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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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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Noura Erakat is a Palestinian American legal scholar, human rights attorney, activist and writer. She recently visited Australia on a speaking tour for the Edward Said memorial lecture. This article is accessible on her website. Reproduced…
Yael Winikoff is the AJDS community organiser. This year marks 70 years since Israel became a fledgling nation-state. In our communities we have seen celebrations marking Israel’s 70 years, and commemorations of 70 years since…