Hassan Diab is a Canadian academic falsely accused of bombing a Paris synagogue in 1980. In April, a French court convicted and sentenced him to life in prison in a trial that can only be described as a mockery of justice.
The Biden administration says it will release a new report on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh after making some “technical” changes to its contents. Sen. Chris Van Hollen says any alteration “would violate the integrity of this process.”
Over three days, six Palestinians were killed by Israel in the West Bank and Gaza, including veteran Palestinian prisoner and hunger-striker Khader Adnan.
The Palestinian resistance in Gaza is responding to Israel’s killing of Khader Adnan while he was on hunger strike, launching 70 rockets into Israel. The Israeli response of bombardment has been swift, already killing a Palestinian in northern Gaza.
Thomas Friedman’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul is based on the false premise that the Israeli judicial system protects democracy. It never has for the millions of Palestinians under colonial rule.
A number of Palestinian film and arts organizations are calling for a boycott of Marvel Studio’s forthcoming Captain America movie over its inclusion of an Israeli superhero.
ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacked anti-Zionists in an address at the organization’s annual National Leadership Summit but barely mentioned far-right antisemitism.
Dr. Nader Hashemi says the University of Denver blindly accepted Israel lobby accusations against him without due process. The AAUP agrees and says the university violated his academic freedom.
Khader Adnan died in Israeli custody as he neared his 90th day on a hunger strike protesting his imprisonment. The veteran of eight hunger strikes, Adnan was a symbol of Palestinian steadfastness and resistance.
When scholar Omer Bartov described the “brutal” expulsion of Palestinians during the Nakba, he was heckled and booed. Audience members at the Center for Jewish History shouted “Shame!” and one walked out.