It is not enough to be “technically” truthful, when the full truth of the matter is often right in front of us. Choosing to say that people like Hamad, al-Hathalin, and Asaad were not is an injustice to their memory, and to all the other Palestinian victims who have “died” as a result of Israel’s occupation.
Amnesty International Report Once again a mainstream human rights group has declared that Israel is…
The opposition to censorship and desire for young people to learn accurate history only extends so far. Predictably, the ADL draws the line at Israel.
The State Department issues lip service over Israeli killing of 80-year-old Palestinian-American in the West Bank. And Congress’s Progressive Caucus is also toothless. Last May progressive members spoke out against forced displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Today the ethnic cleansing just continues and where is the Progressive Caucus?
During their time in The White House the Trump administration helped negotiate a number of arms deals between Israel and other authoritarian governments, while cutting the Palestinians out of the process completely. This is sometimes hilariously referred to as a “peace plan”, but people usually roll with something less Orwellian and call it “The Abraham Accords.”
Given that there were so many important BDS fights in 2021, here are some products you probably won’t be interested in this holiday season, and the activists you can thank for it.