Category Archives: In the News

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 … Continue reading

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US must take action on Israeli settler violence

August 13, 2015, 07:00 am US must take action on Israeli settler violence By Josh Ruebner, contributor The sound of shattering glass startles you awake. Your lungs fill with the acrid smell of burning petrol. You lunge out of bed, the … Continue reading

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Congress holds hearing on Palestinian-led movement, without Palestinians

By Josh Ruebner, contributor   Getty Images Imagine if Congress held its first-ever hearing in the 1980s on the impact of boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against the apartheid regime of South Africa and failed to call a single witness who … Continue reading

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New Illinois law does not make BDS illegal

The Electronic Intifada Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 24 July 2015 Israel-aligned organizations are attempting to crush boycott organizing in the US. (Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr) On Thursday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law a measure that will seek to punish international companies that boycott Israel. The … Continue reading

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Eshoo, others go to bat for Palestinian village

Charlie Jadallah: Eshoo, others go to bat for Palestinian village By Charlie Jadallah Special to the Mercury News POSTED:   07/17/2015 01:47:05 PM PDT You have probably never heard of Susiya, a small Palestinian village in the South Hebron Hills … Continue reading

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One year after Gaza — no accountability

Mondoweiss: The War of Ideas in The Middle East Josh Ruebner on July 14, 2015 One year has passed since Israel began its devastating assault on the occupied and besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. The 50-day attack, which killed more than 2,200 Palestinians—more … Continue reading

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The case for US government sanctions on Israel

Mondoweiss: The War of Ideas in the Middle East The case for US government sanctions on Israel Jeff Warner and Dick Platkin on July 11, 2015 The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) is an important, nonviolent tool to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict under … Continue reading

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Democratic Support for Israel Is Withering Rapidly

Huffington Post Posted: 07/10/2015 12:06 pm EDT More troubling news emerged this past weekend for those trying to prop up the once solid, now faltering, bipartisan backing for Israel. GOP pollster Frank Luntz worriedly concluded that “Israel can no longer claim to have … Continue reading

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Ten Years On, the Undeniable, Growing Power of the BDS Movement

Published on Tuesday, July 07, 2015 by Common Dreams Ten Years On, the Undeniable, Growing Power of the BDS Movement Amid rising global support, Palestinian-led campaign is being met with backlash from Israeli and US officials, including 2016 presidential candidate … Continue reading

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Anti-BDS provision signed by Obama won’t stop this movement

THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA Josh Ruebner The Electronic Intifada 2 July 2015 The Israel lobby is fighting a rearguard action against a movement that it is powerless to stop. (Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr) As the Palestinian civil society-led movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) continues to snowball, as … Continue reading

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