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Has the Fight Against Antisemitism Lost Its Way?

In a terrible irony, the campaign against “anti-semitism” has become a threat to freedom Peter…

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ADC Welcomes Decision by Montgomery County Council

The Montgomery County Council was initially scheduled to consider a harmful and overly expansive definition…

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Inside the Illinois state pension board seeking to promote Israeli control over the West Bank

FRAN ZELL, MONDOWEISS, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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ISRAELI DIPLOMAT PRESSURED UNC TO REMOVE TEACHER WHO CRITICIZED ISRAEL

An Israeli consul general baselessly accused a graduate student of antisemitism and said she shouldn’t…

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The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism

Introduction The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism Why the oldest hatred needs a new definition Jewish…

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I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State

For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a…

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Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them

Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, New York Times, Aug. 15, 2019 JERUSALEM…

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Democratic candidates on Israel/Palestine – a guide

If Americans Knew, June 26, 2019

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Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together

Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable…

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How the Great Leftist Thinkers of the 20th Century Contended With Zionism

A crowd celebrates in Tel Aviv on Nov. 29, 1947, after the U.N. votes for…

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How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics

Nathan Thrall, New York Times, March 28, 2019

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This Is How AIPAC Really Works

An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution. M.J.…

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Bernie Sanders’ Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And He’s Taking It Mainstream

Aiden Pink, Information Clearing House, June 13, 2018 Not many in the media are noticing,…

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As daughter of Holocaust survivors, I decry occupation of Gaza

Jenny Pressman, The Cap Times, May 30, 2018

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Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr: On Israel’s 70th anniversary, we remember the Nakba

Judith Laitman and Tsela Barr, Jewish Voice for Peace – Madison, The Cap Times, May…

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Book talk: “Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom”

with Norman Finkelstein Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00 p.m CDT Livestream Here The Gaza Strip…

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