#IfNotNow

Amahl Bishara is associate professor of anthropology at Tufts University. She is author of Crossing a Line: Laws, Violence, and Roadblocks to Palestinian Political Expression (Stanford 2022) and Back Stories: US News Production and Palestinian Politics (Stanford 2012). She has been part of collaborative research teams and activist initiatives addressing water scarcity in a West Bank refugee camp.

Author and activist Abby Stein speaks at a protest outside Fox News HQ held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, New York, October 25, 2019. (Gili Getz)
‘White nationalism is killing us’: Jews protest Trump, Fox ahead of Pittsburgh anniversary
In the week leading up to the first anniversary of the white nationalist terror attack that killed 11 worshipers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, progressive Jewish groups take to the streets to send an unequivocal message to Donald Trump and Fox News. On the eve of the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, progressive Jews and…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 25, 2019
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaking at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 17, 2011. (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)
When white nationalists ask Jews to condemn anti-Semitism
Two American-Jewish activists went to a Republican congressman’s town hall and asked him if he would condemn his party’s white nationalism and anti-Semitism. Instead, he pointed his finger at progressive women of color and touted his support for Israel. By Ezra Oliff-Lieberman On the first day of Sukkot, I drove an hour across the longest bridge in…
By +972 Magazine October 18, 2019
American Jewish activists protest outside the Birthright offices in New York, April 5, 2019. (GIli Getz)
In these dark times, young American Jews are a ray of hope
The recent campaigns taking aim at Birthright and the American political establishment are more than symbolic — they are sowing the seeds of a powerful resistance movement against Israel’s occupation. By Oren Kroll-Zeldin Passover is a celebration of freedom, justice, and liberation. In Hebrew it is referred to as zman heruteynu, the season of our freedom.…
By +972 Magazine April 24, 2019
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Breaking the Silence staffer Frima (Murphie) Bubis is seen speaking with Israeli police after a settler child threw paint on her head during a tour in Hebron, July 16, 2018. (Mairav Zonszein)
Birthright walk-offs get a taste of settler violence in Hebron
Eight Birthright participants who walked off of their trip earlier this week to learn about the occupation were on a tour with Breaking the Silence when settlers began harassing them, culminating with paint thrown on their guide’s head. If the settlers of Hebron were trying to show a group of Birthright participants who had walked…
By Mairav Zonszein July 16, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington DC, on March 6, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)
American Jewish anti-occupation advocacy needs to go global
The Jewish community’s traditional unconditional support for Israel’s occupation is rapidly changing. Now is the time to present an alternative to those who justify a violent military regime. By Frima (Merphie) Bubis Two months after the U.S. Embassy officially moved to Jerusalem, the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, hosted AIPAC, America’s largest pro-Israel lobby…
By +972 Magazine July 6, 2018
An activist with IfNotNow is carried away by Israeli police during a Jerusalem Day protest, Jerusalem, May 24, 2017. (JC/Activestills.org)
‘You never told me’: Confronting American Jewish myths about Israel
A group of young American Jews are challenging the the institutionalized myths they were taught about the Jewish state in classrooms, youth group trips, and summer camps.  By Emma Goldberg U.S. anti-occupation movement IfNotNow released its “Liberation Syllabus” last week. Crowd-sourced from teachers, students, journalists, and rabbis, the syllabus offers a collection of resources — from…
By +972 Magazine June 19, 2018
Police arrest an IfNotNow protester outside Senator Chuck Schumer's office in New York City, during an action protesting IDF violence on the border with Gaza. (Gili Getz)
Dozens of American Jews arrested protesting Gaza violence
From Boston to San Francisco, young activists from IfNotNow demonstrate outside the offices of prominent Jewish institutions and senators, demanding they condemn Israel’s violence against Gaza protesters. Thirty-seven American Jews were arrested across the United States last week in a series of actions outside the offices of major Jewish institutions and elected officials to protest the ongoing violence against Palestinians at…
By Edo Konrad April 16, 2018
Members of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice protest in New York. (Kyle O'Leary)
How to deal with modern anti-Semitism? The Jewish Left is leading the way
For too long, the Right has claimed a monopoly on fighting antisemitism, especially when it relates to Israel. It’s been a fraught year for the American Jewish Left. Anti-Semitism continues to be stoked by the president and his inner and outer circles; the institutional Jewish community is openly courting anti-Semites; and verbal and legislative assaults from the…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland November 17, 2017
An activist with IfNotNow is carried away by Israeli police during a Jerusalem Day protest, Jerusalem, May 24, 2017. (JC/Activestills.org)
The Israeli Left can learn a thing or two from American Jews
Where was the Israeli Left when the army tore down a joint Palestinian-Jewish protest camp, or when the police broke the arm of a Jewish American activist in Jerusalem? By Amitai Ben-Abba Freedom Camp in Sarura, South Hebron Hills. On May 29, large army and Border Police forces raided the little that was left in Sarura after…
By +972 Magazine June 8, 2017
Jewish protesters are arrested after disrupting the Celebrate Israel parade in Manhattan, New York City, June 4, 2017. (Jewish Voice for Peace)
Jewish activists arrested for protesting New York pro-Israel parade
New York’s annual, lavishly-funded Celebrate Israel parade was interrupted by scores of American Jewish activists, several of whom were arrested in the process. Seven Jewish protesters were arrested in New York on Sunday afternoon as over 100 activists disrupted the annual Celebrate Israel parade. The event, which sees thousands of participants march down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue accompanied…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland June 5, 2017
Sarah Brammer-Shlay (Eliana Fishman)
U.S. Jewish activist to undergo surgery on arm broken by Israeli cops
Sarah Brammer-Shlay, whose arm was broken by Israeli police as they forcibly removed her from a Jerusalem Day protest, will be undergoing a $25,000 operation on Thursday. An American-Jewish activist whose arm was broken by Israeli police as they forcefully dispersed a Jerusalem Day protest last week will need to undergo surgery. Sarah Brammer-Shlay, 25,…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 28, 2017
An activist with IfNotNow is carried away by Israeli police during a Jerusalem Day protest, Jerusalem, May 24, 2017. (JC/Activestills.org)
Israeli cops assault American Jewish activists in Jerusalem Day protest
Israeli police forcefully dispersed American Jewish anti-occupation activists, who had gathered in the Old City to protest Jerusalem Day and the March of the Flags. Israeli police broke the arm of an American Jewish activist and injured several other anti-occupation demonstrators while forcefully dispersing a Jerusalem Day protest in the Old City on Wednesday. The demonstration,…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 24, 2017
Israeli soldiers confront Jewish American activists in Sarura, a village that had been rebuilt of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists, May 21, 2017. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
WATCH: Israeli forces dismantle West Bank protest camp
Soldiers dismantle a protest camp built by Palestinians, Israelis, and diaspora Jews in the south Hebron Hills — less than 48 hours after it was built. Video by Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org Dozens of Israeli soldiers dismantled on Saturday night a protest camp in the West Bank village of Sarura, which was established by Palestinians, Israelis, and diaspora Jewish activists…
By Mairav Zonszein May 20, 2017
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