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This Is the Only Way to Put an End to Israel’s Occupation

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2016 Haaretz writer Gideon Levy outlines the most effective method to stopping Israel's occupation of Palestine; scientists may have found a battery that "lasts forever"; meanwhile, the anti-Semitism crisis in the U.K.'s Labour Party may have actually been manufactured by the Israel lobby. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Peace Is Nowhere to Be Found on Israel’s Agenda, Columnist Contends

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 5, 2014 Haaretz's Gideon Levy wants us to wake up and smell the Zionist coffee: Israel has never cared about a "just peace," only about "collective anxieties" that "now take precedence over all else," he writes. In other words, Levy claims, "The Israelis want occupation, not peace." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israeli Columnist to Gov’t: Don’t Use Holocaust Remembrance Day as PR

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 Members of the Israeli government marked Holocaust Remembrance Day in various locations around Europe on Wednesday, invoking the refrain of "never again" and commemorating the millions killed -- but according to Haaretz's Gideon Levy, some of these leaders also used the occasion to serve more contemporary, and unsuitable, ends. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gideon Levy: Bad Journalism Is a Gift to Occupation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2009 Haaretz's Gideon Levy writes that the "cheap and harmful journalism" of the Swedish organ harvesting story has made life more difficult for opponents of the occupation: "The Israeli occupation is ugly enough without the contribution of Nordic fairy tales [A]ny exaggeration in describing the occupation's cruelty will ultimately damage the struggle against it". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The ‘Blood Pipeline’ Test

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2009 Haaretz's Gideon Levy recalls the mathematician whose dutiful students drew up plans for a "blood pipeline" without questioning why it should be built. With Gaza, he warns, Israel faces such a test and "when the time comes for reckoning, we will need to remember the damage this war did to Israel." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Obama Be a True Friend of Israel?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2008 The U.S. presidential election was watched with interest, of course, by Israelis, some of whom favored John McCain because they believed he would have been a better "friend of Israel" than Barack Obama will be. Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy wonders if there aren't some problems with this idea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )