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CUNY, Jewish Currents, New York Times, MSNBC. Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow.
Full talk at
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Peter Beinart
The Real News Network
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“American Jews and Jews in general are safer in countries where everybody is treated equally under the law,”
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tells TRNN. “The principle of Jewish supremacy, and Christian supremacy, and Hindu supremacy, and Islamic supremacy—all of those things are wrong.”
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Peter Beinart: What does it mean to be Jewish after the destruction of Gaza?
“American Jews and Jews in general are safer in countries where everybody is treated equally under the law,” Peter Beinart tells TRNN. “The principle of Jewish supremacy, and Christian supremacy, and ...
https://therealnews.com/peter-beinart-what-does-it-mean-to-be-jewish-after-the-destruction-of-gaza
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Peter Beinart
Town Hall Seattle
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A livestream option is now available for
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on May 18th! Beinart will be in conversation with legal scholar Smadar Ben-Natan, discussing his new book "Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza" 🎟️ Get virtual tickets:
buff.ly/YVe4YQF
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The problem with the way Tucker Carlson talks about Israel
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/o...
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Shibley Telhami
about 2 months ago
Being a Muslim Immigrant in Trump’s America: Conversation between
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and
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Mehdi Hasan on Being a Muslim Immigrant in Trump’s America
The former MSNBC host and founder of Zeteo on straddling outsider and insider status
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/mehdi-hasan-2026?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Judy
about 2 months ago
This is well-reasoned, but the word I use is "influenced", not pushed.
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JBJ.
about 1 month ago
I'd say
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is quibbling, however, the answer is informative which makes it a really good question. The proportionality of the violence is a direct result of the strategic goals of the apartheid regime. Looking forward to seeing the entire conversation
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How Hasan Piker Sees the World
YouTube video by Beinart Notebook
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It’s Not Just the Presidential Candidates
The Entire Democratic Foreign Policy Class Must Change
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/its-not-just-the-presidential-candidates
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Joe Kent was brave to resign in opposition to this criminal war. But the claims in his resignation letter- that Israel caused America's wars in Iraq + Syria--are false. And they betray a conspiratorial mindset that critics of Israel, and this war, must avoid
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Joe Kent’s Resignation Was Brave. His Analysis Is Faulty.
The former counterterrorism official’s assertion that Israel was responsible for US wars in Iraq and Syria is false, and evidence of a dangerously…
https://jewishcurrents.org/joe-kents-resignation-was-brave-his-analysis-is-faulty
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What Would Heschel Say?
A quote from 1937 shows how far American Jewish leaders have fallen
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/what-would-heschel-say
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Israel's critics should not conflate it with Jews. And synagogues should not say "We stand with Israel," which encourages that conflation. It makes congregants less safe + it's immoral. It's like an Orthodox church after 2022 saying "We stand with Russia"
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Thoughts on the Michigan Synagogue Attack
About Jewish safety and Jewish morality
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-michigan-synagogue
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Joanna Silver
3 months ago
I often learn a lot when I listen to
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, but this episode was particularly enlightening.
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When Your Country Attacks Your Homeland
Orly Noy on being Iranian and Israeli during this horrific war
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/when-your-country-attacks-your-homeland?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Joel S.
3 months ago
Speaking as a Jew living in Diaspora, who needs to exist as a minority at a time of rising antisemitism, I would really appreciate it if the Prime Minister of a country where I do not live would not say that attacks on a sovereign country are analogous to attacks on a synagogue.
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The Islamic Republic has long menaced its own people. But it has never posed an existential threat to Israel, let alone the US
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Iran Is Not an Existential Threat
Iran poses no significant danger to Israel, let alone the US.
https://jewishcurrents.org/iran-is-not-an-existential-threat
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The danger this war poses to American Jews
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The Danger This War Poses to American Jews
It’s Almost Guaranteed To Supercharge Antisemitism
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/the-danger-this-war-poses-to-american
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Opinion | No Empire. No Kings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/opinion/trump-imperialism-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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What If Other Countries Claimed The Right to Bomb the US?
The question about Trump’s impending Iran attack that the American media almost never asks
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/what-if-other-countries-claimed-the
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The Closing of the Establishment Jewish Mind
What a Letter Claiming that Accusations of Genocide Against Israel Constitute a “Blood Libel” Says about Pro-Israel Discourse
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/the-closing-of-the-establishment
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Progressives need to reclaim patriotism, because progressives are the ones embodying it.
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Trump is Not a Patriot
He’s a Nationalist, Which is Completely Different.
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/trump-is-not-a-patriot
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Being a Neighbor Amidst Atrocities
Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg on the Minnesota resistance
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/being-a-neighbor-amidst-atrocities
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There’s nothing offensive about invoking the Holocaust to defend human rights.
@governorwalz.mn.gov
and Bogie Ya’alon understand this, but the US Holocaust Museum does not.
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Thoughts about the Chanukah Massacre in Australia
A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/thoughts-about-the-chanukah-massacre
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Boycott, solidarity & taking responsibility: Ahmed Moor speaks to Peter Beinart about the TAU speech
YouTube video by Foundation for Middle East Peace
https://youtu.be/j7YtQkglQqs?si=oEbs9RhDrgiawRR2
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"This is why so many of us can't have a sane conversation with younger Jews." The level of condescension is quite remarkable
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Don Moynihan
7 months ago
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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: “Please, please, please take 20 minute to watch this incredibly powerful film about the fatal recklessness of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s aid cuts. Children are dying from these cuts. This is one of the many, many stories - a South Sudanese refugee child in Uganda.”
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands
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On Israel-Palestine, Mamdani's coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists represents the future of the Democratic Party
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Mamdani Created a Left-Liberal Coalition on Israel/Palestine
The surprising story of the New York mayoral campaign is not liberal Zionist opposition to Mamdani’s campaign, but their support.
https://jewishcurrents.org/mamdani-created-a-left-liberal-coalition-on-israel-palestine
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If you're a Jewish New Yorker who can't understand why people in your city voted for
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, ask your children. They probably did too.
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Because he's more interested in defending Israel's impunity to commit war crimes than in defending American democracy
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I wonder if the folks attacking
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for singling out Israel have noticed that Hindu nationalists loathe him too. Why? Because his opposition to religious, ethnic + racial supremacy is NOT confined to Israel. He's a principled opponent of ethnonationalism, including in India
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The attacks on Mamdani show that Jewish leaders will sacrifice almost anything to preserve Israeli impunity. They'll support a sexual harasser + an anti-Muslim bigot. They care more about preserving Jewish supremacy in Israel than defending legal equality in the US
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What Will Establishment Jewish Leaders Sacrifice to Defeat Mamdani?
They care more about preserving Israeli impunity than opposing sexual harassment, combatting anti-Muslim bigotry, or even defending American democracy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/what-will-establishment-jewish-leaders?r=k0wl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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One might think that after Amnesty, B'Tselem, the UN and the International Association of Genocide Scholars have accused Israel of genocide, rabbis would feel some need to answer their arguments. Instead, they simply waive them away.
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The US isn't giving Sudan+Syria weapons to commit those crimes. If Michael Oren is concerned about Sudan, he should urge Israel to impose sanctions on the UAE, which is arming genocidal militias there. But he couldn't care less about Sudan. It's a transparent effort to deflect criticism of Israel.
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I wonder if Chaim Steinmetz of KJ and the other rabbis endorsing Cuomo have considered the message they are sending their congregants by endorsing a man who, according to the Department of Justice, sexually harassed 13 separate women.
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In his speech on living openly and proudly as a Muslim in New York, Zohran Mamdani captured the ethos that has made this city such a remarkable home for Jews. He described the city in which I want to live
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Mamdani’s Extraordinary Speech About Being Muslim
A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/mamdanis-extraordinary-speech-about
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I disagree with much of what Senator Rand Paul believes. But he believes in something beyond his own ambition. And he's willing to risk something for his beliefs. Unlike most of his Republican colleagues, he's not a coward. He's a patriot.
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"We will not satisfy the world because it measures with a double standard"--P.W. Botha, 1985
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Jewish Leaders Keep Calling Zohran Mamdani an Antisemite
Without Ever Answering His Arguments about Israel
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/jewish-leaders-keep-calling-zohran
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If Amit Segal thinks
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
is too critical of what Israel's doing in Gaza, how about letting journalists from around the world go there and travel freely? Surely they'll report that Israel did nothing wrong.
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"Seem" is generally a tipoff the author wants to believe something but won't do the work to find out if it's true. Mamdani constantly frames his criticism of Israel as part of his commitment to human rights everywhere.
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Always remember this about politicians willing to spew anti-Muslim bigotry for political gain. When they decide it's in their political interest to spew antisemitism, they'll do that too.
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"They immigrate, they set up shop, and then you work for them. Welcome to 2025..." These words sound more like 1925.
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Democracy Now!
8 months ago
Rutgers professor Mark Bray is author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," which explores the history and tactics of anti-fascist movements. He recently fled the U.S. after receiving death threats over his scholarship.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
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The Tennessee Holler
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“Kids”
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Jewish Currents
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Why is Israel declaring "victory" in Gaza when many of its aims were not met?
@peterbeinart.bsky.social
writes that the real goal is the same as it has been for decades: maximum land, minimum Palestinians. Trump's ceasefire plan is another step in that direction.
jewishcurrents.org/what-israeli...
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What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
https://jewishcurrents.org/what-israeli-victory-looks-like
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Voice4Justice
8 months ago
‘Thank God the Israeli Hostages Are Coming Home’ But Don't Ask Palestinians to Celebrate a Ceasefire that Deepens Their Oppression
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@3-weeks-plan.bsky.social
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Thank God the Israeli Hostages Are Coming Home
But Don’t Ask Palestinians to Celebrate a Ceasefire that Deepens Their Oppression
https://open.substack.com/pub/peterbeinart/p/thank-god-the-israeli-hostages-are?r=a6251&utm_medium=ios
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The Trump plan is likely to create an equivalent of Area C of the West Bank-- a largely Palestinian-free zone-- on roughly half of Gaza. Settlements aren't inevitable but given the US track record on settlements, it's easy to see why Smotrich is confident
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I'm overjoyed the hostages were released. But the reality of the Trump plan is roughly half of Gaza will become like Area C of the W. Bank, largely off limits to Palestinians. Gaza was already one of most overcrowded places on earth.
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What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
https://jewishcurrents.org/what-israeli-victory-looks-like
8 months ago
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If the bombs stop, and the hostages go home, that will be a tremendous blessing. Thank goodness. But there will never be real peace--Palestinians and Israelis will never enjoy real safety--until Palestinians are free.
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Returning the Hostages and Stopping the Bombs is Good
But the Trump Plan Ignores the Core Problem: Palestinians Are Not Free
https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/returning-the-hostages-and-stopping
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