Gilad Kariv is an Israeli Reform rabbi, lawyer, and Knesset legislator from the Democrats party (serving previously with the Labor Party). In this video, Kariv addresses the Knesset during Hannukah, in December 2024, reflecting on the soul of his country in the wake...
The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi is a Buddhist scholar and translator who has spoken out against Israel’s injustice in Palestine. In a 2024 article published on Common Dreams, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi calls Israeli’s attack on Gaza “the gravest moral crisis of our time.” A...
Marc H. Ellis is a Jewish-American author, theologian, and retired professor widely regarded as a “leading authority on contemporary Judaism.” He is known for his research, writing, and advocacy for peace between Israel and Palestine through the lens of ethical Jewish...
Nurit Peled-Elhanan is a Jewish philologist, activist, translator, and Professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her teaching and research advocates for inclusive education in both Israel and Palestine by highlighting how textbooks in...
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...
Americans for Peace Now (APN) is the sister organization to Israel's preeminent peace movement, Shalom Achshav (“Peace Now “in Hebrew). APN advocates for a two-state solution that ensures peace between Israel and Palestine by calling for an end to Israeli settlements...
Rabbis for Ceasefire are a self-described “ad-hoc group of Rabbis and Rabbinical students across political affiliations and denominations” calling for an end to the violence in Gaza. They pride themselves on being from different Jewish faith communities that have come...
Jelithin, the Jewish Liberation Theology Institute, is an organization founded to empower Jewish people across the globe to use their faith for good. The Institute encourages Jewish people to connect their religious values to struggles for social justice. The...
A self-described “secular Jew,” documentary filmmaker Stefan Moore wrote about the troubled history of creating the Jewish state for Consortium News. He argues for a shift from fighting for a two-state solution toward a “democratic secular state accommodating both...
Mondoweiss is an independent, internet news and opinion website about Palestine, Israel, and related United States foreign policy. It was founded in 2006 by journalist Philip Weiss and has since become a critical resource. News coverage from Mondoweiss has discussed...
“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...