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Five Palestine Action activists leaving Stafford Crown Court after pleading not guilty to charges of criminal damage, relating to the rooftop occupation of UAV Engines Ltd

Eight members of the direct action organization Palestine Action are facing trial on October 10th for charges that could lead to 38 years in prison. Co-Founders Huda Ammori and Richard Barnard write that this latest wave of repression is a sign their activism is working: “Every instance of state repression we’ve faced to date has been for one simple reason: Palestine Action has disrupted the smooth functioning of a business built on bloodshed.”

Former federal prosecutor Dan Goldman is the beneficiary of AIPAC spending in a NY congressional primary victory over a progressive, while AP’s Matt Lee quizzes the State Department about why it’s had Israel’s supposed evidence for designating Palestinian human rights groups as terrorists for nearly a year and not been able to say there’s nothing there.

Maxwell Alejandro Frost (Photo: Maxwell Alejandro Frost for Congress)

Gen Z Democratic candidate for Congress Maxwell Frost seems to be a progressive in every way imaginable — except for Palestine. The 25-year-old Florida politician presents a particularly distressing dilemma for progressive Palestine advocates. His politics are not just progressive, but almost revolutionary in mainstream politics. And he is being celebrated by prominent Democrats. 

U.S. Liberal Zionists have now upped the pressure on the Biden administration to condemn Israel’s “persecution” of Palestinian human rights group, by issuing statements that Israel’s declaration of the groups as terrorist is “baseless.” Let’s hope J Street victorious NY endorsees Jerry Nadler and Jamaal Bowman now join other Congresspeople in condemning the action.