Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing him of lying on his Green Card application. But those close to him say he’s a ‘political prisoner’ being targeted for his criticism of Israel.
The residents of crowded tent encampments in Gaza now suffer from an infestation of rodents that bite people in their sleep. This week, a one-month-old baby was mauled in the cheek, leaving him in “critical condition,” doctors say.
The plan to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani was the result of a years-long harassment campaign against the activist, carried out by a wide network of Zionist organizations and elected officials who have promoted violence against Palestinians.
Benjamin Anthony’s speech at New York’s influential Park Avenue Synagogue, where he argued that U.S. Jews need to support ethnic cleansing in Gaza, illustrates how the American Jewish community has embraced Israeli racism and brutality.
“Israel is seeking to exploit the war … to impose new realities and facts on Jerusalem,” says Greek Orthodox Archbishop Attalah Hanna. “[This] is an attack on Jerusalem, its identity, its history, its heritage as Christian and Islamic holy sites.”
Human rights groups condemned a new Israeli law targeting Palestinian prisoners with the death penalty as a possible war crime and “deeply discriminatory.’ Meanwhile, Israeli ministers celebrated the law’s passage with champagne on the Knesset floor.
Alexander Heifler, accused of plotting to assassinate Nerdeen Kiswani, was part of a group influenced by Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League. What is the JDL, who is Kahane, and how do they continue to inspire Zionist violence?
Alexander Heifler, 26, was arrested over an alleged plot to firebomb the home of Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani. Heifler was reportedly a member of the extremist group the “JDL 613 Brotherhood” and planned to flee to Israel after the attack.