Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s recent trip to Israel and his vote for additional Iron Dome funding have prompted dozens of DSA chapters to call for him to be expelled from the organization.

Zeina Hutchison reflects on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People: “Today and always I remember, I reflect, I cry, I rejoice and I am humbled by the strength, heart, determination, beauty and achievements of my people; the Palestinian people.”

After Oberlin instructors organized a winter trip to Israel to help progressives understand Israeli democracy– without any mention of Palestine– Students for a Free Palestine circulated a petition on the Ohio campus against the trip that has gotten 600 signatures. The organizers have revised the trip to include Palestine and dropped its price from a whopping $4500 to $2500.

Ainsworth United Church of Christ of Portland, Oregon just pledged to be a Pillsbury-Free-Church in support of Palestinian human rights. Join us!

Over 200 people from the entertainment industry have signed a letter denouncing the Palestinian-led boycott…

The South Florida Sun Sentinel called progressive State Rep. Omari Hardy him “the future of the Florida Democratic Party” in endorsing him for Congress. And that terrifies the Democratic Majority for Israel, which is seeking to block his progress because he supports BDS and Palestinian human rights.

There’s a lot of news this week. The new Israeli government is pushing forward on settlement expansion despite surprisingly strong lip service against it from the Biden administration. And the unapologetic support for BDS from Omari Hardy, a progressive candidate for Congress in Florida, has caused a Jewish newspaper to smear him as a reincarnation of Hitler– and the Democratic Majority for Israel has leaped in to smear Hardy as an antisemite.

Reactionary Arab regimes are normalizing with apartheid Israel as international civil society, intellectuals, and artists honor the Palestinian call for BDS.

Israel will not end its occupation and apartheid regime of its own free will. We call on those appalled by Israel’s apartheid and by its attempt to crush human rights organizations, to join us in supporting the organizations under attack and to support Palestinian civil society’s call for BDS.

Hundreds of workers at Google and Amazon are demanding that the companies cut ties with the Israeli military.