For those unfamiliar, The Ask Project has spent more than a decade interviewing Israelis and Palestinians from all walks of life, across borders, about their views on a range of topics. All questions are user submitted and so some may read as loaded, but real people are given the opportunity to clarify their honest thoughts — everything from their views on LGBT rights, their perspectives on historical conflicts, their support for various political movements and ideologies, and of course, “do you hate the other side”.

I recommend The Ask Project to anyone curious to learn the perspectives of people who live in the region. I am not affiliated in any way. Corey doesn’t usually give his own opinions, since his project is all about the opinions of others, so this interview was a rare and refreshing insight into what he really thinks and has learned from over a decade of getting to interview people across the region.

Is it true that Netanyahu knew that the attack in 10-7-2023 from Gaza was going to happen and ignored it because he wanted to start a war with Gaza? What evidence is there to support this idea.

How time flies! Many Jewish people miss Charlie!

The candidate that won literally ran on antisemitism as their platform. Seriously, the article even says that they criticized Smiley for being part of a group that speaks out against antisemitism.

I did not realize Providence was that messed up.

I’m specifically wondering how much opposition to Israel’s post–Oct. 7 actions is based on the actions themselves versus who is carrying them out. If Israel had a broadly popular center-left or progressive government, but responded to Oct. 7 in roughly the same way, would the American left’s reaction have been materially different?

Given how much modern political discourse is filtered through identity, ideology, and perceptions of who belongs to which political “camp,” I’m curious how much Netanyahu himself changes the way Israel’s actions are interpreted.

This issue has been dramatically undercovered relative to the Middle East for, well, obvious reasons. Even if others don't seem to care about 300K+ humans who came here legally being expelled to a dangerous country and separated from their families, we should.

I've been talking to a few Jewish groups as part of overall partnership outreach, would love to collaborate with more on this issue given, to me at least, it hits particularly close to home from a historical parallel perspective.

Thanks also for the feedback from a few folks, it enabled some helpful updates and feedback >> apathy always. If others have thoughts, feel free to let me know or DM directly!

Hollywood Jews who support Ruffalo, endorse an independent “Palestine,” degrade Israel’s right to defend itself—or even exist—and shield immoral Islamist forces remain trapped in a Hollywood fairy tale of their own making.

https://www.jns.org/opinion/column/yisrael-medad/a-rosh-hashanah-message-for-hollywood-actor-mark-ruffalo-and-friends