Amnesty International’s bombshell report on Israeli apartheid has unleashed angry attacks from Israel lobbyists who say that the report endangers Jews, is “steeped in antisemitism,” and its “real agenda” is “Jew hatred.” And by the way, it dismisses 2000 years of Jewish history. While the liberal Zionist group J Street, which rejects the report, says that such accusations are inappropriate; and Americans for Peace Now says that the mainstream organizations are manufacturing outrage without having read the report, which reflects Palestinian experiences.

The Biden administration, and congress members from both sides of the aisle, are condemning Amnesty International’s new report on Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians.

The elites are finally not afraid to take on the Palestinian issue as shown by an overwhelming vote to condemn Israeli “apartheid,” passed by the convention of Washington, D.C., Episcopalians last week. “We will not make people happy with this resolution, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the right thing to do,” said Rev. Michelle Morgan, rector of St. Mark’s Church, Capitol Hill.

The New York Times relies on Amnesty International often but is ignoring the organization’s report charging Israel with “apartheid.”

Friends of Sabeel North America joins hundreds of religious leaders across the United States to call for an end to Israel’s unethical and immoral treatment of deceased Palestinians.

The Israeli spyware firm NSO Group was blacklisted by Biden administration because foreign governments were using its products to surveil academics, journalists and human rights activists. A top Israeli defense official has said that Israel encouraged the exports because they served the national interest. At a closed conference the official said, “We should have defended NSO rather than caving to the Americans.” –From the media watch by JVP’s Health Advisory Council.

Critical Ethnic Studies threatens Zionist and right-wing forces who seek to silence Palestinian narratives, and similar to Critical Race Theory it is under attack. In this climate, defending Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies program at San Francisco State University is more critical and urgent now than ever. 

The biggest obstacle to saving the fragile ecosystems of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea is Israel.

Amnesty International is the latest human rights organization to declare Israel an apartheid state, calling for an end to the “system of oppression and domination” it imposes on the millions of Palestinians living under its rule. 

The pro-Israel tactic of accusing advocates for Palestinian rights of antisemitism is weakening, as shown by a series of recent attacks. Now labelling Amnesty International an antisemitic organization for stating that Israel practices apartheid can only discredit those tactics further. Palestinians are becoming more relatable to the world, and the antisemitism charge is transparently its own form of bigotry, for it denies Palestinians the right to self-determination.