Repost: Matti Friedman, "An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth"

Repost: Matti Friedman, "An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth"

2013, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict claimed 42 lives— roughly the monthly homicide rate in the city of Chicago. Jerusalem, internationally renowned as a city of conflict, had slightly fewer violent deaths per capita last year than Portland, Ore., one of America’s safer cities. In contrast, in three years the Syrian conflict has claimed an estimated 190,000 lives…

Read More
Zionists are not banned. Jews are.

Zionists are not banned. Jews are.

In 1973, the Palestinian Authority imposed martial law, and banned non-Arabs from buying land, punishable by death or life imprisonment. From this point on, ~2M+ Arabs enjoyed full rights in Israel, while risking imprisonment and death for expressing those same rights under Palestinian leadership. There is no mention of the word “Zionist”…

Read More