'In life, I was walked over. In basketball, I was the first girl in elementary school to be ejected from a game with a technical foul.'

a blessing to write about something other than war. many thanks to Louis Keene for talking out Shabbos and sports.

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nope Guernica Magazine

Writing about Israeli soldiers posing with Palestinian women's lingerie in Gaza was stomach-turning. But we need to talk about not only the devastating human cost of the war for Palestinians, but the moral cost for Israeli combatants.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today in a case about availability of the abortion drug mifepristone.

About 4 in 5 Jews support abortion rights, according to the Pew Research Center, and some have even sued to block abortion bans.

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💥Exactly one year later, The Economist answers its own question. Scorched earth.

'it’s very painful as a doctor to admit the following: If I was living in Gaza and I got injured, the best thing would be to die.'

Dr. Gupta is a hero, and it was an honor to work with her. Her story about her mission to Gaza exclusively The Forward

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It's been 2 weeks, and Guernica's promise of a 'more fulsome explanation' of why they pulled Chen's essay is yet to come...

21 Palestinians were killed while waiting to receive food in Gaza City yesterday.

After 100 Palestinians were similarly killed just two weeks ago, our Nora Berman wrote that 'Israel’s role in Gazans’ starvation is a profound violation of Jewish values.'

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The ‘Zone of Interest’ director’s words have been taken out of context, writes our PJ Grisar in an explainer after Jonathan Glazer's #Oscars speech has divided the Jewish internet.

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'The contemporary left-wing slide into Hamas apologism is not only abhorrent, but not aligned with the goals of Palestinian liberation.'

incisive commentary from Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

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'If we cannot unite against children starving to death, then we are long past the point of any pretense of moral leadership.' my latest on the Gaza aid truck disaster, and the current famine, for The Forward

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Each of the factors impeding the delivery of aid to Gaza reported here are the result of Israeli government actions.

Israel is preventing the delivery of adequate aid to starving civilians.

It’s illegal under US law and President Biden must enforce that law by suspending arms to Israel.

it was a huge honor to speak to Natan Sharansky about his letters with Alexei Navalny z''l. Sharansky described Navalny as 'the freest man in Russia.' forward.com/opinion/584676…

My latest in The Forward

Life only appears normal in Israel—crowded coffee shops, congested traffic, frolicking schoolchildren. But looks are misleading.

In Israel, every smile is one comment away from sorrow, every greeting one question from tears.
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My brain exploded when I saw that BDS movement had issued a boycott of עומדים ביחד نقف معًا Standing Together🟣. I've put it back together somewhat here: forward.com/opinion/578098…

💥 #Breaking : New Poll shows slim majority of Israelis open to Pres. Biden's post-Hamas plan linking creation of Palestinian state to hostage release and Saudi normalization. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

“My name is Roni. I lost my brother on October 7th. They murdered him. Elections now.”

so a ‘good Jew’ isn’t allowed to mourn their dead in the immediate wake of a horrific massacre. Love this allyship 🥴