Resource for people who want to reconcile support for a Jewish homeland with their progressive values, and pursue justice for both Israelis and Palestinians.
While the world has been focusing on the Gaza war, Israel’s right wing government has taken alarming new steps to expand West Bank settlements and their infrastructure. https://t.co/3sNuGuZIdU
Latest post addresses the distressing, appalling fact that sending more humanitarian aid to Gaza is politically unpopular in Israel...although there is a constituency that wants to help...https://t.co/34S1B3iVrx
Dan Fleshler shares his struggle with what he's seeing in Gaza, and explores Israel's conduct in relation to the "Laws of War."
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Some equate Zionism, since its inception, with "European settler colonialism." Sam Fleischacker shows that while there are similarities, there are also key differences.https://t.co/VrU32M3R1D
While protesting now against the annexationist Israeli government, pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian progressives also need to have hope for the future. That means new approaches to the Right of Return and other thorny issues. https://t.co/3hwVliUttG
Much of the debate about how to define and combat antisemitism has focused on Israel and Zionism. In The Third Narrative, some smart professors discuss the connection between (lingering) Christian theology, anti-Judaism and white supremacy.https://t.co/jZUPS10SMx
"Has the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance actually reduced antisemitism anywhere?" Good one from Steve Sheffey. https://t.co/ZYZKDGobGt
Will the struggle to salvage Israeli democracy bolster support for democratic rights from the "River to the Sea?" Who knows? Anything's possible...https://t.co/KsfostAmMv
J Street U's Ronnie Shashoua on obstacles to "change-making discourse" on campus about Israel-Palestine, and how to overcome them. It's in the new website of The Third Narrative. @jstreetu https://t.co/XboPydZTr9