Welcome

Z-Mensch is an Israel/Palestine newsletter by Zak Witus which explores perspectives and analysis pursuant to freedom, equality, and justice all Palestinians and Israelis. Through pithy prose, reading recommendations, and voices from on the ground, subscribers will go beyond the headlines and get at the core of the issues at play in the Land today.

About Zak Witus

Young Leadership & Education Coordinator at the New Israel Fund. Contributor, Truthout, The Forward, +972 Magazine. MA in Middle Eastern Studies (University of Chicago, 2020). Solidarity activist in Hineinu (February-May 2022), a sustained pro-Palestinian solidarity project in the South Hebron Hills (Massafer Yatta) organized by the Center for Jewish Nonviolence.

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Join the growing movement of people all around the world (Palestinians, Israelis, diaspora Jews, and many more) who are taking action together to build a better future for everyone who calls Israel/Palestine home.

By subscribing, you’re not just gaining insight into some of the most pressing problems in the Middle East; you are entering into a community of dedicated justice seekers that transforms everyone whom it takes in.

All subscribers will receive:

  • posts revealing, via photography and the written word, the daily struggles of Palestinians on the ground in the occupied West Bank and the American and Israeli Jews standing with them in solidarity

  • fresh, incisive commentary and analysis of contemporary geopolitics in Palestine, Israel, and the Levant grounded in lived experiences as well as historical research

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Writings on Israel/Palestine with perspectives from on the ground and visions for a shared future based on universal freedom and equality

People

Teacher/student of Middle Eastern history (M.A. 2020, University of Chicago), pro-Palestinian solidarity activist (IfNotNow, JVP), community organizer. Bylines in Truthout, the Forward, +972 Magazine.