The state of Israel has transformed a supposed democracy into a nation committed to silencing, censoring, and criminalizing the Palestinian population in Germany. And it only seems to be getting worse.
Israel’s national airline, El Al, has a history of egregious racial profiling and invasive security checks for its flights in foreign airports. But a closer look into how El Al operates shows that Israel uses it as an intelligence front.
At a time when the Palestinian freedom struggle is gaining steam and spreading internationally, Germany has made anti-Palestinian racism its new status quo.
A new Amnesty International report documents Israel’s dystopian colonial surveillance in East Jerusalem and Hebron which have become “laboratories” for facial recognition and AI technology.
After Nerdeen Kiswani was subjected to a vicious Zionist smear campaign that ultimately led her to be denied from entering her homeland, she resolved to fight for liberation within our lifetime.
We must not simply fight for Palestine within the margins of what is socially acceptable. One way is to take a firm stand and mourn all Palestinians — including those who dared to fight.
German police removed a campus Palestinian advocacy group from a student government meeting after the pro-Palestinian students staged a protest over a bill that prevented students who support BDS from renting rooms at the university.
Israel has a long-standing policy of refusing to release the bodies of Palestinians who have been killed by its military for burial. This is yet another form of collective punishment, where Israel uses the dead as an example to anyone who dare challenges the apartheid state.
The Bundestag 3 for Palestine is challenging Germany’s anti-BDS law in court. “What unites us plaintiffs” they said, “is our unconditional support and commitment to human rights. Without exception, we oppose all forms of racism, discrimination and oppression: which must include the Palestinians.”
On Tuesday, May 15th, students at the Beacon School in New York announced a moment of silence for Palestinians killed in Gaza. Some Zionist parents of students called for the removal of the principal who allowed the commemoration. Hebh Jamal writes, “The careful targeting of academic institutions is a tactic that occurs in New York City all the time as any pro-Palestinian rhetoric is written off as terrorism or anti-semitism.”