The imperative of fighting coronavirus with aggressive public health measures presents Israel with a choice — let Palestine go to hell, or take full control over the health system — and thereby exposes the political truth of Israeli governance. There is one apartheid state, with a legally privileged racial group and a second- and third-class subject population.

Amith Gupta examines why Governor Andrew Cuomo rebuked the Puerto Rican Day Parade while attending the Israel Day Parade in New York City: “This tale of two parades is remarkable in that it is very much a microcosm of politics in a state that is often reduced to little more than a bastion of liberalism.”

Activists will march from the Mt Kisco train station to Gov. Cuomo’s house next Wednesday night, July 6, to demand that he rescind his executive order barring state business with organizations that support boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. Looks like fun!