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I glimpsed the violence facing West Bank Palestinians every day. American Jews who care about Israel must act.

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Sarah Reines shares her harrowing experience in the West Bank, where she and other American Jewish clergy witnessed the daily violence faced by Palestinians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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West BankIdfPalestiniansHuman RightsSettler ViolenceTruahIsrael PoliticsJewish ClergyProtective PresenceRabbi Sarah Reines

Places mentioned

Raanana, Central District, Israel
"Extremist violence has crossed the Green Line. Last May, dozens of fanatical Jews attacked Jews attending the screening of a joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial service at a Reform synagogue in Raanana."
Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel
"Days before Rabins murder, a 19-year-old was televised proudly displaying an ornament ripped from the prime ministers car, bragging, Just like we got to this emblem, we can get to Rabin."
Palestinian Territories
"But my fear came not in my home city, but in a tiny village in the West Bank, when Jewish settlers aimed their guns at me and other volunteers harvesting olives."

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