Once it was B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Flak from neighbors. One neighbor heard from another that I like Arabs. I asked how the other neighbor knew. The logo on envelopes sticking out of my mailbox. Another acquaintance told me not to take a job at B’Tselem: it might deter another potential employer in the future. I only did some freelance work for B’Tselem, but that’s not the reason. Someone told me to remove the New Israel Fund from my resume. It could adversely affect a job search. Prior to October 7 and for 18 months thereafter, I worked at the Parents Circle Families Forum (for bereaved families of Israelis and Palestinians who lost loved ones to the conflict yet committed themselves to reconciliation).

In between, I worked for NGOs promoting shared society – equality with Jewish Israelis for Palestinian citizens of the State of Israel or Arabs holding Israeli citizenship or Arab-Bedouin citizens of Israel in the Negev, and other minorities – defining their identity, a matter of their choice. Once chaired the Jerusalem branch of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. With modest donations, occasional petition signing, attending........

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