The Racism Of Blaming Palestinians For Their Own Deaths
This analysis is racist. It strips Palestinians of agency; it implies that they do not value their own lives.
Why An Israeli Soldier Cheered The Shooting Of An Unarmed Palestinian
The dehumanization of Gazans has reached such a level that a soldier looking at a Palestinian in Gaza does not see an unarmed human but a terrorist.
The Trump Administration Has Just Deprived 5 Million Palestinians Of Food
Around five million Palestinians around the Levant depend on UNRWA for public school education, health clinics, social services and employment.
Social Media Is Dangerously Undermining Our Democratic Values
On their way to the bank, social media monoliths are undermining our civil society and democratic culture.
Misogyny Was Enough To Tarnish Donald Trump — but Neo-Nazism Wasn’t?
No matter who triumphs in this election, America has already betrayed its Jews, as Lisa Goldman explains.
How Jewish Persecution Complex Warped Our Reaction to the Rio Olympics
Did Arab athletes act the way they did because they’re anti-Semites? Lisa Goldman says there’s another explanation, though many Jews won’t be able to hear it.
How Jewish Skepticism on Refugees Boils Down to Double Standards
As some worry aloud about letting Syrians into Europe, Lisa Goldman wonders: do we have a blind spot when it comes to certain kinds of refugees?
How Dare Michael Oren Psychoanalyze Barack Obama?
Michael Oren speculates that Obama’s conciliatory policy toward the Muslim world is rooted in ‘daddy issues.’ That’s not professional psychoanalysis — it’s cheap gossip, Lisa Goldman writes.
At Jew-Centric J Street, Arabs Ask the Best Questions
For Lisa Goldman, the most insightful questions at this weekend’s J Street conference came not from Jews, but from non-Palestinian Arabs. Why did they go unanswered?
Ayman Oudeh Has Already Won Israel's Election
Muslim Knesset hopeful Ayman Oudeh, whose family has captivated Jewish leftists and the Israeli media, is coming out the winner in this election, Lisa Goldman writes.