Month: July 2023

Peter Beinart For Democratic leaders like Joe Biden, Herzog embodies the good Israel. Unfortunately, they are wrong. Why are President Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress so eager to welcome Isaac Herzog, the president of Israel, to Washington this week? Because he’s an Israeli leader not named Benjamin Netanyahu. Many Democrats revile Netanyahu, who undermined Barack Obama and… Continue reading Why progressives like AOC are right to boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog

10:36AM JULY 18, 2023 (The Australian) President Joe Biden agreed Monday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this year in the United States but declined, amid months of tension, to specify if this would be at the White House. The offer of a meeting, made on the eve of a White House… Continue reading Biden agrees to meet Netanyahu in US, easing lengthy tensions

It’s showing up in public opinion, media coverage, and even political and policy discourse. PHYLLIS BENNIS The United States’ support for Israel—military, financial, diplomatic and more—is an old story. It hasn’t changed much, other than to escalate. Israel bombs Gaza, and Congress votes to send hundreds of millions of dollars beyond the $3.8 billion mandated… Continue reading On Israel and Palestine, US Electeds Are Out of Touch With Their Own Voters

Palestine Red Crescent Society says there were 193 incidents targeting healthcare staff and vehicles in 2023 Medics working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are being supplied with helmets and bulletproof vests after attacks on healthcare workers and ambulances by Israeli forces and settlers. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, there were… Continue reading West Bank medics given bulletproof vests after rise in attacks by Israeli forces

BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently announced that Israel must block the path to establishing an independent Palestinian state. During a closed-door meeting with the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, Netanyahu stated, as the Israeli state-owned television Kan reported, “We are making preparations for the post-Abu Mazen (Palestinian President… Continue reading Netanyahu’s vision for 2-state solution: No Palestinian sovereignty involved

Rep. Pramila Jayapal said ‘we’ve been fighting to make it clear that… the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away’ amid growing boycott of Israeli president’s Congress speech WASHINGTON — Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on Saturday condemned Israel as a… Continue reading Top Progressive Democrat: Israel Is Racist State, Two-state Solution Doesn’t Feel Possible

of Palestinian displacement since 1948 Anne Irfan July 7, 2023 The Israeli army’s recent attack on Jenin refugee camp resulted in 13 deaths (12 Palestinians, including four children, and one Israeli soldier killed by suspected friendly fire). An additional 143 Palestinians were injured, with 20 in critical condition, and up to 4,000 displaced. While this mass… Continue reading Jenin attack created 4,000 new refugees, part of the endless cycle

The Nation / Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham The Israeli military wants the homes of Masafer Yatta for target practice. And the country’s Supreme Court says that’s totally kosher. So’ed Od, a 13-year-old girl, is one of around 1,000 Palestinian residents of the eight villages in Masafer Yatta—a small region of rugged hills at the… Continue reading The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court

The brutal assault was an ‘operation’ in their accounts, dripping with insincerity that George Orwell warned about. Many Western journalists are prepared and willing to lie to defend Israel, no matter what it does. They will never admit it, but they do – again and again. They lied often while the militant leaders of an… Continue reading Why the Western media lied about Israel’s Jenin siege

LONDON: The Israeli military occupation has turned Palestine into an “open-air prison” where Palestinians are “constantly confined, surveilled and disciplined,” according to a UN expert. In a new report for the Human Rights Council, Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Palestine, said that Israel has crushed basic human rights and used mass incarcerations… Continue reading Israeli occupation has turned Palestine into an ‘open-air prison,’ says UN expert