A Brown student asserts that Palestinian leaders want to “expel” 6 million Jews from Israel and Palestine, and the NY Times publishes this falsehood without even glancing at his link, which utterly disproves the assertion.
It’s been less than 60 hours since we launched a Mondoweiss reader survey, and over 400 people have shared feedback with us. Wow! Our original goal was 1,000 responses but given the quantity and quality of thoughtful input we now are hoping for 4,000-5,000 total. Each Friday we’ll draw three respondents’ names to send our new publication, “The World The Settlers Made.” Help us out — take the survey today!
A fire started by Israeli forces during a botched operation to dentate explosives in a West Bank commercial zone quickly spread and burned a Palestinian government office, at least nine stores and an open-air market, in the early morning hours Thursday.
Dearborn MI Arabs voted for Bernie Sanders, why not Jews? The Jewish community faces a choice between AIPAC and Bernie. Is the Jewish community for a more socially progressive US, or for a stronger Israel?
Bernie Sanders caved to rightwing Jewish leaders when he suspended Simone Zimmerman as Jewish outreach director. The movement she joined, Open Hillel, explains that Jewish leaders are alienating young Jews by enforcing pro-Israel litmus test.
“When a midwife delivers an Arab baby she is asked ‘Did you bring us another terrorist?’ I heard it with my own ears”. Lena Kassem of Doctors for Human Rights on the segregation of Palestinians and Jews in Israeli hospitals.
Most Israelis I spoke to in Jerusalem’s Zion Square about the upcoming US presidential election disparaged Bernie Sanders, but spoke fondly of Donald Trump. Trump’s Muslim ban and Ted Cruz’s proposal to have police patrol “Muslim neighborhoods” were popular.
It’s finally happened: the issue of Palestinian human rights came up in the Democratic debate tonight on national television, and Bernie Sanders repeatedly criticized Hillary Clinton–for siding with Israel singlehandedly, for her support of Benjamin Netanyahu and her indifference to the plight of Palestinians.
The Hebron execution of a wounded Palestinian by an Israeli soldier wasn’t a murder, and wasn’t an error either. Because the Palestinian was considered a “terrorist.” An introduction to Israeli Newspeak
Donna Nevel says more Jews have left fantasy notions of Zionism far behind and joined the growing movement for justice in Palestine. But there is still lots of unlearning to do in the progressive Jewish community.