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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Peter Beinart

Ezra Beinart in an undated photo. (Courtesy via JTA)
May 26, 2023, 4:21 pm
US Jewish teens, led by Ezra Beinart, are meeting prominent Palestinians via Zoom
The high school junior’s new initiative seeks to bring Palestinian perspectives to young American Jews – a demographic, he says, that sorely lacks exposure to them
By Ron Kampeas
A panel on anti-Semitism hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace Action featured (clockwise from left): historian Barbara Ransby, commentator Peter Beinart, media studies professor Marc Lamont Hill and Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib. It was moderated by Rabbi Alissa Wise, a Jewish Voice for Peace activist. (Separate screenshots from Facebook/ via JTA)
December 16, 2020, 3:58 pm
At US Jewish anti-Zionist group anti-Semitism panel, speakers say they love Jews
Online discussion hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace includes essayist Peter Beinart, who backs one-state solution, and Rashida Tlaib, who says she supports BDS but fights bigotry
By Ben Sales
Peter Beinart, pictured here in Israel in 2012, now advocates for one state with equal rights encompassing Israelis and Palestinians. (Flash90)
July 10, 2020, 11:40 pm
Once an outspoken advocate of 2 states, Peter Beinart now abandoning concept
Journalist makes case for binational state, saying it’s time for liberal Zionists to ditch Jewish-Palestinian separation ‘and embrace the goal of Jewish-Palestinian equality’
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: Author Peter Beinart waits to speak at an event November 14, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ David Goldman/File)
January 30, 2020, 10:23 pm
Left-wing Jewish Currents snags writer Peter Beinart in new round of hires
High profile newcomers mark another milestone in the growth of the magazine started in 1946 and relaunched in 2018; since reopening, subscribers have grown from 2,000 to 6,000
By Josefin Dolsten
Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street, energetically works the phones in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 25, 2019, 6:34 am
Progressive Jewish intelligentsia vie for larger role at World Zionist Congress
Leading liberal lights like Peter Beinart and Jeremy Ben-Ami, running for first time, hope to use expanded representation in Zionist body to steer funding away from settlements
By Ron Kampeas
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan attends a committee meeting in the Knesset, on July 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 5, 2018, 10:23 pm
Erdan: OK to question left-wing activists at airport, but not about politics
Strategic affairs minister says Shin Bet security service has legitimate concerns that American-Jewish activists could engage in violent behavior
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People stand in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, September 21, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 3, 2018, 8:18 pm
Israeli court freezes deportation of US student over alleged BDS links
Judge says Lara Alqasem’s involvement in pro-boycott groups was ‘minor,’ gives state until Thursday to rule on her entry
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Taba crossing on the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Eilat. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 28, 2018, 7:38 pm
Rights group slams official’s defense of Shin Bet questioning of Israel critics
ACRI says Deputy AG issued ‘shameful’ document defending the agency after criticism over border detainment and interrogation of liberal US Jews and other government opponents
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Peter Beinart, left, marching with other activists from the Center for Jewish Nonviolence through the West Bank city of Hebron, July 16, 2016. On the right is the movement’s CEO, Ilana Sumka. (Andrew Tobin)
September 28, 2018, 1:45 pm
Shin Bet will no longer ask would-be entrants to Israel about their politics
After criticism over its questioning of liberal US Jews and other government opponents at airports, crossings, Deputy AG says officials at security agency will undergo ‘refresh’
By ToI Staff
From left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trayon White Sr., Joy Reid and Roseanne Barr. (JTA Collage/Getty Images/GPO)
September 18, 2018, 4:44 pm
Who’s sorry now: The top 10 apologies of the Jewish year
From Benjamin Netanyahu to Roseanne Barr begging forgiveness, these episodes represent a range of key themes that dominated the news in the Jewish year 5778
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
An empty arrivals terminal at Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 23, 2014. (illustrative photo: AP/Dan Balilty)
August 20, 2018, 6:26 am
Border grillings of Jewish critics expose deeper US-Israel rift
Series of interrogations of progressive Americans highlights growing divide between liberal US Jewry and more conservative Israeli community
By Josef Federman
Reza Aslan speaks at the UTA "United Voices" Rally at United Talent Agency headquarters on, February 24, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
August 15, 2018, 5:19 pm
Shin Bet says prominent author’s claim of border interrogation is not true
Disputing account from Reza Aslan in which agent threatened to separate him from family, security agency says scholar was held only ‘briefly’ after he ‘aroused suspicions’
By Tamar Pileggi
A man walks past a poster criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his residence in Jerusalem, as police investigators arrive to question him on corruption allegations, July 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2018, 1:50 pm
Israeli democracy isn’t broken, but it is under assault
Minorities are worried, their supporters are besmirched, key hierarchies are undermined, and our most hostile critics are empowered
By David Horovitz
Employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and their families protest against job cuts announced by the agency outside its offices in Gaza City on July 31, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
August 14, 2018, 3:27 pm
Strip-search: 9 things to know for August 14
Israel may be on the verge of a Gaza truce, but apparently doesn’t want Abbas anywhere near the enclave; plus a minor celebrity gets the Israel-critic special at the airport
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Author Peter Beinart waits to speak at an event November 14, 2012, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/ David Goldman/File)
August 13, 2018, 8:15 pm
Netanyahu says detention, questioning of Peter Beinart at airport a ‘mistake’
Prominent journalist is latest in a string of progressive US Jews questioned about their political affiliations, support for Palestinians, while trying to enter Israel
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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