Dorit Rabinyan, author of the novel Gader Haya (Borderlife)

Education Ministry Bans Novel Depicting Arab-Jewish Love

Knesset members from Hadash expressed outrage on Wednesday evening, December 30, following reports that the Education Ministry has decided to disqualify a novel depicting a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man from being taught in Israeli high schools. Dorit Rabinyan’s book Gader Haya (“Living Fence,” but published in its English translation under…

Al-Midan Arabic-language theatre in Haifa

Amid Protests Culture Minister Regev Revokes Funding for al-Midan Theatre in Haifa

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) decided on Tuesday, June 16, to freeze state funding for the al-Midan Arabic-language theatre. For months, the Haifa theatre has been staging the controversial play A Parallel Time. Earlier this month, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (HaBayit HaYehudi) removed the play from the educational culture stipend, stating that Israeli school-children should…