We can’t say enough great stuff about We Are Not Numbers, a project with more than 75 writers from Gaza that aims to share the daily struggles and triumphs of Palestinian life through personal stories anyone can relate to. Annie Robbins writes about the project’s current fundraiser — give them a boost to carry on their important work.
Why is Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu showing us the bloodstained room of a settler girl who was murdered by a Palestinian? Because he has no answer to the political crisis of the occupation but to incite Israelis toward racial hatred — and to try to tell the world that Israelis facing Palestinians who have endured 50 years of occupation are the same as westerners confronting ISIS.
Members of the Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy convened at the Kluczynski Federal Building on Thursday morning to deliver a petition with over 1,340 signatures to US Senator Dick Durbin, urging him to martial his and his colleagues’ political leverage to end the blockade of Gaza.
It’s about time American Jews talked about the problem of dual loyalty inherent in Zionism; and a pro-Israel publication, the Jewish Week, encouraged that discussion by running a column on how “Israel Firsters,” those who vote on the basis of what is best for Israel, are approaching this election.