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Coming Monday on Mondoweiss — Advertisements

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Starting Monday things will begin to look different around here: we’ll be beginning an experiment with running advertisements on Mondoweiss. This move represents yet another milestone in the evolution of Mondoweiss. We will be celebrating the site’s 10 year anniversary in 2016 and as our audience and influence continue to grow we are constantly looking for ways to sustain our work and make sure we’ll be here over the long haul. Ads are not a silver bullet, but they will help, and we believe they will add value for our readers.

Video: A family says goodbye to a ‘martyr’ in Bethlehem

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Mutaz Zawahra was having the time of his life in France on a youth program with two other friends when he got the news that his oldest brother had fallen dangerously ill. His brother, Ghassan, was on hunger strike in Israeli prison protesting his internment without trial or charge, and family members told Mutaz that his older brother may not make it through his strike alive. Mutaz returned home immediately to be with his family in Bethlehem, just in time for the start of the unrest that was about to erupt across the West Bank. Israeli forces shot and killed Mutaz during a particularly intense bout of clashes coined “A Day of Rage,” he was the 30th Palestinian killed in October. Sheren Khalel and Abed Al Qaisi report from the family’s commemoration ceremony for Mutaz, which was delayed so that Ghassan could have the honor of paying his respects to his brother after being released from Israeli prison.

Trump wasn’t anti-Semitic

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Donald Trump’s quips about the Republican Jewish Coalition’s deal-making prowess yesterday was an accurate description of the Israel lobby’s use of money to commit politicians to pro-Israel positions.

Open letter to Rabbi Susan Talve from St. Louis Jews

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Dear Rabbi Susan Talve, Your Thanksgiving-Hanukkah letter last week drew a parallel between Black protesters in Ferguson and Jewish Israelis, mentioning Palestinians only in reference to attacks on Jews and portraying them as angry and confused without just cause. We find the parallel between Jews in Israel and African Americans misleading and offensive. Your Hanukkah letter talks about the uncomfortable “breach” we must all step into. As a leader in the progressive Jewish community, we invite you to join with us in stepping into a different breach — one where your hopes and dreams for Israel collide with the brutal realities of Palestinian oppression. Let us struggle together to reach the other side.

Why Rabbi Susan Talve was called a ‘real terrorist’ by St Louis activists

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A meme created by the activist group HandsUp United is causing an uproar in St. Louis activist circles. An image circulated on social media bears the photo of Rabbi Susan Talve, the leader of St. Louis’ Central Reform Congregation and a well known figure in the Ferguson protest movement, and refers to her as a “Real Terrorist” for her support of Israeli apartheid and its oppression of Palestinians. Sandra Tamari writes, “Talve is at the center of social justice movements in St. Louis. For that, she should be commended. But her hypocrisy of fighting against racial injustice in St. Louis while supporting it in Israel is what HandsUp United was calling out. Zionism has no place in liberation spaces led by people of color. I am so grateful to my family at HandsUp United for understanding that none of us are free until all of us are free.”