Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a hasty trip to Washington this week to push Donald Trump toward war with Iran. Although little has been made public from the meeting, it appears Netanyahu has failed — for now.
AIPAC spent millions in New Jersey’s 11th district to take out Tom Malinowski in the Democratic primary after he hinted at conditioning aid to Israel. They sank his campaign, but they helped Analilia Mejia, a candidate much further to the left, win.
The Israeli government recently took radical steps to change the legal status quo in the West Bank. Here’s what these changes mean and how they set the stage for annexation.
Leqaa Kordia was recently hospitalized after a seizure as she approaches a year in government detention. Her family and attorneys say she is being subjected to worsening conditions as punishment for her Palestine activism and her faith.
Recent news stories have thrust the issue of Palestinians returning to their homes and lands back into the spotlight. The Right of Return remains the core Palestinian demand because it is fundamental to what it means to be Palestinian.
Columbia protester Leqaa Kordia has been detained by ICE for nearly a year and was recently hospitalized due to a seizure. Kordia’s lawyers and family members were not told where she was and were not allowed to speak to her for more than 3 days.
Two recent episodes have shown how liberal institutions like Human Rights Watch and Doctors Without Borders are designed to recognize the violence that shapes Palestinian life but not challenge the systems that produce it.
Birzeit University is no longer what it once was. The transformation has been gradual and, therefore, easily rationalized, but the result has been the hollowing out of a university that once led the Palestinian struggle.