When I wrote Re-Imagining Ourselves in Our Fallen Heroes, I was inspired after starting to read the first couple paragraphs from Taylor Branch’s op-ed in the Sunday New York Times’ Week in Review and his comment that "more than once, the dominant culture has turned history upside Down to make itself feel more comfortable." After [...]
A couple years back, a comment that was making the rounds among Israeli policy-makers was that "Palestinians need to have their own Altalena." Altalena was a boat that David Ben Gurion decided to sink, even though it carried weapons (and a Jewish crew) destined for a Jewish group that was resisting the British. It was [...]
Here is a teaser of two separate parallel campaigns about to be launched to mobilize Palestinian and Israeli citizens to push for a two state agreement in 2008. The guy in the picture, by the way, is Sefi Kedmi, a OneVoice Youth Leader who used to belong to the right-wing Moledet party and then [...]
It is undeniable that AIPAC has tilted to the right over the last 10 years, almost hijacked by hawkish constituents. Perhaps then the birth of JStreet is an unavoidable outcome. My concern though is that now AIPAC’s supporters will react by tilting it further to the right as a reaction, and JStreet will tilt further [...]
It is striking how often we resort to recasting our fallen leaders into molds of perfected humanity. No matter their flaws, once assassinated, their death transforms them to immortal epic heroes. In re-casting our fallen, we humans do not just pay tribute to their courage and compensate them for their lost years. We also re-write [...]
Benjamin Franklin was the first recorded person to call himself "an extreme moderate." He was thus a true predecessor to the OneVoice Movement, in highlighting the imperative of action and determination from mainstream citizenry.
Our leaders in Gaza have expanded on their recent campaign and are reaching out to more and more places. Below are a couple of pictures from their most recent town hall meeting in Jabaliyah Refugee Camp, building on the message of empowering citizens to propel a two-state-agreement.
Overall Obama is an extraordinarily inspiring figure, and his message is the right message for our times. McCain’s principled leadership is also inspiring, and it is clear he puts the nation ahead of himself. But Obama seems to be more in tune with what this nation and world need. That said, Obama will need to [...]
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