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Samantha Garelick, WHP Alum (LA 15) I assessed President Trump’s Jerusalem announcement the way many of my close friends and colleagues did — on the basis of a question: Is this good or bad for peace? As a proud Jew and a strong advocate for a two-state solution, I care deeply about the decisions Israel makes and their ramifications on the peace process. I thought the Jerusalem proclamation would be

A group of Wexner Israel Fellowship alumni recently accompanied the Mengistu family to Los Angeles, Washington and New York, on a visit aimed at raising awareness and gaining support for the release of their son, Avera, from his imprisonment by Hamas in Gaza.  And there are many more of us alumni working on this cause in addition to those who went to the States. We are moved with compassion for

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the ratification of the UN Partition Plan, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy has launched Settlements and Solutions, a first-of-its-kind interactive mapping tool that clarifies the reality of West Bank demography — both Israeli and Palestinian — in unprecedented detail. It is as fact-based, neutral, in-depth and easy-to-use as any resource I've seen. Therefore, I wanted to share it with the

The Secular Forum is an Israeli organization dedicated to keeping religion out of Israeli secular public schools.  It is actively campaigning against what it has called “Hadatah” (bringing religion) to the school system.  Dr. Ram Froman, director of The Secular Forum, recently published an article in Ha’aretz attacking the involvement of religious organizations in Israeli secular schools, and highlighting the TALI Education Fund (which I run) — an organization dedicated

The Wexner Israel Fellows Class 29 have had an exciting summer so far.  They arrived along with their families in July and quickly helped each other settle into their homes in Brookline and Cambridge, sharing picnics and weekend explorations.  The five-week HKS Mid Career summer program was book ended first by a welcome day, where they lunched with leaders from the Jewish Community and later had a session on approaching