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Audio/VideoIn the NewsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Listen: DNC delegates support Palestinian rights, even if Democratic Party doesn’t

Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 27 July 2016 Human rights activists converged in Philadelphia this week to campaign for Palestinian rights during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). While Hillary Clinton secured the party’s presidential nomination, activists attended alternative events and organized Palestine solidarity actions. Clinton has promised to bolster the US alliance with Israel. The party and its nominee have […]

By admin • July 27, 2016 4 min read
Audio/VideoIn the NewsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

New Law Would Track International Movement to Boycott Israel

  February 26, 2016 New Law Would Track International Movement to Boycott Israel Josh Ruebner says fears over the impact of the new law are overblown but many more anti-BDS measures are being considered nationwide biography Josh Ruebner is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace (Verso Books, September 2013). He is the […]

By admin • February 26, 2016 6 min read
Audio/VideoUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Netanyahu’s on Capitol Hill… He Wants More Money

LISTEN  DOWNLOAD | COPY RSS LINK | OPEN IN ITUNES Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in town again and he’s here to ask President Obama for more money and weapons. Though Israel already receives more of America’s foreign aid budget than any other nation, Netanyahu is requesting an increase in aid from 3 billion dollars to 5 billion per year for the […]

By admin • November 11, 2015 1 min read
Audio/VideoIn the NewsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Gaza: One Year After

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen Would any other country have gotten away with it? It might be best called Israeli Exceptionalism. After a 51 day war on the Gaza Strip, more than 2,200 Palestinians died and the infrastructure was devastated. Seventy seven Israelis died, all but one a soldier inside Gaza. Today there is […]

By admin • August 18, 2015 1 min read
Audio/VideoIn the NewsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Should Congress and state legislatures take action against a global movement to boycott Israel?

Updated: Wednesday, June 17 2015, 06:11 PM CDT A Palestinian effort to cripple Israel’s economy is gaining traction across some parts of Europe and college campuses in America. The movement called Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions, or BDS is challenging Israel’s discriminatory practices and defiance of international law. Josh Ruebner is a policy expert with the […]

By admin • June 17, 2015 2 min read
Audio/VideoIn the NewsUS Campaign for Palestinian Rights

Congress sneaks amendment to criminalize boycotts of Israel into TPP Fast Track bill

KBOO 90.7 FM Portland, OR Listen to the radio interview here. Legislation penalizing organizations for participating in the B-D-S movement against Israel, has been quietly attached to the Fast-Track Legislation that is winding its way through Congress. The B-D-S movement, which stands for boycott, divest, and sanction, is a growing international effort began in 2005 […]

By admin • April 24, 2015 2 min read