Jaclyn Best: Walking on Eggshells Over Palestine
“Because of my experience living in Israel and learning from my Palestinian friends, I am definitely a lot more sympathetic than maybe the majority of the American Jewish population.”
“Because of my experience living in Israel and learning from my Palestinian friends, I am definitely a lot more sympathetic than maybe the majority of the American Jewish population.”
Many Israelis, Palestinians and Jews abroad are actively working to provide nuanced perspectives to their respective communities—and other listeners.
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“We have spending that is essentially recession or depression-level spending, and neither administration has seemed willing to address those issues.”
“I’ll still be voting for Biden because there’s no other candidate I can actually morally and ethically vote for given the state of the world.”
“We also need to talk about climate refugees … Because at this point, disaster isn’t just coming. Disaster is here.”
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