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Occupation

Screenshot of Facebook live video of a protest by the IfNotNow group at the San Francisco office of Senator Dianne Feinstein
Posted inOpinion

Why didn’t they teach me about the Occupation? It’s time for NFTY to speak out.

Katie Simpson by Katie Simpson April 26, 2018April 27, 2018
A blindfolded Palestinian man at a protest in Jerusalem in 2010 (Photo/Flickr-libertinus CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Held in Israeli police detention and haunted by what I saw

Sarah Anne Minkin by Sarah Anne Minkin April 17, 2018April 17, 2018
Destroyed mosque in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, January 2009 (Photo/ISM Palestine CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why are Jewish leaders silent on treatment of Palestinians?

by David Granberg April 16, 2018
Palestinian protesters met by Israeli border police in Hebron, Feb. 2014 (Photo/Wikimedia-Mustafa Bader CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

The first time I saw video of nonviolent protest in the West Bank

by Julia Daniel April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War, a huge crowd streamed toward the Western Wall. (Courtesy/Linda Kurtz)
Posted inIsrael at 70

The miracle of Israel, the curse of the occupation

Rabbi Brian Lurie by Rabbi Brian Lurie April 11, 2018
The Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reading at Tmol Shilshom Cafe in 1994, "a cultural hub in Jerusalem" that Zella Lezak counts as one of her favorite places in Israel. (Photo/Wikimedia-Yair Medina CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Convincing my high school peers that Israel is more than black and white

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak April 10, 2018April 11, 2018
Daniel Gordis speaking at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, Jan. 25
Posted inNews

Daniel Gordis in Marin: ‘Israel was never meant to be a liberal democracy’

by Rob Gloster January 25, 2018February 13, 2018
a group of people walk down a street of stone buildigns with metal awnings
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

No time for vacation when you’re working to end Israeli occupation

Laura Saunders by Laura Saunders June 27, 2017June 27, 2017
the three sit on the ground
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Why I helped build a ‘freedom camp’ in the West Bank

Rabbi David Cooper (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Rabbi David J. Cooper June 7, 2017June 7, 2017
text says "kingdom of olives and ashes: writers confront the occupation"
Posted inArt, Books, Culture

Chabon and Waldman invite authors to confront occupation in new collection

by Sue Fishkoff May 30, 2017May 30, 2017

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