On June 1, Israeli soldiers shot 16-year-old Nuf Uqab Abd al-Jabar Infiaat after she stabbed a soldier outside an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Settlers then taunted her as a “b**ch” as she lay bleeding in the road. She was buried yesterday in her village near Jenin.
Only a brave, progressive international movement can end the Israeli occupation, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says, in a video on its 50th anniversary calling for “equality, security, democracy and justice.”
The Six Day War, 50 years ago, was a walkover, Norman Finkelstein relates. It lasted closer to six minutes than six days. But it had a stunning effect on American Jewish identity. Jews went from nebbishes to martial heroes.
Israel needs to enforce laws against polygamy because Palestinians are overpopulating the Negev, Jerusalem, and the Galilee, says Michael Oren, former ambassador to the US. Oh and by the way, US liberal Jewish support for Israel is in “radical… implosion” because they see Israel as oppressive, Oren says. Maybe they have good reason?
Carlos Latuff imagines Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman being outmatched by her latest opponent, Mother Palestine.
I am old enough to remember clearly how the Six-Day War was reported at the…
After it was shut out of Boston-area transit ads, Palestine Advocacy Project (PalAd), a Cambridge-based non-profit supporting Palestinian human rights, has unveiled a high-profile, over-sized mobile billboard trailer to protest the 50th anniversary of Israel’s military occupation of the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian Authority cabinet announced yesterday it will hold local elections in Gaza, despite the territory being ruled by Hamas who already stated it will boycott the elections. If municipalities do not participate in voting, the West Bank government may appoint winners of the race.
The White House announced that Donald Trump will not move the embassy to Jerusalem at this time so as to advance peace talks. AIPAC and Netanyahu were disappointed by the news. Obama’s former ambassador Dan Shapiro calls for the embassy move later this year, so as to “shatter Pal myth” that Jews don’t have a connection to Jerusalem.
William Ruhm just returned from a delegation to Palestine where he found himself inspired by Palestinian steadfastness in the face of Israeli oppression: “When I find myself doubting the efficacy of this struggle or fearing that change is impossible, I will remember Issa’s prompt and unflinching response to my expression of doubt two days ago: We have to do the work, with steadfastness, because too much is at stake.”