Israelis Rally for Democracy
On Sunday, Feb. 12th, I went out to a demonstration at Washington Square Park in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. It was organized by a
February 16, 2023
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AIPAC Defeats Levin, But AWOL re Omar
AIPAC spent heavily to defeat a Jewish Democrat who supports a two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians.
September 12, 2022
Progressives need to ‘punch’ in 2 directions
Drawn in by a Haaretz alert about a lethal attack on Israelis in Beersheva, I found another story about a threat against Palestinian homes. This is
March 23, 2022
The Evil We Should Remember on Purim
I’m not especially religious, but I belong to a synagogue, and a virtual religious Jewish community during the pandemic. Much of this post is drawn from my
March 17, 2022
Disturbing Increase in Settler Violence
On Sunday, Feb. 13th, the Indiana University Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism hosted a talk by Irwin Cotler, a retired law professor and
February 14, 2022
Debating Zionism as ‘Settler-Colonialism’
On Dec. 20, 2021, Alan Johnson, editor of the British online journal, Fathom, debated Prof. Leila Farsakh (a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts-Boston)
January 24, 2022
How NOT to Explain the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
As a perk for signing up for at least one session of this year’s PPI Digital Israel Symposium, I watched “The Tinderbox“ by an English-Jewish filmmaker named
July 11, 2021
Gaza Tests Limits of ‘Both-sides-ism’
I always wince at Israel’s response to attacks from Gaza, but it’s important to note that the hostilities were initiated by Hamas [photo of dueling
May 25, 2021
Labor Resurrects; Will Meretz Die?
On March 23rd, Israel will hold its fourth national election in two years. The multi-party contending field is even more chaotic than usual, but one
March 3, 2021
Examining Israel-U.A.E. Peace
The following is an adaptation of my talk on Sept. 1 at a Zoom session of the NYC Political Forum, a “Meetup” group. Some of what
September 2, 2020