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On September 30, a quartet of international representatives met in New York to discuss the unsolved issues in Israel and Palestine, specifically Jerusalem, which has been subjected to an escalation of violence against both Palestinians and Israelis in recent weeks.
After members of Boston Students for Justice in Palestine were removed from the overflow room at a Bernie Sanders rally, the democratic presidential candidate’s campaign issued an apology.
“It’s important to go to Rochester to not allow bigots to intimidate us…the truth cannot be crushed through violence.” These are the words of Rev. Graylan Hagler, a social justice and Palestinian human rights activist
Former Berkeley City Commissioner Cheryl Davila lost her seat after pushing a resolution calling on the city to divest funds from companies associated with the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
While it is no surprise that more U.S taxpayer money goes to Israel than any other country—in the form of military aid—it is surprising that the U.S. has authorized tax exempt charity donations to go towards Israeli groups that financially support Zionist terrorists in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Approximately 200 people gathered in the rain outside of the Israeli Consulate in Chicago last Friday to voice their opposition to the recent attacks at Al Aqsa Mosque by Israeli security forces last week.
A U.S. petition has begun circulating the Internet for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes committed during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip when he arrives in New York next month to address the United Nations General Assembly.
Fifteen American officials from the higher levels of the police and security forces of the United States visited Israel earlier this month.
Earlier this month, Palestinian human rights organizations renewed a demand to United Nations’ Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, urging the UN to terminate their contracts with the security company G4S, this time accompanied by over 220 trade unions, human rights organizations, and migrant groups in solidarity with the call.
Shurat Hadin, Israel’s Law Center (ILC), sent a letter to the President of General Electric (GE) Jeffrey R. Immelt, which demanded the company breach its labor deal with United Electrical (UE), and Radio and Machine Workers of America after the union endorsed the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
In May 2015, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) unanimously voted to mandate instruction in Arabic and Vietnamese for students who speak the languages at home.
Fifteen percent of Jewish settlers are American Jews who migrated to Israel in big numbers in the 1960’s and 1970’s even though the U.S. State Department’s official position is that under international law, Israeli settlements are illegal.
In the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting and the subsequent popular protests that rocked Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, many Palestinians at home and abroad witnessed something familiar —a capricious and racist regime that employed overwhelming force to quench calls for equality.
In spite of many United States Churches proposing to divest from the Israeli occupation of Palestine, many US Christian charities are donating millions to fund illegal settlement expansion.
American Airlines’ Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route will see its final flight on January 5, 2016, following the private airline’s announcement to bring the route’s six years of operation to an end. According to the Israeli Airport Authority, American’s Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route has seen 95,000 passengers this year , a 2.7 percent increase from the same time last year.
Last week, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did not approve the resignation of Chancellor Phyllis Wise, but shortly after her decision was rejected she announced that she has tendered her resignation for a second time and has declined an administrative position offered to her.
On Thursday, August 6, a federal judge dismissed Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) efforts to strike down Professor Steven Salaita’s lawsuit regarding his firing from a tenured position over statements he made on Twitter during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza last summer. The University maintains the decision over Salaita’s position is due to his comments “uncivil” nature and further argue there was no official contract between the professor and UIUC.
Last week, the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing “The Impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.” The committee is one of the most influential in the House making this hearing a good way to gauge how it will respond to issues when they are brought to the general body.
Adam Sandler, 48, is a well known American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. Sandler identifies as Jewish and a lover of the State of Israel.
The United States strongly condemns the murder of 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsha and the critical injuries his family sustained.
