Over 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries have signed a declaration calling for the dismantling of the apartheid regime in historic Palestine, and the establishment of a democratic constitutional arrangement that grants all its inhabitants equal rights.
Israel has had a “temporary” law passed again and again since 2003 to deny both Jewish and Palestinian residents of Israel who choose to marry Palestinians the right to live with their partner in Israel. The Palestinian party in the new government is against extending it. While Netanyahu taunts that the government is reliant on anti-Zionists and pushes for a permanent law affirming Jewish supremacy yet again.
The Israeli government defused a political problem today by reaching a deal to evacuate illegal settlers from the outpost called “Evyatar.” The government wants no sources of tension with the Biden administration as the two governments commence a lovefest. But Palestinians cannot be happy with the deal, which allows a yeshiva to remain in the illegal colony.
The election of Naftali Bennett is a perfect illustration of how Israel’s system of apartheid works.
Over 16,000 artists, including hundreds of Palestinian artists, six Academy Award winners, and eight Pulitzer Prize winning writers, have signed a letter denouncing Israel’s apartheid system and calling on countries “to cut trade, economic and cultural relations.”
An international group of Jews is calling on Jewish institutions to take down the Israeli flag saying, “The Israeli flag has the status of the Confederate flag. We are appalled at the idea that it represents us. It should be taken down.”
On May 27th the UN Human Rights Council voted to establish an ongoing commission of inquiry to report on rights violations in Israel, the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. While this is very similar to the many commissions that have failed to hold Israel accountable in the past, Lori Allen says this one may be different due to the political context in which it is emerging.
Israel just wiped out entire families in Gaza in the name of apartheid. So this is not the time to tone down the “rhetoric” about Israel in the west. This is precisely the time to articulate these grave matters. These are not petty matters – these are crimes against humanity.
Rutgers University faculty condemns Israel’s military assault against the Palestinian people and joins all colleagues committed to combatting racism, colonialism, and settler colonialism.
Rep. Cori Bush’s statements in support of Palestinians during the most recent uprising reflect how the US discussion of Israel-Palestine is increasingly impacted by the anti-racism and anti-colonialism of the Black Lives Matter movement.