How to Understand the Charges against Benjamin Netanyahu
And the threat they pose to Israeli democracy.
March 4, 2019
The mista’arvim and Israel’s Mizraḥi revival.
In the Israeli intelligence services, agents who work undercover in Arab areas are known as mista’arvim, “those who become like Arabs.” Matti Friedman describes the very first group of these, who began operating on the eve of the Jewish state’s independence, and what their experience says about the country more broadly:
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The mista’arvim and Israel’s Mizraḥi revival.
Opposing Israel is high on its list of priorities.
Intersectionality, Frankfurt School style.
Berishl Ba’al T’shuvah.