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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Beinart

‘What’s our common language?’ Jewish and Palestinian thinkers on where the left goes from here

Demonstrators hold signs calling for ceasefire and saying 'we are all one human family'
Demonstrators demand a ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday in Washington. Photograph: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

For years I’ve watched hopefully as Palestinians, Jews and other people of goodwill have begun building a mass movement in the US for Palestinian freedom. With Hamas’s attacks in southern Israel and Israel’s ensuing bombing of Gaza, I’m fearful now that it’s falling apart.

This moment of agony, rage and terror is driving many Jews and Palestinians away from each other. How should an ethical movement for Palestinian liberation respond to Hamas’s attack on Israelis and Israel’s attack on Gaza? And how can Jews and Palestinians who believe in mutual liberation remain allies amid this horror?

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