After doing all he can to avoid confronting Netanyahu, Joe Biden called on him to halt judicial overhaul and said he’s not invited to Washington. Biden knows major Jewish groups have his back.
Coming soon if a Palestinian-American wants to travel to the occupied West Bank to visit their family, they will need to apply to the Israeli government for advanced permission, reveal the personal information of the relatives they plan on visiting, along with data of any land they own or stand to inherit in the territory. These are just some of the invasive restrictions that Palestinians who hold foreign passports would be subjected to according to a new ordinance published by the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, the Israeli government agency responsible for enforcing Israeli policy in the occupied territory. “This is Apartheid in action,” Ahmed Abofoul, a lawyer with Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq told Mondoweiss of the new policy.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib has introduced a historic resolution acknowledging the Nakba, which calls on the U.S. government to officially recognize the event and honor the rights of Palestinian refugees.
On March 18th, 2022, the National Political Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America officially dechartered the DSA’s BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group. This disciplinary action constitutes the latest development in an antagonistic relationship between the Working Group and the highest political body of the DSA in the fallout over the organization’s relationship to Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
We need Congress to embrace policies that uphold the basic rights of all people. Every progressive should join Rep. Jamaal Bowman in voting “no” on the Israel Relations Normalization Act.
Pelosi’s delegation hit Israel just two weeks after Amnesty International released its report on Israeli apartheid, where the human rights organization called for an end to the “system of oppression and domination.”
Jamaal Bowman’s actions are challenging the Democratic Socialists of America to demonstrate what solidarity with Palestine means.
The leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America have participated in one of the most time-tested rituals of those who prioritize cultural clout over political standards: selling out Palestine.
Openly demanding that the U.S. abandon talks with Iran, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett has just violated his deal with Biden that differences are to be worked out behind closed doors. He does so because the “special relationship” between the countries gives him power: the Israel lobby works inside the U.S. to make sure there is no daylight between the White House and Israel and to immunize apartheid. But the American people want distance.