Two
weeks ago, I wrote about my reasons for moving
to Israel. I wanted “to help in building a nation that would be a
reflection of the best of the Jewish
value heritage – a country based on the prophetic vision of equality,
social justice, decency and humanity.” I fully expected that the Zionist
enterprise would be inclusive, pluralistic, humanistic and universal.
In
retrospect, almost 40 years after my aliya, I view my life here through
a different lens. Perhaps I should have been more realistic, accepting
David Ben-Gurion’s vision that we should seek “normalcy” and be like any
other nation, which meant there would be “Jewish police and Jewish
criminals.” For certain, that is true.
But, what I did not expect
was institutional criminality. I am not referring to those Knesset
members serving time in jail or a president and prime minister being
accused respectively of rape and embezzlement. I am speaking of the type
of institutional criminality that bears the mark of discrimination... >>>
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |