Those who see Netanyahu as Machiavellian, guided solely by political interests, miss his deep need to sidestep the truth even when the truth is unlikely to hurt him and a lie offers no political advantage. A year after claiming that the mufti of Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea of annihilating
The social protest in Israel that began in the summer of 2011 has had its achievements. But until now it has been more of a political lightning rod and social shock-absorber than a challenge to the existing political order, whose single purpose is to prevent the Israelis from truly mourning
Una reciente declaración de los científicos cognitivos sobre memorias recuperadas lanza dudas engañosas sobre uno de los apuntalamientos de la psicología Freudiana, mientras socava la lucha contra violencia sexual cometida contra niños. Por Eran Rolnik / Haaretz Nov. 1, 2014>> PDF>>
It’s time to eliminate the tacit agreement that says political assets are under the control of the right, while the left controls assets of culture and the mind. read full article on Haaretz>> get PDF>>
When Karl Lueger, Vienna’s anti-Semitic mayor (1897-1910), was asked how his extreme anti-Jewish views squared with the fact that some of his friends were Jews, he replied, “I decide who is a Jew.” The struggle against Jew hatred is too important for it to be hijacked by official Israel in
Lo Stato di Israele si è da tempo arrogato il diritto di decidere chi è un Ebreo. Ora i nazionalisti stanno cercando di dettare al mondo la definizione solipsistica di chi è un antisemita. link to the article in Italian>>
Has the approach of Israel’s younger analysts been determined, or reinforced, by a political culture that stresses the idea that all evil comes from outside? On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Israel’s Psychoanalytic Society. read full article>> on Haaretz >>
Try to hold a serious discussion about the interconnection between the “political” and the “psychic” – such as the corrupting consequences of the occupation and the oppression of the Palestinians on the psyche and sexuality of the country’s citizens; or on the connection between state-sponsored violence and the violence on
A recent statement by cognitive scientists on recovered memory casts misleading doubts on the very underpinnings of Freudian psychology, while undermining the struggle against sexual violence perpetrated on children. read full article>> read on Haaretz>>
What Israeli democracy needs is not a new government, but educators like Herzl Schubert who was seen taking part in the weekly demonstration at Nabi Saleh last month. full article>> article in Haaretz>>