The Israel lobby has prevented a warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran, even if it can’t prevent a return to the nuclear deal, John Ghazvinian writes in his superb new history. “Perhaps the most unfortunate effect of all this domestic [U.S.] political wrangling was that it destroyed any hope that the nuclear deal might become a building block to warmer relations between Iran and the United States.”
Studying literature expands our understanding of the possible. Studying (post)colonial literature shows how Palestinian state building has failed to achieve the liberatory promises of contemporary Palestinian nationalism.
The organizers of the Open Classroom event, “Whose Narratives? What Free Speech for Palestine” say they had their right to free speech silenced by private tech companies Zoom, Facebook, and Eventbrite when the companies bowed to the fraudulent threat of prosecution. Now the organizers are calling on supporters to demand an end to corporate control of academia and an end to Israel lobby censorship and bullying.
Puma is moving its corporate headquarters to Boston and BDS activists there are planning on targeting the shoe maker over its sponsorship of Israel’s football league. “It’s not just about sneakers and jerseys, it’s about confronting the ties we have as taxpayers in this country,” activist Lea Hana tells Mondoweiss.
Palestinian engagement with international legal tribunals can help build global consciousness, but ultimately the law cannot serve as a substitute for the work of social movements in dismantling Israeli colonial-apartheid.
The Israel lobby is staying oddly silent about a new petition before Canada’s House of Commons calling for an investigation into Israeli violations of the Foreign Enlistment Act.
From the indomitable poet Fadwa Tuqan to the fearless medic Razan Al-Najjar, Ancestors of Palestinian Liberation marks seven decades since the Nakba by telling the stories of seven Palestinians whose lives and work helped to build a steadfast foundation for the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation. Yes Razan only lived 21 years, but she faced huge obstacles with courage and compassion, and died during a remarkable moment in Palestinian history.
Activists rallied to defeat a bill in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that would have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism for the state.
Dozens of Palestinians in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, who were set to be forcibly removed from their homes on Sunday, May 2, were given four more days by the Israeli Supreme Court to “reach an agreement” with the very settlers who have been attempting to force them from their homes for decades now. Members of the six families who are fighting to remain in their homes said they “firmly reject” the terms of such an agreement, “for these are our homes and the settlers are not our landlords.”