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  As Palestinians, We, Too, Must Take Responsibility For Gaza.

  Gaza, again. It’s just 60 kilometers from my home here in Hebron, but harder for me to visit than almost anywhere else on earth. Every time that small strip of land is in the news, I feel the same sense of guilt, anger, helplessness, and most of all: our collective failure. Ten years into the…

  By Huda Abuarquob

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  Netanyahu’s Use And Abuse Of American Jews: A Review of ‘Bibi’ By Anshel Pfeffer

  BIBI: THE TURBULENT LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU By Anshel Pfeffer Basic Books, 432 pages, $32  Early in “Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu,” Anshel Pfeffer’s excellent biography of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the author quotes an anecdote that Netanyahu likes to share. It’s about the time a mob…

  By Batya Ungar-Sargon Apr 11, 2018 | 6 min read
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  Embracing Anti-Semitic Hungarian Leader, Netanyahu Betrays Zionism

  In October 1999, the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) won over 27% of the national vote in parliamentary elections and shortly thereafter entered a governing coalition for the first time. I lived at the time as a visibly Hasidic Jew in Vienna and recall the xenophobic campaign that featured billboards with texts such as, “We…

  By Joshua Shanes Apr 10, 2018 | 4 min read

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  Why An Israeli Soldier Cheered The Shooting Of An Unarmed Palestinian

  On Monday a two-minute video of an Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian man in Gaza went viral. In the video, you can hear the soldier receive an order to aim and shoot; then there is a loud “crack,” when he takes the shot, and as soon as he sees his target fall, he lets out…

  By Lisa Goldman Apr 10, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Yeshivas Must Meet Basic Education Standards — It’s The American Way

  When I worked at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia a decade ago, I delighted in giving tours around the permanent exhibition, especially the part that highlighted the different things a U.S. citizen can, and in some cases should, do. Serve on a jury. Serve in the military. Vote. Run for office. It was an…

  By Jane Eisner Apr 10, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Are Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Bad For Democracy?

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! When I worked at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia a decade ago, I delighted in giving tours around the permanent exhibition, especially the part that highlighted the different things a U.S. citizen…

  By Jane Eisner Apr 10, 2018 | 5 min read
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  We Need Engaged Citizens More Than Ever. New York’s Yeshiva Laws May Prevent That.

  When I worked at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia a decade ago, I delighted in giving tours around the permanent exhibition, especially the part that highlighted the different things a U.S. citizen can, and in some cases should, do. Serve on a jury. Serve in the military. Vote. Run for office. It was an…

  By Jane Eisner Apr 9, 2018 | 3 min read
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  America’s Shameful Love Affair With A Saudi Prince

  These days, you can’t open an internet browser without coming face to face with the handsome, keffiyah-clad visage of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS. For weeks now, he’s been on a charm offensive, courting American politicians, tech giants, businessmen and journalists. And they have been happy to receive him….

  By Batya Ungar-Sargon Apr 8, 2018 | 9 min read
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  Is Israel Justified In Shooting Protestors On Gaza Border?

  For the past six weeks, social media has been ablaze with the spectacle of thousands of Palestinians moving towards the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. Departing from six separate tent encampments built a few hundred meters from the border, the “Great Return March” has led to violent clashes, the loss of lives,…

  By Yuval Shany Apr 7, 2018 | 6 min read
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  When Israel Shoots Unarmed Protestors, The Terrorists Win

  When Palestinians mass at Israel’s border, a specific nightmare of history always comes to mind. Before I tell you, I must tell you about a two-year-old boy named Eyal. The idea of him reminds me of my own little boy. In truth Eyal was born even before I was, and his photograph is far more…

  By Andrew Mark Bennett Apr 5, 2018 | 4 min read
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  A Muslim Student At Yale Was Accused Of Rape. The People Who Stood By Him Were Jews.

  Saifullah Khan grew up in a refugee camp in Afghanistan. In something of an American dream, he won a full scholarship to Yale University, where he studied neuroscience. Then, in November 2015, just one semester short of getting his degree, he was accused of raping a classmate. Khan was arrested and charged; he was also…

  By Cathy Young Apr 3, 2018 | 8 min read