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Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi
Source: Mondoweiss
By PHILIP WEISS
Published November 26, 2021
Read MoreOpinion: Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights
Source: The Washington Post
By Mairav Zonszein
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Published January 6, 2022Opinion | The Settler-philosopher Everyone Loves to Love
Source: Haaretz
By Gideon Levy
Published December 4, 2021
Read MoreThe Alchemy of Angst
Source: Project Syndicate
By ELIF SHAFAK
Published December 4, 2021
In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.
Read More'The Chameleon': U.S. Experts Shaken Over What This Iranian Scholar Just Said
Source: Haaretz
By Yossi Melman
Published January 12, 2022
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a visiting scholar at Princeton and an influential figure in the corridors of power in his country, recently spoke with a smirk of satisfaction about the threats directed against former American official Brian Hook
Read MoreHaifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bourgeoisie-boutagy-haifa/
By Himmat Zoubi
Published January 6, 2022
The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.
Read MoreWhat my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state
Source: +972 Magazine
https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/
By Ayat Abou Shmeiss
Published January 3, 2022
At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.
Read MoreOpinion: Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/trump-idolatry-has-undermined-religious-faith/
By Jennifer Rubin
Published December 28, 2021
Read MoreHopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington
Source: Common Dreams
By PHILIP WEISS
Published January 3, 2022
Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"
Read More2021 in Palestine: A new generation has finally risen
Source: Middle East Monitor
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220101-2021-in-palestine-a-new-generation-has-finally-risen/
By Dr Ramzy BaroudPublished January 1, 2022
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