by Matthew Friedman | Feb 25, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
A myth beloved of the Baby Boom generation is “we ended Vietnam War.” By this, they mean that it was the vast mobilization of the entire youth generation that convinced the US government to withdraw from Vietnam in 1973. Make no mistake: popular opinion certainly...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 18, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was interviewed for my hometown newspaper, the Montreal Gazette, about being both Jewish and pro-Palestinian. It is an honor to be included with these other shvesterkind from my hometown. I don’t know them all yet, but I will. I hope that they will accept my...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 4, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I didn’t comment on allegations made by Israeli intelligence that employees of the UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) were involved in the 7 October Hamas attack on the State of Israel for a few days. I wanted to...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 28, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was reading Ruth Marcus’s Op-ed in the Washington Post on Friday, and I could not keep from laughing. It wasn’t a particularly cheery laugh, more of a rueful, emotionally bereft, ironic snigger. There was nothing terribly surprising in the column; if you have...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 21, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
“Because actually the world is not made up of ‘nations’ and fatherlands that want only to preserve their cultural distinctions, and only if it means not sacrificing a single human life. Fatherlands and nations want much more, or much less: They have vested interests...
