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Gidon Ben-Zvi

Gidon Ben-Zvi contributes to “The Algemeiner,” “The Times of Israel,” “The Jerusalem Post,” CiF Watch and blogs at Jerusalem State of Mind.

Israelis enjoy their day off work at coffee shops in central Jerusalem during the second round of elections on Sept. 17, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

The unbearable cost of a unity government

For Israel’s struggling working men and women, a paralyzed government is simply not a viable option.

September 26, 2019

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the 40th session of the Human Rights Council, Palais des Nations, Feb. 25, 2019. Credit: U.N. Photo by Violaine Martin.

Has the concept of human rights been hijacked?

How has it come to pass that the world’s most vocal champions of human rights are also its most egregious violators?

September 15, 2019

Israelis enjoy the beach on a hot day in Tel Aviv, on Aug. 29, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

The curious case of Israel’s invisible election

The political fatigue in Israel is as dangerous as it is understandable.

September 5, 2019

View of the construction on the new Museum of Tolerance in the city center of Jerusalem, on December 18, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Tolerance museums: A failing franchise?

Tolerance museums are losing the good fight because they’ve turned the murder of a distinct religious, ethnic and national group into a broadside against all forms of racism and prejudice.

June 27, 2019

View of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Dec. 3, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Raging at rabbis: When rights collide in Jerusalem

Does naming streets in eastern Jerusalem after rabbis violate the rights of the neighborhood’s overwhelmingly Arab population? Of course not.

June 20, 2019

Thousands of runners take part in the 2019 international Jerusalem Marathon in the Old City on March 15, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Pride and liberation: A tale of two parades

If the city of Jerusalem seeks to bring its denizens together under an umbrella of common aspirations, it should consider spending more time investing in events that unite, not sow division.

June 5, 2019