Peter Beinart

Peter Beinart apologizes after criticism over Tel Aviv University talk

In his apology statement, Beinart acknowledged that he had made "a serious mistake" by failing to seek out Palestinian perspectives before speaking at the Israeli university. 

Peter Beinart speaking at a peace rally in New York City, August 2025
PETER BEINART is the sort of progressive who hopes to be ahead of his time.

Both right-wing Israelis, pro-Palestinians slam pro-BDS journalist Peter Beinart after lecture

Journalist Peter Beinart and host Jon Stewart discuss the war in Gaza on "The Daily Show," July 28, 2025.

The subject was Gaza, but Stewart and Beinart had a whole lot to say about Judaism - opinion

 THEN-US president Bill Clinton is flanked by then-prime minister Ehud Barak and then-PA head Yasser Arafat at their Camp David summit in 2000. The Second Intifada erupted in September just after final status negotiations were approaching a degree of fruition at Camp David in July, says the writer.

The right to exist as a Jewish state - opinion


Jewish teens are gathering on Zoom to meet prominent Palestinians

Founded by Ezra Beinart, a junior at a Jewish day school in New York City, the project’s goal is to bring Palestinian perspectives to a demographic that, he says, sorely lacks them. 

 DEMOCRAT REP. Rashida Tlaib continues with her virulent antisemitic rhetoric and initiatives, says the writer.

The return of the accusation that ‘Zionism is Racism’

Forty-six years after the infamous UN resolution 3379, the accusation of “Zionism is racism” is alive and well in America.

Then-Israeli ambassador to the UN Chaim Herzog addresses the General Assembly condemning Resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism, on November 10, 1975

Sharanksy calls out 'progressive' antisemitism panel for anti-Zionism

"It is so harmful to feel that our identity is being challenged, that we must choose between our progressive values and the fight against anti-Semitism," said Hen Mazzig.

Still from the 'Dismantling Antisemitism: Jews Talk Justice' panel, December 16, 2020.

Non-Jews, anti-Israel activists dominate ‘antisemitism’ panel - analysis

“We will explore how to fight back against antisemitism and against those that seek to wield charges of antisemitism to undermine progressive movements for justice.”

Rashida Tlaib

Rashida Tlaib, BDS supporter, to speak on JVP antisemitism panel

Only one speaker on the panel is Jewish.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks at a climate rally with presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna in Iowa City

Harris shows perception that US Jews back Israel still strong - analysis

The assumption underlying her recent comments is that Israel is important to her listeners, and that they do not share the Seth Rogen or Peter Beinart “who needs Israel” mindset.

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination during an acceptance speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., August 19, 202

Brit Shalom and Peter Beinart - analyzing Jewish-Palestinian land solution

Arguments for a binational “solution” are a century old – and they collapsed under the weight of Jewish blood and Arab intransigence.

PETER BEINART is the sort of progressive who hopes to be ahead of his time.

Beinart ignores inconvenient truth on the reality in Israel – opinion

Most Israelis and Palestinians haven't given up on a two-state solution.

PETER BEINART is the sort of progressive who hopes to be ahead of his time.

'Jewish Currents' editor about Seth Rogen, young Jews and Peter Beinart

We are not the direct descendants of 'Jewish Currents’ original lineage in most cases, and yet we are sort of reaching back into that lineage and asking, for example, why was it buried?

From left: A screenshot of Peter Beinart's essay on a one-state solution; Jewish Currents' Spring 2020 cover featuring Horizons (Jerusalem), 1979 by Najib Joe Hakim; the magazine's editor, Arielle Angel.

The end of Israel and Peter Beinart as the last man

With his latest screed – “I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State” – Peter Beinart joins Israel’s most committed enemies.

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My Word: Beyond Beinart’s states of the mind

Beinart’s one-state proposal is not new. But it’s not popular among those who would have to live with the consequences.

PETER BEINART is the sort of progressive who hopes to be ahead of his time.