Dr Said Zeedani is an associate professor of philosophy at Al-Quds University. This article is published in +972. As any political solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict seems to have been pushed beyond the horizon by…
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Awad Abdel Fattah is a former head of the Balad Party and a co-founder of the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSc). Originally published in +972. The Great Return March has the potential to lend its momentum…
The following is the editorial from the special edition of the forward commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nakba. You can view the full edition here. We present this special issue to commemorate the 70th…
There is an expectation in Jewish communities around the world that all Jews embrace Zionism and offer unquestioning support for Israel, ‘right or wrong’. Jewish identity and Zionism are commonly and deliberately blurred. Jews who…
Rebecca Vilkomerson is the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. (Photo Credit: Christopher Hazou) Originally published in Ha’aretz. Liberal Zionists: If you oppose injustice, white supremacy, Muslim bans and deportations in America, oppose them in Israel as…
Sivan Barak is a social worker and member of the AJDS committee. Her chapter in beyond tribal loyalties. This is an excerpt from Sivan’s chapter in Beyond Tribal Loyalties. A Palestinian friend recently responded…
Donna Nevel is a community psychologist and educator living in the US. She is a coordinating team member (along with Nava EtShalom, Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark, and Rabbi Alissa Wise) of the Facing the Nakba project….
Tom Pessah is a sociologist and activist. (translated by Yoni Molad). Originally published in +972 Seventy years after the violent displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, it is time to undo the…
Ilana Sumka lives in Belgium and is an educator, writer and activist working to end the Israeli occupation. Jordy Silverstein lives in Australia and is an historian and writer, and author of Anxious Histories: Narrating…
How do we, as left-wing Australian Zionists, confront and balance the commemoration of the Nakba and the celebration of 70 years of Israel’s independence? When looking towards the future, how can we consolidate an egalitarian,…