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I started writing this newsletter and hosting these Zoom calls because I was frustrated with a lot of what I read about American foreign policy in general and Israel-Palestine in particular. I don’t think the US possesses any inherent right to run the world. If America wants moral authority, it must earn it. And I believe that the best way to secure the safety of the Jewish people, my people, is through equality and justice for Palestinians. I hope these principles foster a different kind of conversation. And I hope you’ll join in.

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About Peter Beinart

Contributing opinion writer, New York Times. Editor-at-Large, Jewish Currents. MSNBC Contributor. Professor of Journalism and Political Science, Newmark School of Journalism, CUNY. Fellow, Foundation for Middle East Peace.

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Recent commentary by Peter

States Don’t Have a Right to Exist. People Do.

The mainstream media has failed us after 7 October

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If You Don’t Contextualize Things You Can’t Stop Them from Happening

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Editor-at-Large, Jewish Currents. New York Times and MSNBC Contributor. Prof, Newmark School of Journalism, CUNY. Fellow, Foundation for Middle East Peace
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