Authors / Isaac Scher

Isaac Scher is a contributing writer at Jewish Currents and a reporter whose work has appeared in The Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, and The Intercept, among other publications.

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The Hamas Attacks and Israeli Response: An Explainer

An explainer answering readers’ questions about the situation in Israel/Palestine after October 7th.

Alex Kane, Mari Cohen, Jonathan Shamir, and Isaac Scher October 10, 2023

Israel Moves to Ban the Palestinian Flag

New legislation would criminalize the display of the colors of “any enemy state” at public institutions.

Isaac Scher June 7, 2022

Balancing the Scales

How much did AIPAC affect a close Democratic primary in Texas?

Isaac Scher June 1, 2022

Progressive Lawmakers Demand Stop to Israeli “War Crime” in Masafer Yatta

In a letter to the Secretary of State, 15 House Democrats urged the administration to intervene against the expulsion of Palestinians from West Bank villages.

Isaac Scher May 31, 2022

“Israel Knows It Will Have Impunity”

Two weeks after Shireen Abu Akleh was killed—by Israeli soldiers, according to eyewitnesses—no independent body is investigating her death.

Isaac Scher May 24, 2022

New Israeli Border Policies Track, Trace, and Restrict Palestinian Visitors to the West Bank

A new border ordinance, which has not yet taken effect, radically revises Israel’s policies for foreign visits to the occupied territories.

Isaac Scher May 3, 2022

The ADL Doubles Down on Opposing the Anti-Zionist Left

CEO Jonathan Greenblatt argued that Palestine-solidarity groups are “the photo inverse of the extreme right,” and promised that fighting them would become more central to his mission.

Mari Cohen and Isaac Scher May 1, 2022

Three States Push to Curb Pro-Palestine Activism

Arizona, Tennessee, and Iowa are moving to codify a definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel.

Isaac Scher April 26, 2022

Princeton Students Voted to Boycott Machinery Used by Israel. Proponents of Israel Are Countering with Misinformation.

On and off campus, advocates for Israel have publicized falsehoods about the vote.

Isaac Scher April 19, 2022

The End of Nonviolent Resistance

The recent wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis come as other options have been delegitimized.

Isaac Scher April 12, 2022

“The Right of Return is Landback”

In a new report, the Indigenous group NDN Collective links Palestinian and Native American struggles against settler colonialism.

Isaac Scher April 5, 2022

Facing Questions About Its Israel Trips, the Sierra Club Falters

Under pressure first from Palestinian and then from Israel advocates, the environmental group has struggled to navigate travel to the region.

Isaac Scher March 22, 2022

A Hebrew Teacher Called Herself an Anti-Zionist. She Was Fired.

A complaint arguing that a Reform synagogue violated New York labor law could point toward a new strategy for Palestinian rights advocates.

Isaac Scher January 25, 2022

How Israel Advocates Shut Down a Union’s Motion to Endorse BDS

When unionists wrote a pro-Palestine motion, Israel advocates contrived a wide-ranging campaign to stop it from receiving a vote.

Isaac Scher November 8, 2021