+972: Independent Voices and Images

+972mag.com is an Internet magazine providing "independent reporting from Israel and the Palestinian territories." Lots of interesting, ennobling, troubling, complex and penetrating reporting from an independent perspectives n what it's like in Israel Now.

In today's NY Times, an interesting OP-ED article on the economic protests in Israel, "In Israel, the Rent is Too Damn High" by Dimi Reider, an Israeli journalist and photographer, and Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian columnist with the newspaper Al Quds, who are both contributors to +972mag.com . Many interesting articles, soul searching, discussion and debate (as well as rants from all sides in the comments section of various posted articles.)

As just one example, an interesting item, which demonstrates how Everything is Political, an article by Ami Kauffman that concerns Paul Simon's recent concert in Israel. The article is very warm and appreciative. However, in the comments following the article, an explosion of debate, mostly it seems from non-Israeli leftists. It includes a bit of video of Paul Simon, from the conclusion of the concert.