Published: 6 November 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Birthright cuts out encounters with Arab Israelis (JTA/Times of Israel)
Reform movement decries decision, says it 'shows just how out of touch Birthright is becoming'
Birthright's Arab ban unmasks its real agenda: To erase the narrative of Palestinians like me (Haaretz)
As a Palestinian raised in East Jerusalem, I provided the 'the other side' for scores of Birthright groups. Now the organization has decided it shouldn't expose participants to critical Arab voices, and I'm part of what they're trying to hide
Birthright's policy to meet only 'good' pro-Zionist Arabs was offensive and dishonest from the start (Haaretz)
Even before it froze all encounters with Israeli Arabs, Birthright limited meet-ups to 'positive' Arab citizens who 'accepted the Zionist narrative'. That attempt at censorship was always bound to backfire
Photo: Birthright visitors at the Western Wall in 2014 (Flash90)
