Steve Koppman is a playwright and the author of a book on Jewish Folklore. At…
Entry denied. Amanda Michelle narrates her first time at the Israeli-controlled border between Palestine and Jordan. She and the group of Arab-Americans she was traveling with to Palestine were detained at the Allenby crossing. Eventually, they were barred–for five years. “The irony of the situation does not escape me,” she writes. “Being Palestinian is making it impossible for me to visit Palestine.”
This is an incredible speech about Jewish excommunication and the code of silence on criticizing…
Shuhada Street in Hebron has been closed to Palestinians for many years. In August a military checkpoint on the street was set afire. The Israeli occupying forces cracked down on Palestinians for the fire, further limiting their movements.
The eyes of the world were in Gaza, but meantime Israel was also clamping down the occupation in the West Bank. It killed 32 Palestinians over the last two months and announced 1472 new settlements
The school year is about to start, and the Anti-Defamation League has sent personalized invitations to elected members of student government inviting them to participate in an all expenses paid trip to Israel. Called the “Campus Leaders Mission to Israel,” these trips are one of the ADL’s most important tactics in influencing campus political decisions.
The cease-fire that ended seven weeks of hell in Gaza is only two days old. But the countdown to the next round began as soon as the ink dried on the agreement between Israel and the Palestinian armed factions. The deep-rooted problems bedeviling the Palestinian people and Israel have not gone away. The only question is when that next spasm of violence breaks out.
Rana Alshami writes from Gaza: Whatever was going on in Gaza for the past 51 days has finally ended. People can finally breathe, sleep, live! My family and I lived and experienced the worst of times, but we are still alive. We survived. When the official announcement of the ceasefire was finally announce I couldn‘t stop crying! I could not believe this nightmare was about to end soon. I couldn‘t believe I was alive for this moment. I couldn‘t believe I was going to see my parents and relatives again.
Peter Beinart has a column in Haaretz calling on American Jews who believe in the…
On Tuesday August 26, 2014, more than 50 demonstrators protested outside the Newark, New Jersey, offices of U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker demanding that the legislators stop providing a blank check for Israel’s crimes. Thirteen demonstrators were arrested inside the building as they read out the names of some of the nearly 500 Palestinian children killed in Gaza.