False claims of anti-Semitism?
Duke University’s student newspaper The Chronicle published a November 16, 2021 letter by Duke Students for Justice in Palestine saying the foundation of Israel rests upon the expropriation of Palestinian land and displacement of the Palestinian people. In a response...
Lea Tsemel
Lea Tsemel is a Jewish Israeli human rights lawyer. She has represented political prisoners for five decades and was the subject of the 2019 movie Advocate (reviewed in the NY Times). Tsemel spoke on CANADA TALKS ISRAEL PALESTINE. She...
Israeli Apartheid
Writing in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Israeli author Gideon Levy points out inequities in how Jews and non-Jews are treated under Israeli law. “To put it briefly: After the Law of Return, this is the law that exemplifies more than any other the...
Sara Roy
Writing in CounterPunch, Sarah Roy, a Jew and child of Holocaust survivors, pens a strongly worded letter to President Biden: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/21/a-letter-to-biden-on-gaza/. She asks why Biden isn’t doing more to stop the...- Infographic & Maps
- The Separation Wall
Israel began constructing the Separation Wall in 2002 as a security measure to protect Israelis against “terrorism.” However, the International Court of Justice, at the request of […] - Rising Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank
Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories endure extremely harsh living conditions due to the Israeli military occupation. However, the Israel Defense Forces are not the only source […] - Rabbi Miriam Grossman on Changing Jewish Perspectives
Rabbi Miriam Grossman of the Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives congregation in Brooklyn, New York, is an educator and organizer who leads through Jewish ritual. She teaches […] - Imagine What Life Is Like for Palestinian Children
What is life like for Palestinian children? On the wall of the girls’ school in the Palestinian West Bank village of Luban e-Sharqiyah, there is a drawing of […] - Young Jewish and Left
A celebration of diversity, Young Jewish and Left weaves queer culture, Jewish Arab history, secular Yiddishkeit, anti-racist analysis, and religious/spiritual traditions into a multi-layered tapestry of Leftist […] - With God on Our Side
With God On Our Side takes a look at the theology of Christian Zionism, which teaches that because the Jews are God’s chosen people, they have a […] - Where Should the Birds Fly
The film begins in 2004 (before the 2008-2009 Israeli attack on Gaza that left more than 1,400 dead) and ends in 2011. Where Should the Birds Fly? […] - Welcome to Hebron
The first thing 17-year-old Leila asserts in Welcome to Hebron is that no one can tell her what to do. Leila is a Palestinian student living in […] - The Wanted 18
Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk […]