I write on American Jewry, Israel, and peace. Antisemitism educator. Son of Iranian immigrants.
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20 May 2024
Despite the media’s magnification of the extremes, a collective of people occupy the center of the Venn diagram, anchored by a simple realization: there will be no exodus of Israelis or Palestinians from the holy land.
My new article for the @latimes.
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The best electoral news out of Israel in a long time. I hope the global left—which often champions solidarity among progressive movements and politicians across borders—rallies behind them.
Jewish-Arab movement Standing Together launches Knesset run with new party haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…
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“Never hitch your wagon to a narcissist. When you want regime change, he pays them reparations.”
Jun 15
“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."
Henry Kissinger*
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Their terrorism is state-sponsored.
הממשלה תממן מזון וביגוד לפעילי "נוער הגבעות"
ynet.co.il/news/article/sjtv…
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Jun 10
People like Lizzy Savetsky shouldn’t be classified as “pro-Israel” because nothing she does redounds to the country’s benefit. In fact, her browbeating tactics and theatrics in the name of Israel do more to turn people off Israel. In that sense, she’s anti-Israel.
The Tribeca Festival has denounced jokes alluding to allegations of rape against Israeli prison guards made on the red carpet by the comedian and actor Elon Gold and pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky.
Read more on The Times of Israel
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Jun 9
Great interview.
We need a new US foreign policy that promotes peace and solidarity.
My conversation with @ezraklein nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Mind you, American Jews are raked over the coals for saying what the former prime minister says so plainly and what video cameras capture daily.
Jun 8
ראש הממשלה לשעבר אהוד אולמרט: "יש מסע שנועד לעשות טיהור אתני של פלסטינים בשטחי הגדה המערבית על ידי קבוצות מאורגנות של מתנחלים, שנהנות מסיוע אקטיבי לא אחת של המשטרה ושל יחידות צבאיות. צה"ל לא עושה את מה שצריך כדי למנוע את פשעי המלחמה והפוגרומים שמבוצעים"
#חדשותהלילה
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Jun 8
These guys mocked Biden’s “don’t” warning to Iran and were so thirsty for Trump’s return like he was the messiah only to now realize that he has never truly cared about what’s in Israel’s best interest.
Jun 7
Trump to @BarakRavid: I'll call Netanyahu right now – and tell him not to attack Iran
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Jun 5
There is truth to this, but it cuts both ways: if you oppose Israel as a politician or a public figure, a lot of leftists will shamelessly defend you—and gaslight others while doing so—because hating Israel is the absolution that washes away all sins, like getting a Nazi tattoo.
Jun 5
if you oppose israel as a politician or a public figure, a lot of political operatives & mainstream publications will actively try to humiliate & make a lesson out of you. just remain steadfast and remember, no amount of manufactured outrage will wash the blood off their hands.
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Jun 2
The article essentially defines “anti-Israel” as someone who’s a “prominent critic of Israel.” By that standard, many if not most people are enemies. That is malpractice. It again goes to show that some of Israel’s greatest defenders handicap it the most.
Jun 2
Anti-Israel Democrats eye 2028 in hopes of reshaping debate, @matthewkassel reports.
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Jun 1
There comes a point when the constant handwringing over Mamdani starts to verge on self-infantilization, making Jews seem fragile and in need of constant reassurance.
Over 50,000 people marched in @israeldayon5th in NYC yesterday because Jewish pride, Jewish peoplehood and the Jewish connection to the land of Israel are not up for negotiation.
For more than 60 years, every @NYCMayor attended.
This year, Mayor Mamdani emphatically refused to march. Breaking with decades-long tradition, especially at a time when the Jewish community is under threat, sends a clear message: showing up for Jewish New Yorkers is not a priority.
I marched to send an unmistakable message. I marched to tell a simple story: the Jewish people are here, we have no fear, and we aren’t going anywhere.
More in my latest piece:
blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-…
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Jun 1
Look at the lack of age diversity in this room, with all due respect, and then think about the polling of younger American Jews’ views on Israel. These folks hardly know how to speak to them, let alone care to listen to them, and therefore struggle to understand them.
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs @gidonsaar and Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Southwest @IsraelBachar_ met today with leaders of the Jewish community in Los Angeles.
Minister Sa’ar provided an update on regional and international issues of key importance to the State of Israel and the American Jewish Community.
Minister Sa'ar heard from our Jewish community partners regarding the challenges and opportunities they face.
Thank you Minister Sa’ar for your valuable visit to Los Angeles today.
📷 Credit: Linda Kasian
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Jun 1
Setting aside the fact that these synagogues will host a person who belongs in The Hague and then expect the synagogue to serve as a shield against the protest this invites, it’s baffling how these spaces are moral welcoming of a fascist than a progressive Zionist Israel critic.
May 31
Settler minister Betzalel Smotrich spoke at Park East Synagogue at the Jerusalem conference held by Channel 7, the settler right’s flagship outlet. He said he’s not concerned about those who boycott Israel or target it.
“We’re done apologizing,” he said.
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Jun 1
Attending the March for Israel doesn’t make someone a “supporter of genocide” or “no different from Smotrich” any more than attending a Palestine march makes someone responsible for every antisemite in the crowd or supportive of October 7.
May 31
Those who attended the March for Israel in NYC are supporters of genocide and are no different from Smotrich, who also attended.
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In other words, can express support for a country and its people without endorsing its government.
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May 31
I’m happy to see the Israel Day Parade happen, and happen safely, especially considering the fearmongerers have been telling us that New York City is like 1930s Berlin and Jews aren’t safe there.
May 31
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch marching in the Celebrate Israel parade with former Mayor Mike Bloomberg
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May 29
It goes beyond lies. Much of right-wing histrionics is based on jealousy. They love to hate on Hollywood and celebrity culture only because Hollywood and celebrity culture largely doesn’t rock with them. Look how quick they were to wrap their arms around Nicki Minaj.
May 29
Remember: the “elite” talk shit about Harvard constantly calling it woke but send their kids there. Bad for you but good for them. Their entire world view and policies behind them are lies.
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May 28
“Pivot” or not aside, what Lander says in the clip is the approach every Zionist—not just liberal Zionists—should take: staying in dialogue with people you disagree with without abandoning your own views, rather than self-isolating or making examples out of others.
May 28
Very interesting. After courting anti-Zionists, Brad Lander appears to be making a strategic pivot back to embracing Zionism.
He used the Park Slope co-op vote to reaffirm his long-held opposition to the BDS movement, and in the WNYC forum yesterday he reaffirmed his personal affinity for Israel and made a point of distancing himself from Mayor Mamdani.
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May 28
“Why do people see Israelis as oppressors and Palestinians as oppressed?”
“Why do more Americans sympathize with Palestinians?”
“How could you call Netanyahu a ‘war criminal’?”
May 28
Netanyahu: We are now in 60% of the Gaza Strip, more or less. We were at 50%; now we’ve moved to 60%. My directive is to move to—
Audience: 100! 100!
Netanyahu: Wait, let’s go in order. First 70%. Let’s start with that.
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May 28
The people who refuse to even utter the word “occupation” and call those of us trying to end it “kapos” or a “cancer” are going to learn the hard way that the more irreversible the occupation becomes, the more people will seek to reverse the very foundations of the state.
May 27
Nearly half of young American Jews under 35 now support a binational state, according to new polling.
As @JeremyBenAmi puts it: “The growing disaffection of younger Jewish Americans from Israel is a direct consequence of the policies of Netanyahu and the way the American Jewish establishment has demanded an ‘Israel right or wrong’ loyalty.”
forward.com/news/827329/poll…
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May 26
This appointment would actually be entirely on brand given that it would signal (for the hundredth time) Netanyahu’s contempt for American Jews and validate Mamdani’s indictment of the Israeli government’s extremism and racism.
Netanyahu wants to appoint Caroline Glick, possibly the most hawkish and belligerent adviser he has ever worked with, as consul general in Mamdani’s New York City
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