“No BDS,” says a gay Israeli in his dating profile; another sign that the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign is gaining traction globally and even in Israel
The Israeli journalist Larry Derfner skillfully analyzes the anti-Semitism vs. anti-Zionism debate in only 18 words.
The fact that Bernie Sanders is Jewish and is slamming Israel over the number of Palestinian civilians it killed in Gaza sends a signal to Americans that it’s not antisemitic to criticize Israel.
Five Palestinians were injured on Friday with live fire when clashes erupted with Israeli forces in border areas in the northern and eastern Gaza Strip. Palestinians are demonstrating in solidarity with what they call the “Jerusalem intifada.”
The United States needed strong antiwar voices when George W. Bush pushed to go into Iraq. Then Senator Hillary Clinton was not such a leader; and it is a sign of the Democratic Party’s corruption that so many are willing to forgive her this mistake
There’s nothing exceptional about Jewish-Israelis, or Palestinians for that matter. Or even apartheid. But a Jewish Israeli sense of exceptionalism and self-absorption serves to justify the endurance of persecution.
Over the last month, members of Israel’s African Hebrew community have begun to organize over an apparent cover-up in the death of Toveet Radcliffe, a nineteen-year-old soldier who was found shot in the head in February 2015.
Hillary Clinton has refused to condemn Israel for settlements. Though saying settlement activity is damaging, she does not ascribe it to Israel as such.
Zionism took the myth of the ‘Jewish nation’ from Jewish religious culture. It extrapolated the nationalist stream inherent in Judaism, and made it into an ostensibly ‘secular’ national movement. But the nationalist element depends upon the religious ‘counterpart’ to exist.
Bernie Sanders is clearly more progressive on the Palestinian issue than any other major candidate for the Presidency including Hillary Clinton. Still, Nicolas Sawaya says a review of his record on key issues in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice falls well short.