Sam Stein

Sam Stein is a writer and activist who spent six years engaging in protective presence in the West Bank. He is a frequent contributor to The Progressive Magazine.

Recent Articles
The writer among residents of Umm al-Khair, in the southern West Bank, December 2024. (Khadija Toufik)
How six months in the West Bank undid a lifetime of Zionist indoctrination
Like many American Jews, I was brought up to see Israel as infallible. Living among Palestinians taught me vital truths about the reality of the occupation.
By Sam Stein May 30, 2025
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  2. An Israeli professor plotted to massacre Palestinians. Social media rejoiced
  3. Why Israel’s election was a moment of Palestinian unity
  4. The permanence of ‘NAZA’
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  3. 50 shades of right: An Israeli election primer
  4. ‘There are no dreams here’: How Israel’s outgoing gov't remade the West Bank
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