Tag / Palestine
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Parsing “Apartheid”
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a Washington behemoth famous and notorious for its clout on Capitol Hill, prefers to work behind the scenes. Sure, once a year they throw a giant party in the Washington Convention Center that over half of Congress regularly attends along with a press contingent worthy of the Olympics. But…
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An Unpleasant Debate
BY JOE LENOFF This article is in response to Hen Mazzig’s article in JNS. Last week, J Street U and St. Louis Hillel invited Oded Na’aman, a philosophy student and member of the group Breaking the Silence, to speak at the St. Louis Hillel at Wash U. Mazzig attended the lecture and offered a criticism…
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An Open Letter to Chancellor Wrighton
BY HENRY CLEMENTS Dear Chancellor Wrighton, I feel disappointed rather than assured by your recent email regarding the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Not everyone in the Washington University community opposes the boycott. Some of us endorse it. The statement you included in your email asserts that “a boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic…
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A Realistic Approach to the Israeli-Arab Conflict
BY MEYTAL CHERNOFF In a world where we are enamored with quick fixes, we like to see everything as black and white. But when we are examining the nuances of the Israeli-Arab conflict, simplicity and quick fixes are difficult, if not impossible, to find. The article, “The Simplicity of the Israeli-Arab Conflict,” published in the…
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Straightforward: The Simplicity of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
BY HENRY CLEMENTS The American media tend to portray the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as hugely complicated and mired in controversy. The situation is deadlocked, we are told, and no one agrees on the components of a final settlement. In reality, beyond U.S. borders, there exists hardly any disagreement at all. Indeed, there is close to unanimous…
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Number 194*
Yesterday, thousands took to the streets of Ramallah, Bethlehem, Facebookistan to celebrate Palestine’s acceptance in the UN as a non-member state. Some of my friends on Facebook congratulated the people of Palestine on becoming the newest state. Perhaps the UN vote is the beginning of a new chapter, giving Palestine more leverage on the international…
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A Yellow License Plate
Ever since last Wednesday, I have been asked multiple times, how, as a Jew, I can stand up for the Palestinians, who are firing rockets indiscriminately into Israeli sovereign territory. With much deliberation and a great deal of struggle, I have come to some conclusions. These views are based on my personal experience, and while…
