Jerusalem’s “chastity squad” is branching out and has recently begun operating in the capital’s Beit Israel neighborhood. According to local residents, several of the neighborhood’s inhabitants have been violently attacked by members of the “modesty guard”. (full article…)

During the national election campaign in 1996, when Netanyahu was first elected prime minister, Chabad publicly supported him with the slogan, “Bibi is good for the Jews.” Netanyahu still has strong ties with Chabad. (full article…)

I do believe that the violence in the Middle East has roots deep in history, and in the competition of the three monotheistic faiths, each of which claims divine title to much of the same land. (more…)

Oh really Mr. Moyers? The conflict is religious is it? It has nothing to do with decades of brutal occupation and Zionist dispossession? What a refreshing perspective.

So no more rationalizations. What Israel has been doing to the people of Gaza is an outrage. It has has brought neither safety nor security to the people of Israel and it has wrought nothing but misery and tragedy upon the people of Gaza. (more…)

Abraham Greenburg, 30, originally from Haifa but living in London for five years, burnt his passport as part of the protest. He said: “What the Zionists are doing is against God and against the Palestinian people. As an Israeli citizen I feel ashamed of what is happening.” (more…)

Jewish intellectuals oppose racism, repression, and injustice almost everywhere in the world and yet it is still unacceptable – indeed, for some, it’s an act of heresy – to oppose it when Israel is the oppressor. This double standard must end. (more…)