International support will play a major role in determining whether Palestinians win their bid for statehood, just as it did for Israel. Top: David Ben-Gurion signs the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. Bottom: Mahmoud Abbas celebrates after the UN General Assembly votes to grant More

International support will play a major role in determining whether Palestinians win their bid for statehood, just as it did for Israel. Top: David Ben-Gurion signs the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. Bottom: Mahmoud Abbas celebrates after the UN General Assembly votes to grant More

In Tamera’s auditorium during International Summer University, 2011 Tamera.org More

Source Unknown (found on noii-van.resist.ca ) Roughly 1,500 protesters pack Canada’s Vancouver International Airport in an effort to stop the deportation of refugee claimant Laibar Singh. More

Creative Commons/notanalternative ( notanalternative.org .) Did you know that debt cancellation is the biblical norm, not the exception? Occupy Faith’s next big project is a rolling jubilee to abolish debt and uproot internalized capitalism. More

Tikkun Work with Rabbi Michael Lerner on spiritual politics, his Torah commentary, and his next books! We invite college students, recent graduates, mid-career professionals, and retirees to join us in Berkeley, California. info : tikkun.org/interns . More

Women in the United States now hold most of the nation’s managerial positions, and most job growth is currently in jobs traditionally held by women in health care, child care, and food services. Credit: Creative Commons/World Economic Forum/ReSurge International. More

Creative Commons/Anja Disseldorp Bhutan residents such as this woman from the town of Jakar benefit from their government’s prioritization of collective well-being. Led by Bhutan, the UN has begun discussing what an International Bank for Right Livelihood could look like. More

Trond Viken/Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs What would it be like if global financial institutions followed Bhutan’s lead in prioritizing Gross National Happiness? Here, Bhutan’s prime minister meets with Norway’s minister of international development to discuss efforts to increase happiness More

Pete Souza/White House President-elect Obama pauses for one last look in the mirror before taking the oath of office on January 20, 2009. Imagine the possibilities if Obama—and all of us—could take a closer look at how we’ve internalized the distorted assumptions of the capitalist world. More

Bruce Jackson ( brucejackson.us ) U.S. crime rates fall below the international average, yet the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Inmates stand in a Texas prison in this photograph from Inside the Wire: Photographs from Texas and Arkansas Prisons by Bruce Jackson More

, and immigration reform. Credit: Creative Commons/SEIU International. More