Robert Hirschfield is a New York-based writer who covers Israeli and Palestinian peace activists. He has written for The Progressive, The National Catholic Reporter and Sojourners.
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India’s Green Party Maverick
The 'poor man's Ralph Nader' tries to turn a green movement into a mass movement.
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Heresy of a ‘Hebrew Palestinian
Uri Davis is the first Jew elected to the Fatah Revolutionary Council.
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Independence and ‘Catastrophe’?
An Israeli group tries to democratize memory by recognizing Palestinians' 'Nakba.'
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Shawn of the Left
Wallace Shawn speaks for himself. Usually.
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Israel’s Gadfly
Haaretz's Gideon Levy bucks Israeli media to report on Palestinian suffering.
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The Crime Against Debbie Almontaser
Even Bloomberg now admits that the victim of the New York "Intifada" t-shirt hysteria is no terrorist
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The Checkpoint Women of Israel
Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen
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An Israeli Refuseniks Good Fight