Criticizing the occupation and Israeli policies towards the Palestinians
Spotlights
Is Netanyahu, Stalwart of Int’l Right, Toast?
With a virtual tie between Likud and Blue-White, an interesting question is whether ...
Trump’s ‘Disloyal’ Charge Traced to Neocon Origins
Our TTN colleague, CUNY prof and Nation columnist Eric Alterman, draws a ...
Ex-CIA Agent Runs for Congress, Tweeted Antisemitism
Valerie Plame is running for Congress (in the Democratic primary) for the ...
Blaming Israel/Jews for 9/11 and Iraq
The following revisits debates from recent decades that still weigh upon American ...
Is Anti-Israel Left Antisemitic?
As explained in my post this past February on NY Times opinion editor ...
Boycott If You Wish, But Don’t Force Others
In addition to “Don’t Be ‘Useful Idiots’ for BDS” by Michael Walzer, ...
Don’t Be ‘Useful Idiots’ for BDS
This is a followup to “Summer of Defeats for Academic BDS.” This short ...
Summer of Defeats for Academic BDS
At the beginning of August, the executive committee of The Third Narrative’s ...
Top Israeli Security Vets Support 2 States
The following letter, dated August 27, 2019, was co-signed by 25 retired ...
What Anti-Zionist Leftists Get Wrong
Loathing Israel has become a religion in a large segment of the ...
Debating Nuances in Tlaib/Omar Ban
In an extensive email discussion, participants in The Third Narrative (TTN) have ...
The Third Narrative Blog
Progressive Israel Network Opposes Netanyahu on Annexation
Responding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intent to extend Israeli sovereignty over large parts of the West Bank, the Progressive Israel Network released the following statement:
A democratic and peaceful future for Israelis and Palestinians requires national self-determination for both peoples. Any step to unilaterally impose Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian people and territory in the West Bank is a step away from the two-state vision and toward the formalization of two separate and unequal legal systems. Both Israelis and Palestinians want and deserve to live in peace, with justice and dignity. Israelis deserve to live in a healthy and vibrant democracy. Palestinians deserve to live free from occupation.
Netanyahu’s suggested move would entrench Israel’s military occupation in the West Bank. It harms millions of Palestinians living under occupation and poses an existential threat to Israeli democracy. Israeli democracy cannot endure without putting an end to the 52-year occupation.
Our vision for Israel and its relationship with the U.S. includes:
* A strong and democratic Israel that ends its 52-year occupation and that provides for all its citizens justice, dignity and equal rights. An Israel that seeks peace, rather than entrenching occupation and inequality.
* Strong US leadership towards a two-state solution, which opposes unilateral Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
* A US-Israel relationship that reinforces our countries’ shared democratic values and institutions.
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The Progressive Israel Network is a coalition of the ten leading organizations representing Americans committed to pursuing democracy, equality in Israel and to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The coalition speaks with a unified voice in support of democracy and equal rights, religious freedom and pluralism, and a two-state solution. The network’s founding members are Ameinu, Americans for Peace Now, Habonim Dror North America, Hashomer Hatzair, The Jewish Labor Committee, J Street, The New Israel Fund, Partners for Progressive Israel, Reconstructing Judaism, and T’ruah. This statement [issued Sept. 10 2019] is further joined by the National Council of Jewish Women.
Responding to the Far Left’s Attacks on Israel
Our TTN booklet responds to some of the most common and inaccurate accusations made against Israel from the far left by activists trying to appeal to those who are committed to human rights and social justice.
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The Third Narrative engages with people on the left who suspect that it is wrong to lay all blame for the Arab-Israeli conflict at the feet of Israeli Jews but feel that too many Israel supporters reflexively support –or passively accept—the Israeli occupation. When it comes to this conflict, the truth is rarely black or white; it resides in a gray area where advocates on either side typically don’t like to venture.. 