This week, House Republicans pulled an anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) bill from the Congressional calendar, and it is not the only pro-Israel bill to get postponed recently.
Mondoweiss spoke with Lara Friedman about Trump’s pro-Israel Executive Orders and the anti-Palestinian legislation people should be watching in the new Congress.
Similar to attacks on LGBTQ books and works of “Critical Race Theory,” the pro-Israel crusade to suppress Palestinian voices is a systematic campaign of political targeting.
New Hampshire becomes the 37th state to adopt legislation targeting the BDS movement. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN praised the move saying it “[fortifies] the moral Iron Dome” protecting Israel.
At a time when the Palestinian freedom struggle is gaining steam and spreading internationally, Germany has made anti-Palestinian racism its new status quo.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a challenge to an Arkansas law that targets the BDS movement.
“Anybody who is contributing to the Israeli economy should stop. Stop that contribution until the wind changes.” Noa Sattath, an Israeli rabbi and civil rights activist often promoted by the liberal Zionist group J Street, called for crushing economic pressure on the fascistic new Israeli government during a webinar with Americans for Peace Now last week.
The right to boycott was protected by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case in 1982. The passing of anti-boycott laws is a dystopian foreshadowing of the ease with which fundamental rights can be taken away.
U.S. correspondent Michael Arria speaks with Palestine Legal’s Amal Thabateh about a US court of appeals decision upholding an Arkansas law that prohibits state contractors from boycotting Israel.
In a decision which could have far-reaching implications for political actions and free speech, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state of Arkansas was permitted to force anyone contracting with the state to pledge that they will not engage in boycotts of Israel.