Abe Silberstein is the Associate Director, North America, of The Abraham Initiatives, an Israel-based NGO working to achieve equality between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. He tweets @abesilbe. His views and opinions do not reflect those of his employer.
Abe Silberstein
By Abe Silberstein
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Opinion Democrats should go to AIPAC – and speak truth to power
Last Thursday, in response to a question at a televised town hall, Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she would not attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference, scheduled to take place at the beginning of March. Will presidential candidates attend AIPAC’s annual conference in March? Sen. Elizabeth Warren said during…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders’ Oped Settles It: You Can Be Both Progressive And Zionist
On Monday, the left-wing Jewish Currents news organization posted an op-ed by Senator Bernie Sanders on fighting anti-Semitism in America today. It speaks mainly to his progressive supporters in the Jewish community and articulates his progressive Zionist position on the Israeli occupation. It is a call for American Jews to recognize that the threat of…
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Opinion The Summary Of Trump’s Ukraine Call Proves Pelosi Was Right To Wait For Impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the right choice at the right time. In announcing the intention of the House of Representatives to pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Speaker Pelosi made an important statement on protecting constitutional norms and the nation’s institutions. By striking at the right time, rather than rushing into an impeachment…
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Opinion Who Won The Israeli Election? American Jews
Tuesday was election day in Israel. But no winner has yet been declared. As of this writing, it appears that the parties committed to supporting Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister will not win a majority in Knesset. At the same time, the opposition parties ostensibly committed to ousting him will also fall short of a…
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Opinion Epstein’s Case Deserves An Investigation, Not Conspiracy Theories
When the news that Jeffrey Epstein had died of suicide arrived on Saturday morning, it was not a question of whether conspiracy theories would quickly take hold, but of which ones. Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of sex trafficking underage girls, was connected to an ungodly number of elite circles: Wall Street, highly-ranked academic institutions,…
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Opinion AOC’s Criticism Of Israel And Fight For Refugees Proves She’s The Leader Young Jews Waited For
In a radio interview this week, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke a self-imposed silence about Israel. In addition to comparing the Trump Administration to the Netanyahu Administration, AOC said that it’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. “We don’t engage in any other country like that. We don’t talk about the U.K. like that, we don’t talk…
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Opinion Ilhan Omar’s Pro-BDS Bill Is Important. But She’s The Wrong Person To Fight For It.
All week, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been subject to a racist Twitter tirade from the President of the United States, which culminated last night in President Trump beaming as his supporters chanted “send her back.” “Send her back” chant breaks out at the Trump rally when he talks about Omar pic.twitter.com/JFZHc7eaOc — Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence)…
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Opinion Caving To Trump On Racist Tweets, American Jewish Institutions Lost All Moral Credibility
Donald Trump’s vulgar racism is not incidental to his political character. It’s not a latent undercurrent revealed in some unguarded moment, but rather the force through which his political career was launched and continues to perpetuate his hold over the Republican Party. This has been obvious for quite some time, indeed since he announced his…
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