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Opinion What happened to Shireen Abu Akleh? American Jews must demand the truth
The veteran Palestinian-American journalist was shot and killed May 11. That is all anyone can agree on.
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Analysis One year after Gaza War, little has changed, despite the Israeli army’s insistence
Israel's military insists Guardian of the Walls improved security, but it struggles to read a new reality.
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Fast Forward New surveys show connection and contrasts between American and Israeli Jewish millennials
Less than 20% of American respondents believe there is no viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, whereas a majority of their Israeli counterparts hold this view.
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Opinion In three funerals, the real spirit of Israel is exemplified
During my years in public office, I attended many shivas for fallen soldiers of Israel. Each of them was emotionally draining. One, though, left an especially profound impression. Hadas Malka, a police officer, was stabbed to death outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate in 2017. She had refused to accept a safe desk job in the Israeli…
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Opinion Activists are calling to ‘globalize the intifada.’ It’s a call for death, not peace
In the span of one week, three separate terror attacks in Israel have claimed the lives of 11 innocent people. Those killed included Arab, Druze, Jewish and Christian citizens of Israel, and two Ukrainian nationals. A young father who was taking his infant son for an evening stroll died protecting his child from bullets in…
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Opinion An unlikely rap battle: How this Israeli-Palestinian duo forged a friendship and a movement
Sameh: When Uriya came to meet me 20 months ago at the bar I was managing in Jaffa, I suspected he was another patronizing Israeli looking for a token Arab for his project. I have always been an outspoken artist over my 20-year career as a leading performer in the Palestinian rap scene. I have…
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Opinion How I stay close to my son while arguing over Israel and Palestine
As a progressive and pro-Israel mother of four teens, I’ve tried hard to instill in my children a balanced perspective on championing the challenged while supporting the world’s only Jewish state. But when my eldest son wants to discuss Israel-Palestine, we often descend into heated debate. Asher is a college sophomore and decidedly critical of…
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Opinion Amnesty’s Israel report has dangerous implications — for Jews and Palestinians alike
There is much to dispute in the laundry list of accusations against Israel in Amnesty International’s report released Tuesday as well as critiques that are worthy of fair-minded concern and attention. But why all the fierce reaction to one more critical report on Israel? What makes this document different from prior reports is that it…
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