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Israel: ‘The Majority Want a Hostage Deal That Ends the War’

Uri Weltmann and Federico Fuentes Green Left
Israel has been rocked by an explosion of protests in recent weeks, with trade unions staging a general strike on September 2 and an estimated 750,000 Israelis taking to the streets on September 7 to demand a hostage deal with Hamas.

The Anti-War Left Makes Inroads in Israel

Interview by Federico Fuentes Links
Standing Together’s national field organizer Uri Weltmann discusses the growing peace movement inside Israel, confronting far-right extremists seeking to disrupt humanitarian aid going to the Gaza Strip, and the left’s recent electoral breakthroughs

What on Earth Has Happened to the Israeli Peace Movement?

Eric Alterman The New Republic
Some groups are trying to draw attention to the carnage in Gaza. But after October 7, most Israelis don’t want to be bothered. It is difficult if not delusional to speak anymore of a peace camp on the Israeli left.

The Marginal Realists of Standing Together

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
An all-too-rare organization of Israeli Palestinians and Jews works for an unfantastical solution to the enduring conflict. What sets Standing Together apart is the realism that informs their strategy, politically marginal as that realism now may be.

Tidbits – Mar.14, 2024 – Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action – Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk–The Right To Learn; More

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Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action - Reject AIPAC; Webinar: Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk -- The Right to Learn; Cartoons; more.....

Tidbits – Feb.15, 2024 – Reader Comments: Israeli Settlements–Obstacle to Peace; High Grocery Bills; Phil Ochs; Standing Together; Pelosi, Biden, Solipsism; We Who Believe in Freedom – Songs and Stories; Holly Near; Celebrating Barbara Ehrenreich;

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Reader Comments: Israeli Settlements--Obstacle to Peace; Grocery Bills Still High; Phil Ochs; Standing Together; Pelosi, Biden, Solipsism; We Who Believe In Freedom - Songs and Stories; Holly Near; Celebrating Barbara Ehrenreich; How to Sue the Klan;

Tidbits – Feb. 8, 2024 – Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade – Learn More

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Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of BDS is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto Rico; What Republicans Fear; Labor and Organizing; 52nd Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade - Learn More

Why a Faction of BDS Is Attacking Standing Together

Etan Nechin Haaretz
Standing Together is a fast-growing grassroots movement in Israel bringing Jews and Arabs together, confronting the occupation and protesting the Gaza war. Now a key BDS group is calling for it to be boycotted.
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