Israel has a plan to empty Gaza. It Is just waiting for Trump
[ 6 minutes to read] Israel’s government is openly discussing a future in which large numbers of Palestinians leave the Gaza…
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Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian students for their speech suffers a major court defeat
[ 4 minutes to read] The Trump administration wanted to use immigration law against international students who criticized Israel or publicly…
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Netanyahu will probably never end up in The Hague
[ 4 minutes to read] Freethinkers International readers may have been spot on. When we recently asked whether Israeli Prime Minister…
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One Israeli embassy call and a band critical of Israel no longer makes an appearance
[ 6 minutes to read] A band is invited to perform at a Jewish cultural festival. The concert is arranged almost…
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More than 100 British and French diplomats say Palestine is being erased. Will their governments act?
[ 8 minutes to read] There is something unusual about diplomats abandoning diplomatic language. More than 100 former senior British and…
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Iran’s execution machine is accelerating
[ 8 minutes to read] Iran does not merely execute people convicted of murder or other violent crimes. It executes political…
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Israel finally admits its troops killed Hind Rajab. Any accountability?
[ 7 minutes to read] For more than two years, the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab stood as one of the…
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The social media utopia: What if people started collaborating?
[ 8 minutes to read] Social media promised to connect humanity. Instead, it often became extraordinarily efficient at sorting humanity into…
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Would brutal human rights abuses in Iran stop with regime change?
[ 13 minutes to read] There are many ways to discuss Iran. We can talk about nuclear weapons, uranium enrichment, Israel,…
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What Heaven really looks like according to the Bible
[ 47 minutes to read] Few subjects have fascinated humanity more than heaven. Every civilization has imagined a paradise awaiting the…
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Israelis and Palestinians: Can tribalism get worse?
[ 4 minutes to read] The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is one of the clearest demonstrations of how tribalism can…
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Will political culture deteriorate even more?
[ 5 minutes to read] For much of the twentieth century, democratic politics operated according to a relatively stable set of…
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The Amish, the Hasidic, and the Taliban: Who is more extreme?
[ 14 minutes to read] It is a comparison that appears surprisingly often. Images of Amish horse-drawn buggies, Hasidic Jews in…
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The Bible: Killing children, rape, homosexuality and much more
[ 27 minutes to read] Few books have shaped human civilization as profoundly as the Bible. It has inspired magnificent works…
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Israel tortures and kills people and it isn’t even trying to hide it
[ 2 minutes to read] The vast majority of people live in countries where torture is prevalent. And I always knew…
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Christians and Jews: Who are the chosen people?
[ 5 minutes to read] The idea looks simple at first. One God. One truth. One chosen people. However, the moment…
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Is there an escape from the Orthodox Jewish community?
[ 6 minutes to read] People ask a simple question. Can someone leave a tightly structured religious world and build a…
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When you meet 1930s Nazi antisemitism now
[ 3 minutes to read] You enter a discussion expecting conflict. Because politics creates disagreement, this feels normal. Therefore, when you…
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The importance of secular charities
[ 4 minutes to read] Charity reveals how a society understands dignity. It shows whether help exists as a human obligation…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion
[ 5 minutes to read] Religion claims to guide morality, but its history often tells a darker story. When belief gains…
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Some deaths have headlines, others have numbers
[ 3 minutes to read] Every death is a tragedy. This is the only morally acceptable starting point. No life becomes…
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Violence wants cameras, not justice
[ 3 minutes to read] This is exactly what these POSs really want: attention.Not justice, not ideology. Not truth. Visibility. First,…
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Women’s rights in conservative religious communities
[ 6 minutes to read] Religious traditions have shaped civilizations, guided morality, and provided meaning for centuries. Yet in conservative religious…
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The Quran and Muhammad’s Violence: Osama bin Laden’s Ideology
[ 6 minutes to read] The Qur’an, Islam’s central scripture, holds supreme authority in Muslim society and plays a decisive role…
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Antisemitism in Europe: Persecution, prejudice, and mutual hatred
[ 3 minutes to read] Antisemitism belongs to the darkest chapters of European history. From medieval pogroms to the Holocaust, Europeans…
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Why nobody cares about Palestinians: Money doesn’t stink
[ 3 minutes to read] The paradox is clear. Palestinians face mass suffering, yet the world looks away. Their homes are…
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Religion still shapes politics, even when we think it doesn’t
[ 5 minutes to read] Modern societies like to believe they have left religion behind. They speak of secular states, rational…
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Greater Israel, a dangerous idea
[ 4 minutes to read] The vision of “Greater Israel” has haunted Zionist politics since the beginning. For its advocates, it…
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West has been destroying Middle East and never helped
[ 5 minutes to read] The pattern is undeniable. Western powers invade, topple governments, and bomb cities. Then they walk away….
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Religious power vs secular policy: Who wins?
[ 4 minutes to read] Throughout history, human societies have swung between religious authority and secular governance. The lines have never…
