Ilhan Omar lays out Israel’s crimes
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / August16, 2019
In a series of Tweets on Friday remarkable for their clarity and honesty, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has laid out Israel’s crimes and abuses of Palestinians.
On Thursday, Israel confirmed that it would bar Omar and fellow Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib from traveling on a congressional delegation to Israel and the...
This is a new low – Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar entry to Israel/Palestine...
When Trump encouraged Israel to bar Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, he set another stunningly awful precedent.
John Nichols
The Nation / August 15, 2019
The Israeli government’s decision to bar elected members of the United States Congress from entering Israel and the West Bank is bad enough. But Donald Trump’s cheerleading for the...
Religiously inspired colonial nationalism feeds Israel’s wars
Rod Such
The Electronic Intifada / August 14, 2019
War over Peace: One Hundred Years of Israel’s Militaristic Nationalism by Uri Ben-Eliezer, University of California Press (2019)
War over Peace, by the Israeli sociologist Uri Ben-Eliezer, raises several questions about the nature of Israeli society, chief among them being: Why has Israel attempted...
UN religious freedom monitor working with Israel lobby
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / August 13, 2019
The United Nations expert charged with monitoring religious freedom around the world is being accused of ignoring Israel’s systematic violations of the rights of Palestinians to observe their faith.
Ahmed Shaheed, the UN special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, is also...
Leaked report accuses top UNRWA Officials of misconduct, mismanagement and worse
Ian Williams
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs / August-September 2019
Early in June, a file landed on my desk. It was a devastating exposé of the top management of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the agency that, since 1948, has...
Israeli politician Ehud Barak often crashed at Epstein apartment building, neighbours say Emily Shugeman
Residents of a building owned by Jeffrey Epstein’s brother say the former Israeli prime minister was a frequent guest when he was in New York.
Emily Shugeman
The Daily Beast / August 6, 2019
The residents of 301 East 66th St. always knew Ehud Barak was there by the flashy cars parked outside and...
Dangerous bill in Congress to crush the PLO and PA
Zaha Hassan
Al-Shabaka / August 13, 2019
A bipartisan US bill currently being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee puts at stake the ability of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to engage diplomatic and legal channels to support Palestinian national aspirations and to seek accountability through international mechanisms, as well as...
‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy
Gabby Orr
POLITICO / August 12, 2019
A Trump-supporting West Virginia state senator who represents many evangelicals got three phone calls from constituents complaining about Trump’s profanity after a recent rally.
Paul Hardesty didn’t pay much attention to President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned...
Al-Aqsa, the site that cuts to the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Why are clashes so common around the Haram Al Sharif?
The National / August 11, 2019
Clashes have again flared up around Al-Aqsa mosque compound with police using sound grenades to disperse Palestinian protesters on Sunday.
But the site has a long and complex history that gets to the heart of the...
