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“What is going on in Israel now has passed from the realm of the political to the metaphysical, which means that compromise is not possible. Instead, day by day, the arguments are getting louder and more cutting, and animosity is everywhere on display”

TABLET MAG Zionism’s Moment of Decision Liel Leibovitz April 19, 2023 Having just returned from Israel, the country where I was born and grew up, and of which I am still a proud citizen, I apologize for being the bearer … Continue reading

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CHICAGO EVENT Exodus 91: The Untold Story of Operation Solomon

From my friend David Coleman, native Chicagoan, now in Jerusalem working with OpenDor Media….I’m excited to share that our movie, Exodus 91: The Untold Story of Operation Solomon is coming to Chicago ! Watch the trailer here. Chicago Festival of … Continue reading

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#TwoStateSolution “The idea that a Jewish and a Palestinian state will coexist peacefully is widespread in contemporary academic and political circles but ignores the reality on the ground”

JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGY AND SECURITY Understanding Israeli-Palestinian two-state solution delusion Professor Efraim Inbar October 11, 2022 …Unfortunately, a stable and peaceful outcome according to the two-state concept is not expected in the near future for two reasons. The two … Continue reading

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Jewish social justice organization Avodah dismisses Anna Rajagopal, known online for scathing criticism of Israel

FORWARD Avodah denies pressure caused it to fire anti-Zionist activist Arno Rosenfeld June 30, 2022 Avodah, a Jewish social justice organization, fired a prominent anti-Zionist activist following an online campaign targeting the group over its decision to hire her. Anna … Continue reading

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My #NYU classmates talk about the ‘#Zionist grip on the media’ and tweet ‘death to Israel.’

COMMON SENSE To the Antisemites Who Sit Next to Me at School Tal Fortgang April 24, 2022 …All of you have done more than I ever could to convince my fellow Jews that the left doesn’t just have a Corbyn … Continue reading

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Historian Eliezer Tauber explores how Palestinian propaganda backfired by turning a bloody battle into a fateful blood libel

TABLET MAG Remember Deir Yassin! by Gil Troy January 20, 2022 Deir Yassin. For decades it was the main count in the Palestinian indictment against Zionism and Israel. In the 1970s, when Palestinian terrorists butchered schoolkids and Olympic athletes, they … Continue reading

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It’s kind of a “1619 Project” but for Jews: NEH grant funds “large-scale collaborative project to rewrite the histories, narratives, and memories of and by Jews in the Middle East in the 19th-21st centuries”

JEWISH PRESS National Endowment for the Humanities Spends $250K to Fund a ‘1619 Project’ for Israel by Daniel Greenfield December 7, 2021 Last year, Lior Sternfeld and Michelle Campos signed the so-called Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism which argued that calling … Continue reading

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Your only two choices are Zionism and anti-Zionism. Pick wisely

TABLET MAG Us and Them by Liel Leibovitz May 25, 2021 We’ve lived through skirmishes between Israelis and Palestinians before, but May 2021 felt different. It’s not only that the number of rockets lobbed at Israel, 4,360, marks an all-time … Continue reading

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Professor Gil Troy: “Why I am a Zionist”

UNPACKED Professor Gil Troy’s essay “Why I am a Zionist”

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“There are two sources for Israel’s claim to the West Bank. The first, and the most important, is the Mandate for Palestine, set up by the League of Nations in 1922, for the sole purpose of creating the Jewish National Home”

FRONT PAGE MAG Israel’s Claim Under International Law to the ‘Occupied Territories’ by Hugh Fitzgerald April 8, 2021 The Biden Administration seems to think that the way to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians is to push Israel back within … Continue reading

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