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Globe & Mail Columnist Marsha Lederman Dismisses Criticisms Of Upcoming Anti-Israel Exhibit In Winnipeg, Calling Cri

The “Nakba” revisionist history routinely erases historical context, including the Arab-initiated war and the mass departures.

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Toronto Star Commentary By Nokha Dakroub Glorifies The Palestinian Flag-Raising In Mississauga By Radical Anti-Israel Ma

Dakroub’s Toronto Star column tries to recast Mississauga’s Palestinian flag-raising as an act of “justice."

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CHCH Report Amplifies UNICEF’s False Claims About Israeli Aid To Gaza

The segment gave extensive airtime to UNICEF’s accusations while glossing over Israel’s detailed denials and daily coordination with aid agencies.

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CTV Journalist Blames Israel While Erasing Hamas Under Cover Of A Feel-Good Medical Story

The segment misled viewers about both the origins of the conflict and the motives of those involved.

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CBC’s Brent Bambury Yet Again Platforms Anti-Israel Claims With No Mention Of Thousands Of West Bank Terror Attacks

She blamed “settler violence” for the lack of Palestinian statehood, ignoring decades of Palestinian leadership rejecting peace offers.

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thanks K Warren, for exposes rising antisemitism

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Thank Ohio for REJECTING divestment from Israel

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Send email to STOP BDS from hijacking Eurovision

BDS is hijacking Eurovision. What can we do? Sign this letter — We need you now!

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Tell Congress: Reject False Accusations of Genocide Against Israel

Rep. Tlaib is pushing a resolution falsely accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza for defending itself against Hamas’ horrific October 7 massacre. We need leaders in Congress to speak out and reject this false accusation. TAKE 45 SECONDS: Contac

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Northern Irish MP Sammy Wilson bears witness to Israel

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: Wilson, of the Democratic Unionist Party, has been an outspoken supporter of Israel for a long time, and said that the Jewish State's democratic strength impressed him.

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Addressing Antisemitism in Cornell University Student Union

Urge Cornell to reject the grad union’s BDS campaign targeting Jewish students and protect their right to opt out of union dues. Take action now.

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Demand Harvard Condemn Antisemitic Student Survey Questions

Harvard's Undergraduate Association sent out a survey asking students to weigh in on BDS and the IHRA definition of antisemitism.

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CBC News Calgary Erases All Opposition To Palestinian Flag-Raising

Not a single opponent to the Palestinian flag-raising was interviewed, serving to completely censor their views and existence.

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CBC News Clip Features Radicals Chanting “Allahu Akbar” At Winnipeg Flag-Raising, Showing True Extremist Face Of Pro

Footage from Winnipeg’s flag-raising told a very different story, with attendees shouting “allahu akbar” and “from the river to the sea,” slogans long tied to Islamic extremism.

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Richard Falk, Purveyor Of Anti-Jewish & 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, Described By CBC News As “Prominent Legal Schola

Petz made zero mention of Falk’s longstanding anti-Jewish and 9/11 conspiracy theories, to which he has been condemned by multiple governments.

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CBC News Senior Reporter Raffy Boudjikanian Platforms Anti-Israel Extremists (Again) In Sympathetic Article

Key context about the radical records of groups like the Palestinian Youth Movement was scrubbed out entirely.

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Tell Congress: Reject False Accusations of Genocide Against Israel

Rep. Tlaib is pushing a resolution falsely accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza for defending itself against Hamas’ horrific October 7 massacre. We need leaders in Congress to speak out and reject this false accusation. TAKE 45 SECONDS: Contac

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The truth about Zionism

As my father, Chaim Herzog, famously declared 50 years ago, Zionism is not racism. It is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.

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Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik Reject Israeli Industry Boycott in Letter

Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing are among 1,200 signees of an open letter denouncing the call for a boycott of Israeli film institutions.

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Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

Zarah Sultana is so wrong. Today’s obsessive loathing for Israel is definitely driven by bigotry.

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The IDF is not just Israel’s army: it is a symbol of Jewish self-defence

Strong Jews, sovereign Jews, Jews you can’t push around.... that’s what Zionists are

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What is Antizionism?

Educational content only. A discussion of the rhetoric of "antizionism" in the context of the history of antisemitism. Warning, some graphic content and images.

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Unpacking Israeli History: What is Zionism? [A Conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur]

Unpacking Israeli History: What is Zionism? [A Conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur]   Noam Weissman and Haviv Rettig Gur discuss the complexities of Zionism’s past, present, and future, exploring key moments in Israeli history and the Israeli-Palest

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Amsterdam Pogrom Is the Quintessence of Anti-Zionism

Those who have said that last night’s pogrom in Amsterdam is yet more proof of the need for the existence of the State of Israel are correct. But it’s worth

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‘History Being Rewritten’: Wikipedia Defines Zionism as ‘Colonialism,’ Sparking Outrage | United with Israel

Recent updates to the page describe Zionism as an 'ethno-cultural nationalist' movement that engaged in 'colonization of a land outside of Europe.'

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UNPACKED: Watch-Is Zionism Dead?

UNPACKED: Watch-Is Zionism Dead?   Zionism sparks much debate, but at its core, it’s simply the belief that Jews have the right to govern themselves in their ancestral homeland. From ancient prayers to modern-day Israel, Zionism has been a cornerst

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Zombie Anti-Zionism

The left’s addiction to warmed-over Soviet Anti-Zionist propaganda from half a century ago proves that its criticism of Israel has nothing to do with facts on the ground in Gaza.

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What Is Zionism?

The bond between Jews and the Land of Israel has been a vital element of Jewish history for over thousands of years. Learn more about what Zionism is here.

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'Crackhead Barney' harasses Quentin Tarantino at NYC restaurant, calls him 'Zionist piece of s--t': wild video

Anti-Israel activist and profane performance artist “Crackhead Barney” harassed director Quentin Tarantino as a "Zionist piece of s--t" while he was eating a New York City restaurant, video of the incident shows.

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Unraveling the false branding of Israel as a settler-colonial state

This platform is built on two fundamental falsehoods to justify atrocities, at least against Jews, and suspends justice and morality that has corrupted many liberation movements in recent centuries.

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Antisemitism at university encampments prove anti-Zionism is bigotry

Those who advocate for the destruction of Jews anywhere, rejoice at the harm done to Jews everywhere. 

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The war against the Jewish story

The ease with which anti-Zionists have managed to portray the Jewish state as genocidal marks a historic failure of Holocaust education

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‘I’ve always dreamed of moving to Israel’

‘I’ve always dreamed of moving to Israel’ By  Efrat Forsher Israel HaYom By enlisting in the IDF, 19-year-old Y. is following in the footsteps of her ancestor who helped pave the way for women into the Israel Air Force. Y. comes from a

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How Anti-Zionist Faculty Captured a University of California Campus and What It Means for the Future of Jews in America

“Let’s make it clear – zionism is not welcome on our campus” read a recent Instagram message, which was followed by raised fist and Palestinian flag emojis. At first blush, this posting appeared to be one more bullet in the barrage of vitriolic ha

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Opinion: Why antisemitism and anti-Zionism are so deeply intertwined

The holiday of Purim, celebrated by Jews around the world this weekend, tells a story of ancient antisemitism that has remained sadly relevant, writes Rabbi Avi Weiss.

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Elder Of Ziyon - Israel Belongs to the Jews (Judean Rose)

The Jews aren't white people who came back to Israel from Europe. There has been a continuous Jewish presence in the Holy Land, the Land of Israel.

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Time for Honesty: Tough Questions for my Jewish Brothers and Sisters Abroad

Tough Questions for my Jewish Brothers and Sisters Abroad. In Memory of Elisha Loewenstern, HY"D

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‘New York Times’ to Jews: Forget thy right hand

Marc Tracy, a culture reporter at the paper, penned an article: “Is Israel part of what it means to be Jewish?”

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A New Existential War - Part III: Forming a Clear Post-War National Vision Means Returning to the Roots of Zionism

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,251, January 8, 2023 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On the morning of October 7, 2023, the strategic Israeli security concept

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Labeling Jews as 'settler-colonialists' flips the truth

One only need to recall the UNRWA definition of a Palestinian refugee to realize the basic truth of counter-Palestinian demography claims.

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Zionism isn’t racism, but Palestinism is

Since the Mufti began inciting pogroms in 1920, the Palestinian Arab national movement has been defined by a racist and murderous hatred for Jews, from support for the Holocaust to attempts to commit a second Holocaust. Opinion.

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Howard Epstein – AGAIN WITH THE JEWISH QUESTION!

Howard Epstein – AGAIN WITH THE JEWISH QUESTION! Last week, I ended this column with a note of optimism thus: “If the disgraceful performances in Congress last week come to be seen as the highwater mark of wokeism, then – albeit at a cost we sho

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Michael Shine : Hamas co-founder speaks of a world with “no Zionism or treacherous Christianity,”

Michael Shine: Hamas co-founder speaks of a world with “no Zionism or treacherous Christianity,” “It is so frustrating, so absolutely frustrating, that except for brave intelligent writers and commentators such as Melanie Phillips and Douglas Mu

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Russian-speakers struggle to adjust to Israel – this org. helps -opinion - The Jerusalem Post

Shishi Shabbat specializes in aiding olim from former Soviet countries and takes a unique and innovative approach to empowering and strengthening this vulnerable segment of Israel’s population.

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The Cult of ‘Antizionism’

American progressive ideologues have formed a new ideology based on the negation of an all-powerful phantasm they call ‘Zionism.’ To fight them, we need to understand the origins of their beliefs in the Soviet academic propaganda apparatus.

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Zionism is a model for indigenous people - opinion

Many New Zealanders view Israel through the lens of our own settler colonialist history: the Jews, like the British, are seen as white European colonizers; the Palestinians as the indigenous Māori.

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Jews need to protect themselves against modern antisemitism

Current antisemitism claims that, unlike any of the other peoples of the world, Jews should not be allowed a country in which they are a majority, even in their indigenous land.

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Samaria leader presents plan to boost Jewish population

Yossi Dagan called on PM Netanyahu to adopt his plan as a way to resolve the "national crisis of overcrowding in the center of the country."

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Palestine and the Holocaust: What If?

I was scanning the news (a common Jewish activity), when a recent article by Marwan Bishara in Al Jazeera (Aug 18, 2022) caught my eye. The article, titled “The Palestinian misuse, and Zionist abuse, of the Holocaust,” was written after Palestinian leader

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Israelis Commemorate Exodus 1947, The ‘ship That Launched A Nation’

On July 18, 1947, some 4,550 refugees - survivors of the Holocaust - set off across the Mediterranean Sea, just two years removed from the destruction of Europe - Click the link for more details.

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American vs. Israeli Patriotism

The 4th of July is a time to reflect on what Israel can teach America about love of country.

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How not to combat antisemitism

  In a private letter to US antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt, Israeli President Isaac Herzog last week called the Biden

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The Democratic Party's anti-Zionist wing is growing. Here's how

Israel supporters should look carefully at the New York political scene – and they should be alarmed. Very alarmed.

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Don’t call promoting anti-Zionism to Jewish youth ‘dialogue’

Organizing Zoom programs for Jewish students and those seeking Israel’s destruction is anti-Israel activism, not giving youth the information they’re being denied elsewhere.

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Who are the Palestinian Arabs? | ערוץ 7

Palestinian Arab nationalism originated in Zionism, as a tool to fight Israel's existence. It has no historical or ethnic past. Op-ed..

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Just where on earth was 'Palestine'?

Exposing the media myth: Palestine - a land of authentic 'splendour' filled with indigenous Palestinians. Or was it? Have a read inside.

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The Real Meaning Of 'Pro-Palestinian'

Inviting Hamas and PIJ officials to participate in such events shows that the real aim of the so-called pro-Palestinian groups is not to help the Palestinians, but to incite and spread hate and libels against the only democracy in the Middle East: Israel

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First Came the Zionists, THEN Came the Palestinians...

The Palestinians like to tell everyone they lived in "Palestine" since dinosaur times then the bad Zionists came from Europe and displaced them. This is a ve...

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The Ilhan Omar vote is a turning point for American Jews

Partisan split on booting the congresswoman from committees is more than a symptom of political civil war. It illustrates the normalization of anti-Zionism.

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No! The Jews were not 'living happily' in Arab lands

Those that say Jews used to live in harmony in Arab lands are rewriting history and denying a brutal persecution that went on for centuries.

Politics | Campus Watch

Club Z: A titanium dome for Jewish youth

Helping to defend against the corrosive political missiles fired every day from college campuses.

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A College Class Made Me Anti-Israel: The Threat Is Real

An anti-Israel ‘apartheid wall’ on display at Columbia University during Apartheid Week in 2017. Photo: Facebook. When I was in …

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Israel at 75: The ancient love story between the Jewish people and their homeland

History has not always been kind to the Jewish people, but the ongoing Israel adventure feels downright miraculous, writes Gil Troy

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Barry Shaw – Drifting Misled Jews! Return to the Light!

Barry Shaw – Drifting Misled Jews! Return to the Light! To our lost liberal fellow Jews, Chanukah is an awkward time. They twist themselves into a pretzel trying to reimagine the Menorah as some symbol of light that unites all the victims of humanit

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A tale of two narratives | Israel National News

Since the Zionist narrative has demonstrable validity over the irreconcilable, mutually-exclusive counter-narrative of the Palestinian-Arabs, it is the Zionist narrative that must prevail, Op-ed.

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Islamist Terror; Journalistic Error

In a valuable new book, historian Richard Landes argues that Western reporting on the Second Palestinian Intifada helped to seed a misunderstanding of terrorism.

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Candace Owens Compares The ADL to BLM While Retweeting Well Known Antisemite

Candace Owns shared a tweet accusing the ADL of drumming up insecurity about antisemitism to further the "Zionist enterprise."

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Hatred of Israel drags us back to the Middle Ages

Today, Israel and the West are aligned against an axis of “medievalists” that we must face down.

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Hijacked: The Capture of America's Middle East Studies Centers

In the 1950s, a constellation of philanthropic foundations, multinational corporations, interested scholars, and the U.S. government established the first Mi...

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Yair Lapid: I am a Zionist – 2009

Yair Lapid: I am a Zionist – 2009 Yair Lapid says he belongs to tiny minority that influenced world more than any other nation. An opinion piece in Ynet News from Jan. 2009. H/T to Bob Kook I believe that the Jewish people established itself in the

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UNPACKED – Are Israelis White? | Zionism Revisited

UNPACKED – Are Israelis White? | Zionism Revisited Throughout history, people have traveled from across the world to make Israel their home. This has created a fundamental Israeli value to encourage and support immigrant absorption. Immigration to I

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UNPACKED: The Great Kibbutz Experiment | Zionism Revisited

UNPACKED: The Great Kibbutz Experiment | Zionism Revisited In 1909 when young Jews founded the first Kibbutz, they had no idea that they would be forming a symbol of Israel’s rebirth. These agricultural communities innovated the communal experience as a

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TAU: Making history: the achievements of Zionism studied in the UAE

TAU: Making history: the achievements of Zionism studied in the UAE A book by Israeli Islam researchers was published in Abu Dhabi For the first time since the signing of the Abraham Accords, an Israeli research book was published in Abu Dhabi. The UAE

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UNPACKED – Modern Zionism: 2000 years in the making

UNPACKED – Modern Zionism: 2000 years in the making While the State of Israel is barely 75 years old, the origins of Zionism actually go back a lot further than one might think. In fact, Zionism was born at three distinct moments in history that all

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EMILY SCHRADER – 2021 Proves that Antisemitism Manifests as anti-Zionism

EMILY SCHRADER – 2021 Proves that Antisemitism Manifests as anti-Zionism Re-post by permission. originally posted at Jpost The year 2021 proved unquestionably that modern antisemitism is often manifested in anti-Zionism and anti-Israel hatred.  

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Why anti-Zionism and antisemitism are inextricably linked

  For centuries, Jews have debated who belongs to our community. While embracing a more inclusive Jewish world is an

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Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen: The Ingathering of the Exiles Is Not Over

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen: The Ingathering of the Exiles Is Not Over BESA: The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai’s claim that it is not his job to encourage aliya to Israel negates the ver

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Victor Rosenthal – Zionism and Democracy & Identity and Reality

Victor Rosenthal – Zionism and Democracy & Identity and Reality Zionism and Democracy Gideon Levy, the hateful Ha’aretz writer who reaches new depths of loathing for the state that protects and nurtures him with every column he writes, has gotten

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Front-Line Zionism

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Front-Line Zionism It’s hard to explain to many of my American friends why Israel is such a great country on a personal level (its mighty achievements, everyone knows). The following true story provides insight; indeed, m

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Jerusalem During the War of Independence—Now in Color!

The blockade of Jerusalem began during the first few days of the War of Independence, spreading from the Old City's Jewish Quarter to the rest of Jerusalem. These color photos from 1948 show us what life was like in the city that was cut off from the rest

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UNPACKED: Watch Zionism: New Goals & Old Struggles – Prof. Gil Troy

UNPACKED: Watch Zionism: New Goals & Old Struggles – Prof. Gil Troy In celebration of Israel’s 73rd Independence Day — Yom Ha’atzmaut — we are sharing professor Gil Troy’s essay “Why I am a Zionist.” Twenty years ago he wrote this affi

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UNPACKED – Zionism: The Backstory: Was Zionism a Form of Colonialism? | The Israeli-Palestinian Context

UNPACKED – Zionism: The Backstory: Was Zionism a Form of Colonialism? | The Israeli-Palestinian Context This week on Unpacked, we are moving on to part two of our new six-part series The Israeli-Palestinian Context. In this episode we trace the rich

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Now the Israel Haters Turn on Facebook

Linda Sarsour. Photo: Festival of Faiths via Wikimedia Commons. You can say you don’t like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, …

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Tsvi Bisk - Polishism & Zionism: the Ironies of History

Tsvi Bisk – Polishism & Zionism: the Ironies of History Many early Zionists were Jews from Poland and Polish speaking Belarus. They were greatly influenced by Polish Nationalism, which had constituent parts similar to Zionism and which developed in

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Zionist.

  Via Emunah: To Linda Sarsour, who once angrily  proclaimed that  you cannot be a feminist if you are a Zionist , meet  our fearless Jewish...

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Why Seth Rogen’s Anti-Israel Rant Matters

Seth Rogan told Marc Maron that support for Israel is outdated thinking. His opinion rests on a deep ignorance of the history of Israel and the Jewish people.