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Fast Forward Friedman: Rollout Of Trump Administration’s Peace Deal ‘Not Imminent’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said that a rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians is “not imminent.” “I would imagine that we will roll something out. I hesitate even to put a month on it because it has shifted as we continue to listen and…
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Opinion After 21 Years At Americans For Peace Now, I Am Enraged – And Hopeful.
After 21 years as President and CEO, I am retiring on Thursday from Americans for Peace Now with tangled emotions. I feel pride in the work APN does at home. I feel awe at our colleagues in Shalom Achshav (Peace Now, the Israeli peace movement) and their tireless work for a better future for Israel…
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Opinion Julia Salazar Is A Cautionary Tale: Question Israel And Your Jewishness Will Be Questioned
For most of my life, I vacillated between feeling either way too Jewish or not Jewish enough. In my Catholic suburb of Boston, I downplayed my Jewish identity. But in Jewish institutions like Brandeis and Hillel, I felt like an outsider. One moment in particular sticks out from all the rest. In 2007, I was…
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Opinion Want To Stop Hemorrhaging Diaspora Support, Israel? Here’s What We Need
It has become axiomatic that a widening schism exists in relations between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. Relations with American Jews (who constitute over 70% of Diaspora Jewry) are increasingly fraught. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems unperturbed. After all, who needs American Jews when (in his view) evangelical Christians are better friends to Israel? Against that…
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Fast Forward Trump: One-State Solution Would Lead To Israeli Prime Minister Named ‘Mohammed’
President Trump told King Abdullah of Jordan that a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict might lead to someone named Mohammed becoming prime minister of Israel, several sources briefed on the meeting told Axios. The White House Middle East policy team is still working on the Trump administration’s peace plan. Trump said when he first…
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Opinion What The Left – And The Right – Get Wrong About The Settlements
In the last few years, many pro-Israel organizations and activists have adopted progressive language in an attempt to appeal to millennials and progressives — audiences which they they have lost due to years of promoting a right wing, conservative agenda. They’ve realized that promoting a “fun” Israel without addressing progressive issues is a failed approach,…
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Community How Israel’s Army Revolutionized Wartime Social Media
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg once said, “The question isn’t, What do we want to know about people?, It’s, ‘What do people want to tell about themselves?’” When it comes to the state of Israel and its representatives, there is a lot they want to tell about themselves. From PR crises like multiple wars…
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Opinion Peter Beinart’s Interrogation Signals The End Of Liberal Zionism
This hasn’t been an easy month for Jewish American progressiveswho support Israel. Early this week, Peter Beinart, a prominent journalist and critic of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, was detained for an hour at the airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities grilled him about his political activities before allowing him into the country. Beinart’s account of…
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