You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the Middle Eastern Studies Association’s endorsement of BDS has ignited some backlash.

Michael Arria on the legacy of Madeleine Albright, and an interview with Palestine Legal’s Zoha Khalili about the group’s 2021 year-in-review report.

Earlier this month a leaked memo revealed that that Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leaders had debated ending their controversial police delegations to Israel two years ago. Activists say the memo shows why progressive groups should cut ties with the organization.

A recently leaked memo on police training in Israel confirms what activists in Seattle have known all along – the ADL is not an ally for racial justice.

On March 30, thousands of Palestinians attended the yearly commemoration of Land Day in Gaza. Tareq Hajjaj walked through the crowd and asked attendees – “What does Land Day mean to you?” Answers varied, but most included the statement: “the land means our existence.”

There is one angle of the Ukrainian crisis that may turn out to boost Israel’s legitimacy and bolster its international impunity – weapons.

Today on Palestinian Land Day, the NDN Collective uplifts the ongoing struggle of their Palestinian relatives for liberation of their homeland and full return for all Palestinian people.

There is a hegemony that regards the European holocaust as more tragic and horrific than any other experience that people have had to endure. That is simply not true.

In a highwater mark of mainstream opposition to the unending Israeli occupation, 50 members of Congress have signed a letter to Secretary of State Blinken urging him to try to stop Israel’s demolition of 38 Palestinian houses in al-Walaja, a village in the occupied West Bank, because the demolitions will undermine “Palestinian dignity” and “long-term Israeli security.” The demolitions are also an issue in a Michigan congressional race between two Democrats, with Rep. Andy Levin calling them “unjust.”

Madeline Albright’s Berkeley commencement speech drew massive protests in May, 2000, but it was University Medalist Fadia Rafeedie’s speech which would win the day.