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Another Trip to Israel for Hakeem Jeffries

As other Democrats level criticism at Israel’s judicial overhaul plan, the House minority leader is doubling down on his relationship with the Jewish state.

Alex Kane April 25, 2023

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Amira Hass Is Still Angry

As Israel’s new government emboldens its settler right, Haaretz’s longtime occupied territories correspondent discusses the state’s old and new forms of domination over Palestinians.

Alex Kane April 18, 2023

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Israel Strains Its “Cold Peace” with Jordan

Israel’s far-right government is undermining a longstanding treaty that many Jordanians already oppose.

Dalia Hatuqa April 12, 2023

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The ADL’s Antisemitism Findings, Explained

The organization’s annual audit found a worrisome surge in incidents—but experts say some of its numbers lack context.

Mari Cohen April 4, 2023

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What’s Next for Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul?

After a protest surge and the delay of Netanyahu’s plan to gut the judiciary, +972 Magazine editor Edo Konrad discusses the prime minister’s likely next moves—and how the popular opposition relates to the fight for Palestinian freedom.

Alex Kane March 28, 2023

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The Other Movement to Divest from Israel

Experts on anti-BDS laws say the statutes could ensnare companies that pull out of Israel over the planned judicial overhaul.

Alex Kane March 21, 2023

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Biden Won’t Stop Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup

The US has diplomatic tools that could put pressure on Israel—but the president seems unlikely to use them.

Joshua Leifer March 14, 2023

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Huwara and the Dangers of Annexation

A destructive settler attack on the village of Huwara showcased the immediate effects of a further tilt toward legal Israeli annexation of the West Bank.

Elisheva Goldberg March 7, 2023

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Israel’s Raids on Palestinian Cities: An Explainer

A closer look at the IDF operations that are intensifying violence in Israel/Palestine.

Alex Kane February 28, 2023

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Building Jewish Life Behind Bars

A new organization called Matir Asurim provides Jewish resources in prisons and resists the policing of Jewish identity.

Aviva Stahl February 23, 2023

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Israel’s Class War Conservatives

The divide over the Netanyahu government’s “judicial overhaul” plan is defined less by ideological differences than a populist politics of resentment.

Joshua Leifer February 22, 2023

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Civil Rights Complaint Details an Anti-Palestinian Climate at GW

Palestinian students ask the Department of Education to crack down on discrimination at George Washington University.

Alex Kane February 14, 2023

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Israeli Right Plans to Erode Palestinians’ Residency Rights

The right-wing security cabinet announced intentions to revoke fundamental benefits from families of those convicted of terrorism.

Elisheva Goldberg February 7, 2023

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“My Body Lives in History”

The author Aleksandar Hemon on writing the body at war and his Sarajevan Jewish protagonist.

Sasha Senderovich February 2, 2023

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Planting a Palestinian Flag at Israel’s Anti-Government Protests

A group of activists are pushing weekly pro-democracy protesters to stop ignoring the occupation.

Alex Kane January 31, 2023

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The Harvard Kennedy School’s Anti-Palestinian Bias

The elite institution reversed course on refusing a fellowship to a prominent Israel critic, but for students, its suppression of Palestine speech is ongoing.

Joseph Leone January 26, 2023

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Biden’s Education Department Delays Defining Campus Antisemitism

To the relief of Palestinian-rights advocates, the department’s Office for Civil Rights did not adopt the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism this past December.

Alex Kane January 24, 2023

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The State of Antisemitism Reporting

How America’s major newspapers have stumbled in covering a serious phenomenon

Mari Cohen January 19, 2023

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The Nationalist Heresy of Temple Mount Activism

For Israel’s right-wing religious Zionists, ethnonationalism has overwhelmed the commitment to Jewish law.

Joshua Leifer January 18, 2023

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“We Don’t Want Bad. We Don’t Want Worse.”

Historian Lior Sternfeld discusses the Iranian Jewish community’s response to the ongoing political protests in Iran.

Sophie Levy January 12, 2023

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Israel’s Populist Judicial Revolution

A series of reforms proposed by Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin will effectively neutralize the judiciary, eliminating the only backstop to legislative overreach.

Elisheva Goldberg January 10, 2023

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Yiddishland at the Venice Biennale

Yevgeniy Fiks and Maria Veits discuss the Yiddishland Pavilion, which brought transnational diasporic Jewish art—and anti-nationalist politics—to the Venice Biennale.

Stanislaw Welbel January 5, 2023

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The International Court of Last Resort

Human rights groups are pressuring the International Criminal Court to prosecute war crimes in Israel/Palestine.

Alex Kane January 4, 2023

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The Israeli #Resistance Demands a Return to Normal

Domestic backlash to the incoming far-right government ignores its plans to further entrench the occupation.

Joshua Leifer December 20, 2022