James McDonald

James McDonald is Digital Communications Manager for the OneVoice Movement, a global initiative supporting grassroots activists working to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His writing has also appeared in Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post, Vice News, the London Evening Standard, Haaretz, Out Magazine, The Advocate, Kirkus Reviews, and more. Follow him on twitter @jamesianmcd

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Why I’m Flying Halfway Around The World For A Peace Rally In Rabin Square

I knew of Yitzhak Rabin, the former Prime Minister of Israel, as a peacemaker before I knew of him as a warrior. In my family and in my community, that first attribute was far more important than the second. Like all Diaspora Jews, we had grown up in the shadow of Israel’s wars. Like all…

By James McDonald Oct 30, 2017 | 3 min read

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