Peter Beinart

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Examining the question: What is and isn’t antisemitic? - The World from PRX Antisemitism is being amplified globally by the war in Gaza and the rise of political movements with antisemitic platforms. So it’s challenging and painful for many Jews to discuss what truly constitu...

And related: from last week…

@peterbeinart.bsky.social offers compelling thoughts on a difficult but crucial topic

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Based on new poll from Data For Progress, NYC Democratic primary voters likely voted for Zohran Mamdani partly because of his position on Israel/Palestine, not despite of it.

Do Our Rabbis Believe in God? Given How Many Are Silent About Gaza, It’s Hard to Tell

Do our rabbis believe in God? peterbeinart.substack.com/p/do-our-rab...

It may well be that Hamas-and others-have stolen aid. But this is a good reminder to be skeptical of pundits who simply repeat Israeli govt talking points: "An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies by Hamas in Gaza."

Interested to see how Beshear's position that the US should never criticize Israel publicly goes over if he starts meeting ordinary Democrats in a presidential campaign

Cuomo thinks that most Jewish New Yorkers voted for Mamdani. But that Mamdani must be defeated in order to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe. Makes perfect sense.

"Senator Cory Booker is releasing a book 'Stand' on Nov. 11, 2025"

The white-haired, bespectacled "pro-terror" professor on the left is Israeli-born Yinon Cohen, the Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Professor of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia. You can't even make this stuff up.

So @columbiauniversity.bsky.social has just adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. How many of the Columbia faculty who teach classes on antisemitism do you think support this decision. My guess: Close to None.

Zohran Mamdani Didn’t Lie on His College Application For His Family, African isn’t a Racial Category. Neither is American.

Zohran Mamdani didn't lie on his Columbia application. Understanding why requires understanding his family's relationship to Uganda peterbeinart.substack.com/p/zohran-mam...

“the bombing of the North has been the most accurate and the most restrained in modern warfare”-McGeorge Bundy, 1967

Saif Musallet was a 21 year old who lived in Tampa, Florida and worked at an ice cream shop with his father. He was visiting family in the occupied West Bank.

Friday, Saif was beaten to death by Israeli settlers.

The U.S. State Department must investigate the killing of a U.S. citizen.

Peter Beinart on Zohran Mamdani & Why Democratic Voters Are Increasingly Skeptical of Israel We speak to Peter Beinart, editor-at-large at Jewish Currents, about changing popular opinion in the U.S. toward Israel and Palestine. “I’m not sure there’s any political issue in the United States,...

Peter Beinart on Zohran Mamdani & Why Democratic Voters Are Increasingly Skeptical of Israel

A New Playbook for Democratic Critics of Israel Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory shows pro-Palestine candidates how to win without abandoning their values.

Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory shows pro-Palestine candidates how to win without abandoning their values.

Analysis by editor-at-large @peterbeinart.bsky.social: jewishcurrents.org/a-new-playbo...

Why Are National Democrats Attacking Zohran Mamdani? It’s Not Because He Threatens Jews. It’s Because He Believes Palestinian Lives Matter.

National Democrats will keep attacking Zohran Mamdani until they pay a political price.

Jonathan Chait and I Discuss Zohran Mamdani and "Globalize the Intifida" We Hash Out Our Differences on his recent Atlantic article

I talked to my old TNR colleague Jonathan Chait about his criticism of Zohran Mamdani and the phrase "globalize the intifada"

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According to a Pew poll this April, 69 percent of Democrats have a negative view of Israel.
According to a Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs poll last May, 30 percent of American Jews—and 38 percent under the age of 44—thought Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

What Zohran’s Victory Means Throughout American History, Movements For Freedom Have Moved from the Streets into the Political System. That’s Happening Now on Gaza.

There was no New York Jewish consensus against Zohran Mamdani. According to polls, he ran 2nd among Jewish voters. He became part of the ongoing--and escalating--American Jewish civil war over Israel peterbeinart.substack.com/p/what-zohra...

After watching Mamdani v Cuomo, any smart Democrat thinking about running for president in 2028 should recognize that taking the Biden line on Israel is a political disaster.

It's fine to ask @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social about "globalize the intifada." But per @nymag.com Israel has committed "hundreds, if not thousands, of war crimes in Gaza." Cuomo is Netanyahu's lawyer. What does it say about the media's view of Palestinian life that that's considered less important?

Opinion | Trump Might Take the U.S. to War. Where Are Schumer and Jeffries?

"If @schumer.senate.gov & @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social won’t fight for the War Powers Resolution now . . . then they’re not serious about defending America’s constitutional order in its moment of peril." @peterbeinart.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

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Opinion | Trump Might Take the U.S. to War. Where Are Schumer and Jeffries?

War with Iran would be the most catastrophic US foreign policy decision since the invasion of Iraq. It would give Trump vast new authoritarian powers. Americans of both parties oppose it overwhelmingly. So why are Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries so silent? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/o...

For years, Washington's war hawks have told us that they're the ones who really care about the people of Iran. And now Iranians-- including those who have risked their lives fighting their horrible regime— are desperately asking not to be bombed. And the hawks want to escalate the war.

A May poll found that Mamdani is running 2nd among Jewish voters, with 20%. Funny how non-Jewish politicians think that supporting Israel unconditionally gives them the right to determine who is an authentic Jew

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There is no nuclear weapons program. Fetterman’s pals in the Trump administration - including DNI Gabbard - have confirmed there is no nuclear weapons program.

Fetterman is lying. Openly. Demonstrably. Shamelessly.

Why Israel Attacked Iran—and Why It’s a Disaster for Israel and the World A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

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Why Israel Attacked Iran—and Why It’s a Disaster for Israel and the World A conversation about American foreign policy, Palestinian freedom and the Jewish people.

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King's Place Hall and audience

Peter Beinart and Lia Na'ama ten Brink in conversation about Peter's book

Thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out event on Sunday with Peter Beinart to discuss his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning.

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