Category: Israel / Palestine

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

Stop Settlement Expansion in E-1

TELL DEFENSE MINISTER GANTZ: STOP SETTLEMENT EXPANSION INTO E-1 Dear friends, Though Prime Minister Netanyahu has suspended plans to formally annex the West Bank, de

Et Tu, Beinart? TTN Members Respond

Peter Beinart’s recent NY Times op-ed and his longer essay in Jewish Currents argue in principle for a one-state binational solution for Israelis and Palestinians.  His article in Jewish

Et Tu, Beinart?

Religiously, Peter Beinart is what one may call “conservadox,” an observant Jew who attends a liberal-ish modern Orthodox synagogue but does not routinely cover his

AAF DEPLORES ANTICIPATED ANNEXATION

The Alliance for Academic Freedom is deeply troubled by the Israeli government’s apparent intention in the near future to unilaterally annex substantial portions of the

In-Depth Look at Annexation

Calev Ben-Dor, deputy editor of Fathom, the British online publication on Israel-related subjects, has written a broad examination of the prospect for Israel’s annexation of large

The End of Labor Zionism?

This top photo of a 1950s-era MAPAM socialist-Zionist celebration of May Day (distributed by Creative Commons.org CC by 2.5) accompanied my History News Network review article,

Progressive Jews Oppose Annexation

The following is the May 14th statement of Ameinu (The Third Narrative’s sponsor) on the new Netanyahu-Gantz coalition government, and the statement of J-Link, the

Netanyahu-Gantz ‘Unity’

Perhaps it can be said that the Coronavirus crisis has claimed its first triumph over a government in apparently causing Kahol-Lavon (Blue and White) party

Founder of DSA Supported Zionism

This post borrows from a longer feature in Fathom, the British online journal: “Democratic Socialism, Israel and the Jews: An Interview with Michael Harrington (1975),