There’s a battle inside American institutions over the truth about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. The left is now fully aware that it’s apartheid and that the issue demands attention. But the establishment is fighting to keep that truth at bay.
Joe Biden can’t criticize Netanyahu and support the protest movement in Israel. No, only American Jewish groups have that power, former PM Ehud Barak says.
The White House push for Saudi-Israeli normalization is the tail wagging the dog yet again. The only ones who really want this deal are Israel and its lobby, to distract the world from apartheid in Palestine. So Joe Biden is taking it seriously, dispatching one official after another to the Middle East.
Shira Klein, a chief drafter of a letter attacking Jewish support for “apartheid,” saysThe list of signers of an Israeli scholars’ letter attacking Jewish support for “apartheid” reveals “the absolute fear” inside the Jewish community — many are afraid to sign the letter lest it damage their careers.
Why did progressive Rep. Becca Balint go to Israel on a trip sponsored by AIPAC? “I was on this trip with people who absolutely disagree with me,” she says. And left the trip off social media. Still!
American liberal Zionists are turning on Israel, thanks to the fascism of the Netanyahu government and the Israeli protests. They are denouncing Israeli “apartheid” and calling for boycott and sanctions against Israel for its human rights abuses.
Joe Biden has put out the word, go get your photo-ops with Netanyahu, and Democrats are all over Israel, sucking up; The New York mayor is going to Israel for four days to “combat antisemitism”; a Golda Meir biopic looks awful; and more!
With the most important political shifts in 30 years taking place in Israel, the U.S., and China, perhaps 2023 will be remembered as the year tangible political momentum shifted for Palestine.
The letter accusing Israel of apartheid initiated by Israeli Jewish scholars has given permission to commentators at mainstream publications to echo the accusation. Even J Street acknowledges it’s two sets of law based on “racial and ethnic” distinction.
This was the week Israelis turned on the Israel lobby, but an AIPAC delegation to Israel showed that Democrats aren’t ready to cut ties just yet.