“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad, Journalist Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in...
This position paper, adopted on April 22, 2024, by Libertarian Party of North Carolina Executive Committee, calls on the US government to stop funding foreign wars and condemns atrocities and violence committed by both Hamas and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on and...
Younger Jews Embrace Solidarity with Palestinian Families Younger Jews are increasingly speaking out against Israel and for Palestinian families’ human rights. In doing so, they are adhering to lessons Jewish values teach every generation – to stand with oppressed...
Jews Around the World Speak Out Against Israel’s Actions Jews around the world are voicing opposition to Israel and the country's aggressive military tactics. Journalists, activists, political staffers, and even retired IDF generals are calling out the dehumanization...
The Afrikaans word “apartheid”, which translates to “separateness”, entered the realm of international law in response to racist regimes in South Africa. Apartheid refers to an institutionalized system of segregation based on race. The 1973 United Nations...
Israelis Against Apartheid is a group of more than 1,500 Jewish Israeli citizens who seek to end Israel’s apartheid system. They have released several open letters since October 2023 calling for the immediate end of Israel’s assault on Gaza, including the October 18,...
On October 18, 2023, Israelis Against Apartheid released an open letter calling for an “immediate end” to “the ongoing massive Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza.” With 1,800 Israeli signatures and counting, the letter makes it clear that many Israelis...
More than 2,000 students have been arrested at their university and college campuses for protesting in support of Palestinian people’s right to life, freedom, and their homelands. After nearly 7 months since the start of the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza, students across...
Matt Lieb is a Jewish stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster who spoke out against Israel’s violence against Palestinian people. The event was a collaboration between two prominent Jewish organizations, IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace. In the video, Lieb speaks...
Three young Jews, Tal Mitnik, Ariel Davidov, and Ella Keidar, join the recent waves of conscientious objectors against Israel’s occupation of Palestine. For these youth, refusing their military service is the best way to get their voices heard as they call for justice...
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad, Journalist Why We Record: Defying Fragmentation and Erasure in...
“What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish” – Don Pardo, former Director of Mossad Tamir Pardo, the former Director of Mossad from 2011–2016, recently toured the West Bank, after which he delivered a sobering assessment of the mistreatment of Palestinian...
The Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research published a previously suppressed IDF intelligence report dating from 1948. This report contradicts the Israeli narrative about the major factor in the displacement of Israel’s Arab residents during the...
David Sheen is a Toronto-born, Haifa-based investigative journalist, who has worked for dozens of local, regional, and international news outlets, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada, since 2010. He has focused extensively on the Israeli far-right, including the...
In the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...