“We emphatically disagreed with the critique and the decision to retract the piece,” the editors wrote. “We found it to be moving and empathetic in the extreme to Gazans and Israelis alike.”
Maintaining Jewish-Arab relations in Israel is an urgent imperative essential to the country’s well-being.
The festival spotlights movies from countries along the Mediterranean and all over the Middle East.
The Arabs of Israel are not watching from the sidelines but are active participants in shaping the future of the country.
Prior to the boycott call, Standing Together was already facing marginalization in Israel, where calls for a ceasefire have been rare.
This concerted effort seeks to amplify a message of hope and unity during these challenging times, underscoring the importance of collaboration in the workplace.
“I am proud to be a Bedouin who served in the IDF. We all live together and respect each other in our land.”
Both Jews and Muslims must understand that if we can’t live together, there is a chance neither will survive.
Israel is the sole island of freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence amid a sea of tyranny, dehumanization, and violent oppression.
Hamas is no good for Palestinians and no good for Jews. It wants a fundamentalist Muslim dictatorship on the land from the river to the sea, devoid of all Jews. And Christians. And LGBTQ folk.