Every Jewish generation gets the peace movement it doesn’t think it deserves. In the 1970s it was Breira, a tiny group of dovish American Jews who thought it was time for Israel to talk with the Palestine Liberation Organization and figure out some sort of coexistence between Israelis and the Arabs living on land captured by Israel…
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U.S.
Linda Sarsour named a surrogate for Bernie Sanders' campaign
Controversial political activist Linda Sarsour has been named a surrogate for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American…
Israel
Tlaib gets OK to visit grandmother in West Bank, then decides against it
After being barred from entering Israel on Thursday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib submitted a humanitarian request to visit her aging grandmother in the West Bank,…
Israel
How lawmakers and Jewish groups are reacting to Israel's ban on Tlaib and Omar
This is a developing story. Israel’s decision on Thursday to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country has quickly prompted a wave…
Opinion
Trump has tainted Israel on the left. But that doesn’t excuse Dems.
Despite his questionable record with the American Jewish community, it’s hard to argue that President Trump has been anything but fantastic when it comes…
U.S.
House votes to condemn Israel boycott movement
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly condemned the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. The House vote Tuesday on the non-binding…
Opinion
When Canary Mission came for me, my hometown JCRC had my back
In February, a journalist named Aisha Sultan published a column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailing the experience that I and a student named Shaadie…
Bay Area
Airbnb case could set BDS precedent — one way or the other
A longtime critic of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement says Airbnb’s decision to remove about 200 rental property listings in…
Opinion
How Cal faculty who support Israel boycott get it wrong
Should faculty have the academic freedom to deny academic freedom to others? That is what eight UC Berkeley faculty are now demanding with their vigorous…