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Sheri Oz

Living in Israel since 1976, the writer is a retired family therapist who embarked on a career in journalism.

Israel’s success in stopping Palestinian attacks creates a dangerous illusion: the absence of terrorism makes the Jewish state look like the aggressor.
Unlike the Europeans, who have no qualms about publicly delegitimizing Israel, we Israelis are so diplomatic that our leaders do not openly say anything that might hurt their feelings.
Will the prime minister use the renewal of the E.U. Association Council with Israel to stop European funding of anti-Israel projects and NGOs?
If the desired resolution comprises the demonization of violently acting-out young Jewish men and their incarceration without attention to societal and other background issues, then there will be no resolution.
The Ra’am Party flexes its muscles, threatens to act against the government (and does act against the government), but does it really want to bring this coalition down—the first one in which an Arab political party has had membership?
Israeli intelligence has allegedly foiled a great number of terrorist attacks before they could be carried out. Perhaps administrative detention, then, is part of a strategy that has proven successful.
Is Israel pushing Palestinians off their land? No, and the answer requires some explanation.