“My principle says maximum Jews on maximum land with maximum security and with minimum Palestinians,” says Yair Lapid. And this passes for liberalism in Israel.
In an effort to preempt a proposal to boycott Sodastream products made in the occupied West Bank, the Park Slope Food Coop is holding a vote tonight to require a supermajority of 75 percent to approve a boycott
Katie Miranda offers an ad for Airbnb’s rentals in the occupied territories. There is rarely this much truth in advertising.
A new strategy has emerged among pro-Israel advocates to situate support for Israel among various liberal or progressive causes by recognizing the idea of intersecting oppressions. It is a cynical attempt to capitalize off the struggles of others.
French courts have affirmed a law that makes it a misdemeanor to speak out in favor of boycotting Israeli goods. French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has pioneered progressive laws and has been called on to abrogate the legal memorandum in the matter. When she speaks at NYU on January 29, she should face questions on the issue.
Peter Crowley meets an Israeli colleague for dinner while in Jerusalem. When they begin to talk politics he realizes that Israeli support for the occupation runs deep.
On Tuesday, a 24-year old Israeli woman died of wounds sustained Monday morning when she was stabbed at Horon settlement. The attack was carried out by Ibrahim Osama Yousif Allan, 23 from the village of Beit ‘Ur at-Tahta west of Ramallah and Hussein Muhammad Abu Ghush, 17, from the Qalandiya refugee camp north of Jerusalem. In response, Israeli military forces have sealed all entrances and exits to Beit Ur at-Tahta which prevents movement for the around 6,000 Palestinian residents of the village.
Israeli settlers on the West Bank tell Phil Weiss they are continuing the work of redeeming the land for Jews that early Zionists began when they expelled Palestinians in 1948, and that in the last year even the Tel Aviv establishment has come to recognize that there will never be a Palestinian state. Weiss reports from five days he spent undercover in Israeli settlements using the Airbnb service.
Israeli society broadly has turned its back on the idea of a Palestinian state and supports the colonization of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. There is now one state because that is what Israeli Jews want, but the American media won’t tell us that.
Israelis’ angry response to Swedish FM Margot Wallstrom demonstrates primal Israeli fears of enemies. Israelis justify extrajudicial executions of Palestinian assailants because others’ irrational, primitive hatred is a pretext for Zionism. No matter that Palestinians live under occupation, and the world notices.