Palestinians in Gaza are debating the prospect of using Israel’s Ramon Airport after plans for its use by West Bank Palestinians were scrapped last year. But this won’t ease travel restrictions for most.
AIPAC is preparing to spend big on the Democratic primaries again. A recent congressional trip to Israel has demonstrated the power the organization still holds, even among some progressives.
This week unfolded in what has become a regular succession of punitive home demolitions, “lone wolf” attacks on settlers, mass arrests, Israeli military raids, extrajudicial killings, and political unrest.
The Biden administration plans to station Marines on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. This could trigger war with Iran, but most of the mainstream U.S. press is not paying attention.
More than 200 writers, academics, intellectuals, and activists have signed a call to boycott this year’s Santo Domingo International Book Fair over plans by President Luis Abinader’s right-wing government to honor the State of Israel.
So long as Jews and Palestinians don’t have equal rights, Israel risks “dictatorship,” say 750 academics in letter urging U.S. Jews to denounce “apartheid.”
Since its founding, Israel has crafted legal tools to advance the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The current judicial overhaul is part of this process and shows the state’s colonization plans are accelerating.
“We should make it clear…that US military assistance is not to be used to aid and abet settler violence,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen in a recent interview. Is the Biden administration listening?
Palestinians continue to face a now-regularized tempo of Israeli attacks from settlers and the military, yet this has not done away with their capacity to resist.