The people of Sabra & Shatila returned to live in the homes where their families and neighbors were massacred in 1982. Today, the Palestinian refugees are denied work permits in 30 professions and 40 trades outside the camps. Denied by Israel the right of return to their homes, they have no passports and are prohibited from owning and inheriting property.
Israeli forces destroyed a newly-built Palestinian elementary school on the first day of classes with no warning, leaving students to learn in tents and outside in the blistering heat. This is a situation that many American children would never imagine, but in the West Bank, it is a reminder of a hostile and violent occupation.
The Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee in the PA, activists, and parents, rebuilt the Jeb Al-Theeb School east of Bethlehem, which was demolished by the Israeli occupation on August 23rd.
State Sen. Daniel Biss, Democrat running for governor of Illinois, dropped his running mate Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa because Ramirez-Rosa mildly supports BDS.
Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, who represents some of Florida’s most poverty-stricken communities, proposes sending an additional $12 million to Israel on top of the over $10 million per day it already receives. He has visited Israel 18 times and sponsored numerous pro-Israel bills…
The murder of an American is being used to push new U.S. legislation on behalf of Israel, and to enrich an extremist right-wing Israeli organization with connections to an Israeli party outlawed by Israel as a terrorist organization, and that honors one of the most damaging spies against the U.S…
The SPLC has reaped a bonanza in donations following Charlottesville, despite the SPLC’s gargantuan budget, questionable financial practices, & sometimes pro-Israel stance. The Washington Free Beacon, CounterPunch, and Mondoweiss reveal little-known information…
A full page ad in the Harvard Crimson names 71 Harvard professors who signed a statement condemning potential harm to children done by boycotts, but would not sign a statement against ongoing, direct harm to Palestinian children. The ad, by If Americans Knew, details Israeli actions against children…
Reporter Judy Maltz reports in Ha’aretz on: “How Israel excludes those ‘not Jewish enough’: Meet the ‘second-class’ Jews whose plight is sparking an uprising against Israel’s supreme religious authority…”
Israeli forces destroyed three Palestinian schools for children in the occupied West Bank, just days before start of school year, as part of an ongoing attack on education in Palestine.