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The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid
ByShaul Magid October 7, 2025

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformedIt has been two years since the mass murder on 7 October 2023, an event that shook world Jewry more than any event since t…

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The Manchester synagogue attack and the right to protest | Letters
ByGuardian staff October 5, 2025

Tomilyn Rupert believes that the conflation of Zionism with Judaism is wrong and contributes to antisemitism. Plus letters from Gabriele Hodgson, Selina Osman and Deirdre BurrellAs a British Jew, I was extremely disappointed to read about Shabana Mahmo…

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The Manchester synagogue attack and the right to protest | Letters
ByGuardian staff October 5, 2025

Tomilyn Rupert believes that the conflation of Zionism with Judaism is wrong and contributes to antisemitism. Plus letters from Gabriele Hodgson, Selina Osman and Deirdre BurrellAs a British Jew, I was extremely disappointed to read about Shabana Mahmo…

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The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel
ByMark Mazower September 25, 2025

In the early years, American Jewish support for Israel was a fraught issue. The turning point was the six-day war of 1967, which solidified a strength of feeling that has only recently begun to fractureEven before it existed, Israel was on American mi…

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Jews and Israel are not the same. That lie is enabling atrocities | Norman Solomon
ByNorman Solomon September 16, 2025

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in GazaMore than nine months after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports that concluded Israel was committing genocide – and m…

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Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique | Norman Solomon
ByNorman Solomon September 16, 2025September 16, 2025

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in GazaMore than nine months after Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports that concluded Israel was committing genocide – and m…

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Cardinal calls Israel’s policy in Gaza ‘morally unjustifiable’ after visit
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem July 22, 2025

Pierbattista Pizzaballa condemns blocks on food and warns against plans to force Palestinians to leave territoryIsrael’s government is pursuing an “unacceptable and morally unjustifiable” policy in Gaza, the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem has sa…

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Christian leaders make rare visit to shelled church in Gaza
ByAngela Giuffrida in Rome July 18, 2025

Israel grants access after ‘stray’ tank round kills three people and wounds Catholic priestIsrael has granted two senior Christian leaders rare access to Gaza after an Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church killed thre…

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Britain must hold Israel to account for settler violence in the West Bank | Letter
ByGuardian staff July 13, 2025

Guli Francis-Dehqani, Rachel Treweek, Graham Usher, Christopher Chessun, the bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester, Norwich and Southwark, say the UK government has a legal and moral duty to actAs the war in Gaza persists, the situation in the West Bank is…

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Leila Aboulela wins PEN Pinter prize for writing on migration and faith
ByElla Creamer July 9, 2025

Judges praised the Sudanese author for centring Muslim women, describing her writing as “a balm, a shelter, and an inspiration”Leila Aboulela has won this year’s PEN Pinter prize for her writing on migration, faith and the lives of women.The prize is a…

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