Latest from France 24: The Israeli government and its citizens are sick and tired of the way their country is negatively represented around the globe. In order to reverse this trend, which according to many Israelis is a consequence of exposure to wrong or bias information, the government launched a new initiative whose aim is . Read More »
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Brought to you by Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy. Gives new meaning to “Land of Milk and Honey” h/t to Richard Silverstein. . Read More »
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My Latest From Haaretz. The New Zionist Realism: Should Israel Care About What the Goyim Think? “First, let me tell you one thing: It’s not important what the world says about Israel. It’s not important what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that’s important is that we can live here on . Read More »
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While this blog is Israel/Palestine/Jewish centric, every once in a while I will post reflection on other concerns. This is one of those times (although I do mention the Mishnah). This week, as a homework assignment, I was asked to find an image that best represents an intersection of the sacred and the profane. . Read More »
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Can reading literature help counteract the problem of dehumanization? My latest from Common Ground. A basic fact of conflict is that people’s perceptions of each other matter. Viewing someone as subhuman or demonic, for example, reduces people’s inhibitions towards using violence against them. Read More »
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From France 24’s The Observers: Last month, on the controversial Palestinian children’s program, “The Pioneers of Tomorrow”, a cartoon was aired (on the Hamas owned Al-Aqsa TV) ostensibly aimed at teaching kids Islamic values. The cartoon features a conversation between a Palestinian boy and a young Israeli Jewish settler. Read More »
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A recent op-ed in Haaretz Karni Eldad, settler daughter of MK Arie Eldad, argues that those who are resisting the settlement freeze in the West Bank are akin to African Americans struggling against racial segregation during the Jim Crow era. She writes: Once upon a time there was a black woman; her name . Read More »
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*Haaretz published a shortened version of my interview with Labor MK Yuli Tamir. Below is the full interview. Read More »
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Jews and Muslims of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your hate. Check out the debut video from Mazzi & Sneakas. The name of the song is “Most Hated”, featuring legendary rapper MC Serch (of 3rd Bass). . Read More »
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In an interesting article in Haaretz, rapper Sagol 59 states that true Hip-Hop has yet to be born in Israel. Sagol argues that this is a consequence of the structural makeup of Israeli society and culture. Read More »
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The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow In the spring. The place where we are right Is hard and trampled Like a yard. But doubts and loves Dig up the world Like a mole, a plow. And a whisper will be heard in the place Where the ruined House once stood. . Read More »
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Palestinian man stabs two Israelis (man and woman) in the settlement town of Kiryat Arba. Israeli solider shoots the attacker. Husbands of the stabbed woman arrives on the scene, becomes enraged, and proceeds to repeatedly run-over the gunned-down assailant. Israeli man is charged with attempted murder. Palestinian in critical condition. Read More »
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Excerpts from a 92nd St Y “debate” between Alan Dershowitz and Jeremy Ben-Ami. Unfortunately, try as they might, they seem to pretty much agree about everything. From what is presented in this vid, this was not much of a debate. . Read More »
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A few days ago I watched the film ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, which explored a family struggling with the suffering and eventual death of one of its members due to cancer. As I was in the habit of doing, I ate some popcorn during the movie. Read More »
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As someone of you may know, I am married to a non-Jew. So every now and again, I get asked about the question/problem of intermarriage. Recently, a friend wrote to me that he is concerned about bringing home his non-Jewish girlfriend for the holidays. Read More »
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While this blog deals primarily with issues relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, every once in a while I feel compelled and inspired to post something different. This is such an occasion. Please take time to read and repost this powerful and important article by Terence Cantarella. Read More »
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The Jerusalem Post has just published a fascinating in-depth interview with Aziz Abu Sarah, Palestinian writer and peace activist. In it, Abu Sarah speaks candidly about the painful journey he has undergone from a boy consumed by hatred and revenge to a man guided by empathy, compassion and justice. Read More »
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As anyone who has been involved in peace-making efforts between Israelis and Palestinians knows, there comes a moment where you are compelled to say “fuck it.” This is the moment when you say to yourself: “Let’s be honest, this peace-process is an exercise in futility. These people deserve each other. Read More »
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Over at Al Jazeera, I report on J Street’s first national conference. They came in droves. Over 1,500 people mobilised in Washington last week to support J Street – the nascent Jewish-American lobbying organisation that defines itself as “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace”. Read More »
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In Haaretz, my fruitful exchange/debate with Palestinian writer Aziz Abu Sarah on whether the Palestinians should accept Israel as a Jewish state. Should the Palestinians Accept Israel as a Jewish Read More »
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My latest from Al Jazeera. As last week’s trilateral meeting in New York showed, forces outside the control of the offices of Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Read More »
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International Peace Institute recently published a poll with encouraging results. The poll reveals major changes in attitudes since 2000, when Palestinians rejected compromises proposed at the Camp Read More »
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Over at Harry’s Place, a good article about the wrongful treatment of messianic Jews in Israel. The article also quotes and references what I have written on the subject for Jewcy. It seems that Read More »
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Over at Al Jazeera, MJ Rosenberg, Steve Clemons and I weigh-in on a report (below) that exposes the negative (and often racist) views that many Israelis have of Obama. We were asked to specifically Read More »
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