Until Jews Can Live in a Palestinian State, Peace Won’t Be Possible
Why settlements shouldn’t be seen as “obstacles to peace.”
July 5, 2018
How to Make the Case for Israel to “Conflict Tourists”
Lessons from being the go-to illegal settler.
In the 1990s, Ardie Geldman met with a group of Australian tourists visiting the Israeli town of Efrat, where he lives, and was confronted immediately with such questions as “Why would [you] build [your] house on other people’s land?” and “Why do Israeli soldiers shoot live bullets at Palestinian children?” Since then, Geldman has been the go-to person for groups of tourists—be they American college students, Europeans, or members of non-evangelical Christian groups—who come to Israel to learn about the Israel-Palestinian conflict and want their itineraries to include a stop at an “illegal settlement.” He reflects on the varying degrees of hostility he has encountered from these visitors, and what could be done to counteract the insidious propaganda that has reached them long before their arrival in the Jewish state:
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A Return of Syrian Forces to That Country’s Southwest Poses a Threat to Both Israel and Jordan
And Russia can’t be counted on to keep Iran out.
Can Childhood Conversion Solve Israel’s “Who Is a Jew” Problems?
Halakhic rulings from the diaspora may not always apply well to Israeli realities.
The Jewish Gangsters Who Beat Up American Nazis
Breaking arms, legs, and ribs.
How to Make the Case for Israel to “Conflict Tourists”
Lessons from being the go-to illegal settler.