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Sanctions. “BDS” may be the three peaceful actions which can stop Israeli crimes against humanity in Zionist-occupied Palestine. That, at least, is what an internationally growing number of people believe. The BDS movement seeks to isolate the racist, apartheid, genocidal state of Israel on three fronts: academic, cultural and economic. The academic boycott, for example, includes the likes of famous physicist Stephen Hawking, and also the 5,000-member American Studies Association (ASA). And...

Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu in New Orleans in 2010. Photo by Israeli government press office. Happy holidays and a happy end to 2020! This is Phil Weiss and I’m filling in for Michael Arria on this newsletter this week, and the best value seemed to me to relay what the Democratic Party’s Israel lobby sees as Israel/Palestine policy under a Biden administration. What will Biden do on the conflict? What should he do? And there’s a consensus from Israel’s liberal supporters....

Something that we have never seen before. that level of cruelty, that kind of vigilanteism is something we have never seen before. its not usual. its not routine. and, again, it is to the credit of the israeli law authorities that theyve been dealt with swiftly and will be hopefully brought to justice swiftly. >> this all, of course, comes against a background of context of a peace process, if you can even call it that, which is essentially defunct and/or stalled and equilibrium that has preserv...

Seen before. that level of cruelty, that kind of vigilanteism is something we have never seen before. its not usual. its not routine. and, again, it is to the credit of the israeli law authorities that theyve been dealt with swiftly and will be hopefully brought to justice swiftly. >> this all, of course, comes against a background of context of a peace process, if you can even call it that, which is essentially defunct and/or stalled and equilibrium that has preserve for a long period of time t...

Who you ask. im a palestinian-american with family who lives in palestine. we live actually only a few feet away from a settlement. and this settler-incited violence happens often, unfortunately its not reported. a lot of questions i have about this american boy were outrage. hes currently under house arrest and has not been charged with any crimes. why is he the one being investigated and not the israeli officers who actually beat him almost to death is the question i have? >> there is, ori, a ...

Fraenkel family received a visit from relatives living near where his son went missing who came to offer their condolences. neftalis uncle actually spoke. the two men reportedly comforted each other. joining me now, linda sarsour, executive director of the american arab association of new york. and ori nir. and ori, let me start with you. its been interesting to watch the reactions among israelis and israeli society to the news of the murder, apparent murder of this young palestinian teenager be...