Tell Congress to demand that Israel release Abdul-Khalik Burnat, his two friends, and the hundreds of other Palestinian men, women, and children, Israeli forces have recently rounded up, beaten, and imprisoned…
For more than 20 years Israeli doctors have worked with Israeli security forces in practices that violate medical ethics. The global medical ethics watchdog World Medical Association looks the other way…
Israel partisans are prominent in the campaign for governor of Georgia, pressuring and enticing candidates to support Israel…
In open letter, Christian leaders representing dozens of national orgs urge Congress to support free speech, oppose anti-BDS legislation.
Elie Wiesel became a spokesman for the world’s voiceless oppressed. But when it came to Palestinians, he had nothing to say.
The governors of Maryland and Wisconsin have issued executive orders promoted by the Israel lobby against boycotting Israel, hoping to curtail the growing support for Palestinian rights; such laws have been deemed unconstitutional…
Ha’aretz reports that Israel has secretly hired US law firm Sidley Austin to help fight the boycott of Israel. Israel has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past two years and calls the activities “diplomatically extremely sensitive.”
The ACLU has filed suit against a Kansas law against boycotting Israel. Such Laws violate First Amendment guarantee of free speech, as stated by the Supreme Court in 1982. “From the Boston Tea Party to the Montgomery bus boycott to the campaign against apartheid South Africa, political boycotts have been a proud part of this country’s constitutional tradition…”
Israel is funding anti-BDS actions around the world, with successes in Spain, France, Texas, and, most recently, Wisconsin, where Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and politicians Leah Vukmir and Dale Kooyenga are doing Israel’s bidding…
Israeli support for Kurds is part of Israel’s “divide and conquer” strategy. Palestinian analyst Lamis Andoni writes in Al Jazeera that Kurds’ culture and contributions have enriched the Arab World for centuries and that their rights should be supported. “Arabs are now faced with a very difficult dilemma between supporting the Kurdish right to self-determination, an inalienable right for all people, and resisting Israeli attempts to become dominant in Iraqi Kurdistan.”