by Matthew Friedman | Sep 15, 2024 | Gaza Journal
I said kaddish for Aysenur Eygi this week. I don’t know if that was an arrogation or a cultural appropriation; I don’t know if Eygi who, after all, was not Jewish, would have been offended, or if she would have accepted my gesture in the spirit intended. I know that...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 8, 2024 | Gaza Journal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has scuttled Gaza ceasefire talks. Color me surprised. It isn’t as if he hasn’t done it before, in fact, making optimistic, conciliatory sounds about the possibility of an agreement, only to step back when one seems to be near...
by Matthew Friedman | Sep 1, 2024 | Gaza Journal
Strangely enough, the War on Gaza artificially prolonged my social media life well beyond its natural span. Last summer and early fall, I was ready to pack it in. I had already closed my Twitter account (because, you know, Elon Musk), and I downloaded my Facebook data...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 25, 2024 | Gaza Journal
I have rarely thought of political parties as vehicles for significant social change, or as agents for my personal political goals and commitments. I gave up that fantasy many years ago, when I chose not to renew my membership in the New Democratic Party. Political...
by Matthew Friedman | Aug 18, 2024 | Gaza Journal
I am not a Zionist. It feels weird to have to say that – JD Vance-level weird – considering that I am pretty public about my opposition to the State of Israel and contemporary Zionism. Yet, I know that I am always suspect by virtue of the fact that I am Jewish and...
