Michele Chabin
Michele Chabin
Michele Chabin, a reporter for USA Today, RNS, the New York Jewish Week and other publications, has reported from Israel for nearly three decades. She speaks about Israelis and Palestinians to Israeli and Diaspora audiences.
Articles by Michele Chabin:
Israelis’ quandary: How to aid Gazans but not Hamas
Posted on: 11 Aug 2014
The effort by peace activist Gershon Baskin to buy surplus potatoes in Israel to donate to the people of Gaza has their critics in Israel.
Israelis brace for attacks after Hamas leader killed
Posted on: 14 Nov 2012
Gershon Baskin called the assassination of Ahmed Jabari “total insanity”, claiming that Jabari was instrumental in enforcing cease-fire agreements and helped stop rocket attacks.
Israeli and Palestinian Women Defy Checkpoints to Socialize
Posted on: 27 Aug 2012
Gershon Baskin claims that there are dozens of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence groups, but “We Will Not Obey” is the only one that brings Israelis into the West Bank and Palestinians into Israel illegally.
Construction Without Consensus
Posted on: 28 Dec 2010
Gershon Baskin considers the resumption of West Bank construction a potential danger to Israel because it could prompt widespread international recognition of a Palestinian state outside the framework of a peace agreement.
Saudi Arabian Cleric Wants To Broadcast From Israel
Posted on: 07 Apr 2010
Gershon Baskin claims that Israel has issued entry permits to many Muslim pilgrims from countries without diplomatic ties to Israel, including Libya, Pakistan, Indonesia and even Saudi Arabia and that such visits are “low-key and under the radar.”
Museum Of Intolerance?
Posted on: 17 Feb 2006
Gershon Baskin wants us to imagine the outrage if the Palestinians were building a Museum of Tolerance (or anything else) on what was once a Jewish cemetery.