The Israeli Knesset just passed an amendment to the 2005 Disengagement Plan which will facilitate settler expansion in the West Bank and legalize racial discrimination.
Like Bezalel Smotrich, former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir also said Palestinians didn’t exist. A bipartisan group of House members wants the U.S. Treasury to mint a coin to honor her.
The last three Democratic presidents took a “cautionary tale” from Jimmy Carter and decided not to push the issue of Palestinian justice because it might cost them a second term, says Eric Alterman.
In a week that saw five more Palestinians killed including another deadly raid on Jenin, Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, American, and Israeli representatives met in Sharm El-Sheikh to formalize the war on Palestinians.
Speaking at a lectern featuring a map of “Israel” that included the West Bank, Gaza, and Jordan as Israeli territory, Bezalel Smotrich claimed Jewish Israelis are “the real Palestinians.”
Recent U.S.-led summits in Jordan and Egypt have formalized the campaign to quash Palestinian resistance. Now, in addition to Israel’s ongoing offensive, Palestinians must also face the PA, as it hunts the resistance from within.
Many big-name Democrats continue to profess their admiration and support for Israel and its fascistic leaders despite the country’s cratering support among party voters.
On March 16, Nidal Khazem was assassinated by Israeli special forces alongside his comrade Yousef Shreim. Mondoweiss spoke with Khazem in October 2022 in Jenin refugee camp. This is his story.
Political leaders would rather limit our freedom to criticize the horrors Israel inflicts on Palestinians than take an honest look at the apartheid system they support.
Israeli demonstrations have been Zionist-only. If Israeli liberals cannot make common cause with Palestinians, they will go extinct and have only themselves to blame. They will have thrown in with a rampaging society in the name of Jewish supremacy.