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.”
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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.”
American Jews Say “No More” in NYC Rally
A long-time fixture in New York politics and former President of the human rights organization, American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messinger, told me, “I’m here because Torah states we can’t stand idly by. Starvation is not an appropriate weapon of war.”
“There is Another Way” – Moving Toward Israeli-Palestinian Collective Liberation
A voiceover comments on Israelis and Palestinians. “We find that we actually have something in common. That willingness to kill people we don’t know.”
“The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe” The Importance of Gideon Levy’s Book
Levy last visited Gaza eighteen years ago, before the government prohibited Israeli journalists from entering. He had been a regular visitor from 1987 through 2006. His goal was to serve as an interlocutor on “life and death under Israeli occupation—where freedom and basic human rights were denied.”
Precursor to Rosh Hashanah: American and Israeli Jews call Out Netanyahu
Former Deputy Head of Israel’s National Security Council, Eran Etzion, was unequivocal in his declaration, “Netanyahu no longer represents Israel.”
On the Ground at J Street Conference 2019
Naomi Chazan prefaced her comments with the rhetorical question, “Can one be overly critical of a country one loves?”
