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News & Analysis
“They’ve incited hate through their speech. They’re trying...to intimidate and bully members of Congress from speaking out.” In an exclusive interview, Congresswoman Betty McCollum spoke to +972 Magazine about her decision to call AIPAC a "hate group" after the Israel lobby group attacked her over her Palestinian human rights advocacy in Congress.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Amazon offers free shipping to illegal, segregated Jewish-only Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. But Palestinian customers who select their address as the Palestinian Territories are subject to shipping and handling fees upwards of $24.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), an outspoken critic of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, accused the influential lobby group American Israel Public Affairs Committee of being a hate group that weaponizes anti-Semitism to silence dissent.
about 1 week ago
Art
Even in the arts, it can be rare to see Palestinian stories and identities shared, especially with mainstream audiences. THE VAGRANT TRILOGY, a three-part play by award-winning playwright Mona Mansour, offers just that. Opening in March at The Public Theater in New York City, the play is about Palestinian displacement set in the context of the 1967 Six-Day War.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Billionaire and staunch supporter of all things Israel, casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson is expected to donate 100 million to reelect Trump and other conservative republican politicians. What else does Adelson fund? Silencing free speech on college campuses.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
It's strawberry harvest time for farmers in occupied Gaza. But Israel’s blockade is blocking farmers from exporting their products to the West Bank and even restricting fertilizer use.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Two of Israel's ministries are proposing a waste management plan that threatens to turn the occupied West Bank into “the garbage bin of Israel.
about 1 week ago
News & Analysis
Last year activists and progressive groups called on 2020 Democratic candidates to skip the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC. Here's how these candidates responded when asked if they'll #SkipAIPAC this year.
about 2 weeks ago
News & Analysis
Here's what Israel does to Palestinians in jail: One of the men was hospitalized with kidney failure and 11 broken ribs. Another was nearly unrecognizable to his wife... A third was stitched up after being attacked by a security dog.
about 2 weeks ago