Informed Comment daily updates (06/22/2024)

 

UN: Israel Flattened Civilian Housing Complexes with 2000-lb. Bombs in absence of Specific Military Target Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report, this week on “Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks during the conflict in Gaza” during the first three months of the Israel campaign against Gaza. The UN is painfully polite, so you may not be able to tell that the […]

Jewish critics of Zionism have Clashed with American Jewish Leaders for Decades By Marjorie N. Feld, Babson College | – Since October 2023, American Jews have been engaged in an intense, fractious debate over Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. Media reports say that American Jews are experiencing “the great rupture,” widening “rifts,” and stand at a “moral, political crossroads.” While most American Jews remain broadly supportive […]

Rupture and Repair: A report by the Stanford Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian Communities Committee May 2024 Rupture and Repair is published in pdf format here. Below I present an html version with the permission of the authors. 2 With Gratitude: This report would not have been possible without the time, insights, and care of so many Stanford community members. We are deeply grateful for and humbled by every single […]

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