Published: 23 April 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
FOR ALL THE WAILING and teeth-gnashing of liberal Diaspora Jews in the wake of Benjamin Netanyahu’s win, you would have thought they actually believed Benny Gantz had a sporting-chance of winning this election. Or that if he had, a solution for the ongoing injustice of the occupation would have been just around the corner.
There’s simply something so blinkered about the tone coming from normally sensible Diaspora Jews over the last week.
If you want to change things, first recognise the fact that change will only come from people who actually live here. The first thing you can do to help make a change is support initiatives which improve the integration of Israel’s Arab citizens.
The second thing American Jews can do is engage with the Haredim. Not with the hidebound Haredi rabbis and corrupt politicians but with ordinary young Haredi men and women who are eager for an opportunity to make up for their lack of any relevant education to enter the workplace.
FULL STORY This is the only effective way to push back against Netanyahu's Israel (Haaretz)
Photo: Joint List MKs Dov Khenin, left, and Ayman Odeh, centre, in anti-violence and pro-coexistence demonstration in Tel Aviv in 2015. The placards read "Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies." (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
