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'Between Two Worlds': New Film Explores Jewish American Identity and the Fate of Israel | Belief | AlterNet

'Between Two Worlds': New Film Explores Jewish American Identity and the Fate of Israel | Belief | AlterNet


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'Between Two Worlds': New Film Explores Jewish American Identity and the Fate of Israel

"Between Two Worlds" takes us on a journey of the increasingly contentious factions within the American-Jewish community.
Photo Credit: Snitow-Kaufman Productions
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Time is running out. Israelis know that. So do American Jews. If Israel refuses to cease building settlements in the West Bank, the newly unified Palestinian government will ask the UN General Assembly to ratify it as a new and sovereign state in September. Only Israel and the United States are expected to vote against the adoption of this resolution.

What then? Israel will no long be occupying "territories." It will be in violation of international law by occupying a sovereign state. As my late uncle would have said, "This can't be good for the Jews."

Such a vote is hardly the best way to create a two-state solution. Yet this just may happen, deepening world opinion against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and causing rippling consequences that may endanger the very existence of Israel as ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..............................

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