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Coordinated American-Israeli effort working to smear critical voices

Last Friday evening, B’Tselem employees were busy sending out press releases and compiling media kits detailing the use of tear gas by the Israeli military in the West Bank. For the past ten years, B’Tselem has been one of the only Israeli organizations documenting routine violations of military and civilian law by Israeli soldiers. On…

By Joseph Dana December 13, 2011

J14 and the rift between Israeli and international activists

Former allies in fight against occupation are battling over the meaning of the tent protest. Can the relationship be rescued, and should it be? The tent protest, also known as J14, already had an effect on many groups in Israeli society, forcing them to re-examine their political positions and alliances. And while we have yet…

By Noam Sheizaf August 30, 2011

Early Matzpen Protest: Photo: Matzpen

Akiva Orr on J14: ‘The longest journey starts with one small step’

Over the years of writing and wrestling with Israel/Palestine, Akiva Orr has become a supportive figure. Born in 1930’s Berlin, Orr has lived the entirety of Israel’s existence. From Eric Fried to Joe Slovo, Akiva can speak for days about his personal relationships with some of the most interesting revolutionary leaders of the late twentieth century. It is…

By Joseph Dana August 27, 2011

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WATCH: Faith, blind support and the Jewish state

American Zionism is at a dangerous crossroads. At the AIPAC conference days ago, Max Blumenthal asked some participants about the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. The answers he got were shocking for their ignorance but not surprising. What I saw in this video is the American Zionist movement with AIPAC at its head…

By Joseph Dana May 24, 2011

Facing up to Jewish nationalism and racist violence

This piece originally appeared on Electronic Intifada and was co-authored with Max Blumenthal [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgkit0gLgAU[/youtube] When we released the now famous and censored video Feeling the Hate in Jerusalem, we were widely attacked and dismissed for daring to publicize footage of college-age Jewish kids behaving like racist fanatics while intoxicated. We argued that our footage revealed a deep sickness within…

By Joseph Dana March 3, 2011

Israelis pushing for BDS?

BDS comes to JStreet

In 2005, one hundred seventy Palestinian civil society organizations began a global non-violent boycott, divestment and sanction movement (BDS) aimed at forcing Israel to abide by international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. BDS has since become a major factor in the ‘Israel debate’ as it has opened new possibilities for global civil society to…

By Joseph Dana December 22, 2010

Feeling the loyalty to the Jewish State of Israel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsWDcFiPo2s[/youtube] The Israeli Knesset is debating a bill proposed by David Rotem of the extreme right Yisrael Beiteinu party that would require all Israeli citizens to swear loyalty to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state.” This bill is targeted at increasing pressure on the 20 percent of Israelis who are Palestinian citizens, while forcing…

By Joseph Dana September 19, 2010