Seraj Assi
By Seraj Assi
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Opinion Palestinian Citizens of Israel Like Me Don’t Vote – Because Israel Is Not A Democracy
There’s a story that helps me explain to people why Palestinian citizens of Israel like myself don’t vote in Israeli elections. Mahatma Gandhi was once asked, “What do you think of Western civilization?” “I think it would be a good idea,” Gandhi replied. That’s how we Palestinian citizens of Israel feel about Israeli democracy. And…
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Opinion My Father Tried To Hide The Nakba – But It Found Me.
When 71 years ago this month, the creation of the State of Israel led to a mass Palestinian exodus, only about 150,000 Palestinians out of nearly one million who had lived on the territory managed to remain within the new state. Among them were my grandparents. Palestinians refer to events that unfolded that year as…
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Opinion I’m An Arab Citizen Of Israel. I’m Boycotting The Election.
As Israeli voters spent last month preparing to head to the polls on April 9, Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media to remind them that “Israel is not a state for all its citizens: According to a basic law we passed, Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, and the Jewish people only.” He…
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