
Zak Witus is the Director of Young Leadership & Education at the New Israel Fund

Zak Witus is the Director of Young Leadership & Education at the New Israel Fund
I've been traveling to Israel and the West Bank for years. A brief detention at Ben-Gurion Airport made the fight for justice and equality even more resonant
A beloved Hebrew school ritual is contributing to displacement and unrest in the Middle East
The Israeli High Court ruled against permanent legal status for residents of Masafer Yatta, an area that Israel says is a firing range.
It’s time for Jews to join with Palestinians and engage in intercommunal civil resistance to the Israeli occupation. Though ending this vicious regime depends on a multitude of factors, joint nonviolent resistance by Palestinians and Jews constitutes an essential element. We are both a part of this living, binational movement against the ongoing oppression of…
After years of reading, writing and arguing about the place, I finally visited Israel and Palestine for the first time back in February, under the auspices of Achvat Amim, a five-month-long educational and volunteer program founded upon the principle that every person has a right to self-determination in the place that he or she calls…
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