Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
8 days ago
THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 12:30pm ET webinar - "Political Motherhood as a Moral Force: Meet 'Mothers Against Violence - Israel'" Our panel will include: -Ketty Bar -Susan Feit -Iris Rappoport
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Our ED, R'
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
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Read the whole thread, please! Our communities are well-served when we hold all these pieces.
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āEnsuring access to humanitarian aid is a legal obligation, not a discretionary choice.ā Grateful for the moral clarity and dedication of these 18 organizations, many of whom weāve featured and worked with at
@partners4israel.bsky.social
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https://www.phr.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Statement-by-Israel-Based-Human-Rights-Organizations-on-the-Deregistration-of-International-NGOs-January-1-2026-.pdf
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
28 days ago
This "delegitimizes the Palestinian Authority at a moment when its credibility, capacity, and international support are essential." Proud to have signed this letter, together w/@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social,
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@nyjewishagenda.bsky.social
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
27 days ago
The "slamming" came from eight prominent liberal and progressive Jewish organizations, including
@jstreetdotorg.bsky.social
,
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
,
@nyjewishagenda.bsky.social
, yours truly
@partners4israel.bsky.social
, and
@truahrabbis.bsky.social
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www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...
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Progressive Jewish organisations slam Trump's Palestinian travel ban
Several Liberal U.S. Jewish Organizations, Including J Street, Condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's Restriction of Holders of Palestinian Identity Cards as Counterproductive to Promoting Peace in t...
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-12-23/ty-article/.premium/progressive-jewish-organisations-slam-trumps-palestinian-travel-ban/0000019b-4c27-d2b2-affb-5e6fcc510000
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
27 days ago
"Conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism does a disservice to combating actual Jew-hatred." Our joint letter w/@truahrabbis.bsky.social, Israelis for Peace,
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
is at
truah.org/wp-content/u...
Additional criticism of ADL below
www.commondreams.org/news/adl-mam...
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Progressive Jews Decry ADL 'Mamdani Monitor' for Conflating Israel Criticism With Antisemitism | Common Dreams
The head of one group decried the ADL's "disproportionate attention on left-of-center activistsā views on Israel while failing to apply the same scrutiny to the Trump administration."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/adl-mamdani-transition
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
28 days ago
"[The ADL's] approach to Mayor-elect Mamdani is disingenuous, counterproductive, and ultimately harmful to the cause of addressing antisemitism." A new letter from T'ruah,
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
,
@partners4israel.bsky.social
, and Israelis for Peace. Read:
buff.ly/rLKpd6v
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https://truah.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ADL_Mamdani.pdf
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
28 days ago
Don't let'em fool you: Katz is STILL saying the plan is for the IDF is to introduce "garinei Nachal" - IDF units that have been repeatedly used in the West Bank to first establish settlements as a military deployment before those locations were "civilianized".
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israeli defense minister walks back claim that Israel will establish Gaza settlements
Speaking in the West Bank Earlier Tuesday, the Defense Chief Said Israel Will Establish Israeli Communities in Northern Gaza 'When the Time Is Right,' Adding That the Military Will Not Withdraw 'One M...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-23/ty-article/israeli-defense-minister-vows-israel-will-stay-in-gaza-permanent-idf-settlements-in-north/0000019b-4aaa-d034-ab9b-caaf74cd0001
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So Netanyahu, as heās being investigated for war crimes internationally and corruption within Israel, can come to the US at Trumpās invitation ā but 5 million+ Palestinians cannot?!
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States
During my first Administration, I restricted the entry ofĀ certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where ...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 1 month ago
THURSDAY, 12/18, 12:30pm ET An ongoing WB Settler campaign of intimidation, destruction, violence seeks to drive out Palestinians. With Israel's army and govt failing to provide security, it falls on courageous volunteers to provide a nonviolent human buffer. Join us:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 1 month ago
In
@us.theconversation.com
, our board member, Prof. Joshua Shanes, discusses the ongoing Jewish tug-of-war between the traditional rabbinic interpretation of
#Hanukkah
and the more recent Zionist approach drawing on pre-rabbinic sources.
#ChagSame'ach
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Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light ā modern Jews can pick from either tradition
Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of divine light.
https://theconversation.com/hanukkah-celebrates-both-an-ancient-military-victory-and-a-miracle-of-light-modern-jews-can-pick-from-either-tradition-271624
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 1 month ago
This
#Hanukkah
event, taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 12/16, was planned well in advance. We feel today that it's an especially important opportunity to come together in community. You're warmly welcome to join us online at
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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This holiday of resilience, of hope and light in the darknessā Iām heartbroken, and I can (in the words of the latter-day psalmist L. Cohen) see the cracks where the light gets in. Holding it all, holding it gently.
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This is not Judaism, this is not Torah. This is shameful. Iām grateful every day for my Muslim colleagues and friends.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 1 month ago
ONLINE TUESDAY, 12/16, 6pm ET/3pm PT As we approach the end of a very difficult 2025, we invite you to gather with us to celebrate the 3rd night of Hanukkah. We'll light candles and nosh (BYO), learn with our board member, Prof Josh Shanes, and enjoy community!
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To invert the yellow hostage ribbon into a noose is⦠I donāt even have words. This is the worship of the power to dominate, to cause harm, to kill. Sickening.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 1 month ago
"The only possible deal is for Netanyahu to take responsibility, admit guilt, leave politics and free the people and the state," rightly reacted Yair Golan, chair of the Labor-Meretz union, HaDemocratim.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu rejects retirement from political life in exchange for pardon in criminal cases
Asked by a Journalist at the Press Conference Alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Whether He Would Retire in Order to Attain a Pardon, Netanyahu Answered: 'No'
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-12-07/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-rejects-retirement-from-political-life-in-exchange-for-pardon-in-criminal-cases/0000019a-f8b7-d82e-a9da-f9bfd1790000
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
about 2 months ago
PM and criminal defendant Netanyahu is asking for a full pardon, but adamantly refusing to admit culpability for any crime. In doing so, he is displaying a "flagrant disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israel". Our full statement is at
www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-ne...
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āFlagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israelā ā Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahuās Request for Pardon
āFlagrant Disregard for both Jewish ethics and the legal norms of Israelā ā Partners for Progressive Israel Responds to News of Netanyahuās Request for Pardon December 3rd, 2025 āPartners for Progres...
https://www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-netanyahu-pardon-request-dec-2025/
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Come for the hot takes on French colonial maneuvers, stay for the rabbi hands šš» thanks for having me
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about 2 months ago
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Partners for Progressive Israel
about 2 months ago
Join us - TODAY at 12pm NOON ET/9am Pacific Time! Register:
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My latest in
@haaretzcom.bsky.social
Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Not 'hasbara failure' to seek justice for Palestinians sexually abused by IDF soldiers | Opinion
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https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-11-12/ty-article-opinion/.premium/not-hasbara-failure-to-seek-justice-for-palestinians-sexually-abused-by-idf-soldiers/0000019a-7267-d47f-a9fa-7a7f6ba10000?utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=iOS_Native
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
2 months ago
Netanyahu is simply making this up. Check out any poll over the last 2 years.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu says most Israelis don't support state commission of inquiry for Oct. 7
Netanyahu Said a Separate Committee Would Be Established That Would 'Represent All Parts of the Nation.' While He Spoke, Relatives of October 7 Victims Turned Their Backs on Him in Protest, as October...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-11-10/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-says-most-israelis-dont-support-state-commission-of-inquiry-for-oct-7/0000019a-6e73-d218-a5be-7effeaf70000
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We built an incredible bloc that passed resolutions ranging from support for liberal Jewish institutions within Israel, to a state commission of inquiry into October 7th, to the blockage of illegal settlement activity in Gaza and the West Bank. This is where most Diaspora Jews *are.*
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We just prevented the World Zionist Organization from funding any Israeli settlement in Gaza. The Meretz-backed union at the World Zionist Congress ran this resolution, and Iām beyond proud of
@partners4israel.bsky.social
and
@hatikvahslate.bsky.social
right now! THIS is why we stay in the room.
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Imagine having such a brittle and venomous worldview that you have this kind of reaction to the words āpeaceā and ādiplomacy,ā or go after my board member and THE Sabbath Queen. Get real.
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
3 months ago
Einav Zangauker and other hostage family members are facing a smear campaign backed by Netanyahu, who'd like them all to just disappear and stop calling for accountability via a state commission of inquiry to investigate the failures of October 7. We stand with
#WeAreAllHostages
. You're Not Alone!
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How dare you not hope. Thereās going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because thereās no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x
3 months ago
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Partners for Progressive Israel
4 months ago
Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in. Major new
@washingtonpost.com
poll.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes ā and 39 percent say genocide ā while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/06/jewish-americans-israel-poll-gaza/
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I had just been reflecting with a colleague a few days ago about the shooting in Halle on Yom Kippur six years ago, and this morning arrived to lead services and heard the news of this terrible antisemitic attack in Manchester. Seeing the image of blood on Rabbi Walkerās kittel is chilling. No more.
4 months ago
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
4 months ago
WASHINGTON DC - THIS MORNING at 9am - as Netanyahu comes to the White House We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Voice4Justice
4 months ago
Hosted by:
@truahrabbis.bsky.social
@rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
Combatants for Peace
@newisraelfund.bsky.social
@newjewishnarrative.bsky.social
Interact Israelis for Peace
@giligetz.bsky.social
Lab Shul Partners for Progressive Israel
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This guide is the result of a lot of careful research, soul-searching, and deep listening. This conversation is so painful for Jewish communities, and our discomfort canāt override the reality of what is happening in Gaza.
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This kind of zero-sum thinking makes for good clickbait š but this is a historic moment for Palestinians AND Israelis. This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.
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My former teacher Rā Avidan is no stranger to sudden arrest and police violenceā he founded a small NGO called Yanshoof, dedicated to creating moral limits on Israelās international arms sales. Bibi is afraid of the shofar, of a call to accountability? Clearly.
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Today in Haaretz: there will be no successful movement for democracy in Israel without Palestiniansā not just at the table, but at the center.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Here's who still has hope for Israel and democracy despite Gaza and Netanyahu | Opinion
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
4 months ago
Netanyahu has abandoned the hostages, say hostage families, who vow to occupy the space in front of his residence and host daily mass rallies "until he fulfills the will of the people ā the immediate return of all hostages and the end of the war."
#BringThemAllHomeNow
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Families, former hostages vow to 'occupy' street outside Netanyahu residence
Former Hostages and Hostage Relatives Camped Out by the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem as Reports Emerged of Intense IDF Strikes in Multiple Locations in Gaza City. 'Our Loved Ones Are Being ...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-09-16/ty-article/.premium/hostage-families-rally-outside-netanyahus-home-in-response-to-idf-strikes-on-gaza-city/00000199-50ea-d65c-a9f9-d5fe47eb0000
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Is the UN a perfect body? Absolutely not. Is this a powerful step forward for international recognition of the rights of Palestinians and Israelis? ABSOLUTELY YES More on this from yours truly and Macronās I-P Special Envoy Ofer Bronchtein here:
youtu.be/6g5YD_si-G0?...
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
4 months ago
Once a month or 2, Life is a Sacred Text House of Study folx submit Ask the Rabbi qs --anything, the wild gamut of things -- & these days a *bunch* of us answer. It's so fun. w/@rabbibecky.bsky.social
@ravmike.bsky.social
@rabbimegan.bsky.social
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
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Ask the RabbiS!
so much wisdom, soooo many opinions
https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/ask-the-rabbis/
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
4 months ago
NYC - TOMORROW, Sept. 11! Join us, our friends at
@smolemunius.bsky.social
, and others for this in-person (no livestream) conversation with peace and Arab-Jewish partnership champion, MK Ayman Odeh. Register:
www.smolemunius.com/events/mk-ay...
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Continuing to hold my breath with anxiety in the wake of yesterdayās strike in Doha. Thereās no way forward except to seal a deal for a full hostage exchange and an end to military action in Gaza. The lives of civilians must be more valuable than this.
#AllforAll
#RightNow
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
5 months ago
By our board member, Sam Fleischacker, who writes: What could seem like low-level settler harassment in the West Bank is actually just the constant drumbeat of Jewish domination, a la Ben-Gvir, and "just as effective at ethnic cleansing as the war in Gaza".
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/o...
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Sam Fleischacker: I witnessed settler violence in the West Bank. It deserves our outrage too.
Low-level harassment by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is just as effective at ethnic cleansing as the war in Gaza.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/opinion-west-bank-israel-settlements-war-in-gaza/?share=s88mwtriatonistsbaws
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My recent review of Mohammed Omar Almoghayerās new book, āOn the Pleasures of Living in Gaza.ā
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Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson
Partners for Progressive Israel
5 months ago
"Enough of Starvation. Enough of War" - Saturday, 8/23, 4:30pm Israel/Palestine time, Arab-Jewish protest march. Starting at Dizengoff Circle, Tel Aviv. If you're in the Land (and even if you're not), we encourage you to raise your voice.
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Standing Together
5 months ago
Mass devastation at the hands of the Israeli government is continuing in Gaza. (1/3)
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Partners for Progressive Israel
5 months ago
By a nearly 2 to 1 majority, Americans want to Recognize Palestine Now! It's time to
#RecognizePalestine
.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Most Americans believe countries should recognize Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long war.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/most-americans-believe-countries-should-recognize-palestinian-state-reutersipsos-2025-08-20/
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Partners for Progressive Israel
5 months ago
Kudos
#Australia
! Recognition of a Palestinian state is not a ārewardā for Hamas after October 7 - it's a needed recognition of the Palestinian peopleās equal right to self-determination alongside Israel. and part of a political solution.
apnews.com/article/aust...
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Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state. This move aligns with recent signals from leaders in France, Britain and Canada.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-palestinian-state-albanese-3d32a2d823a430cb85d3f6a83158dd90
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This Thursday, Iām privileged to be in conversation with Ofer Bronchtein, French President Emmanuel Macronās Envoy on Israeli and Palestinian affairs, and organizer of the recent UN level conversations on Palestinian statehood. Please join us!
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mgyerman.bsky.social
5 months ago
#Jews
calling 4 an end to the
#starvation
in
#Gaza
was a watershed event. Comments from a range of people, including
#RuthMessinger
and
@mhughesrob.bsky.social
of
@partners4israel.bsky.social
to
@heyitsmurad.bsky.social
and
@motazazaiza.bsky.social
.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
#JusticeforAwdah
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American Jews Say "No More" in NYC Rally
On August 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Maine Monument in Columbus Circle in Manhattan and steps away from the Trump International Hotel, a sea of outraged American Jews gathered to call for an end to the Isr...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/7/2337207/-American-Jews-Say-No-More-in-NYC-Rally
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Partners for Progressive Israel
5 months ago
Our statement condemning Netanyahu's disastrous Gaza reoccupation plan. Also on our website:
www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-di...
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