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American Jews from IfNotNow march at an anti-occupation protest, San Francisco, October 9, 2016.)

American Jews must resist Trump and the occupation at the same time

Can American Jews’ relationship to Israel accommodate the truth that Palestinians deserve the same freedom and dignity that we want for ourselves as Jews and for our Muslim, immigrant, black and brown neighbors here in the United States? By Emily Mayer There is currently a surge of activism churning through the American Jewish community. Since…

By +972 Magazine March 25, 2017

Hundreds fill New York City's Washington Square Park to protest President Trump's decision to ban Muslim refugees from entering the U.S., January 26, 2017. (Gili Getz)

Trump’s Muslim ban is eerily similar to Israel’s refugee policies

As President Trump seeks to maintain white Christian hegemony, the Jewish state can serve as a case study of nationalism run amuck — and what that means for the ‘others’ who live there. Israel’s founding premise that it would be a “Jewish and democratic” state has always meant that if the state wants to remain democratic…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat March 20, 2017

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the 2016 AIPAC Police Conference in Washington D.C., March 21, 2016. (Photo courtesy of AIPAC)

AIPAC gave $60K to architect of Trump’s Muslim ban

New tax filings show the country’s largest pro-Israel group gave money to a think tank that played a pivotal role in engineering Trump’s ban on Muslim immigration. By Eli Clifton The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has been noticeably quiet about the Trump administration’s slowness to denounce the spike in anti-Semitic attacks and bomb threats,…

By +972 Magazine March 15, 2017

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Two fathers, Palestinian and Jewish, find hope in solidarity

When I first got the news that he had won, the first people I checked on were my Muslim mother and my son. But then I wrote my friend, Brad Brooks-Rubin. The connection wasn’t coincidental. When my son was born, Brad was the first to visit him. A year later, I bought a life-sized playhouse…

By Samer Badawi March 1, 2017

President Donald Trump. (Jette Carr/Department of Homeland Security)

Trump and Netanyahu are allies in a losing battle

Both the American and Israeli governments reek of paranoia, fear, and desperation. The struggle against them must begin with the knowledge that we are opposing a desperate and fearful group. By all accounts, the new administration in the U.S., and the veteran one in Israel should be relaxing and enjoying the heights of power they have attained.…

By Roi Maor February 9, 2017

Israeli Border police officers corral Palestinians as they wait to cross from Qalandiya checkpoint outside Ramallah, West Bank, into Jerusalem, July 26, 2013. (Photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Can America avoid falling into the Israel trap?

If Israel can teach American liberals anything, it’s that they cannot afford to rest on their laurels. The case of Israel demonstrates that fear-mongering and tribalism can easily prop up an oppressive and racist regime for decades. It is not uncommon for Israeli authorities to detain, interrogate and deport tourists of Arab or Palestinian descent,…

By Noa Yachot February 9, 2017

Protesters near the prime minister's residence, demonstrating against Trump’s recent refugee and Muslim ban, Jerusalem, January 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The age of Trump spells the end of the Zionist dream

When Israel backs an American regime that threatens our liberty as humans and our safety as Jews, the claim that Zionism protects Jews no longer holds. By Ben Lorber For most American Jews, Donald Trump‘s regime has ushered in the most profound and destabilizing existential crisis since the Holocaust. We watch in horror as President…

By +972 Magazine February 7, 2017

Noor Inyat Khan, a Muslim of Indian and American origin, provided critical support for the anti-Nazi resistance. She was executed in Dachau concentration camp. (I Am Your Protector)

Jews stand up for Muslims, as Muslims once stood up for them

Muslims once protected Jews from Nazi persecution. Today, American Jews are standing up for Muslims in the face of President Trump’s draconian ban. These are everyday stories of resistance — even if they are hardly reported. Over one million dollars were collected by Americans who were disgusted by the recent arson attack on a mosque in Victoria,…

By Aziz Abu Sarah February 4, 2017

African asylum seekers jailed in the Holot detention center protest behind the prison's fence, February 17, 2014. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Netanyahu’s wall isn’t about immigration — it’s about race

Netanyahu’s recent boast that he has stopped all illegal immigration to Israel isn’t quite true: his southern border wall is only aimed at preventing black people from entering Israel irregularly. By Asaf Calderon The United States is on fire. After two weeks in office, President Donald Trump has already managed to sign a series of Executive…

By +972 Magazine February 3, 2017

Protesters near the prime minister's residence, demonstrating against Trump’s recent refugee and Muslim ban, Jerusalem, January 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PHOTOS: Americans, Israelis protest Trump refugee ban in J’lm and Tel Aviv

Dozens of Americans, Israelis and dual nationals protested Trump’s refugee and Muslim travel ban in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, drawing on their own families’ history of persecution. Dozens of Americans, Israelis and dual American-Israeli citizens protested on Sunday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum seekers and citizens of seven predominantly-Muslim countries from entering the…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland January 30, 2017

Hundreds fill New York City's Washington Square Park to protest President Trump's decision to ban Muslim refugees from entering the U.S., January 26, 2017. (Gili Getz)

Welcome to the Jewish American dissonance

American Jews view a Muslim ban as a threat to the ideals they cherish, yet they also believe that too many Muslims in Israel is a direct threat to the Jewish people. In early December, just a month after the election of Donald Trump, American alt-right leader Richard Spencer sat down for an interview with Al Jazeera.…

By Edo Konrad January 28, 2017