A member of Rabbis for Ceasefire explains why they interrupted the UN General Assembly earlier this year. A January poll found 50% of U.S Jews supported a ceasefire, only 34% opposed it, and 63% of the general population then in favor of a ceasefire;
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The lack of diplomatic efforts to end wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Congo shame the international community — as the death tolls mount, we need an urgent shift towards peace-building and justice.
What’s happening in the Middle East was enabled by a president with ideological priors, aides who failed to push back, and a cheerleading media establishment.
"Knowingly enabling someone like Donald Trump to return to office, whether by voting directly for him or for a third-party candidate, is both a moral and a strategic failure." [Full letter from Islamic Imans and Clerics, listing signers is below]
October 7 should have handed Israel's wild-eyed right the perfect storm for success: wartime rallying and vengeful fury. So why don't the polls over the past year back that up?
A new Inside Higher Ed/Generation Lab survey shows Harris leading nationally by 38 points, with around a third of students reporting they are more likely to cast a ballot because she’s top of the ticket.
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