Rasmea Odeh. photo, Nehad Khader (Fight Back! News/Staff) By: Fight Back! Staff Source: Fight Back! News On July 13, over 75 Palestinian and Arab women gathered at Jerusalem Banquets to celebrate the release of Towards the Sun, a book written by members of the Arab Women’s Committee (AWC). In 2008, the Arab Women’s Committee devised … Continued
Mural of Rasmea Odeh, Palestinian woman leader and former political prisoner in the U.S., inside Reem’s Bakery. By: Terri Kay Source: Workers World Four Zionists blocked the entrance to Reem’s California Bakery here on July 8 in an effort to immediately discourage clients from entering and to ultimately put the bakery out of business. Reem’s … Continued
By KEVIN GOSZTOLA Shdowproof Recognizing the United States government would probably deport her eventually whether she won or lost her case, Rasmea Odeh pled guilty to a charge that she “procured” U.S. citizenship by failing to disclose she was previously convicted of a crime by an Israeli military court in 1969. The plea was anticipated. … Continued
Press release: The Rasmea Defense Committee WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (rally at 1:00 PM, hearing starts at 2:30 PM) WHERE: U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, Michigan The Rasmea Defense Committee is calling on everyone to mobilize for Rasmea’s final court appearance in Detroit on April 25th, … Continued
Organizing is hard work, but it’s the only thing that is guaranteed to make change in this world. (Lorie Shaull) By Rasmea Odeh The Electronic Intifada I was an infant during the Nakba, the 1948 catastrophe in Palestine. Growing up I heard many stories of pain and bitterness from my family, who were forced, … Continued
By U.S. Palestinian Community Network WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (rally at 1:00 PM, hearing starts at 2:30 PM) WHERE: U.S. District Court, 231 W. Lafayette Blvd., downtown Detroit, Michigan The Rasmea Defense Committee is calling on everyone to mobilize for Rasmea’s final court appearance in Detroit on April 25th, and … Continued
By Noura Erakat Jezebel “In the US, we are living in a time that is worse than the few years after the September 11th attacks,” said Rasmea Odeh to nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Chicago Teachers Union Hall to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8. “Israeli and U.S. policies make it easy to … Continued
Press release: Rasmea Defense Committee Rasmea Odeh, the 69-year old Palestinian American community leader who was tortured and sexually assaulted by the Israeli military in 1969, is bring to a close her battle to win justice from the U.S. legal system. After living in this country for over 20 years, Rasmea was charged in 2013 … Continued
Fight Back! News Michael Deutsch, Jim Fennerty, and the rest of the legal defense team for Rasmea Odeh are gearing up for trial, now scheduled for May 30. New motions filed this week put the question of Israel and its torturers front and center, and will be considered at a hearing on April 25 (moved … Continued
By Eli Massey The Chicago Tribune President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order Monday, reinstating a U.S. ban on visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and halting the U.S. refugee program for 120 days. On the same day, Israel issued a travel ban of its own, barring any foreigner who publicly supports the … Continued
Press release: Rasmea Odeh Defense Team Today, the lawyers defending Palestinian American activist Rasmea Odeh moved to dismiss the new indictment that was brought against her in December 2016. The motion and supporting brief argue that the government’s “superseding indictment has substantially broadened the scope of the trial and the evidence that will be relevant … Continued
Press release: Rasmea Defense Committee This morning, Rasmea Odeh and her defense attorney Michael Deutsch called into Judge Gershwin Drain’s courtroom in Detroit, where the judge and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel were in attendance. The parties all agreed on May 16, 2017, as the new starting date for Rasmea’s retrial. The defense committee will … Continued
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