Fighting dangerous pathogens that rip through societies is not new to joint Israeli-Palestinian organizations like the Parents Circle-Families Forum and Combatants for Peace. Fear, hatred, and dehumanization, like viruses, are invisible. They are often asymptomatic in many and lead to senseless fatalities in others. COVID-19 and fear, hatred and dehumanization know no borders, religion or…
A few weeks ago I had the honor of participating, for the third time, in the Alternative Memorial Day Service in Tel Aviv, together with my friend and colleague Mira Awad. This is a joint Israeli-Palestinian event, organized by the Parent’s Circle and the Combatants for Peace. It has been taking place for the past…
As Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) begins in Israel, we’re sharing Forward Scribe contributor perspectives from the far left, far right, and everywhere in between: • Current Member of Knesset and career general Eyal Ben-Reuven, who at age 19 fought in the Yom Kippur War and served in the IDF for 35 years, explores the…
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, is an opportunity to take stock of where Israel has been and consider where we’re headed. Geopolitics being as they are, there’s a reasonable tendency to limit the debate to those within the mainstream. But this year may present an opportunity to challenge standard operating procedure. 2017 marks 50 years…
As an Israeli who fought at the age of 19 in 1973 Yom Kippur War and spent 35 years as a soldier and commander of the Israel Defense Forces, I have learned many lessons over the course of my lifetime about the price of war and the limits of what it can achieve. One lesson…
As the character Walter Sobchak said in the famous Coen Brothers film, The Big Lebowski, “If you will it, Dude, it is no dream.” These words (without the “Dude”) attributed to Zionist leader Theodor Herzl have been quoted repeatedly with the intention of inspiring hope among Zionists and, really, among all Jews. We were supposed…
“We will never forget the heavy price we paid, the blood of our sons and daughters that fell to protect our homeland…and especially now, knowing the heavy price we’ve paid in war, we must do everything in our power to prevent losing those dear to us, our sons and daughters, to prevent the next war…
On Sundown on Sunday, Israel will pause to mourn the nation’s fallen soldiers on Yom HaZikaron, or Memorial Day. This year, an Arab pop singer is helping to usher in the somber mood. Most Arabs don’t serve in Israel’s military, and oppose Israel’s military policy in the West Bank and Gaza. That’s what makes Qadri’s…
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