Israel Diaries

Independent investigative journalism

Does this Israeli demonstrator really believe the IDF are Nazis?

We can debate about whether or not what someone shouts out spontaneously in exasperation is what they really think or merely the worst, most hurtful thing that comes to them in the heat of the moment. With that in mind, watch what I taped during a demonstration that took place in Haifa yesterday morning. The […]

Mohammad Hamamdi: I get paid for this.

There was a remarkable moment during my interview with Yehuda Bazak, resident of Avigayil in the South Hebron Hills. He was telling me about his brief conversation with Mohammad Hamamdi who he found cultivating soil on state land in Area C, under Israeli jurisdiction, an act that was against the law. Hamamdi is well known, […]

Israeli NGO ‘Standing Together’ Hits a Home Run for Anti-Zionism

Standing Together got wonderful press and who can object to their famous call: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies?” But is that what they are really about? The Jerusalem Post wrote positively about the demonstration. Times of Israel wrote about it as if it was a good thing. And the image that graces the […]