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PennBDS still being smeared two weeks after student conference
Though it has been two weeks since the much-discussed PennBDS conference, it seems that some opponents of Palestine solidarity simply cannot let it go.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics
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The Palestinian refugees of Lebanon
In my native Lebanon, where I volunteered last winter in a number of Palestinian refugees camps such as Burj el Barajne, I saw first hand the immense level of deprivation Palestinians face as refugees in Lebanon, where they are prevented from the right to work, from joining any Lebanese trade unions, from owning property and even denied social security.
Dog-bites-man story in NYT leads readers to say, tail wags dog
Republicans want to railroad us into a war that serves Israel, NYT readers write
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel
Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel
Foreign nationals willingly gave passports to Mossad
If you give your English passport to the Mossad for use in overseas operations, aren’t you an Israel firster?
2013 US budget: ‘difficult cuts’ for Americans, jackpot for Israel
As the U.S. makes tough choices on budget cuts for 2013, Obama has pledged to kept aid to Israel at unprecedented levels, climbing over $3 billion next year.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Khader Adnan ends strike and will be released in April, under reported deal
Israeli officials today offered a deal to hunger striker Khader Adnan, now in his 66th day of protest against his administrative detention.
Day and night in a Bahraini jail
Radhika Sainath describes her arrest and interrogation in Bahrain: “They had got me. In Bahrain, supporting human rights was something akin to terrorism, and I had just admitted to it.”
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, Reports/Video, US Policy in the Middle East
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Israeli spokesman Mark Regev grilled on CNN International over Khader Adnan
CNN International’s Hala Gorani interviews Mark Regev about Khader Adnan’s case.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Occupation
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Greenwald: Indefinite detention policies have become normalized legally, politically and culturally in Israel and the US
Glenn Greenwald: “abuses have now been going on for so long in the two countries, are so entrenched, that they have been absorbed into the political landscape as barely noticed accoutrements.”
Bassem Tamimi to Israeli military judge: I do not recognize the authority of the Israeli occupation
Yesterday, after nearly a year in Israeli detention, Nabi Saleh’s Bassem Tamimi was finally given a chance to plead his case before an Israeli military court. He denied the charges against him, and upheld Nabi Saleh’s right to struggle against the occupation and theft of the village’s lands.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Occupation
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The end of the ‘two-state solution’ is the beginning of a more just future
Ever aware that the struggle for liberation must be led by Palestinians, our collective task at the moment, in my view, is to bring about the collapse of the present situation in Palestine in order to exploit its fundamental unsustainabilty.
Media critic calls out pundits for ignoring Khader Adnan, their long awaited ‘Palestinian Gandhi’
Peter Hart, Activism Director for FAIR, criticizes mainstream pundits for ignoring Khader Adnan’s story.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Troubled Jeopardy!: Travels through Trebekistan
The Jeopardy! writers, widely respected as masters of fact and trivia, got a simple one wrong on February 8, 2012 when they claimed Gaza was no longer controlled by Israel.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Hasbara: Reach-out to non-Jews with ‘Zionist-inspired’ calendar
A Pro-Israel organization recently created a new tool, a “Zionist-inspired” calendar, to bolster campus pro-Israel support, including twelve “Israel-related” themed months with hasbara programming resources.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics
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Ambassadors of Apartheid: Batsheva Dance Company to tour San Francisco and New York
In the next few weeks activists in New York and San Francisco will protest the Batsheva Dance Company because the ensemble receives Israeli government funding as part of the “Brand Israel” campaign.
Presbyterian investment committee recommends divestment from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola over complicity in the occupation
The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Mission Responsibility Through Investment committee is recommending that the denomination divest its holdings in three companies – Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, US Politics
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“Four days in Ramallah through the lens of dehumanization” – remembering Anthony Shadid
Boston.com just republished Shadid’s four day account of his journey through the West Bank in the spring of 2002. It’s worth quoting it at length; there’s no better way to mark Shadid’s career than letting his words speak for him.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics, War on Terror
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Video: right-wing groups attack U.S. professors over Ilan Pappe speaking tour
A group called the AMCHA Initiative, founded by University of California faculty, launched a campaign against three California professors over an upcoming Ilan Pappe speaking tour.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons
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Mark Perry: Israel and Iran’s ‘low-level war’ is ‘dangerous stuff’
Acclaimed author and journalist Mark Perry speaks with Mondoweiss on the escalating situation between Israel and Iran, and the implications for the U.S.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
Tagged featured, Foreign Policy, Hezbollah, Juan Cole, Mark Perry, New Delhi
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Wael Ghonim at Harvard: a key figure of the Egyptian revolution speaks truth to U.S. power
Hailed as the spark that ignited the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim spoke at Harvard University earlier this month on Egypt and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’
The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.
Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death
A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.
Right wing to Rudoren: Are you now, or have you ever been, a Zionist?
Judi Rudoren continues to hold her ground against the right-wing onslaught against her. The Washington Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo interviews her and begins in the most McCarthyite way possible.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Media, US Politics
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Pro-Israel handbook explains how to attack professors and ‘co-opt’ students of color
Last week, the David Project released its “white paper” on Israel advocacy in US colleges and universities, titled A Burning Campus? Rethinking Israel Advocacy at America’s Universities and Colleges.
