What people of good will seek for Israel and Palestine is not just a peace, but a just peace.
Zionism
The Double Essentialism of Zionism
Zionism, the Jewish nationalist philosophy that underlies the state of Israel, entails two kinds of essentialism: Jewishness for Jews and anti-Semitism for gentiles. In other words, no matter how hard they try, Jews cannot stop being Jewish and gentiles cannot stop...
Rights of Return Compared
Israel's defenders often ask how third-generation Palestinians can possibly be recognized as refugees with a right of return to the properties from which the Zionists drove their grandparents in 1947-48. But didn't those Zionists, most of whom had arrived ony three...
TGIF: Let’s Make Sure the Nazis Killed in Vain
I don’t know how many times I've heard that if we don’t stand by Israel, the victims of the Nazi Judeocide will have died in vain. I knew something was wrong with that claim, but for the longest time I couldn’t put my finger on it. Now I think I can. The claim is...
Palestinians’ Living Standard? Don’t Change the Subject!
Opposing Palestinian self-determination because West Bank Arabs have a higher living standard than other Arabs is like opposing the abolition of slavery because, unlike white factory workers, slaves have job security.
What Is Judaism?
From Rabbi Elmer Berger's A Partisan History of Judaism: The Jewish Case against Zionism (1951): Judaism evolved from a primitive tribalism to as noble a spiritual and universal vision as man has ever attained. This fact attests, even without detailed proof, to the...
Is the Bible a Title Deed?
I was asked on Facebook, "What is your response to many Jews and Christians who believe the Bible makes it clear that the land belongs to the Jews?" Here's is my (slightly edited) response: The Bible isn't a history book, and archaeology has not been kind to it. See...
New Institute Book: Coming to Palestine
My new book, Coming to Palestine, will be available soon. It's the fruit of more than 30 years of writing about the Palestine-Israel conflict. Watch for it! In the meantime, listen here to my interview with Peter R. Quinones about it.
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