Nakba survivors, activists, and Rashida Tlaib addressed an overflowing event to commemorate the Nakba despite Kevin McCarthy and pro-Israel groups’ attempts to cancel it. “Let the headlines read ‘McCarthy tries to erase Palestine but fails’,” Tlaib declared.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has blocked an educational event about the Nakba featuring Rashida Tlaib at the Capitol, saying he will honor Israel instead.
The fact of a one-state reality in Israel/Palestine has been obvious for years, but “those who spoke the truth out loud were ignored or punished.” Now that’s changed. So says a groundbreaking article in the establishment magazine “Foreign Affairs.”
On February 22, Israeli forces invaded Nablus, killing 11 Palestinians, and wounding more than 100 more. The Biden administration responded by calling for “both sides” to “de-escalate tensions.”
The use of the word apartheid to describe Israel’s treatment of Palestinians just keeps growing. David Rothkopf, the former editor of Foreign Policy, baldly states that Israel is an apartheid state in a piece published by Haaretz last weekend.
The “demise” of the two state solution has made it untenable not to talk about Israeli apartheid, even inside the Washington establishment.
Calls for sanctions and BDS against Israel in the wake of its new government’s “bold” actions against Palestinians are causing that government to dig in. Netanyahu ally Danny Danon called on the United States to block any UN Security Council resolution against provocative Israeli actions at the holy sites in Jerusalem. While Netanyahu minister Amichai Chikli accused Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid of being the “spearhead of the BDS movement.”
House progressives press the Biden administration over Israel’s discriminatory travel restrictions and warn against granting the country a visa waiver.
In an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill Maher compared Kanye West’s recent antisemitic comments to criticisms of Israel by Democratic House members.
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During a televised debate Arizona treasurer Kimberly Yee touted her opposition to BDS and accused her opponent of antisemitism for tweeting “Free Palestine.”