Mark Braverman is the program director for Kairos USA, a Christian group dedicated to taking a “bold, prophetic stand against the unjust policies that oppress Palestinians.” Mark Braverman is a Jewish American with family roots in the Holy Land. Raised in the Jewish...
If Not Now defines itself as a “movement of American Jews organizing our community for equality, justice, and a thriving future for all.” For them, “all” includes Palestinians and Israelis across the world. They work against the myth that “Palestinian rights and...
Morgan Bassichis is a Jewish American artist and activist who works with Jewish Voice for Peace. Bassichis is well-known for being a comedian and writer but has also been vocal about advocacy. In a speech titled “'Not in Our Name: On Jews Rejecting Zionism,” Bassichis...
“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...