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...
Israel has killed more than 45,000 Palestinian men, women, and children in Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the United Nations. An estimated 10,000 more Palestinian men, women, and children remain buried under rubble. A study by The Lancet estimated four...
Qaqun was a Palestinian village once located near the city of Tulkarm in the West Bank. It is surrounded by natural wonders like Mount Nablus and the Sharon Plain and had once been inhabited by mostly Palestinian families. The village of Qaqun, along with hundreds of...
Peter Beinart, Jewish-American Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the CUNY Newmark School of Journalism, who works as a columnist, political commentator, journalist, and editor-at-large of Jewish Currents. Beinart has authored several books, including...
Formed in 1924, The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association began as a reorganization of the Jewish Colonization Association, originally established in 1891. The group’s self-described goals stated the colonization of Palestinian land, facilitating the emigration of...
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 Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...
In February 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government transferred civil authorities over the West Bank from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to a new minister within the Ministry of Defense. According to Foreign Affairs, “[t]his administrative change...
The Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization founded in 1995 composed of over 600 families who have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict. This grassroots organization promotes reconciliation in order to...
Interview with Dr. Burhan Ghanayem, Board Chair of Voices for Justice in Palestine Burhan traveled to the Occupied Palestinian West Bank from late September to mid-October 2022. The interview has been edited for clarity. The Interviewer is Rev. J. Mark Davidson,...
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is national organization composed of Jewish Americans and allies who “support full equality for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis grounded in international law and universal principles of human rights.” While JVP is a Jewish faith-based...
“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...