Opinion | This New Party Wants to Write a New Future for Israel

“We are at a historical juncture: Jewish and Palestinian citizens need to be offered a decisive plan that champions life, equality and Israeli-Palestinian peace,”

A Place for Us All was born out of joint Jewish-Palestinian activism & organizing focused on the daily realities on the ground, not grandiose policies. Sally Abed: “I see our mission as trying to redefine what it means to be a patriot... to reconcile my love of this place with a love of the people.”

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"This election is much more than a referendum on Mr. Netanyahu. It is a referendum on whether Israelis will continue to choose being Jewish over being democratic." Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, when I said it. I wanna go back to a prior time. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...

An interesting development in politics: activists fill the void created by traditional parties, like @mayor.nyc.gov in NY, or Platner in Maine, or the new Israeli party A Place for Us All, born out of joint Jewish-Palestinian activism. Let them rise! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...

In Israeli politics, Arab-Jewish parties struggle to be trusted. Can a new party with bipartisan leaders bring in enough new voters without splitting October's anti-Netanyahu vote? #APlaceForAllOfUs Makom Lekulanu GiftShareLinks: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...

Attempting to break the logjam in Israeli-Palestinian politics. "It’s a grass-roots activist movement of young Jewish and Palestinian Israeli citizens that began organizing in 2015, focused on principles of anti-occupation, antiracism and social justice." gift www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/o...