Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
* This resource page is no longer being updated but we leave it online as a resource to our activists.
Resources on Summer 2006 Mideast Crisis
A. Brit Tzedek Resources
B. News and Analysis
C. Background information
D. Organizational Statements
E. Opinions and Commentary
F. Maps and Graphics
G. Rabbinic Cabinet Commentary on the Matzav
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- Take Action
- *TAKE ACTION: Tell President Bush: Real Ceasefire Now!
- For Activists: Mideast Crisis Action Steps
- Download a printable version of our letter to Bush and pass it around to friends, family, and colleagues at local events and rallies.
- Our Position
- The Morning After, by Marcia Freedman, September 9, 2006
- Reflections, by Diane Balser, August 17, 2006
- At Last a Ceasefire, by Marcia Freedman and Diane Balser, August 14, 2006
- Report From the Ground: Brit Tzedek's Grassroots Respond to the Mideast Crisis , August 10, 2006
- The Need for a Ceasefire: Message From Marcia Freedman and Diane Balser, July 24, 2006
- Brit Tzedek Calls for US Intervention to Prevent Full-Scale Arab-Israeli War, July 13, 2006
- Talking Points on "Why a Ceasefire?"
- Learn More
- UN Security Council Resolution 1701 – Ceasefire Resolution
- FAQs on the current Mideast Crisis
- Conference Call with MK Yossi Beilin: After the Ceasefire: What Comes Next Listen here. Read text.
- Conference Call with Naomi Chazan "From Crisis to Ceasefire" Listen here. Read text.
- Conference Call with Dr. Stephen P. Cohen & Dr. James J. Zogby "The US Role in the Current Crisis" Listen here. Read text.
- Conference Call with Rabbi Arik Ascherman "A Report from the Ground: The Humanitarian Situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories" Listen here. Read text.
- Conference Call with Daniel Levy on "Mideast Crisis in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon." Listen here. Read the text.
- *The Gaza Crisis: Q and A with Rafi Dajani
- Media Coverage
- Video: Brit Tzedek Board Member Beth Wasserman interviewed on Boston's NECN NewsNight (Click on "Israel and Hezbollah (7/25/06)")
- Peace Movement Urges Cease-Fire July 21, 2006, JTA News
- A Few Dissenting Jews Question Israel's Actions July 26, 2006, Washington Jewish Week
- Some Liberal Jews Break Ranks on Israel August 3, 2006, Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service
- Seattle-Area Jews Rally in Solidarity with Israel August 4, 2006, Daniel Levisohn, JTA News
The Sixth Arab-Israeli War: An Arab Perspective October 11, 2006, Dr. Abdel Monem Said Aly, Crown Center for Middle East Studies
How Hezbollah Defeated Israel, October 2006, Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, Asia Times
The Hezbollah-Israel War: A Preliminary Assessment September 10, 2006, Professor Shai Feldman, Crown Center for Middle East Studies
Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature August 16, 2006, John Kifner, The New York Times
West Bank Withdrawal Panel: No solution to rocket threat August 15, 2006, Aluf Benn, Haaretz
Assad: America's Mideast 'an illusion' August 15, 2006, Jerusalem Post Staff, The Jerusalem Post
Nobody's Victory, But In The End Israel Could Not Defeat Hizbollah August 13, 2006, Peter Beaumont, The Observer
Meretz, Peace Now To Join Anti-War Protest August 10, 2006, Attila Somfalvi, Ynet News
Left Upset over Anti-War Coverage August 8, 2006, Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post
The Uneven Calculus of Mideast Victory August 4, 2006, Scott Peterson. The Christian Science Monitor
*Some Liberal Jews Break Ranks on Israel August 3, 2006, Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service
Europeans, Offering Peacekeepers, Call for End of Hostilities Now August 2, 2006, Colum Lynch, The Washington Post
*FAQ: How can the violence be stopped? July 31, 2006, Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Clinton Calls on Western Leaders To Broker Lebanese Ceasefire July 27, 2006, Murray Brewster, Canadian Press
EU Solution: Int'l peacekeeping force July 24, 2006, Associated Press, The Jerusalem Post
6 Keys to Peace July 23, 2006, Michael Elliott, TIME
*Peace Movement Urges Cease-Fire July 21, 2006, JTA News
Marshalling The Pro-Israel Forces July 20, 2006, James D. Besser, The Jewish Week
*Push Made for U.N. To Go Into Lebanon July 18, 2006, Peter Baker and Robin Wright, The Washington Post
*Why US looks to others in Mideast crisis July 17, 2006, Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor
*Rockets Create a 'Balance of Fear' With Israel, Gaza Residents Say July 9, 2006, Greg Myre, The New York Times
*Analysis: Israel’s hostage complex June 26, 2006, Anshel Pfeffer, Jerusalem Post
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Hezbollah's Strategic Threat to Israel, The Middle East Forum
Conflict in the Middle East, The Washington Post Resource Section
Timeline of Current Crisis, The Washington Post
Backgrounder on Hamas, Council on Foreign Relations
Hamas’ Leaders, Council on Foreign Relations
Backgrounder on Hezbollah, Council on Foreign Relations
Americans for Peace Now Resource Page on the Current Crisis, Americans for Peace Now
At Long Last, Try Something Different August 18, 2006, M.J. Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum
Action Alert: Too Soon to Announce ?Mission Accomplished? - U.S. Diplomacy Needed Now August 17, 2006, Americans for Peace Now
A Reflection from Ann Kerr on US Policy and the Mideast Crisis August 15, 2006, Churches for Middle East Peace
UNSC Resolution 1701, August 11, 2006, UNSC
Statement on Gaza by United Nations Humanitarian Agencies working in the occupied Palestinian territory August 3, 2006, UNRWA, UNICEF, WHO, OCHA, WFP, OHCHR
APN Calls on Bush to Broker a Ceasefire, Convene International Peace Summit August 2, 2006, Americans for Peace Now
*Ceasefire Letter to Bush from Representatives Price, Capps, Filner, and Leach July 28 2006
Does Unilateralism Still Make Sense? July 27, 2006, Israel Policy Forum
*Israel/Palestine/Lebanon: Climbing Out of the Abyss July 25, 2006, International Crisis Group
*New IPCRI Policy Paper : A Comprehensive Approach to the Current Crises July 25, 2006, Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information
Church Leaders Call for End to Mideast Violence July 21, 2006, Churches for Middle East Peace
APN Policy Statement July 20, 2006, Americans for Peace Now
THE CRISIS TODAY - An Insider's Briefing a daily brief of the current crisis, APN
*Middle East Statement July 16, 2006, G-8 Leaders
On the Recent Escalation on Israel’s Borders July 14, 2006, Meretz USA
Reform Leader Condemns Hezbollah Attacks and Kidnapping of Soldiers Calls on Syria & Iran to Cease Support of Hezbollah July 12, 2006, Union for Reform Judaism
APN Condemns Hezbollah Attack, Calls for Resumption of US Diplomacy in Region July 12, 2006, Americans for Peace Now
ATFP Calls for Diplomatic Resolution of Growing Middle East Crisis July 12, 2006, American Task Force on Palestine
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Quit the Canard That American Policy Advances Israeli Security August 25, 2006, Daniel Levy, The Forward
Lessons of the Lebanon War August 15, 2006, Daoud Kuttab, The Jerusalem Post
US Mideast Clout May Be Casualty of Lebanon War August 14, 2006, Matt Spetalnick, Reuters
Talk to Lebanon August 14, 2006, Gershon Baskin, The Jerusalem Post
The 'Morning After' Commission August 13, 2006, Yossi Beilin, Haaretz
The Day After August 13, 2006, Galia Golan, Haaretz
With Friends Like These August 11, 2006, MJ Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum
Regressing a Full Generation August 11, 2006, Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz
The Test of the Zionist Left August 8, 2006, Yossi Beilin, Haaretz
Editorial: A Truce for Lebanon August 7, 2006, The New York Times
*Ending the Neoconservative Nightmare August 4, 2006, Daniel Levy, Haaretz
*Better To Tell Truth than Parrot Propaganda August 2, 2006, Warren Goldstein, The Star Tribune
Lebanon II: The first war run by Peace Now August 2, 2006, Bradley Burston, Haaretz
Beyond Lebanon: This Is the Time for a U.S.-Led Comprehensive Settlement July 30, 2006, Brent Scowcroft, The Washington Post
*Separate PA from Lebanon July 24, 2006, Haaretz Editorial, Haaretz
The Gap Between 'Right' And 'Effective' July 24, 2006, Galia Golan, YNet
Meet Your Enemies July 22, 2006, Robert Malley, The New York Times
A Crisis Foretold July 19, 2006, Jo-Ann Mort, The American Prospect
Playing Hamas’s Game July 15, 2006, Editorial, The New York Times
*Where Is the US? July 7, 2006, MJ Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum
*American Weakness July 5, 2006, Yossi Beilin, Haaretz
Handbook: Lebanon’s Divisive Sectarian Past PBS.org
Fighting on Two Fronts The Washington Post
Hezbollah’s Arsenal The New York Times
Map of Attacks in Gaza, Lebanon, and Israel The New York Times
G. Rabbinic Cabinet Commentary on the Matsav
Reflections August 2006, Rabbi Malka Drucker, Santa Fe, NM
Reflections on the Israel-Lebanon War August 11, 2006, Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, West Newton, MA
A Prayer for Israel, for the Innocents, for Peace August 2006, Rabbi Victor Hillel Reinstein, Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain, MA
Sermon: Peace in the Face of War July 21, 2006, Rabbi Hillel Gamoran, Seattle, WA
Mideast Violence Is Misery for All July 15, 2006, Rabbi Maurice Harris, Register-Guard, Eugene, OR
Keeping the Long View Is a Spiritual Practice and Our Obligation as American Jews July 14, 2006, Rabbi Judie Saxe-Taller, Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco, CA
War in Lebanon: Where Are We Going? July 14, 2006, Rabbi Joshua Levine-Grater, Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, Pasadena, CA
Responding to the Gaza Crisis July 10, 2006, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center, Philadelphia, PA
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