Sa’diya Matar died in the Israeli prison of Damon, where she was being detained. Medical negligence in Israeli prisons is killing Palestinians prisoners.
Meeting in its General Convention, the Episcopal Church adopted resolutions which condemn Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian people, call for the President and Congress to oppose punishing active support for nonviolent boycotts, and call for conditioning U.S. military assistance on human rights. In addition, they point to the escalating threats to Christians living in the Holy Land.
For Palestinians attending Israeli universities, freedom of expression is often met with racism and violence from neo-fascist Zionist groups.
Palestinians with American citizenship are calling for an investigation of discriminatory treatment by the State Department, as well as violations of US laws in service of the Israeli occupation.
Biden’s trip to the Middle East was a fiasco but the Israel lobby loved it. Former ambassadors Dan Shapiro and Martin Indyk celebrate the trip as a breakthrough and manage not to mention Israel’s killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during an hour’s talk. While an AIPAC officials says of the speech Biden gave when he arrived, “you would have been hard pressed to write a better speech, for the things we believe in.”
Ayanna Pressley leads US lawmakers in calling for Biden to reject Israel’s blacklisting of human rights groups
Cancer patients in Gaza have to overcome two hurdles to secure treatment – Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.
Mondoweiss staff debrief and analyze Joe Biden’s whirlwind trip to Palestine.
The one thing you can say about Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Palestine this week is that the Israeli government and its lobby are over the moon.
Palestinian Americans respond with dismay to President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, as well as his embrace of the failed policies of the past. “Through many meetings with our American administration officials we have come to the conclusion that President Biden’s policies regarding Palestinian issues resemble the destructive policies of Trump,” writes Terry Ahwal.