All in Palestine in America
Al-Awda, the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition (A.N.S.W.E.R.) are teaming up to hold a national march to support Palestine and protest the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington D.C. on March 20.
National Students for Justice in Palestine has partnered with Birzeit University’s Right to Education (R2E) campaign to bring ten students to U.S. campuses this spring to speak about life and education under the Israeli occupation.
United States Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) received a $960,250 donation from a pro-Israel advocacy group, then spearheaded the signing of an open letter written in opposition of the Iran deal. The payoff has raised allegations that the senator was bribed to sabotage the deal.
Add another “W” in the win column for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)movement.
Abdelhameed Kouk, an 18-year-old Palestinian male who was reported missing early Tuesday morning was located at an undisclosed location after calling his parents from a bystanders phone later that night, according to a family member who requested to remain anonymous.
Abdelhameed Kouk, an 18-year-old Palestinian male, has been reported missing in Chicago on Tuesday.
Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf will perform in seven major U.S. cities during the Peace Cures Benefit Tour beginning next month.
In a letter addressed to the President and administration of Loyola University-Chicago (LUC), Palestine Legal and the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago (NLG-Chicago) called for the repeal of the school’s demonstration policy, which they say unfairly targets Students for Justice in Palestine and students of color.
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival is the longest running festival of its kind and has continued to grow since its inception in 2001.
Palestinian-American rapper Safi G from The B.A.N.D.I.T. Crew discusses police brutality in the United States and goes on to rhyme about how racism is still alive in this day and age in his new track “Freedom Anthem.”
Airbnb, the online rental service that allows travelers to “book unique accommodations around the world,” has come under scrutiny for listing homes located in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Benny Koval, an Israeli Jewish student at Fair Lawn High School in New Jersey, was threatened and harassed by her school’s administration for speaking out against Israeli apartheid, according to her tweets.
Last December, a group of U.S. citizens filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury, which alleges that 150 non-profit groups illegally sent $180 billion in aid to the Israeli army and Illegal settlements in Palestine.
While the movement on U.S. campuses to divest from companies complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine grows, large American-Zionist organizations have taken a new messaging approach to attempt to stem the growing grassroots tide.
Team Palestine for PCRF will travel to Bethlehem to participate in the Right to Movement Marathon in April.
Rumors circulated that Palestinian actors Yousef Sweid and Leem Lubany would have roles in the sixth season of the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” but Palestine in America was not able to verify the report.
The Obama administration continues to be criticized in the wake a Wall Street Journal report, which alleges that the Administration spied on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while the U.S. negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran.
University of Minnesota Law School activists paid a steep price for peacefully protesting an event that featured Moshe Halbertal, co-author of Israel Defense Force’s Code of Ethics, last November.
This year, the Israeli Embassy in the U.S. decided to send out holiday gifts comprised entirely of products made in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Golan Heights.
Left-wing journalist Doug Henwood recently refused to sell the translation rights to his new biography of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, entitled My Turn, to the Israeli publishing firm Probook Dyonon Publishing House.