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The Suffolk Journal

Letter to the Editor: A call for solidarity — Arab and Jewish diasporas in crisis

Letter to the Editor: A call for solidarity — Arab and Jewish diasporas in crisis

Danny Metri, Journal Contributor November 7, 2023

This month has been historically painful, traumatic and deadly for the people of Israel and Palestine. The conflict in Israel/Palestine has plagued the region for nearly a century, and the humanitarian...

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Rothchild recounts grim scenes from Gaza

Brooke Patterson March 6, 2017

For more than half a century, the people of the small independent Palestinian territory, Gaza, have been constrained to living under military rule in an environment that has been decimated by missile attacks...

By Flickr user Takver

Social media fueling war: How the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is driven by the cyber world

Sharyn Gladstone November 4, 2015

The ongoing struggle between Israel and Palestine has reached its boiling point after a recent tidal wave of ongoing violence has erupted, according to BBC News. Experts are now saying that it may be driven...

Prime Minister Netanyahu with Speaker John Boehner.
By Flickr user John Boehner

Iran’s nuclear deal sparks fear in Israel

Alexa Gagosz April 8, 2015

President Barack Obama has reassured Israel that the U.S. is Israel’s strongest supporter after some fear over the outline of Iran’s new nuclear agreement, according to The Guardian. In the agreement,...

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Opinion: US should stop militarizing southern border, divest from Israeli technology

Dani Marrero April 8, 2015

The U.S.-Mexico border is a militarized zone. Millions of dollars are invested yearly to have a surveillance system that monitors activity that crosses the Rio Grande. With politicians in Washington working...

By  Flickr user  Takver

Israel elections spark debate on Palestine negotiations

Alexa Gagosz March 25, 2015

After Likud party candidate Binyamin Netanyahu was re-elected as prime minister in Israel, there are mixed feelings on how this will affect negotiations with the Palestinians. Yasmeen Hamdoun is a member...

Rev. Sekou discussing religious influence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Sharanya Pillai/ BU SJP

#NotAReligiousConflict: Faith community discusses Israel and Palestine

Alexa Gagosz March 25, 2015

During a panel discussing Islamic belief, Christianity, and Judaism, the Palestinian and Israeli conflict was analyzed by three prominent individuals of the religious community of the Boston area. Hosted...

By Flickr user Israel Defense Forces

Aftermath of violence disrupts Gaza Strip further

Alexa Gagosz February 18, 2015

It has been six months since hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza have ceased, but the Gaza Strip has grown worse as thousands remain displaced and  violence has increased. After “Operation...

(Photo by Flickr user Bilal Randeree)

The conflict in the Middle East: Israel supported by American government and citizens

Alexa Gagosz October 1, 2014

In one of the largest standing conflicts in the world, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is what some view as something that could possibly be the key to ending various conflicts in the Middle East. Some...

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Challenging the biased U.S. Media

September 24, 2014

By Yasmeen Hamdoun The biased U.S. media is one of the reasons why Students for Justice in Palestine chapters have sprung up all over U.S. campuses. SJP attempts to serve as an alternative media source...

Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu
(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

New Israeli settlements threaten Middle East peace process

February 26, 2014

By Pierre Bono The latest revelations that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has approved the construction of over 2,000 new units in Israeli settlements across Eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank further...

Sharon (right) with former U.S. President George W. Bush (center) and Palestinian statesman Mahmoud 
Abbas (left) in June 2003
(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Ariel Sharon, controversial master of war and politics, dies at 85

Matt Bacon January 23, 2014

The news of the death of Ariel Sharon did not come as a surprise to many around the world. The former Israeli politician and general had been in a coma since 2006 and his condition was rapidly deteriorating....

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