Daniel Sokatch is the CEO of the New Israel Fund.
Daniel Sokatch
By Daniel Sokatch
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Opinion Congress is voting on a bill targeting pro-Palestinian groups. Israel’s example proves it’s a terrible idea
H.R. 9495 would open the door for more antidemocratic developments — as laws in Israel have done for 15 years
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, will Israel choose the way of peace, or that of religious nationalism?
The country is locked in a debate about what the Hamas attack meant — and what to do about it
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Opinion Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians
Forced migration in war is a crime against humanity. Israeli ministers putting it on the table is a threat to the future of Israeli democracy no less than this government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.
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Opinion Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene
Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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Opinion To uphold its founding promise, Israel must treat its Arab citizens as truly equal
The current cycle of violence between Israel and the Palestinians dispels two major illusions. The first regards the impact of the Abraham Accords of September 2020, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. In announcing the Accords, President Donald Trump boldly declared that “(a)fter decades of division and conflict, we…
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Opinion Why does the Democratic Party – like American Jewish institutions – refuse to condemn the occupation?
This week, the Democratic party rejected adding the word “occupation” to its official party platform on Israel. Many seemed to consider this term a political statement, rather than what it is — a neutral description of a category in international law, which defines occupied territory as that “placed under the authority of the hostile army.”…
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Opinion American Jews will abandon Israel if it annexes territory under cover of COVID
Previous Article Next Article Change is coming for the American Jewish community. This change will not be the result of the current pandemic, but the pandemic will offer it cover — a microscopic Trojan Horse. The resulting damage to the American Jewish-Israel relationship may be irreparable. The government currently forming in Israel has only one…
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Opinion BDS: Netanyahu’s Favorite Boogeyman
Fifty years have passed since the Six-Day War in 1967 and the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. For those of us who support the two state solution, and who work toward an end to the occupation, this anniversary is an opportunity for reflection and renewed focus. Fifty years of occupation…
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