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What Iranian Missiles are doing to Israel
How long will this war go on? How many lives will be lost both in Israel and Iran? Can Iran’s nuclear program really be stopped by military force? Is regime change in Iran just another neocon fever dream?
End of an Era? Jews and Elite Universities
The Center for Jewish History addressed two questions: Have America’s premier institutions of higher learning become inhospitable to most Jews? And are these institutions being eviscerated in the name of fighting antisemitism?
With Israeli Peace Demonstrators at Gaza Border
It was extremely moving to hear letters written by Gazans which they sent to be read at the end of the march. …
They plead for people to recognize that they want none of this, that just as Israel’s current government does not represent us, hamas does not, did not, represent them… The people suffering did not do Oct. 7.
Settlement expansion, Gaza escalation: disaster for Palestinians and for Israel
[H]ow can this iron fist, zero-sum policy lead to anything but tidal waves of rage, new generations of revenge seekers and increasing pariah status for Israel? …
Hamas can only truly be defanged through a horizon of hope for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence based on a two-state solution….
Grief must not be a zero-sum game for either side
“We will not end this nightmare through vengeance. We will not build a future on each other’s graves.”
Israel and Jews in Crosshairs of NYC Mayoral Race
A charismatic young socialist, who is also a Muslim immigrant with a highly critical track record on Israel, has a significant chance to become the next Mayor of New York. Jewish New Yorkers need not panic.
Some Good News for a Change
On May 9th, the “It’s Time” Peace Summit, backed by 60 Israeli and Palestinian peace organizations, was held in an all-day conference at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, with 5,000 activists packing the building, and tens of thousands connected via social media.
Passover Wishes for the Liberation of All Victims of Gaza War
May we all find a path toward freedom and an end to the violence. May this be the last time my people, and yours, must pay the cost of war and oppression with their lives.
Two-State Solution’s Dead? What’s the Alternative?
… there are roughly seven million Israeli Jews and seven million Palestinian Arabs living in the borders of the British Mandate. … The most workable way to share is to divide the land … also the only way to achieve, for both sides, the minimum of national rights that both have legitimately pursued.