Eetta Prince-Gibson is the Israel editor for Moment magazine, the former Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Report, and a regular contributor to Haaretz, +61J, The Forward, Foreign Policy, and other international publications. She lives in Jerusalem.
Eetta Prince-Gibson
By Eetta Prince-Gibson
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Opinion My Mayor Thinks He Can Show ‘Who Owns Jerusalem’ — With a Cable Car
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat declared recently that new transportation arrangements for the city have been designed to “cause the wider world to understand who really owns the city.” Barkat was describing his proposed project to create a new tourist entrance into the Old City by building a cable car up from David’s City through the…
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Opinion What Talking to a Syrian Refugee Taught Me About Palestinian Anti-Normalization
I met Shirin, a refugee from a village near Aleppo, Syria, while I was on assignment in Berlin. Her husband was killed in the fighting; over a year ago, together with her two teenage daughters, she fled to Turkey, then across the sea to Greece, then trekked across Europe to shelter in Berlin. Shirin is…
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Israel News Religious Rift Deepens Between Israel and Diaspora
Chances for de-escalation between Israel’s religious establishment and non-Orthodox movements in Israel and North America appear increasingly unlikely as new developments pile atop old ones adding layers of injury. Today, events seem to be careening toward a perfect storm. In recent weeks alone, the government has made clear that it intends to renege, for the…
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Israel News Non-Orthodox Jews Give up on Western Wall Compromise, Sue Israeli Government
Non-Orthodox Jewish organizations in Israel plan to soon sue the Israeli government in order to secure a space at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, for mixed-gender prayer, the groups said in a letter released July 11. The letter indicates that the Conservative and Reform movements in Israel have given up hope that the government…
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Opinion The Sickening Triumphalism of Trolls Who Are Glad ‘Tel Aviv Lefties’ Got Killed
The images of Palestinians rejoicing after Wednesday night’s terrorist attack sicken me. It nauseates me to think about the dozens of Jerusalemite Palestinians who were cheering the gunmen at the Damascus Gate, only about a mile and a half from my home, and passing out candies in cities and towns throughout the West Bank. It…
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Opinion Finally, a Ceremony That Lets Me Celebrate Israel While Mourning the Nakba
This time of year is always hard for me. In Israel, we move quickly from Passover to Holocaust Memorial Day; a week later, we mark the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terror; a day later we celebrate Independence Day. We go from attending solemn ceremonies as the sirens blare to attending joyful…
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Opinion Why Did Netanyahu Appoint Ex-Settler Leader Dani Dayan to New York Post?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint settler leader Dani Dayan, former head of the Council of Settlements, as Consul-General in New York, is a poor choice — and it reveals much of what is so wrong with his administration. Netanyahu seems to have an almost messianic belief that he is the only person…
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Opinion Israeli Opposition’s Plan for Jerusalem Makes No Sense. Here’s a Better Idea.
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog has announced that, since a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not currently viable, Israel should take unilateral steps to manage the conflict. These steps include cutting off a number of Palestinian neighborhoods from East Jerusalem. “Then we’ll reunite the true Jerusalem, without hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, who…
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