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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Photo: tlaib.house.gov)

A new Super PAC has reared its head and it’s made no secret of its first target: Rashida Tlaib. It comes as no surprise that Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American woman and the only Palestinian Democrat ever in Congress, is coming under severe attack ahead of her primary two months from now. But the nature of that attack is a particularly dangerous and pernicious one, and its nature is one that constitutes a unique and serious threat to not only advocates of Palestinian rights and freedom, but to progressives across the board.

Mondoweiss Podcast, Episode 36: Confronting Antony Blinken over Palestine

Mondoweiss talks to Nooran Alhamdan, a recent Masters graduate of Georgetown University about the action she and other graduates took to confront Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, over U.S. support for Israel.

Anti-Defamation League CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt. Credit: ADL.

We are U.S. Jews who are deeply troubled by a recent speech given by the Anti-Defamation League’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, in which he defames grassroots and civil rights organizations committed to Palestinian justice and falsely conflates anti-Zionism with far right and violent extremism. Jewish communities must embrace anti-Zionist and non-Zionist voices, along with all other voices for justice.

Palestinian journalists hold posters during a protest against the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was, shot dead by Israeli troops as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, in Gaza City on May 11, 2022. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

A coalition called “No Rugers to Israel” can document over 200 Palestinians killed or injured by Rugers — now including Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh — though it believes the true number to be far higher. “For years we’ve been calling attention to sales of Ruger guns and ammunition to the Israeli military which is a serial human rights violator,” says Stanley Heller.

Arabs are threatening to take over Israel and reduce the Jewish state to a 60-mile stretch of land on the coast, Defense Minister Benny Gantz warns a party meeting, reading out a crazed and surely-fake rant he received on WhatsApp. The Defense minister’s feverish credulity shows how unhinged and dangerous the thinking of Israel’s leaders is. But who is paying attention?

Israeli settler attacks Palestinian woman in Jerusalem's Old City during the 'Jerusalem Day' flag march, May 29, 2022. The flag march is an annual display of right-wing Israeli nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism intended to celebrate Zionist forces’ seizure of East Jerusalem in 1967. (Photo: Ohad Zweigenberg/social media)

An estimated 70,000 Israeli settlers participated in the annual flag march in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, with some crowds chanting “Death to Arabs.” Hundreds of Palestinians have been injured across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem as Israeli forces suppressed protests that erupted in response to the march. Follow here for news throughout the day.