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Trying to keep up with shifting opinion on Israel/Palestine, surveys of American Jews are beginning to ask new questions.

From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel

The GOP can’t abandon the culture war.

For many liberal American Jews, the conversation around judicial reform is now shifting to include the occupation and Palestinian rights

The Promise: Springsteen as Pied Piper, leading Pat Carty away over the hill with The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

When scholar Omer Bartov described the “brutal” expulsion of Palestinians during the Nakba, he was heckled and booed at the Center for Jewish History. Some shouted “Shame!” and one person walked out.

Facing massive protests and work stoppages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would delay his government’s plan to overhaul the judicial system.

Eric Alterman’s history of U.S. views of Israel asks why the topic is so lethal—and minds so unpersuadable.

The last three Democratic presidents took a “cautionary tale” from Jimmy Carter and decided not to push the issue of Palestinian justice because it might cost them a second term, says Eric Alterman.

From the blog of Richard D. Zelin at The Times of Israel