US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered today to Israel two parting gifts of inestimable value on his farewell tour of the Middle East, the importance of which go well beyond his visit to the illegal Israeli colony of Psagot in the Palestinian West Bank. His last-minute moves to further legitimatize Israeli annexation, and delegitimatize opposition to Israel’s apartheid rule over the Palestinian people, will be difficult for the incoming Biden administration to reverse.
A group of Republicans senators led by Arkansas’ Tom Cotton are urging the Trump administration to label West Bank goods as “Made in Israel.” A letter sent to Trump by the lawmakers was obtained by Axios. “This decision would support Israel and push back against anti-Semitism and the BDS movement,” it states.
A Georgia state legislator who has pushed the anti-boycott law in that state testified that the Israeli consulate “asked me” to make changes in the legislation. She appeared at the hearing with an Israeli consular officer seated at her side, and introduced him to the legislative committee.
Unlike the other Democratic GA Senate candidate, Jon Ossoff has not made a misstep on his Israel positions, but shrewdly given nods to both conservative and liberal Zionists. He says the two-state solution is on “life support,” but has couched criticism of Israel in the language of Zionism. “I oppose Israeli annexation of the West Bank. What I want is for Israel’ s security as a homeland for the Jewish people to be secured and strengthened with U.S. support.”
More than a dozen filmmakers have honored a call by Queer Palestinians to withdraw from TLVFest, the Israeli government-partnered LGBT film festival, over its role in the Israeli government’s pinkwashing agenda.
22 percent of Jews under 40 support boycott of Israel, according to exit polling. That’s shocking news for liberal Zionists who would constitute the mainstream Israel lobby under a Joe Biden presidency.
As expected, every member of The Squad was easily reelected. And this time they will be joined by even more left-leaning lawmakers.
Who is allowed to discuss the Jewish narrative of Zionism in Berlin? Apparently, not Israelis as Germany tests its first case of a new anti-BDS law, surprisingly targeting a group of Israeli artists.
Yumna Patel, Michael Arria, and Phil Weiss discuss Palestinian views of the U.S. election from the West Bank, what the Palestine solidarity movement should expect under a second Trump term or a Biden presidency, and what to look for on election night and beyond.
Two resolutions designed to crack down on pro-Palestine activism at Butler University failed to pass the Student Government Association.