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Cori Bush's Message From the Grassroots
Bush’s victory in a St. Louis congressional primary escalates an insurgency from the Democratic Party’s left wing.
The Settlers’ Man in Florida
The Republican Party in the era of Trump has become the party of the Israeli settler right, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis its most devoted champion.
The First Draft of Biden’s Israel Policy
Pro-Israel advocacy groups and progressive operatives are each claiming policy victories in the battle over the Democratic Party platform.
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“It’s like, really? That’s not even that controversial.”
[email protected] on the Democratic platform leaving out the word "occupation"
via @DavidKlion
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The Real War on Free Speech
Some of the Harper’s letter signatories use their defense of “free speech” to silence support for Palestinian rights.
Letters to the Editor: Yavne
Readers respond to Peter Beinart’s call for an equal, binational state in Israel-Palestine.
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Last week, we published an essay by Editor-at-Large @PeterBeinart in which he declared the two-state solution dead and made an argument for a confederation or equal binational state in Israel-Palestine. Here are some of the letters we received in response.
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Q & A with Peter Beinart
Our editor-at-large discusses the background of his essay on the end of the two-state solution, and responds to its critics.
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In this Q&A, now online, @DavidKlion asks @PeterBeinart about the backstory behind his essays on the end of the two-state solution this week—and Peter responds to his critics.
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The Resilient Fiction of the Two-State Solution
The lack of a viable two-state solution doesn’t mean liberal Zionists will stop believing in one.
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"For most American Zionists—liberal Zionists and those further to the right—a two-state solution has long been less a practical policy proposal than an article of faith."
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The More Things Change
Curtis Sittenfeld’s Rodham imagines the world exactly as it always was.
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine
The two-state solution is dead. It’s time for liberal Zionists to abandon Jewish–Palestinian separation and embrace equality.
Leaked Memo Details ADL's Annexation Response
A leaked memo shows the group hopes to maintain a pro-civil-rights veneer while opposing any policy pressure on Israel.
Invisible Violence
The protesters of today are writing in the margins of our cities. It's about time we read them.
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"The protesters of today are writing in the margins of our cities. It's about time we read them."
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Provisions #7: “repair a world or build / a new one inside my body”
Meditations in a crisis on poems by Solmaz Sharif, Pablo Neruda, and Cameron Awkward-Rich.
Why de Blasio Defends the Police
In a city reliant on real estate capital—and thus, on policing—even a self-professed liberal mayor is still, ultimately, a law-and-order mayor.
The New Dutch Far Right
Thierry Baudet and the party he leads are laundering racist politics into the mainstream.
Jamaal Bowman Reminds Progressives They Can Win
The 44-year-old Bronx principal deals a blow to the Democratic establishment—and the hawkish pro-Israel groups that rallied behind his opponent.
Biden’s Foreign Policy and Israel/Palestine
On Tuesday, June 23rd, at 11 AM eastern, Jewish Currents and the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) will co-hosted a livestreamed discussion of Joe Bide...
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If you missed our live event on Biden's Middle East policy this morning with @PeterBeinart, @LaraFriedmanDC, @mattduss, and @AidaTuma, you can watch the whole thing here
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Jewish Groups Embrace BLM, With Conditions
Some Jewish groups appear to be putting aside Israel-related grievances with the Black Lives Matter movement. Others aim to show support without backing its more radical demands.
The Yiddishist Neocon
Nancy Sinkoff discusses her new biography of Lucy S. Dawidowicz, a Holocaust historian whose role in the neoconservative movement is often forgotten.
Safer in the Streets
A free, shareable tool for protesters illustrating best practices for dealing with the police.