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What I Didn’t See as a Jewish Israeli
Source: Yes Magazine
https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2022/03/07/israel-palestine-identity-sheikh-jarrah
By Tzvia THIER
Published March 7, 2022
After 59 years in Israel, visiting the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah shook my identity.
Read MoreAnalysis | Israel’s Hysterical Response to Amnesty’s ‘Apartheid’ Report
Source: Haaretz
Published February 1, 2022
Read MoreU.S. State Department Rejects Amnesty's Apartheid Claim Against Israel
Source: Haaretz
By Reuters and Ben Samuels
Published February 1, 2022
'The Jewish people must not be denied their right to self-determination, and we must ensure there isn't a double standard being applied,' says U.S. State Department spokesman following Amnesty International report
Read MoreOpinion | Tucker Carlson’s anti-Soros Crusade Is a Clear Danger for American Jews
Source: Haaretz
Published January 30, 2022
Fox News marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a Tucker Carlson 'Special' glorifying Hungary’s white Christian nationalism and accusing Holocaust survivor George Soros of waging a 'secret war' on Western civilization. There should have been far more outrage
Read MoreOpinion | How Jews Become Christian Nationalists: The Case of Josh Mandel
Source: Haaretz
Published November 18, 2021
If Donald Trump can be a Christian nationalist, so can Josh Mandel, the longtime nativist leading Ohio's GOP Senate primaries
Read MoreSecular democracy and the future of Palestine
Source: Mondoweiss
https://mondoweiss.net/2022/01/secular-democracy-and-the-future-of-palestine/
BY HAIDAR EID
Published January 28, 2022
It is an established fact that Israel is an apartheid state. The questions then are - how to dismantle it and what comes next?
Read MoreOpinion | Josh Mandel Has Joined the Trumpist Christians-First Far Right. Will He Drag GOP Jews With Him?
Source: Haaretz
Published November 17, 2021
By embracing Trumpist extremists like Mike Flynn and Marjorie Taylor-Greene pushing an exclusively Christian America, Josh Mandel isn’t forging a coalition with the far right, he's joining it. What does that mean for U.S. Jews?
Read MoreThe new Palestinian year: A mixture of myths and hope
Source: Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220219-the-new-palestinian-year-a-mixture-of-myths-and-hope/
Published February 19, 2022
Read MoreIsrael’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity
Source: Amnesty International
Published February 1, 2022
Read MoreOpinion | What's With Israel's Obsession With Counting Jews?
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published January 26, 2022
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