Tag / Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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We Cannot Permit Israeli Injustice
March 30th, 1976 is a day remembered by Palestinians as Land Day. That day marked one of the first significant mass demonstrations by Palestinians of national unity and opposition to Israeli policies. The point of contention at the time was a recent formal declaration by the Israeli government that it would expropriate lands in the…
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I Support Israel. The Jerusalem Capital Declaration Was Wrong
Trump’s December announcement that the U.S. would move its embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as Israel’s official capital reversed decades of U.S. policy and has yielded more questions than answers. Even though the administration still claims to value the possibility of a two-state solution, this declaration is a clear statement of one-sided support.…
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A Lack of Healthcare Mobility in the Gaza Strip
A baby born in Israel will live, on average, ten years longer than one born in Palestine. The mother of the baby birthed in Israel is four times less likely to pass away during childbirth than the Palestinian mother, and the Israeli-born baby is five times less likely to die before he turns one. The…
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Humanizing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
BY HANNAH WALDMAN AND WUPR STAFF As students who are particularly engaged in Israeli politics, we experienced a flurry of articles depicting violence as the Israel-Hamas war raged and one-sided claims about the conflict inundated our newsfeeds. Amidst the anarchic free-for-all that is 21st century media, we both saw an article in Haaretz, an Israeli…
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For the Sake of Jingoism
BY ARI SPITZER Amidst photos friends had posted, and articles about the FIFA World Cup that populated my newsfeed, a headline appeared: “Search for Israeli Teenagers Ends in Tragedy.” Slowly but surely with each refresh, the headline and others like it pervaded my social networks. Three yeshiva students in Israel, Gilad Sha’ar, 16, Eyal Yifrah,…
