Why Israel should stop trying to Judaise al-Quds

First published by the Middle East Eye on 7/7/2019 The holy city's Arab Palestinian character is an important part of its world-renowned diversity Palestinians pray at al-Aqsa Mosque compound (AFP) My parents are from the Arab Palestinian city of al-Quds, not Jerusalem. While I was not born there, my first visit was a year or …

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Language discrimination, another blow at Jewish- Arab equality in Israel

First published by the Arab Weekly on 6/8/2017 Israel has been replacing Arabic road names with the Hebrew names.   The Israeli Ministerial Committee on Legislation recently approved a draft bill that would end Arabic’s status as an official language of the country, despite an Arabic-speaking population that includes 20% of the state’s citizens. This …

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