Galilee communities: We’re not racist, we just don’t want Arabs

from Haaretz Residents of the Misgav bloc of communities in the Galilee consider themselves to be liberal, peace-loving people who support coexistence with their Arab neighbors and even root for Bnei Sakhnin, the soccer club based in a nearby Arab town considered a prominent symbol of that community. Which is why they were shocked this [...]

“What about the Jews? Why you don’t care about us?” Israeli Youth

When Obama spoke in Egypt, he didn’t even condemn the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank – just their “growth”; he didn’t mention the suffering of the Palestinian people – just that of the Israelis;  and even all that isn’t enough for the young Israeli on the street.  We should “leave their country alone”…” [...]

Jobless rate hits 9.4 percent in May; layoffs slow

from the AP, here. With companies in no mood to hire, the unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the fewest since September… If laid-off workers who have given up looking for new jobs or have [...]

Michigan GM workers speak about the implications of bankruptcy and plant closings