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Jan 27, 2023, 6:28 PM

Driving Without Brakes

On Saturday, January 14, more than 80,000 Israelis took to the rain-drenched streets of Tel Aviv to protect democracy. Standing under umbrellas, they held placards that read, “SAVE ISRAEL,” “CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT,” “THE END OF DEMOCRACY.” They were joined by thousands more in both Jerusalem and...

Oct 30, 2022, 10:27 PM

There Is No Partner…Until There Is

Israel discovered natural gas off its Mediterranean coast in the early 2000s. Twenty-two years later, on October 11th, Israel and Lebanon announced that they had finally agreed to establish recognized Maritime borders in the Mediterranean Sea. This historic agreement marks an end to years of...

Mar 7, 2022, 6:53 PM

There is Something Rotten in “Denmark” — But it isn’t Apartheid

On February 1, Amnesty International issued a report called “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians.” Before the report was released to the public, Israel’s Foreign Ministry was already crying antisemitism. Amnesty International and the Foreign Ministry each were pursuing a hidden political agenda, both of which should...

Jan 21, 2022, 6:19 PM

Remembering Rabbi Israel Dresner

On January 13, 2022, a giant of American Jewry, Rabbi Israel Seymour Dresner, died. He was 92. Rabbi Dresner was an icon of Jewish support for the civil rights movement during times when that meant putting his life at risk. He was a learned and...

Dec 14, 2021, 12:55 AM

Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been a Terrorist Organization?

On October 19, 2021, Israel’s Defense Ministry designated six prominent Palestinian Civil Society Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as “terror organizations.” This designation was the result of a joint effort between the General Security Services (Shabak or Shin-Bet) and the National Bureau for Counter-Terror Financing (NBCTF). The...

Aug 8, 2021, 5:00 PM

They All Screamed About The Ice Cream

On July 19, just as one of Israel’s longest and most brutal heatwaves was cooling off, Ben and Jerry’s announced that it would end ice cream sales in the West Bank. The well-known, high-quality ice cream brand created in Vermont by Ben Cohen and Jerry...

Feb 1, 2020, 6:50 AM

Uncle Herzl Wants YOU!

A CALL TO VOTE IN THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS ELECTION In perhaps the most sweeping democratic exercise in the entire Jewish world, Zionist Congress elections will be held in thirty nations across six continents. While the mechanisms of the election may vary from country to...

Oct 17, 2019, 9:51 PM

A Seat at the Table

Israel’s democracy, the “only” democracy in the Middle East (™), has been under attack from different directions. Until recently, the threat to Israeli democracy took the form of “death by a thousand little cuts.” Today it is being attacked by huge amputations of rights and...

Jun 7, 2019, 7:02 PM

The Government that wasn’t

Nu? Elections? That was the news from Israel last week as Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government after apparently winning April’s national vote. The new election has been set for September 17. What happened? The April 9 elections in Israel seemed to conclude with...

Mar 22, 2019, 10:50 PM

Bibi’s Inelegant Dance with the Devil

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for early elections. Not in response to a state of crisis in the State of Israel, and not in response to a potential security concern — but in an attempt to protect himself from going to jail. Starting...

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About Me

Mark Gold is a Board Member of Partners for Progressive Israel (PPI). He has served as Secretary of the American Zionist Movement, President of Americans for Progressive Israel, and has been a delegate to the World Zionist Congress. Hiam Simon of Englewood, NJ, is the past chief operating officer of Ameinu. He lived in Israel for many years, where he was the dean of students for what is now the Alexander Muss High School, and he served in the IDF as a noncommissioned officer in the artillery.