Holding Onto Hope in Trump’s ‘Age of God’

Holding Onto Hope in Trump’s ‘Age of God’

"This is not only the end of the war, it is the end of an age of terror and death.” Welcome to President Donald Trump's golden age for the Middle East. Never mind that it was reported that dozens of Palestinians were shot by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) since this fragile ceasefire began. Never mind that Hamas has executed people in the streets (with an apparent tacit approval from Trump). Simply listen to the whimsical words of our dear leader who went on to prophesize to the Israeli Knesset that we are witnessing “the beginning of the age of faith, hope, and of God.” One might counter...

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Who Counts: Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationality

Who Counts: Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationality

“I wear two hats, one representing the people of Israel, the other representing the Jewish people around the world." These are the words I was instructed to write into more remarks than I can remember over my eight and a half years working as the Strategic Outreach Director for the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest United States. Carefully consider the gravity of that statement. The more time I spent conducting interfaith outreach efforts for the Israeli government, the more confused I felt about Judaism as a religion, its nature as an ethnic identity, how the contemporary state...

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My Attempt and Failure to Achieve ‘Interfaith Dialogue’ At the Israeli Consulate

My Attempt and Failure to Achieve ‘Interfaith Dialogue’ At the Israeli Consulate

Though I do not personally identify as a libertarian, one of the things I admire about libertarians is their emphasis on protecting individual rights. Freedom of conscience and freedom of religion are among our most important rights. I’ve made no secret about not being a fan of religion, and I do think we need to be able to honestly criticize bad ideas. I could easily write this article to be a brutal condemnation of radical Islam and its danger to society; but to do so would be to tread on well-trodden territory. When it comes to how we treat our neighbors and fellow citizens, there are...

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I Helped Israel Propagandize American Christians

I Helped Israel Propagandize American Christians

Sun Tzu wrote, “All warfare is based on deception." You have heard many stories about the Israeli government deceiving and manipulating U.S. officials, steering our country towards funding and even fighting their wars. Let me tell you one more: Israel exploits the religious beliefs of American Christians, fostering a certain flavor of fanaticism to empower a doomsday cult in a twisted effort to serve the interests of this increasingly genocidal apartheid state. I know this, because I was a central useful idiot in this psyop. As the “Strategic Outreach Director” of the Consulate General of...

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