Over 11,000 people have signed a petition calling on Christina Aguilera to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel.
Members of the American Anthropological Association overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions with 71% of voters supporting the measure.
The Israeli army’s bulldozers and airstrikes not only leveled Jenin refugee camp, but paved the way for the PA to return to the camp and reassert its influence. This is the unofficial second phase of the Jenin operation.
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.
Activists say that new UK legislation to prohibit the boycott of Israel is “a grave attack on our human rights and our ability to defend human rights – not just in Palestine but around the world.”
Sam Smith’s decision to cancel an upcoming concert in Israel is being celebrated by activists, “Pressure from activists, organizers, and supporters of the BDS movement played a crucial role in this outcome.”
Israel’s far-right government provides Palestinian rights advocates an urgent responsibility and unprecedented opportunity to challenge Israeli settler-colonialism, apartheid, and occupation.
The New York Times appears to be tired of cheerleading for Israel, witness two opinion pieces this weekend: a long report by Thomas Friedman in which the columnist admitted at the start that “the prospect for a two-state solution has all but vanished;” then, a full page offering by the entire Editorial Board headlined that says that Benjamin Netanyahu’s likely next coalition government “is a significant threat to the future of Israel.” Neither article mentions apartheid.
The ACLU is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court over an Arkansas law that prohibits companies from boycotting Israel. “As Americans it is our right to boycott or not boycott anyone we please and it is none of the government’s business,” Arkansas Times Publisher Alan Leveritt tells Mondoweiss.
Today, Musicians for Palestine is announcing 700 new signers and releasing a second statement. Organizer Stefan Christoff joins the podcast to discuss this milestone.