Advertisements After years of the United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority making it clear to the Palestinian people that diplomacy will not secure the realization of Palestinian rights–especially given the massive power imbalance–the use of armed resistance to Israeli apartheid is growing among Palestinians. People have asked, “where isContinue Reading
A false narrative that portrays Palestinians as less than human, violent, and unworthy of sympathy not only reinforces the very impunity that leads Israel to continue its siege, occupation, and growing apartheid, but feeds Palestinian despair, hopelessness, and, perhaps most importantly, degradation. How must it feel to repeatedly see such indifference to the kind of suffering that is daily life in Gaza, punctuated by “flareups” that destroy more infrastructure, level more buildings, and take more lives?Continue Reading
Ilhan Omar may have been careless with her words. But acknowledging that one of the most influential lobbies in Washington is good at its job and that it matters is not anti-Semitism. And until Americans can discuss that aspect of pro-Israel activism without either exaggerating or minimizing its role, the United States can never play a positive role in the Middle East.Continue Reading
Major Jewish leaders opposing Zionism, circa 1919Continue Reading
Missing the point by debating formats.Continue Reading
