Rabbinical Students Call on American Jews to Hold Israel Accountable
“An Untenable and Dangerous Reality” Dozens of American rabbinical and cantorial students wrote a public letter in 2021 calling on the Jewish American community to hold Israel accountable for its human rights abuses. The letter begins: “Blood is flowing in...
Where Is the Palestinian Mandela?
Many interested in Israel-Palestine have asked the question: “Where is the Palestinian Mandela?” But Nelson Mandela’s grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela has argued that this question emerges from a distortion of his grandfather’s legacy. Who Was Nelson Mandela?...
Do West Bank Policies Amount to Apartheid in Israel?
Former Ambassadors Call It Like They See It Apartheid in Israel is controversial when it comes to contemporary discussions of the country. Apartheid is a system of rule that is inherently unequal and discriminatory anathema to a free and democratic society. Systematic...- Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine
Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of… Read more: Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine - A Burglary Motivated by Racism
Haaaretz journalists Gideon Levy and Alex Levac reported on a West Bank burglary case in 2020 in which a small Palestinian business was repeatedly burglarized by Jewish… Read more: A Burglary Motivated by Racism - Curt’s Hebron
Curtis Bell, President of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, spoke to the First Unitarian Church’s Department of Social Justice about his two months in… Read more: Curt’s Hebron - Virginia Tech GPSS
- Jerusalem Christian Church Leaders Speak Up
In 2000, the heads of Jerusalem churches wrote a letter to the leaders at Camp David as they decided the status of Jerusalem. In 2017, these patriarchs… Read more: Jerusalem Christian Church Leaders Speak Up - Antisemitism or Anti-Palestinian Racism at Temerty?
Controversy fell upon the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 2022 as debate swirled between accusations of antisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism. A confidential… Read more: Antisemitism or Anti-Palestinian Racism at Temerty? - The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara
On February 26, 2023, more than 400 Jewish settlers terrorized the Palestinian village of Hawara in the Occupied West Bank. For hours, the settlers set buildings and… Read more: The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara - Christians Against Israeli Violence
Christians Against Israeli Violence: Churches Call to End U.S. Military Aid to Israel On March 10, 2023, ten U.S.-based Christian groups published a letter directed to President… Read more: Christians Against Israeli Violence - Fareed Khan
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