Newsletter

Amid a Settler Onslaught, Protective Presence Activism Falters

As settlers rampage, Israeli and international activists are struggling to leverage their relative privilege to protect Palestinians in the West Bank.

Aman Abhishek November 28, 2023

The Push to “Deactivate” Students for Justice in Palestine

Civil liberties experts say a law banning “material support for terrorism” is being used to quash pro-Palestine speech.

Alex Kane November 21, 2023

Israel’s War on Journalists

By casting reporters as Hamas accomplices, Israel seeks to discredit critical coverage—and to justify unprecedented violence against Palestinian journalists.

Jonathan Shamir November 15, 2023

The Wisdom of the Shiva

A letter from the publisher of Jewish Currents.

Daniel May October 19, 2023

A Visa Program Exception for Israel

The US has admitted Israel into the Visa Waiver Program even though the country continues to discriminate against Palestinian American travelers.

Alex Kane October 3, 2023

An Anti-Migrant Offensive In Israel

Recent police violence against Israel’s Eritrean minority is a window into the government’s escalating hostility towards non-Jewish immigrants.

Alex Kane September 12, 2023

Chile’s Documentarian of Dashed Dreams

Fifty years after a coup ended Chile’s socialist experiment, the films of Patricio Guzmán—now on view in a New York retrospective—offer a guide to the era and its long shadow.

Mitchell Abidor September 7, 2023

The End of Widady

Settler attacks are rapidly depopulating Palestinian communities in Area C of the West Bank.

Joshua Leifer September 6, 2023