Brad Parker

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at the 2019 J Street National Conference, October 28, 2019. (Photo courtesy of J Street)

For J Street, holding Israel accountable is still a step too far

J Street’s 2019 conference heralded a new willingness to tie military aid to Israel to its human rights record. But the organization was quick to reaffirm a status quo of unconditional aid — despite ongoing abuses. What at first looked like a sea change on the horizon has turned out to be much less. One week…

By Joshua Leifer and Cafe Gibraltar November 7, 2019

Palestinian school students pass by some destroyed buildings and homes in the Shujaiya neighborhood, Gaza city, September 15, 2014. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

In Gaza, justice delayed is justice denied

Israeli army investigators have not even contacted the teenage victim of one of the few alleged war crimes it says it is probing. More than two months after Israel’s assault on Gaza began, victims of the air, land, and sea invasion continue to have no recourse against their occupiers. It’s been nearly two months since 17-year-old…

By Samer Badawi September 17, 2014

Israeli ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Israeli exceptionalism at the United Nations

Israeli officials mistakenly dismiss criticism as the product of an ‘anti-Israel bias.’ But when a state agrees to uphold certain universal human rights and then fails to do so in practice, it would be unfair for the international community to not criticize that state. By Brad Parker Last month, Israel ended a 20-month boycott of…

By +972 Magazine November 14, 2013

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