Naomi Zeveloff and Nathan Guttman Jan 28, 2016 In his winery nestled in the rocky red hills of the central West Bank, Amichai Lourie prepares a shipment of award-winning vintage destined for the American market. On the labels, which carry Laurie’s signature, the winery clearly states that the product is “Made in Israel.” In fact, […]
Academics counter ‘Orwellian’ linkage of Israel protests with other progressive issues. 01/13/16 Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer “We’re not just cheerleaders,” says historian Kenneth Waltzer. As the BDS movement continues to roil college campuses around the country, the focus of attention in the Jewish community has largely been on students. High-profile and big-money efforts — $50 […]
The Electronic Intifada Josh Ruebner Activism and BDS Beat 12 January 2016 More than 3,000 people have already signed the US Campaign’s petition urging lawmakers to oppose Rep. Nita Lowey’s resolution in support of Israeli settlements. It’s not often that members of Congress publicly disagree with, much less condemn, the European Union. But […]
The Electronic Intifada Nora Barrows-Friedman Activism and BDS Beat 8 January 2016 A screenshot from a video of California lawmaker Travis Allen, second from left, drinking wine with Israeli settlers in a West Bank settlement in 2015. Allen has introduced legislation that would punish businesses that engage with the boycott of Israel. A law being proposed in New York […]
By Josh Ruebner, contributor Last month, the European Union published guidelines stipulating that products made in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem cannot be labeled “Made in Israel.” Instead, the labeling must clearly indicate that they were produced in an Israeli settlement. Although the guidelines do not ban the importation of Israeli […]
Mondoweiss DC protests mark the end of PEP era — progressive except Palestine Activism Kristin Szremski on November 12, 2015 The maelstrom known as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blown through the nation’s capital, and dozens of activists are taking a breather after weeks of organizing that culminated in several actions and events. While the rallies […]
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 […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2015 Progressive Except on Palestine: Activists Target Center for American Progress by MARK HAND The decision by the Center for American Progress, which calls itself progressive, to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu serves as another example of a phenomenon endemic in mainstream American politics called “progressive except Palestine,” observed Josh Ruebner, policy director […]
Think Progress Netanyahu Comes To CAP, Lays Out His Conditions For Future Palestinian State BY JUSTIN SALHANI & BEENISH AHMED NOV 11, 2015 8:00AM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, gestures as he speaks at the Center for American Progress as Neera Tanden, left, moderates, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his most […]
Al Jazeera’s The Stream interview me outside of the picket at the Center for American Progress before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s event there. Watch the video here.
