Category Archives: US Campaign for Palestinian Rights

DC Coalition Using Divestment to Fight Israeli Occupation

DC Coalition Using Divestment to Fight Israeli Occupation User Rating: / 1 PoorBest  Community News – Community News Written by Fatimah Waseem, Muslim Link Staff Writer THURSDAY, 28 JULY 2011 11:14 The US Campaign to End the Occupation sponsors rallies and marches … Continue reading

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Rafah: Crossing Physical and Diplomatic Barriers

4Share Tuesday, July 19, 2011 The Palestine Center Washington, DC DOWNLOAD: Audio: [Right Click + “Save As”] Video: [Right Click + “Save As”]   “Rafah: Crossing Physical and Diplomatic Barriers” with Mr. Josh Ruebner National Advocacy Director, U.S. Campaign to … Continue reading

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Media Release: U.S. Coalition Contributes to Global Military Embargo on Israel

Media Release: U.S. Coalition Contributes to Global Military Embargo on Israel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2011 Washington, DC — The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (US Campaign) contributed today to the launch of a global military embargo … Continue reading

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“Sounds of Dissent” with John Grebe, WZBC Boston

In this radio interview, John Grebe and I discuss the Israeli and U.S. campaign to prevent the Gaza Freedom Flotilla II–Stay Human from sailing, implications of the Supreme Court decision Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project for the chilling of debate … Continue reading

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The UN Already Voted for a Palestinian state — in 1947

South Florida Sun-Sentinel By Josh Ruebner9:31 a.m. EDT, June 29, 2011 For all intents and purposes, the two-decade-long U.S. “peace process” — premised on privileging Israeli occupation and apartheid at the expense of Palestinian human and national rights — is … Continue reading

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When the Obama administration seeks to establish its pro-Israel bona fides, it’s no critics allowed

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/06/when-the-obama-administration-seeks-to-establish-its-pro-israel-bona-fides-its-no-critics-allowed.html by Josh Ruebner on June 16, 2011 Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer, who heads the department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs, delivered a humdinger of a speech yesterday to the AIPAC derivative “think tank” Washington Institute for Near East Policy … Continue reading

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Josh Ruebner at ADC’s 2011 BDS Town Hall Meeting

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Statement on Malek Jandali and the ADC Convention

http://blog.endtheoccupation.org/2011/06/statement-on-malek-jandali-and-adc.html For more than one decade, I have worked closely with the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). My earliest political activism includes organizing protests with ADC at the Israeli Embassy. After the tragic attacks of September 11, I helped organize … Continue reading

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The Emperor’s clothes are still on, for now (while his heckler is roughed up, hospitalized)

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/05/the-emperor%E2%80%99s-clothes-are-still-on-for-now-though-netanyahus-heckler-is-roughed-up-hospitalized.html by Josh Ruebner on May 24, 2011 Gliding down the aisle of the House of Representatives like a popular president about to deliver the State of the Union address, escorted by a phalanx of dozens of ebullient Members of Congress, Israeli … Continue reading

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Obama Enables Israeli-Palestinian Status Quo He Claims Is Unsustainable

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/obama-enables-israelipale_b_865792.html For all of President Obama’s repeated insistence that the status quo in Israeli-Palestinian relations is unsustainable, recent developments make clear that his administration has no new ideas or strategies to achieve a breakthrough toward peace. His statements during three … Continue reading

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