Israeli historian Ilan Pappe documents in detail what Palestinian writers have previously described – even from its earliest days Israel was not a democracy. Even the socialist kibbutzim coveted Palestinian land…
This week in Palestine: Israelis kill two Palestinian children, punish hunger strikers
May 18 – 24, 2017: Israeli forces killed two Palestinian children, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and punished Palestinian prisoners on their fifth week of hunger strike.
Ma’an News: Palestinian prisoners’ committee: 80% of hunger strikers’ demands met by Israel
Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons suspended a 40-day mass hunger strike on Saturday following 20 hours of negotiations. A Committee of Palestinian Prisoners Affairs official said that 80 percent of the strike’s demands were met…
Palestinians urge U.S. to intervene in mass hunger strike as Red Cross stays “neutral”
The Palestinian Authority is asking the U.S. to intervene while the International Committee of the Red Cross stated that it is “neutral” institution that “neither supports nor advocates against a hunger strike.” Yet it was the ICRC that cut Palestinian family visits from twice a month to once.
ACTION ALERT: Support 1,000 Palestinian hunger strikers on 38th day without food
Amplify their voices by contacting your Congressional rep, calling Amnesty International and Red Cross, writing letters to media, attending a rally, and educating others on social media.
This week in Palestine: Israeli forces kill three, refuse to negotiate with hunger strikers
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and one Jordanian, injured and arrested dozens, including children, and refused to negotiate with Palestinian hunger strikers on their fourth week of hunger strike.
The Polemicist: Now They’re Really Gunning for Trump (The Israel Connection)
The Polemicist: The Democratic and Republican Parties can impeach Trump if they want to. And, as they never cease proclaiming, what Israel wants, they want. in the course of a single news cycle, the game has changed: Donald Trump has been accused of betraying Israel. Impeachment is possible…
Stanford Delegation & Samia Khoury report on Israeli incarceration of Palestinians, hundreds on hunger strike
Over one in three Palestinian men have been imprisoned by Israel since 1967. They are sentenced by a court system run by the Israeli military. 99.74 percent of the cases heard in military court end in conviction…
JTA: “Lauder vs. Adelson: Which Jewish billionaire has Trump’s ear on Israel?”
JTA reports that Trump takes advice on Israel from Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate; and Ronald Lauder, the cosmetics heir and president of the World Jewish Congress. Both are major supporters of Israel, with differing views. Lauder wants Trump to court Mahmoud Abbas. Adelson wants him to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem…
House passes bill requiring US to monitor European criticism of Israel
Congressman Ed Royce, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, commended the bill for encouraging the adoption of a uniform definition of anti-Semitism, which focuses on Israel, that law enforcement officials would then use…