Healing Israel/Palestine
Escaping the Thunderclaps of War in a Breathing River
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David Harris-Gershon offers a reflection on why he chooses to speak openly about Israel and Palestine, despite the negativity received.
Culture
Empathy Is Dead in Israel: Effects of a Forever War
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Israel’s occupation of Palestine and decades of conflict has caused Israeli society to grow numb to Palestinian suffering.
Politics & Society
Gaza Is Transforming American Jews: Words from an Overflowing Inbox
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I can’t keep up with my inbox. This is an entirely new and foreign experience – over 100 messages have been streaming in each day for the past week, and there is little sign of this pace slowing. All of these messages are being sent by strangers, the vast majority of them are coming from American Jews, and most contain a singular message:
“I feel like you are my voice right now.” – 27-year-old from Philadelphia
As a writer and author, I’ve been humbled by occasional notes from strangers, from people both praising me or cursing me for my words, opinions and political positions. However, what’s happening right now is like nothing I’ve ever experienced.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Empathizing with Gaza does NOT make me anti-Semitic, nor pro-Hamas or anti-Israel. It makes me human.
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On the ground in Gaza, Israel’s war against Hamas has been devastating. Online and in the public sphere, a different sort of war has been taking place – a broad initiative to delegitimize those who raise questions about and critique Israel’s actions.
Healing Israel/Palestine
TNR: For a moral world to exist, Israel must kill innocent Palestinians
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On Sunday evening, a four-story house in Gaza was decimated by an Israeli missile. At the moment of impact, 25 people belonging to four families, including 19 children, were gathered together to break the day’s Ramadan fast. All of them were killed.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Not in My Name, Netanyahu
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During all this, Israel’s leader, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly claimed to represent me, and all Jews, as Israel continues its brutal assault on Gaza, an assault which, as history shows, will neither achieve its strategic goals nor reap anything but heartache. – No, he does not speak for me.
Healing Israel/Palestine
Why Israel Is a Progressive Issue, Not a Fringe U.S. Foreign Policy Matter
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As a Jew, I admit to being uniquely invested in what’s occurring in Israel and Gaza – an investment sometimes cited to paint political discourse on Israel as niche. However, as an American citizen and a self-avowed progressive, I not only reject such notions, but hold that Israel is a core progressive issue which demands our broad attention.
Healing Israel/Palestine
As a Jew living in America, the past week has changed me forever
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In light of the horrific events of the past week, one author questions whether or not he can remain in support of Israel as a Jewish state while holding on to his progressive ideals.
General News
I am being tracked by the NSA
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Today, I learned that my IP address is being tracked by the NSA, and that it’s possible both the metadata and the actual content of my internet traffic is being analyzed and stored as well.
I know this because of a stunning investigation just published in Germany, which may have been furthered by a second, secret whistleblower, rather than documents released by Edward Snowden.
General News
The NSA Should Be Worried After Supreme Court Ruling
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled today in Riley v. California that digital privacy is protected by the Fourth Amendment, holding that law enforcement must produce a warrant to search an arrestee’s cell phone or mobile device.