When the Islamophobic furor against the proposed Muslim community center two-and-a-half blocks away from Ground Zero began to peak in mid-late July, some people wondered why it was occurring now, nine years after the 9/11 attacks. As the New York Times recently noted, an article published in the paper “last December about the project [...] read more »

The Emergency Committee for Israel, an advocacy group launched by Bill Kristol and other neoconservative activists, and J Street, the 2-year-old outfit that bills itself as a liberal “pro-Israel, pro-peace” voice, recently aired dueling ads about Joe Sestak, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania. The Emergency Committee went first, with a menacing spot that asked, [...] read more »

Photo: http://antonyloewenstein.com/bio/ With “peace talks” between the Palestinian Authority and Israel seeming more and more like a dead end, many people around the world, including dissident Jewish voices, are turning to grassroots activism to pressure Israel to end the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories. Recently, Jewish Voice for Peace launched a campaign to pressure TIAA-CREF, [...] read more »

When the Israeli Navy raided the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship that was part of an aid flotilla attempting to break the blockade of Gaza, and killed nine activists in international waters, the world took notice. Condemnations of the raid and calls for the end of the economically crippling 3-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza rung [...] read more »

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a “kiss and make up” session at the White House tomorrow, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a new list of items that will be banned from entering the Gaza Strip. The decision comes after weeks of international pressure following the Israeli raid on a Gaza aid [...] read more »

As Israel continues to deal with the international condemnation of its May 31 raid on an aid flotilla trying to break the Gaza blockade, Palestine solidarity groups in New York City have mobilized thousands of people to participate in protests... read more »

When a near-capacity crowd of New Yorkers sat down in their seats to hear testimonials on June 18 from survivors of Israel’s attack on an aid flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza, they expected to hear from three different activists.  Instead, they only heard from two at the House of the Lord Church [...] read more »

Many New Yorkers concerned about the plight of the people of Gaza, especially in the aftermath of the deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla trying to break the blockade of the coastal strip, plan on heading out to Brooklyn tomorrow to hear survivors that were aboard the Mavi Marmara ship tell their stories. Giving testimony will [...] read more »

FLOTILLA FURY: Debbie Mardon hits the streets for a May 31 protest condemning Israel’s killing of at least nine people who were part of a flotilla trying to break the blockade of Gaza. PHOTO: ELLEN DAVIDSON Slowly but surely, things are changing in the aftermath of the deadly Israeli raid on the Gaza “Freedom Flotilla”:  the [...] read more »

Last New Year’s Eve, Debbie Mardon did not celebrate with noise makers or confetti — instead, she headed to Cairo’s main square to participate in the Gaza Freedom March with her daughter Jenna Bitar, 18, and son Joel, 23. read more »