An interview with Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman about confronting the Occupation
Jonathan Kirsch
June 2, 2017
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occupation
Peter Beinart joins US Jews for civil rights-style protest in West Bank
Jewish Journal
July 18, 2016
Dozens of American Jews spent Friday in the West Bank practicing nonviolent resistance against Israel’s presence here.
Dems reject Sanders’ platform proposal on Israel
jacobk
June 27, 2016
The Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee on Friday voted down an amendment that would have called for “an end to occupation and illegal settlements” and an international effort to rebuild Gaza during a meeting in St. Louis.
The power of Jew-hatred
David Suissa
October 7, 2015
With the most recent violence flaring up in Jerusalem and throughout Israel, I’ve been asking myself what kind of hatred could animate such cold-blooded murder of innocents.
Islamist movement Hamas moving closer to Iran
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
The Islamist Hamas movement has sharply criticized the Palestinian Authority for resuming peace talks with Israel, saying that President Mahmoud Abbas is giving in to American pressure. The criticism comes as Hamas moves toward a rapprochement with Iran, despite differences over Syria.
A work unworthy of Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker
Michael Berenbaum
August 14, 2013
What is a reviewer to do when a truly gifted writer writes a genuinely awful book? I suspect that I was invited to write this review because the editor suspected that I might be open to the author’s experience, moved by the power of her words, and might not dismiss her critique of Israel, her sympathy with the Palestinians and her participation in the Gaza flotilla out of hand.
The truth about settlements
Arthur Cohn
June 26, 2013
Whenever the Middle East peace process is a topic in the news or in discussions, its factual stagnation is almost automatically blamed on the Israeli settlement development. It is one of the most controversial issues in the Middle East conflict.
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