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WATCH: ‘They want to get rid of the idea of nonviolent resistance’

The Israeli army really wants to see Palestinian nonviolent activist Issa Amro in prison. We ask Issa why he’s facing 18 charges now, and what ‘winning’ would mean for him. Video by A. Daniel Roth, Aaron Rotenberg Nonviolent Palestinian organizer Issa Amro has been practicing and teaching nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience in the occupied city of Hebron…

By +972 Magazine September 25, 2016

New immigrants to Israel living in the southern town of Dimona study Hebrew at a state-sponsored ulpan, January 12, 1955. (Moshe Pridan/GPO)

The new Hebrew language schools challenging Zionist narratives

How does language shape reality? How does reality shape language? Welcome to the postmodern discourse, where several new Hebrew-language programs are embracing critical pedagogy to leverage social change. By Laura Selz Only a century ago, Jews in Jerusalem spoke French, Yiddish or Arabic, that is, until a few devoted secular Zionists like Eliezer Ben-Yehuda re-invented…

By +972 Magazine June 18, 2016

Activists hold a sign reading 'Segregation is not our Judaism,in Hebron , October 25, 2013. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Diaspora Jews, it’s time to step up

For years there have been calls for on-the-ground opposition to the occupation. Now there are a growing number of Jewish platforms — and voices — seeking to make it happen. By A. Daniel Roth The way the world is talking about the Israeli occupation is changing. Alongside that change, opportunity is knocking for those of…

By +972 Magazine March 28, 2015

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File photo of a Palestinian woman voting in Bethlehem. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Why I’m ‘giving’ my vote to a Palestinian in Israel’s elections

‘I very much want to vote for the party that best represents my ideological leanings; I’m waiving that right in these elections because so many others living under this government’s control can’t vote at all.’ By A. Daniel Roth Millions of people will go to the polls on March 17th to decide who will represent…

By +972 Magazine February 11, 2015

BDS graffiti on Israeli separation wall, Bethlehem, West Bank, June 17, 2014. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

Is Presbyterian divestment a BDS victory? Who cares

Both BDS supporters and detractors are touting the Presbyterian Church’s divestment vote as a BDS victory. But regardless, isn’t it a step in the direction every anti-occupation person ought to be rooting for? By A. Daniel Roth The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (PCUSA) narrowly (310 to 303) voted late last week to divest some $21 million from…

By +972 Magazine June 22, 2014

A Jewish youth confronts a Palestinian youth [illustrative photo] (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

How to beat the occupation: Equality, equality, equality

Achieving justice requires putting aside specific visions of one or two states and instead pushing your communities, schools, places of worship and governments to take up the mantle of legal equality in place of occupation. By A. Daniel Roth Just like you, I argue about how many states is the right number of states between…

By +972 Magazine April 30, 2014

Israeli border police patrol near Palestinian women selling vegetables in the Old City near Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 19, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

The economics of Oslo, 20 years later: A snapshot

There is much to say about the justness (or unjustness) of the Oslo process, specifically the economic and human impact it has had over the last two decades in Israel and Palestine. What follows is a snapshot. By A. Daniel Roth Twenty years ago this week Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed the historic Oslo…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2013

Palestinian and Israeil flags (Activestills)

Beyond allegiances: Striving for a united Israel-Palestine

By striving for a solution which would allow for mutual access to holy sites, family, friends and water for all residents of this land, we can shed our allegiances to this-many-states or that-many-states and place our allegiance with self-determination for all peoples. By A. Daniel Roth Twenty, 10 or even five years ago I would have…

By +972 Magazine August 5, 2013

Gas Mask (photo via Flickr: CC singloud12)

Snapshot: The looming threat of war in the eyes of a Canadian

By A. Daniel Roth While I was visiting Canada this summer a postcard arrived to my home in Israel. It was official looking and it explained how to procure my gas mask from the post office. The window of opportunity to do this came and went while I was abroad. In the end, I had to make a…

By Ori J. Lenkinski August 28, 2012

Has Jewish immigration to Israel lost its significance?

Having immigrated to Israel a month ago, A. Daniel Roth contemplates the concept of ‘aliya’ — Jewish immigration to Israel — and how to make it significant. By A. Daniel Roth About a month ago I attended a lecture by one of my undergraduate professors from the Jewish studies department at the University of Toronto…

By +972 Magazine December 2, 2011