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From Gaza to Yom HaAtsmaut

photo from the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony, Tel Aviv May, 7th “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This sentence Albert Einstein is supposed to have said could almost apply to the living...

david.chemla10 May 2019

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The election is over. What now ?

Given the insight into the results of the elections, and the disappointment we had to overcome, we may now draw quite a few lessons from it. First of all, and in spite of our hope to see the pre-election...

david.chemla24 April 201924 April 2019

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And the winner is …

On April 9th, Israelis will vote to appoint the 21st Knesset. This election, probably one of the most important for a long time, will determine the future of the country, far beyond the next four years. If the Likud...

david.chemla7 April 20197 April 2019

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The issue of the strengthening or the weakening of democracy will be back on the policy agenda, in the European Union and in Israel. In Europe, the European elections will be an opportunity for a major democratic date which...

david.chemla1 February 2019

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Our Challenge for 2019: Pursuing Amos Oz’s Commitments

In order ro convey a sense of history, it is always a good thing to look back. A year ago, at the start of 2018, our New Year’s mail was entitled: “New year, new challenges”. One year later, this...

david.chemla3 January 2019

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Facing antisemitism: miss nothing

We are witnessing now a widespread increase of antisemitism in the world. It would be irresponsible to ignore it. Since JCall’s creation in 2010, we have always been alert to that situation. Fighting for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement based on...

david.chemla28 November 2018

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There are still judges in Jerusalem !

On October 18th, the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow Lara Alqasem, a young American student of Palestinian origin, to enter Israel in order to complete her year of study at the University of Jerusalem, was a triumph of...

david.chemla21 October 201821 October 2018

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We won’t give up !

According to the Jewish tradition, we usually say on Rosh Hashana’s eve: « May the year end with its curses and begin with its blessings. » In fact, the past year has been deeply worrisome for all those who are,...

david.chemla17 September 201821 September 2018

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Boycott is the best ally of the Israeli right

Last week, the cancelling of the football match between Argentina and Israel scheduled on June 9th hit the headlines in Israel and the Palestinian territories. “A victory of terrorism’, according to some, a slap on the face of Israel,...

david.chemla18 June 201818 June 2018

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David Grossman at the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

Israeli author David Grossman was the keynote speaker at the April 17th 2018 joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial service sponsored by the Parents Circle-Families Forum and Combatants for Peace. Following is a translation of his speech: Dear friends, good evening....

david.chemla19 April 2018

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Plan to deport thousands asylum seekers in Israel : A call to the Israeli PM

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, As European Jews and as friends of Israel, we are deeply concerned about your government plans to deport tens of thousands of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers. In most democratic countries, refugee acceptance rates for...

david.chemla19 January 201819 January 2018

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Israel, Diaspora Jews and the Anti-Semites

There is a separation, a parting of ways in the Jewish world between Israel as the nation-state of the Israelis and the American and European diasporas where Jews live in societies, which despite fractures...

david.chemla17 January 2018

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JCall supports SISO

Seven years after the creation of JCall, (the European network for Israel and for peace), our “Call to Reason“ is as relevant as ever. The occupation of Palestinian territories following the Six Day War, which was a war of...

david.chemla14 July 201719 July 2017

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On May 7th, every single ballot must go to Macron

The second round of the presidential election looks more hazardous than it seemed to be last Sunday. This last week, Marine Le Pen has been busy running a sly and pervasive campaign, which allows her to get new allies;...

david.chemla1 May 2017

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Us and the others: Jewish universalism

In Shimon Peres’s funeral ceremony last October in Jerusalem, Tsvia Walden, Shimon’s daughter, not only recited Kaddish according to the egalitarian practice of Reform Judaism but she added to the original text, ending with “Oseh shalom bimromau hu berahamau...

david.chemla22 April 2017