These days there are debates about the state of free speech in America everywhere, often with a specific focus on campus free speech, but the topic of Palestine is rarely considered.
Students across Britain are taking action as part of the 17th international Israeli Apartheid Week as the UK government increases its repression of Palestine activism.
Twenty years ago the entire U.S. establishment lined up behind our war on Iraq. It was one of the greatest disasters in history, and there’s been no accountability.
It has become clear that the Christian presence in the Holy Land is in grave danger from Jewish fundamentalists empowered by the new Israeli government.
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.