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Why are American Jews so shocked by Israel’s far-right turn?
Israel's electorate is forcing U.S. Jews to grapple with the dissonance not only between liberal values and Zionism, but their understandings of Judaism itself.
By
Shaul Magid
April 25, 2023
Are liberal American Jews becoming afraid to talk about Israel?
Many Jews in the U.S. have grown uncomfortable voicing implausible defenses of Israel, yet cannot let go of their Zionism. Denial won't solve the dilemma.
By
Shaul Magid
November 10, 2022
Liberal Zionism is dying. Will foregoing the Jewish state save it?
A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.
By
Shaul Magid
August 10, 2021
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PODCAST: A little ice cream goes a long way
Editors Edo Konrad and Amjad Iraqi discuss the backlash against Ben & Jerry's and what the company's decision could mean for the BDS movement.
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July 29, 2021
Why is The Forward afraid of criticizing Israel’s discriminatory vaccine policy?
American Jews must recognize that Israel’s refusal to vaccinate all Palestinians under its rule is part of a supremacist policy that goes beyond the occupation.
By
Sari Bashi
April 1, 2021
The myth of Rabin the peacemaker
The cult of personality around Yitzhak Rabin conceals the fact that the Oslo Accords were not derailed by his death, but achieved exactly what he wanted.
By
Amjad Iraqi
September 27, 2020
As AOC cancels Rabin event, Palestine movement finds new clout in Washington
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's withdrawal from a memorial for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin demonstrates the Palestinian rights movement's growing influence on the progressive left.
By
Alex Kane
September 26, 2020
Liberal Zionism paved the Israeli right’s path to annexation
The world's frantic attempts to stop annexation remain stuck in the liberal Zionist fantasies that kept the occupation running smoothly for decades.
By
Yousef Munayyer
June 23, 2020
In Israel, ‘politics as usual’ means escalating Palestinian oppression
Three trends from Israel’s do-over election demonstrate that the more Israeli politics stay the same, the more dangerous its policies become. There are many moments in Israeli-Palestinian history where landmark developments seem to change nothing and everything at the same time. Israel’s September election is one of them. While featuring many familiar and predictable patterns, the latest…
By
Amjad Iraqi
October 4, 2019
The biggest loser in this election: Liberal Zionism
Israelis consistently vote against the idea of a Jewish and democratic Israel alongside a Palestinian state. It is now impossible to see how that could ever be realized. On Sunday Ayman Odeh, the chairman of the Joint List, met with President Reuven Rivlin to announce his party’s noteworthy decision to endorse Benny Gantz, chairman of…
By
Mairav Zonszein
September 26, 2019
PODCAST: What just happened? A post-election debrief
Post-election Israel looks a lot like pre-election Israel, but a lot of progressives now have some painful questions to ask themselves. Lisa Goldman joins the podcast to talk about what comes next. Listen here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify Subscribe here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify A week after Netanyahu easily won another election, things don’t look all that different in…
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+972 Magazine
April 18, 2019
Beyond Liberal Zionism: How I became a non-Zionist
Changes in Israeli society are rendering Liberal Zionism’s political program impracticable and irrelevant. Non-Zionism provides an alternative. By Daniel J. Solomon The past decade has not been kind to Liberal Zionists. Israel’s far-right government has undermined democratic norms at every turn, entrenched occupation via continued settlement building, and sought to snuff out the national aspirations…
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+972 Magazine
December 2, 2018
Welcome to Netanyahu’s fortress state
The detention and interrogation of high-profile figures such as Peter Beinart and Reza Aslan at Israeli entry points is forcing liberal American Jews to reckon with what Israel is becoming. Over the last month, the Israeli and international media reported several incidents involving Shin Bet agents at ports of entry to Israel detaining prominent Jewish Americans for lengthy, aggressive…
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Lisa Goldman
August 14, 2018
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