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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 21h

Two years. We remember, with pain, October 7, 2023.

Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

#Sukkot is known as “the time of our rejoicing”. But there is grief as we mark two years since October 7, 2023.
Still, there is also fragile hope – that the plan to end Israel's military action and #BringThemAllHome may yet be implemented, despite the efforts of bad actors.

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

The "Trump Plan" is nowhere near a 'peace plan', writes Susie Becher: It makes no mention of the Occupied WB and its treatment of Palestinian statehood is noncommittal - at best. The int'l community mustn't step aside and leave the reins in Trump's hands. blogs.timesofisrael.com/trumps-commi...

The Blogs: Trump’s Commitment to Middle East Peace Begins and Ends With Gaza

From the blog of Susie Becher at The Times of Israel

blogs.timesofisrael.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

Join us after the holiday, during Hol HaMo'ed. Both webinars start @ 1pm ET/10am PT (8pm in Israel & Palestine):
On 10/9: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
On 10/10: "Life and Death in Gaza Since October 7" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
1) Thursday, 10/9, 1pm ET: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages", w/Amir Tibon, Sharone Lifschitz. Moderator: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

"To change what Israel's doing", you must "lead more Israelis to question the country’s direction," writes @gershomg.bsky.social. With films such as 'The Sea' and 'Oxygen', he notes, Israeli cinema is a "vital source of artistic dissent" that mustn't be boycotted. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films

Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.

www.theatlantic.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

The "Trump Plan" is nowhere near a 'peace plan', writes Susie Becher: It makes no mention of the Occupied WB and its treatment of Palestinian statehood is noncommittal - at best. The int'l community mustn't step aside and leave the reins in Trump's hands. blogs.timesofisrael.com/trumps-commi...

The Blogs: Trump’s Commitment to Middle East Peace Begins and Ends With Gaza

From the blog of Susie Becher at The Times of Israel

blogs.timesofisrael.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

Join us after the holiday, during Hol HaMo'ed. Both webinars start @ 1pm ET/10am PT (8pm in Israel & Palestine):
On 10/9: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
On 10/10: "Life and Death in Gaza Since October 7" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
1) Thursday, 10/9, 1pm ET: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages", w/Amir Tibon, Sharone Lifschitz. Moderator: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 1d

"To change what Israel's doing", you must "lead more Israelis to question the country’s direction," writes @gershomg.bsky.social. With films such as 'The Sea' and 'Oxygen', he notes, Israeli cinema is a "vital source of artistic dissent" that mustn't be boycotted. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films

Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.

www.theatlantic.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 2d

Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in.
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 2d

Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in.
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY - starting at the top of the hour (11am ET/8am ET). Register at secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

This Sunday, October 5, 11am ET is the LAST SESSION of our 2025 Israel-Palestine Virtual Symposium!
We'll be exploring art as an avenue for peacebuilding after October 7th. The session will be moderated by our friend Libby Lenkinski of Albi.
Register: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
2) Friday, 10/10, 1pm ET: "Life and Death in Gaza Since October 7", with @khalilsayegh.bsky.social, Mussallam Alkhalil, Angela Mattar. Moderator: Adina Vogel Ayalon
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
1) Thursday, 10/9, 1pm ET: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages", w/Amir Tibon, Sharone Lifschitz. Moderator: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

"... For the sin of denying that there are innocent people in Gaza who do not support Hamas
And for the sin of denying that there are innocent people in Israel who do not support injustice..."
#gmarhatimatova #YomKippur
forward.com/opinion/7722...

A Yom Kippur confessional for 2025

The 'Al-Chet' prayer enumerates transgressions committed in the past year; the author offers a new confessional for 2025.

forward.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

The "only solution that can bring Israel long-term security [is] the two-state solution," writes Yair Golan, head of HaDemocratim. The "right-wing notion of achieving security by ignoring the Palestinian problem or using force alone" has collapsed.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

How Trump and Netanyahu revived the two-state solution | Opinion

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www.haaretz.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
2) Friday, 10/10, 1pm ET: "Life and Death in Gaza Since October 7", with @khalilsayegh.bsky.social, Mussallam Alkhalil, Angela Mattar. Moderator: Adina Vogel Ayalon
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 4d

Two Progressive Israel Network webinars to join next week:
1) Thursday, 10/9, 1pm ET: "October 7: Remembering the Victims, Fighting for the Hostages", w/Amir Tibon, Sharone Lifschitz. Moderator: @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

Jewish communities are "so afraid because of potential harm and real harm that has come to Jews ... that they've stopped speaking out when Israel's gov't behaves in ways that are fundamentally antithetical to our Jewish values". NPR interviews R' @sharonbrous.bsky.social.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

A rabbi reflects on her Yom Kippur message, as Israel's war in Gaza continues

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a congregation in Los Angeles, about her message this year during the Yom Kippur holiday.

www.npr.org

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

"Unfortunately, the plan itself is only as good as the words and actions of the actors who need to implement it."😟
ICYM our reaction yesterday. (Also at mailchi.mp/progressivei...)

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

As #YomKippur draws near, the spiritual work of confronting what's gone wrong in ourselves and in our broken world can feel overwhelming. But we're reminded that the capacity for change remains in our hands. We are obligated, and we have the tools, to create a better world. #gmarhatimatova #gmartov

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

As #YomKippur draws near, the spiritual work of confronting what's gone wrong in ourselves and in our broken world can feel overwhelming. But we're reminded that the capacity for change remains in our hands. We are obligated, and we have the tools, to create a better world. #gmarhatimatova #gmartov

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

"... For the sin of denying that there are innocent people in Gaza who do not support Hamas
And for the sin of denying that there are innocent people in Israel who do not support injustice..."
#gmarhatimatova #YomKippur
forward.com/opinion/7722...

A Yom Kippur confessional for 2025

The 'Al-Chet' prayer enumerates transgressions committed in the past year; the author offers a new confessional for 2025.

forward.com

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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 6d

Jewish communities are "so afraid because of potential harm and real harm that has come to Jews ... that they've stopped speaking out when Israel's gov't behaves in ways that are fundamentally antithetical to our Jewish values". NPR interviews R' @sharonbrous.bsky.social.
www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

A rabbi reflects on her Yom Kippur message, as Israel's war in Gaza continues

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a congregation in Los Angeles, about her message this year during the Yom Kippur holiday.

www.npr.org

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 6d

May this Yom Kippur bring us closer to a world where all of us live with freedom, safety, and peace.

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