Deconstructing a Week: From Yom Kippur to Israeli Prison Torture to a Buddhist Coalition
Van Hollen spoke passionately about the deaths of nine American citizens who have been killed over the past four years with “no accountability or justice.”
Category: Israel/Palestine
Violence in the West Bank: Part 2-Sonia Marcus
Marcus stated, “I feel a personal responsibility. Never have I been so directly implicated. There is a personal connection.”
Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power
The authors realize they are on “sensitive” ground that puts them squarely in the middle of the most inflammatory issues of the day as they reference “antisemitism, the influence of Jewish and Israeli-American political donors, and the role of a country created in the aftermath of the Holocaust.”
Violence in the West Bank – Part 1
Last week, several groups held online talks to bring attention to the horrific violence in the West Bank. Many organizations are currently organizing trips for activists to participate in “protective presence” during the fall olive harvest (October 15–20).
The USA and Israel Fall Elections: Getting Out the Vote and Facing Challenges
Standing Together leadership considers the most significant objective to be “getting out the vote in Palestinian sectors.”
“Planet Israel”
Mosely is searching for answers about what is driving the behavior of Israeli Jews, and the now-widening divide between Jewish religious ethics and the conduct of the state of Israel.
When Doves Try: Tracing an Israeli Peace Movement
Sifry affirms his commitment “to the concept of Zionism as a movement of Jewish national self-determination.” Nevertheless, he adds, “I deplore, however, the racist and militarist forms it has taken from early on.”
Learning About the Nakba
Going back to the reality of how Israelis and Jews around the world were raised, Wishnitzer said flatly, “We were the good guys, erasing everything that didn’t fit that narrative.”
“Israel: Ministers of Chaos”
“Ministers of Chaos,” profiling Itamr Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich,
takes a deep look at the tentacles of racism and ethnonationalism in today’s state of Israel.
“No Way But Forward: Life Stories of Three Families in the Gaza Strip”
Barber tells of his trip to various schools throughout the Strip in 1995 to meet students. A young man implores him:
“Please go home and tell the world that we are not all terrorists.”
