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 leads,…
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Creation of the Blue White list and Indictment of Netanyahu for bribery
Less than six weeks before the elections, the campaign is launched in Israel and the tone has been set. The campaign will be tough. Two significant current events happened these last days and will rule the campaign until the elections:…
2019 : A stake for the democracy in Europe as in Israel
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 will…
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 challenges…
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 the…
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 reason…
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, like…
The dangerous “Nation-State Bill”
July 18th, 2018, will perhaps be remembered some day as the date when the Knesset challenged, through its vote, the balance existing, since the creation of the State of Israel, between the two components of its identity as a Jewish…
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, for…
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. There…
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 Sudanese…
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 and throwbacks are becoming increasingly multicultural.…
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 defence,…
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; among…
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 ya’aseh…