Zionism is being delegitimized in an age of equality — as Israel continues to resort to greater extremism. Regardless, the Biden administration and Israel’s mouthpieces in Congress insist on its “right to defend itself.”
On this day 75 years ago, my grandmother and her family survived the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948. I inherited my family’s memories, the scars that come with them, and the duty never to forget.
Itamar Ben-Gvir is one step closer to having power over his own “private militia,” rights groups warned this week after the Israeli government advanced the creation of a National Guard.
The recent crackdown on worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound has confirmed the fears of many in Gaza: the Netanyahu government is provoking Palestinians as a pretext to launch another war.
The New York Times coverage of the latest crisis in occupied Palestine is so distorted and so biased that it must have been deliberate.
Temple Movement activists are trying to enter the Aqsa compound to slaughter goats and challenge the Muslim presence in the holy site. Palestinian worshippers remaining in the mosque during Ramadan are resisting.
The Biden State Department refused to condemn Israel’s storming of Al-Aqsa mosque, and blocked a U.N. Security Council statement criticizing the raids.
The State Department swiftly changed the subject from Israel’s storming of Muslim holy sites to rocket attacks on Israel. “We recognize that Israel has the legitimate right to defend itself against all forms of aggression.”
On April 4 and 5, Israeli forces attacked Palestinian worshipers at the Al-Aqsa compound, and rights groups say more than 400 were arrested. Palestinians from the river to the sea are rising up in outrage.
Israeli forces conducted violent raids on the Al Aqsa Mosque compound two nights in a row, beating worshipers and forcing Palestinians out of the holy site in order to make way for Jewish pilgrims on Passover.