Dov Waxman is Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies at Northeastern University and the co-director of its Middle East Center. He is the author of "The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending / Defining the Nation" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006), and the co-author of "Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within" (Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Unless more U.S. Jews who oppose the occupation become members of established Jewish organizations and donate money, the establishment is unlikely to heed calls of those who want it to condemn the occupation.
The best way to combat right-wing, militaristic Zionism is to offer a more humane, tolerant alternative.
How much longer can liberal Zionists uphold Jewish self-determination at the expense of Palestinian self-determination?
AIPAC's power is legendary, not least to conspiracy theorists, but the pro-Israel lobby’s latest push for Congress to impose more sanctions on Iran reveals the limitations of its influence.
The Iran nuclear agreement has set up American Jews' nightmare scenario: an apparently intractable conflict between their allegiances to the U.S. and to Israel.
Despite U.S. Secretary of State Kerry's pleas, there's little chance the American Jewish community will pressure the Israeli government to enter negotiations.
The coming American Jewish estrangement from Israel is a myth. What actually happens in Israel is much less important to most American Jews than what it stands for in their hearts and minds. But that also means there's no U.S. Jewish leverage on Israelis not to vote the far right into office.
I hate to burst your bubble, but if you believe that American Jews are going to vote for you in large numbers because they perceive you as more committed to Israel and more respectful of its current prime minister, you’re dead wrong.
A more heavily Orthodox American Jewish population spells the end of a long love affair with liberalism and the Democratic Party.