selective security for Israel’s citizens amounts to an elective surrender
In the months since October 7, Arab and Jewish Israelis have learned to live with a new vocabulary of fear: Rockets, Hostages, National emergency, and mass demonstrations. This vocabulary had further solidified under the two wars with Iran in June 2025 and March 2026. But there is another word that has quietly entered our lives, especially in parts of the country that rarely make front-page headlines: abandonment.
Ilan Amit, at The Blogs
Ilan Amit is the Co-CEO of AJEEC-NISPED, the Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Equality, and Cooperation – Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Economic Development.
The Blogs: Telling Arab Israelis to 'take shelter' is a cruel joke
In a different context and time, it was said that “the greatest inequality is the equal treatment of unequals.” Watching the Home Front Command’s public safety videos urging citizens to follow protection regulations, that statement feels painfully relevant today.
Israel’s security-first approach is failing Arab society
ByILAN AMITJANUARY 5, 2026 10:09 Over 20 years ago, sociologist Didier Bigo described a familiar but rarely acknowledged logic at the heart of modern security policy. In moments of crisis, security professionals argue that exceptional measures and expanded powers are urgently required to restore calm. In moments of calm, they argue, proven systems must be preserved – and expanded – to prevent the next crisis.
Middle East Press On: Genocide, Israeli, Assassinate, Al-Jazeera, Jewish-Arab: New Age Islam's Selection, 20 November 2025
By New Age Islam Edit Desk 20 November 2025 The Cartography of Genocide: Gaza's Borders of Perpetual Subjugation The Israeli Plot to Assassinate Al-Jazeera: A New Front in the War on Palestinian Journalism In Canada, Repression Continues against Palestine Defenders - Including Me A Mandate for Force: What the UNSC's Gaza Resolution Means in Practice Israel Must Advance Jewish-Arab Relations In Negev, Rebuild Bedouin Communities Trump's Roadmap For Gaza Requires Free And Fair Elections For...
Israel must rebuild Arab, Bedouin communities in Negev
Jerusalem Post/Opinion Israel must advance Jewish-Arab relations in Negev, rebuild Bedouin communities - opinion The diversity of the Negev is a blessing, but only if every community is able to thrive together. THE FUNERAL of Hamza Ziyadne takes place in Rahat last January after he was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, and his body was found by the IDF in a Gaza tunnel. Negev Bedouin have been deeply harmed by the wars with Hamas and Iran, says the writer.
The Blogs: No Shelter, No Excuse: A Personal Plea for Arab Citizens' Safety
“I can’t believe that we’re having this same conversation all over again.” That was the first thing a dear colleague said to me once we finally managed to reconnect. “We’ve had this exact conversation twice before, and now we’re having it a third time.
The Blogs: Nowhere to run, no one to care: Trauma in Arab society after October 7
The recent State Comptroller’s report thoroughly examines the mental health treatment system for the civilian population following the October 7th War. The report presents a troubling picture: widespread psychological harm among the Israeli population, both direct and indirect, and a mental health system overwhelmed by the demand, leading to the broadening and deepening of symptoms of post-trauma, anxiety, and depression.
The Blogs: The perfect storm of funding cuts crippling Arab society
Arab local government, Arab civil society organizations, and joint society groups were informed last week that Minister of Social Equality May Golan has cut tens of millions of shekels from the five-year development plan for Arab society, redirecting the funds elsewhere.
The tragedy of the Negev Bedouin: Israel’s security blind spot - opinion
Recent events have highlighted the vulnerability of Israel's Bedouin communities, who are not afford the same protections. On the horrible night of April 13, while Israel underwent an unprecedented Iranian missile attack, disaster once again struck the Negev Bedouin society. Amina Al Hassuni, a seven-year-old girl living in the unrecognized village of Al Fura’a next to the Jewish city of Arad, was sleeping in her bed. When the rockets fell, no alarm sounded in her village.
Jewish-Arab partnerships like ours face their greatest test
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