Rabbi Wendi Geffen of a Reform congregation outside Chicago gave a sermon after the last Gaza conflict saying anti-Zionist Jews must not be allowed inside the Jewish “tent” because the “vast majority” of Jews support Israel. And she said the assertion by some Jews that Zionism contradicts progressive values is a threat to the Jewish people more dangerous than external threats. Her views are important because they reflect official Jewish statements that conflate Zionism and Judaism.
Small business owners in Gaza grapple with mounting debts and no means of income, after their enterprises were destroyed in the escalation with Israel last May.
Palestinians from Gaza share their unfiltered accounts of the massacres carried out by Israel in May 2021, at the launch of the “Gaza is Palestine” campaign.
Most children in Gaza experience PTSD, and this has also impacted the children in Ahmed Dremly’s family, as he watches his young cousin, Little Mansour, struggle to cope with the loss of his grandfather.
During its attack on Gaza in May, Israel destroyed the offices of APA Images, the photo agency that Mondoweiss relies on to give you the news from Palestine. Today, we are proud to announce that we are joining with our friends at The Electronic Intifada and the Middle East Children’s Alliance to raise funds to replace APA’s destroyed equipment, and promote journalism in Gaza.
Israel bombs Palestinian attackers and kills some “innocent” civilians in Gaza, according to Israel advocate Robert Wexler. Do Palestinians have the same right: to attack their attackers in Israel?
In late August students in Gaza headed back to schools where many are learning in overcapacity classrooms with up to three sharing a desk, as educators grapple to find places for pupils whose schools were bombed during a recent escalation with Israel.
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl says she was “angry and embarrassed” that 94 rabbinical and cantatorial students wrote a letter accusing Israel of “violent suppression of human rights” and “apartheid” during its last Gaza onslaught, and said she would not “hire anyone who signed that letter.” Buchdahl was letting slip a policy that many Jewish organizations maintain, not to hire or give a platform to those who question Zionism.
An establishment rabbi who backs “Zioness” and other pro-Israel initiatives says that Israel like Abraham can be a “toxic narcissist” and lift a knife against the innocent. That Jonathan Blake can humanize Palestinians and keep his job shows that the Jewish community is shifting.
Unlike the three previous wars on Gaza, the May war, albeit shorter – eliminated many of my childhood and teenage years’ memories. It was more personal than the others. This time, Israel stepped up its aggressiveness by attacking the heart of Gaza City, a place that often escaped the intense bombing. And in the two weeks I stayed there in June, I don’t think there was a single day without the drone noise in the background.