Filmmaker Maurice Jacobson spent two years living in Gaza and has now returned to the United States to dispel myths and showcase the reality of life in Gaza through his documentary “We All Live in Gaza.” His documentary, which will be completed in Winter 2026, was...
“Israel is an ethno-democracy. A democracy for Jews only.” Those were the words that stood out to Professor Emerita Hasia Dinar on her journey of questioning and rupture with her childhood faith she had placed in the state of Israel. In her confessional video,...
Simone Zimmerman is a Jewish American activist known for her advocacy against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. She co-founded IfNotNow, a movement of young American Jews calling for an end to U.S. support for the occupation and a reexamination of...
Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist, photographer, blogger, and Australian best-selling author and filmmaker. Lowenstein has written books, such as The Palestinian Laboratory, My Israel Question and Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe....
Yair Golan, former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen., is an Israeli politician and leader of the Israeli Labor (Democratic) Party as well as a reserve major general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) -- and an outspoken critic of the War in Gaza. In a May 2025...
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...
Lily Greenburg Call is a Jewish American political activist who resigned from her position as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Biden Administration due to the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip. Greenberg Call has previously worked for the...
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...
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...
“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...