The Long Answer

Do words matter? How do we stay principled while mobilizing the masses? In this episode, Sally and Jess sit down with Standing Together co-directors Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green. They dive into how it felt to see PACBI call for a boycott of Standing Together while the movement was one of the leading forces mobilizing people in Israeli society against the war on Gaza. Together, they discuss the messy terrain of grassroots organizing, purity politics on the left, what it means to fight for justice from within our society, and the tension between speaking in the “correct” language and organizing people where they are.  *PACBI is the Palestinian Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Do you have a question for us? Email us at podcast@standing-together.org  If you'd like to support the podcast, you can make a donation to Standing Together. 

For over two years, the world has watched Israel carry out daily atrocities in Gaza and wondered: how did Israeli society allow this to happen? How could there be a powerful protest movement demanding the return of Israeli hostages, while opposition to the bombardment, mass killing, and starvation of Palestinians remained so limited? In this episode, Sally and Jess speak with Prof. Eran Halperin, head of social psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and founder and Co-Chairman of the aChord Center, to unpack the psychology shaping Israeli society today — and what it will take to bring about real change. aChord Center is a non-profit organization that specializes in the social psychology of intergroup relations. The center's unique added value is in developing innovative, evidence based, practical knowledge and tools to improve intergroup relations, by utilizing cutting-edge social psychological theory and data.   Do you have a question for us? Email us at podcast@standing-together.org  If you'd like to support the podcast, you can make a donation to Standing Together. 

Everyone everywhere is talking about what they want the future in Israel-Palestine to look like, but what do we want it to look like? Sally and Jess discuss whether they have consensus about their ideas for the future, and how we should go about mobilizing people in Israeli society toward a political solution.  Do you have a question for us? Email us at podcast@standing-together.org  If you'd like to support the podcast, you can make a donation to Standing Together. 

As we reach two years since October 7th and Israel’s assault on Gaza, Sally and Jess reflect on the power and pitfalls of empathy, and whether building on something beyond it can create a stronger foundation for solidarity in the struggle for justice and peace. Do you have a question for us? Email us at podcast@standing-together.org  If you'd like to support the podcast, you can make a donation to Standing Together. 

From identity and belonging to responsibility and organizing, Sally and Jess unpack why they’re here and why they’re part of a joint Jewish-Palestinian struggle for justice, peace and equality in Israel-Palestine. Do you have a question for us? Email us at podcast@standing-together.org  If you'd like to support the podcast, you can make a donation to Standing Together.