By Haider Umar/Arab America Contributing Writer In the wake of the longest government shut down in US history, the first Senate Bill presented by Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sought to forward the demands of the Israeli government at the expense of our First Amendment. The Bill got 74 out of 100 votes in the Senate. … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/Contributing Writer There have been many developments in the past month concerning Palestine, The US, and Israel. Here are the top 5 most important and relevant events. 1. Palestine Given INTERPOL Membership September 27, 2017, Palestine was voted a full member of The International Police Organization (INTERPOL). As a new member, Palestine now … Continued
The U.S. Capitol Building (Upendra Kanda, CC) By: James J. Zogby Source: + 972 It is fascinating to watch some U.S. senators tripping over themselves as they attempt to defend their support for or opposition to proposed legislation that would make it a federal crime to support the international campaign to Boycott, Divest, or Sanction … Continued
By: Zaid Jilani Source: The Intercept_ SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS are trying to criminalize support for the campaign to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel for its occupation of Palestinian territories. The U.S.’s new premiere left-wing organization, however, is moving the other way, undaunted by the threat of legislation against the BDS movement, as it … Continued
By: Will Bredderman Source: Crain’s Constituents confronted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with questions about her support for a controversial bill that would penalize the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement—and extracted a promise that she would seek changes to the legislation or withdraw her backing. Residents crammed into the Queens Library branch in Flushing Monday afternoon to … Continued
Left: Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand at a pro-Israel parade in New York; right: Demonstrating in solidarity with Palestine at Northeastern University By: Sarah Levy Source: Truthout Hypocrisy among the American political class is not all that unusual, but sometimes the naked expression of it takes on shocking proportions. Proposed federal legislation known as … Continued
By: David Cole and Faiz Shakir Source: The Washington Post David Cole is national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Faiz Shakir is national political director of the ACLU. The right to boycott has a long history in the United States, from the American Revolution to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Montgomery bus boycott to the … Continued
By: Ma’an News Agency Staff Source: Ma’an News Agency An Israeli bill aimed at exempting Israel’s attempts at combating the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and efforts to “delegitimize Israel” from Israel’s Freedom of Information Law, which allows Israeli citizens to obtain information from the government, passed its first reading in the Knesset, Israel’s … Continued
By: Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Grim Source: The Intercept THE CRIMINALIZATION OF political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the West. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for wearing T-shirts advocating a boycott of Israel. The U.K. has enacted a series of measures … Continued
Hebron, Went Bank. Tali C. / Flickr By: DAVID PALUMBO-LIU – the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor at Stanford University. Source: JACOBIN In April, I described two resolutions up for approval by members of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the world’s largest academic organization of teachers of languages and literature. The first called on the organization to … Continued
Anti-BDS measure backed by Israeli right-wing group fails to pass Swiss parliament. (via Facebook) By: Adri Nieuwhof Source: The Electronic Intifada The Swiss upper house on Tuesday aborted an attempt to criminalize the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian rights. During the debate, the country’s foreign minister criticized the original anti-BDS motion, saying … Continued
By: Richard Silverstein Source: Tikun Olam This week, Norway’s largest labor union endorsed BDS. Before the vote, Israel’s ambassador, Raphael Schutz, posted a bizarre rant on Facebook which featured a picture of a banner at a Norwegian BDS rally. The banner showed an Israeli orange dripping (presumably) Palestinian blood. The clear implication of the protest … Continued
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