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Levy: 'Now you are paralyzed, as we promised'
Znet Article, June, 21 2007
Gideon Levy
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"We have to make you do a little sports," the Shin Bet interrogator said, launching four successive days of questioning accompanied by brutal physical torture. The result: Luwaii Ashqar can no longer stand on his feet. He sits in his wheelchair, d...
Levy: Enough confusion
Znet Article, May, 11 2007
Gideon Levy
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The pretzel man was offering three for 10 shekels. On his crate there was an "Elections Now" sign, and apparently he thought this would promote sales. The peddler's protest was no different from that of the tens of thousands of Israelis who finall...
Levy: Will I hang the flag?
Znet Article, April, 29 2007
Gideon Levy
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There is a flagholder installed in my garden. The previous residents used it to fly the flag of their favorite soccer team. Since they left, the holder has remained orphaned. During my childhood, there was no question about it: My parents would ta...
Levy: Israel Doesn't Want Peace
Znet Article, April, 11 2007
Gideon Levy
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The moment of truth has arrived, and it has to be said: Israel does not want peace. The arsenal of excuses has run out, and the chorus of Israeli rejection already rings hollow. Until recently, it was still possible to accept the Israeli refrain t...
Levy: Twilight Zone / Dress code
Znet Article, March, 29 2007
Gideon Levy
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What won’t the Shin Bet security ser...
Levy: Victims of the fence
Znet Article, February, 25 2007
Gideon Levy
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A still-life image: a building covered with Jerusalem stone, a large memorial poster hanging high up on one of the floors, and below, a sign in broken English over the "Paradise Cafe." Second image: a makeshift soccer field, empty, on which a huge...
Levy: Twilight Zone
Znet Article, January, 31 2007
Gideon Levy
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Was it the stun grenade that hit her head, the shock caused by its explosion or the rubber bullet fired by the Border Police? Does it make any difference? Did the Border Policeman intend to kill a child of 11 - or not? What difference d...
Levy: Bring back Kfar Darom
Znet Article, November, 21 2006
Gideon Levy
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The settlements must be returned to Gaza. Anyone who cares about the fate of those living in the Gaza Strip should wish for the re-establishment of Netzarim and Kfar Darom. If I were a Palestinian, I would dream of seeing Dugit and Nisanit resurre...
Levy: No one is guilty in Israel
Znet Article, November, 14 2006
Gideon Levy
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Nineteen inhabitants of Beit Hanun were killed with malice aforethought. There is no other way of describing the circumstances of their killing. Someone who throws burning matches into a forest can't claim he didn't mean to set it on fire, and any...
Levy: Listen to Maj. Gen. Stern
Znet Article, November, 07 2006
Gideon Levy
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A bloodbath is taking place in Beit Hanun, the Israel Defense Forces runs rampant and kills at least 37 people in four days - and Israeli public opinion yawns with indifference. A brigade commander tells his soldiers, who killed 12 people in one d...
Levy: The boy who was buried twice
Znet Article, September, 13 2006
Gideon Levy
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Saja'iya, Gaza City -- Abdullah a-Zakh identified his son's body by the belt. The shoes and socks also looked familiar, irrefutable proof that he had lost his son. In the morgue of Shifa Hospital, after hours of searching, he found the bottom part...
Levy: Operation Peace for the IDF
Znet Article, July, 20 2006
Gideon Levy
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Every neighborhood has one, a loudmouth bully who shouldn't be provoked into anger. He's insulted? He'll pull out a knife. Spat in the face? He'll draw a gun. Hit? He'll pull out a machine gun. Not that the bully's not right - someone did harm him...
Levy: A Black Flag
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Gideon Levy
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A black flag hangs over the "rolling" operation in Gaza. The more the operation "rolls," the darker the flag becomes. The "summer rains" we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first and foremost blatantly illegitimate. It is not ...
Levy: With A Little Help From Outside
Znet Article, June, 12 2006
Gideon Levy
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The laugh of fate: The state waging a broad international campaign for a boycott is simultaneously waging a parallel campaign, no less determined, against a boycott. A boycott that seriously harms the lives of millions of people is legitimate in i...
Levy: Who is the Terrorist?
Znet Article, April, 23 2006
Gideon Levy
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The scenes from Gaza are heartbreaking. Heartbreaking? That's not for certain. The sight of the Aben family from Beit Lahiya mourning its 12-year-old daughter Hadil last week did not stir any particular shock in Israel. Nor did anyone take to the ...
Levy: As the Hamas Team Laughs
Znet Article, February, 22 2006
Gideon Levy
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The Hamas team had not laughed so much in a long time. The team, headed by the prime minister's advisor Dov Weissglas and including the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, the director of the Shin Bet and senior generals and officials, convened ...
Levy: Good News About the Hamas Victory
Znet Article, January, 30 2006
Gideon Levy
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The good news from the occupied territories is that Hamas won the elections. As opposed to what the chorus of national intimidation--speaking in one voice from Benjamin Netanyahu to Ami Ayalon--is saying, the political change in Palestine could be...
Levy: The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
Znet Article, December, 16 2005
Gideon Levy
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You go to sleep securely in your home. At 1 A.M. you wake up in horror to the sound of a voice on the loudspeaker calling you to go out into the street immediately. After the soldiers instruct you to return home, suddenly a frightening dog enters ...
Levy: The Longest Month
Znet Article, October, 28 2005
Gideon Levy
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Four kilograms of apples for NIS 5. The peddler's throat is hoarse, although he uses a loudspeaker. The price is rock-bottom and there are no buyers. That's how he walks through the alleys of the refugee camp - announcing his wares from a perch at...
Levy: The Carpenter's Wife
Znet Article, October, 22 2005
Gideon Levy
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Why did Haifa Hindiya, a 38-year-old married woman and mother of five, stab a soldier at a checkpoint on the first day of the month of Ramadan? Was it because she was battered and humiliated by her husband, as her family claims? Or because she was...


