Instead of mourning privately––a betrayal of Jewish values––Andy Ratto encourages us to follow his example and publicly mourn the death of Palestinians in Gaza in a "not only personal, but also a public act of spiritual and political solidarity."
Israel/Palestine
Support B’tselem’s Call to Israeli Soldiers
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B'tselem, the Israeli Human Rights Organization, calls upon Israeli soldiers to refuse orders to shoot unarmed civilians. Sign onto their statement.
Israel/Palestine
Anti-Semitism, Uprootedness, and Zionism: My Voluntary Political Exile from Israel
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A critical discussion of Zionism in the midst of present and historical anti-Semitism by a widely respected teacher of non-violent communications.
US Politics
Seeing through the Wall
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The creation of, Seeing through the Wall, a documentary; American Jews visit the occupied territories.
Israel/Palestine
Moving from Demographic Discord to Sustainability
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Alon Tal argues that of the many divisive issues that have been at the heart of historic tensions between Jewish and Arab Israelis, few have been as acrimonious as population growth.
Israel/Palestine
Conversations about Resistance
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An in depth look at non-violent resistance in the West Bank from Maurice Cotter, a human rights monitor in Palestine and Israel.
Analysis of Israel/Palestine
Communities of Faith Must Join to Demand an Arms Embargo
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The viability of a two-state solution in the Israel/Palestine conflict depends on the conscience of people within the United States.
Analysis of Israel/Palestine
The Problem with Solutions
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Noah Habeeb asks us to remember that in order to successfully implement a just solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict, we need to focus on the process of solving it, not just the solution.
Politics & Society
A Two-State Solution is the Only Option
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Alon Ben-Meir writes: "Israel and the Palestinians must choose to either live in peace or in a state of constant hostilities and bloodshed. The Palestinians’ right to a state of their own, coupled with unanimous international support, makes the two-state solution the only viable option."
Analysis of Israel/Palestine
On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Back to Democratic Basics
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Sam Sussman outlines why Democrats should be critical of the Netanyahu goverment and the Occupation, now more than ever.
Analysis of Israel/Palestine
Moving Beyond Despair
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Don Waxman proposes a pragmatic approach which will "focus on campaigning for interim measures that Israel could easily adopt, measures that would dramatically improve the lives and enhance the rights of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza."
Politics & Society
“The Ploughshare Without Fear”: Remembering Martin Buber (1878-1965)
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Carol Ascher on Martin Buber's legacy and how we can honor and incorporate his vision for Jews and Israelis living "together with".
Israel/Palestine
Repenting for What Israel Did to Gaza – Without Condoning the Wrongs Committed by Hamas
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The human suffering is monumental. The political consequence was a major rightward turn in Israel that shaped the 2015 Israeli elections.
Israel/Palestine
For Hazhir
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Jon Swan's poem about drones is a haunting vision. "The drone hovers under the iron-gray dome of heaven . . ."
Politics & Society
Spaces and Places: Israel’s Homeland Narrative
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The conception of Yahweh as placeless reflects the Jewish sense of identity as essentially homeless. But the homelessness of the Jewish deity is in no way a defect -- the Jewish concept of the divine represents a radical intellectual advance.