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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
(originally published in Asian American Writers Workshop) A hijacked plane in 1969 lands in Damascus. This means a plane was unable to fly away, to Tel Aviv. I read about the incident in the…
(Complete article published May 16, 2018 by Literary Hub) Yesterday, the global Palestinian community marked the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophic destruction of the Palestinian homeland and dispossession of over 750,000 Palestinians from…