The Nation reports that as anti-war politics gain ground, Weiss’s Free Press is pushing to remove Trita Parsi from the US. She has spent her career suppressing opposing points of view, especially on the issue closest to her heart, Zionism.
Immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions, such as participating in pro-Palestinian campus protests or posting criticism of Israel on social media.
Israel kills at least 81 in Gaza on Thursday, incl 24 aid seekers; 273 known dead of starvation; famine confirmed; Israeli database: at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians; Israel ignores Hamas major concessions; Israel is stealing history; US itching to deport Palestine allies
“They wanted me to sign a statement admitting that I was a dangerous person. I didn’t sign it, and I say that all of us, peoples and governments of democratic nations, should no longer sign anything with Israel.”
The settler attackers roamed free, but Palestinians on the scene were detained, and the American nurse deported. “They don’t want people to feel comfortable helping Palestinians,” she said.
Evidence “strongly suggests” that groups including Canary Mission and Betar collaborated with Trump’s State Department to target Khalil, a green card holder.
On the same day ICE posted a social media graphic saying it is working to keep “illegal” ideas out of the US, a Louisiana immigration judge ruled the Trump administration could deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil for opposing the Gaza genocide.
Israel may or may not allow aid into Gaza; US under fire for ignoring Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American teen; Trump, Netanyahu reaffirm vision for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; Israel has turned 50% of Gaza into “uninhabitable kill zone”; White House blames Hamas for Israeli execution of Palestinian medics; more.
Until now, revocation of a permanent residency Green Card could only occur if its holder had committed a serious felony such as murder or rape, but the empowered pro-Israel partisans of the Trump Administration have now stretched that law to include criticism of Israel or Jews
Palestinian activist and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil speaks out from Louisiana immigration detention for first time