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If Not for AIPAC: What Ilhan Omar Should Have Said

By Haroon Moghul

…ispossession, given the clear imbalance in resources between supporters of Israel and advocates of Palestinian rights, never mind between the Israelis and Palestinians themselves. We can do so, second, by reimagining. I hope Rep. Omar is able to move forward after this unfortunate, second charge of anti-Semitism; to do less social media and more of what she was elected to do: legislate. Because that’s what we need to hear from her. Less of what sh…

American Jewish Leaders Get Gaza Wrong

By Sarah Posner

…only Israeli projectiles fired into Gaza which cause casualties. The total number of Israeli projectiles fired into Gaza is bound to be significantly larger. In a post on the recent J Street poll on American Jewish opinion, Peter Beinart notes that while young Jews are still experiencing an “attachment” to Israel, “that connection is going hand in hand with substantial alienation from this Israeli government. And that alienation exists even though…

Evangelicals Call Christian Zionist Uncritical “Support” for Israel “Appalling” and “Intolerable”

By Sarah Posner

…gerous insult.” As I was writing this, an email from Christians United for Israel (representing a big chunk of Gushee and Stassen’s target audience) arrived in my inbox, urging followers to “stand with” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will be “entering a lion’s den” at the United Nations. “We want him to stand proudly knowing that millions of Christians stand with him. We want him to feel our hands holding up his arms. We want him t…

From Confusion to Kardashian: Misreading the Middle East

By Haroon Moghul

…nce have even mooted withdrawing their ambassadors in protest at continued Israeli settlement construction. In the aftermath of all this, the United States—Israel’s strongest ally—finds itself unsure of how to react to the Gaza war and to the post-Arab Spring Middle East generally. Cluelessness, Amplified by Power and Privilege It’d be hypocritical of me to venture how this’ll all shake out, but I believe I know why it’s so hard to tell. These e…

A Meditation on Shopping and Desire

By Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

…We have an unprecedented access to cheap goods, yet we must recognize that cheap goods are cheaply made. I am not speaking of quality, I am speaking of cheap labor. We must recognize that through the act of shopping, whether it is for an article of clothing, a toy, a pint of strawberries, or even our morning cup of coffee, we participate in a global economy that values profit over people. Disposable goods are made by disposable people, faceless in…

Are Evangelical Films Destined to Leave Secular Audiences Behind?

By Daniel Silliman

…e success either. The opening weekend saw sales of more than $6 million in tickets. That’s the kind of number that will inspire others to try and figure out the formula for the faith-and-family blockbuster. Yet, with the cost of the film reportedly exceeding $30 million, it’s an open question whether or not the Left Behind reboot will get a second installment. The marketing problem of evangelical movies is still, stubbornly, a problem. The general…

Swift-Boat Veterans of American Jewry Charge Anti-Semitism at Occupy Wall Street

By Jay Michaelson

…ave been taken long ago. ECI, as critics point out, is no more a friend of Israel than it is a foe of Occupy Wall Street. Rather, it uses Israel (and now Occupy) as a pawn to score electoral points for Republicans. The whole organization is a ruse. It’s the Swift-Boat Veterans of American Jewry. (Oh, and incidentally: Eliot Spitzer?! Surely he was included in the ECI video not because of his non-existent leadership position, but because, like Bil…

5 Reasons the Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Turn On Israel

By Haroon Moghul

…ty to get any such concessions depends on their having a relationship with Israel—Iran has stood outside Israel for years, and has been unable to accomplish anything for the Palestinians. 5. A Different Brotherhood? Not Likely, But Not Impossible In the last few decades, the Brotherhood has moved decisively away from violence, and toward a more social, albeit nonpolitical, religious role. Here our traditional vocabulary fails us. Islam is in many…

Israel’s Chief Rabbis Say No to Christian Zionist Event

By Sarah Posner

…lights a long-simmering tension among religious Zionists: how much should they welcome the “support for Israel” by Christian Zionist groups, given that Christian Zionists aim to “restore” Israel, or convert Jews? This recent action by the Israeli rabbis could signal a new, and more explicit, objection to Christian Zionist activities. …

The Antisemitism Awareness Act Just Passed by the House Would Actually Increase Anti-Jewish Violence

By Nathan Leach

…sm in this way also categorically classifies the many Jewish protestors in Israel and around the world who reject the Israeli government’s current actions as themselves antisemitic. Not only does it equate Jewishness with a particular political ideology (that of the present State of Israel) but it also tells Jews whose Jewishness drives their opposition that they’re being Jewish so wrongly that they’ve become anti-themselves. It’s worth asking whe…