Thais have had enough – and the golden age of Israelis in Koh Phangan comes to an end

by mgall74 | Jan 9, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] A visit to this island today is like a trip to a sausage factory where, as the saying goes, no one wants to know how the product is made. The sausages, in this case, are Instagram photos of tourists against a backdrop of white sand holding colorful cocktails,...

Staff at Israeli-owned New York bakery unionize over company's 'support of genocide in Palestine'

by mgall74 | Jan 8, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Over 30 percent of Breads Bakery workers tied their bid for ‘fair pay’ to worldwide ‘struggles against genocide,’ saying they could not abide by the bakery’s support for Israel and slamming the company’s ‘Zionist...

Born in Transylvania, banned in wartime Hungary and reborn in Israel

by mgall74 | Jan 7, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The lobby of Tel Aviv University’s Green House was packed last Thursday evening. The air buzzed with a cacophony of Hungarian, English and Hebrew. In the corner of the hall – a restored 19th-century building and one of the last remnants of the village of...

The two incarnations of Mohammad Bakri: The actor gave Israelis hope; the director they couldn't handle

by mgall74 | Dec 31, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] In the mid-1980s, Mohammad Bakri was the hope. The Arab actor with the blue eyes and determined look starred with Arnon Zadok in “Beyond the Walls,” proving that Arab-Jewish solidarity was possible. That this place might actually have a positive...

Israeli cinema figures who withdrew from government-sponsored awards re-submit candidacy

by mgall74 | Dec 28, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] After Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatened to repeal the law that provides state funding for film projects, several boycott candidates agreed to take part in his alternative awards ceremony following a veteran filmmaker’s promise that funding for...