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The argument today that Israel needs all the friends we can get, including evangelicals on a Jesus-centered mission, may or may not be valid. What’s unacceptable is the lack of transparency on the part of Jews who stridently defend groups like HaYovel.
From a Jewish perspective, Henry Kissinger was a tragic figure. He personified the ‘court Jew’ who made himself indispensable to powerful gentiles.
Israel has not won a war in more than 50 years. Will this war against Hamas in Gaza be different?
Israel must be understood in such a way that recognizes our unique identity & our place in the global struggle against imperialism.
By targeting non-Zionist Jewish institutions, Palestinian solidarity activists are ironically increasing the national consciousness of many Jews otherwise alienated from the Israeli state.
Our unhealthy pattern of shirking responsibility, cowing to foreign pressure & tolerating murder can only be overcome through psychological liberation.
During my first year as an Israeli, I’ve witnessed this nation grow & develop in so many challenging ways.
The twin pillars of territorial concessions & conflict containment that had subordinated Israel’s security doctrine to US interests for 30 years has fallen apart.
We cannot self actualize through some social media war. This is not our first massacre, but we must remain strong in our fight to ensure it’s our last.
Rather than allowing themselves to get swept up with the herd against judicial reform, Dan & Ram should decide what they’d like the Jewish state to be.
Abby Roth’s embrace of ‘Judeo-Christian values’ is no less an expression of psychological colonization than the White Girl Feminism she critiques.
Dr. Israel Eldad demonstrates how Jerusalem can offer us a clear lens by which to observe the many challenges & aspirations of Jewish history.