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Gideon Levy (Hebrew: גדעון לוי; born 1953) is an Israeli journalist. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. A notable journalist on the Israeli left, Levy has been characterized variously as a "propagandist for the Hamas" to a "heroic journalist".
Levy was born in 1953 in Tel Aviv, the son of immigrants from Germany. Levy’s father was a German Jewish lawyer from the Sudetenland. Fleeing from the Nazis in 1939, Levy senior parted from his parents at a railway station in Prague and never saw them again. For six months he lived on a refugee boat that was turned away from many ports until finally reaching Mandate Palestine. Levy attended Public School Alef. Levy and his younger brother Rafi would often sing together, notably songs composed by Haim Hefer. During the Six-Day War, the street adjacent to his home was hit by Arab artillery. Levy describes his political views as a...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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93 days ago |
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America, stop sucking up to Israel - — Barack Obama has been busy - offering the Jewish People blessings for Rosh Hashanah, and recording a flattering video for the President's Conference in Jerusalem and another for Yitzhak Rabin's memorial rally. Only Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah surpasses … |
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130 days ago |
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Netanyahu's speech / Cheapening the Holocaust - — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cheapened the memory of the Holocaust in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. He did so twice. Once, when he brandished proof of the very existence of the Holocaust, as if it needed any … |
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243 days ago |
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Future of Mideast is a domestic American issue - — Benjamin Netanyahu can keep pretending it's just rain and Interior Minister Eli Yishai can continue berating the Obama administration for its “unacceptable” policies. National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari can keep shouting hysterically about our soldiers … |
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346 days ago |
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Gideon Levy / 'Antiwar' film Waltz with Bashir is nothing but charade - — Everyone now has his fingers crossed for Ari Folman and all the creative artists behind “Waltz with Bashir” to win the Oscar on Sunday. A first Israeli Oscar? Why not? — However, it must also be noted that the film … |
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348 days ago |
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Netanyahu, put your money where your mouth is - — Why isn't Benjamin Netanyahu setting up a right-wing government? Why isn't he carrying out the voters' will to position the right wing in power? Why isn't he taking the opportunity that fell into his hands to form a government in tune with his doctrine? |
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