snail ask why: israel

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  • Snail Ask Why Israel and Palestine?

    Snail Ask Why Israel and Palestine?

    My friend spoke about Zionists with such profound confidence like it was institutional knowledge: put unleaded gas in your car, Hurricanes below the equator turn counter clockwise, and Zionists are Nazis.

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 20: The Partition

    The UN produced a report on the partition of Mandatory Palestine. This report proposed the potential land division for a two state solution between Palestine and Israel. Contrary to what some sources have claimed,…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 19: No Peace for Jews

    This may not seem like much of a fact. After all, it’s not something new. We all know Israel was founded just three years after WWII. But take a moment to think about what…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 18: the Apartheid Myth

    “Apartheid” is an Afrikaans word meaning “apartness” and was created specifically for and applied to the legal system of racial segregation in place in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. This was a clear,…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Facts 17: The Partition

    Almost from the outset of British rule in the Levant after World War I, tensions steadily increased between Arabs and Jews, culminating in outbreaks of violence such as the 1929 Hebron Massacre and the…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 16: The Border Walls

    People often hear that Israel built a wall around Gaza. We are told this was done to punish Gazans because Israel is a racist country perpetuating apartheid. We are told this has turned Gaza…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 15: Fauna

    Even though the country is only slightly larger than New Jersey, its diverse terrain and climate means a large variety of animals live in Israel. Boars roam the damp oak woodlands in the northeast.…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 14: Displacement in 1947

    Something I think many people don’t realize is that before the five countries invaded Israel in 1947, the Palestinians living in the region that was given to the Jews were invited to become citizens.…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism 13: Capital Punishment and Israel

    Israel abolished the death penalty for most potential offenses including murder in 1954 — a number of laws leftover from British rule under Mandatory Palestine. While crimes like treason, genocide, and crimes against humanity…

  • Daily Israel and Judaism Fact 12: Hezbollah Pager Attack

    Today, rather than daily informational tidbits, I am writing about Israel’s Pager Walkie Talkie Op because I can’t stop thinking about it, and because I think it is central to my project. I feel…