Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson

If we have been in solidarity with someone’s grief, why would we not allow ourselves to be vulnerable alongside them in their hope and joy?

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Why on earth would you not share in their joy, and trust in their joy? Why do you have to be more cynical and protect your heart more than any mother in Gaza, or than Einav Zangauker?! 4/x

Because for two years, they’ve worked for to save the lives of their children. It’s been largely a women- and parent-led movement against two governments who refused to listen or express a shred of any accountability to their people. 3/x

More will doubtlessly die even if food and medicine (please Gd) flow into Gaza.

Trump and Netanyahu keep saying the “wrong” number of hostages in public speeches and it’s terrifying for these families. But people were singing and hugging in and crying in Gaza and in Kikar Hatufim last night. 2/x

How dare you not hope.

There’s going to be years more of hurdles, and the end goal is not only to get the hostages home. People were going practically door to door in northern Gaza to spread the news because there’s no internet/WiFi there. Several people died of starvation in Gaza yesterday. 1/x

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

Plurality of Jewish Americans (48%) disapproves of Israeli government's military action in Gaza; 61% say it's committing war crimes there; 39% say it's committing a genocide; 59% say it's not doing enough to allow food in.
Major new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I had just been reflecting with a colleague a few days ago about the shooting in Halle on Yom Kippur six years ago, and this morning arrived to lead services and heard the news of this terrible antisemitic attack in Manchester. Seeing the image of blood on Rabbi Walker’s kittel is chilling. No more.

WASHINGTON DC - THIS MORNING at 9am - as Netanyahu comes to the White House
We'll meet up at the corner of 17th and Pennsylvania

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This guide is the result of a lot of careful research, soul-searching, and deep listening. This conversation is so painful for Jewish communities, and our discomfort can’t override the reality of what is happening in Gaza.

This kind of zero-sum thinking makes for good clickbait 🙄 but this is a historic moment for Palestinians AND Israelis.

This recognition means an international commitment to an end to Hamas in power in Gaza, self-determination for Israelis and Palestinians alike, and human rights for all.

He’s saying in Hebrew, “what are you doing, what are you doing with the shofar? You want to break the shofar on the eve of Rosh Hashanah?!”

My former teacher R’ Avidan is no stranger to sudden arrest and police violence— he founded a small NGO called Yanshoof, dedicated to creating moral limits on Israel’s international arms sales.

Bibi is afraid of the shofar, of a call to accountability? Clearly.

Here's who still has hope for Israel and democracy despite Gaza and Netanyahu | Opinion ***

Today in Haaretz: there will be no successful movement for democracy in Israel without Palestinians— not just at the table, but at the center.

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Families, former hostages vow to 'occupy' street outside Netanyahu residence Former Hostages and Hostage Relatives Camped Out by the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem as Reports Emerged of Intense IDF Strikes in Multiple Locations in Gaza City. 'Our Loved Ones Are Being ...

Netanyahu has abandoned the hostages, say hostage families, who vow to occupy the space in front of his residence and host daily mass rallies "until he fulfills the will of the people – the immediate return of all hostages and the end of the war." #BringThemAllHomeNow
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Is the UN a perfect body? Absolutely not.
Is this a powerful step forward for international recognition of the rights of Palestinians and Israelis? ABSOLUTELY YES

More on this from yours truly and Macron’s I-P Special Envoy Ofer Bronchtein here: youtu.be/6g5YD_si-G0?...

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NYC - TOMORROW, Sept. 11!
Join us, our friends at @smolemunius.bsky.social, and others for this in-person (no livestream) conversation with peace and Arab-Jewish partnership champion, MK Ayman Odeh.
Register: www.smolemunius.com/events/mk-ay...

Continuing to hold my breath with anxiety in the wake of yesterday’s strike in Doha. There’s no way forward except to seal a deal for a full hostage exchange and an end to military action in Gaza. The lives of civilians must be more valuable than this. #AllforAll #RightNow

Sam Fleischacker: I witnessed settler violence in the West Bank. It deserves our outrage too. Low-level harassment by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is just as effective at ethnic cleansing as the war in Gaza.

By our board member, Sam Fleischacker, who writes: What could seem like low-level settler harassment in the West Bank is actually just the constant drumbeat of Jewish domination, a la Ben-Gvir, and "just as effective at ethnic cleansing as the war in Gaza". www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/o...

My recent review of Mohammed Omar Almoghayer’s new book, “On the Pleasures of Living in Gaza.”

"Enough of Starvation. Enough of War" - Saturday, 8/23, 4:30pm Israel/Palestine time, Arab-Jewish protest march. Starting at Dizengoff Circle, Tel Aviv. If you're in the Land (and even if you're not), we encourage you to raise your voice.

Mass devastation at the hands of the Israeli government is continuing in Gaza.
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Most Americans believe countries should recognize Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long war.

By a nearly 2 to 1 majority, Americans want to Recognize Palestine Now! It's time to #RecognizePalestine.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state. This move aligns with recent signals from leaders in France, Britain and Canada.

Kudos #Australia! Recognition of a Palestinian state is not a ‘reward’ for Hamas after October 7 - it's a needed recognition of the Palestinian people’s equal right to self-determination alongside Israel. and part of a political solution.
apnews.com/article/aust...

This Thursday, I’m privileged to be in conversation with Ofer Bronchtein, French President Emmanuel Macron’s Envoy on Israeli and Palestinian affairs, and organizer of the recent UN level conversations on Palestinian statehood. Please join us!

American Jews Say "No More" in NYC Rally On August 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Maine Monument in Columbus Circle in Manhattan and steps away from the Trump International Hotel, a sea of outraged American Jews gathered to call for an end to the Isr...

#Jews calling 4 an end to the #starvation in #Gaza was a watershed event. Comments from a range of people, including #RuthMessinger and @mhughesrob.bsky.social of @partners4israel.bsky.social to @heyitsmurad.bsky.social and @motazazaiza.bsky.social.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025... #JusticeforAwdah

Our statement condemning Netanyahu's disastrous Gaza reoccupation plan. Also on our website: www.progressiveisrael.org/statement-di...

As @partners4israel.bsky.social, we believe it’s past time to recognize a Palestinian state alongside Israel. If we feel connection and relationship and pain and love for this place and its peoples, that connection and relationship obligates us to raise our voices and say: enough is enough.