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1-30-2021‘Israel has a stranglehold on Congress’ – Former Congressman Traficant – IsraelPalestine News

https://israelpalestinenews.org/former-congressman-traficant-israel-has-a-stranglehold-on-congress/?utm_source=If+Americans+Knew+Subscribers&utm_campaign=96416a1bf7-IAK_Daily_Updates&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_492062bf3f-96416a1bf7-329686989 [Nine-minute interview with former Representative Jim Traficant]   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member  

1-27-2021 ‘What did the world give us?’ A letter to President Biden from Nabi Saleh - Bassem Tamimi +972

https://www.972mag.com/biden-letter-tamimi-nabi-saleh/ If there is a chance left for peace, then the path leading to it can only be through the Palestinian people and their legitimate leaders. Neither Arab normalization , the " Deal of the Century ," nor tepid pressure can impose any solution that neglects the rights of our people.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-25-2021 How an Israeli smear campaign is ripping away funds from Palestinian farmers - Alex Kane and Mariam Barghouti +972

https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-funding-uawc-israel-lobby/ Israel lobby groups are targeting the funding sources of a major Palestinian agricultural union — by dubiously claiming it has ties to 'terrorists.' Other Palestinian organizations are facing the same attacks.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-24-2021 Trump Plan to Label pro-BDS Groups Antisemitic Is Off the Table – Judy Maltz, Ben Samuels Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-plan-to-label-pro-bds-groups-antisemitic-is-off-the-table-sources-say-1.9477763 Sources say the plan never materialized due to concerns surrounding free speech and the State Department's inability to complete the list and get it approved before the new administration stepped in   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-22-2021 Israeli harassment of Palestinian Bedouin village won’t let up - Kathryn Shihada Israel Palestine News

https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-harassment-of-palestinian-bedouin-village-wont-let-up/   Al Araqeeb, a Palestinian Bedouin village inside Israel, fights valiantly against the ethnic cleansing program of Israel. It's a battle for the record books [because of the number of demotions and rebuilding], and it isn't over yet.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-12-2021 Why B’Tselem is calling Israel an apartheid regime, from the river to the sea – Orly Noy +972

https://www.972mag.com/btselem-israel-apartheid-supremacy/ …With that, B'Tselem invites the Israeli public and the international community… to work to create a different future based on full and equal human rights for all the inhabitants of the country.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-10-2021 The role of the Israel lobby in JonOssoff’s ascendance – Alison Weir Israel Palestine News

https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-role-of-the-israel-lobby-in-jon-ossoffs-ascendance/ The new US Senator from Georgia, a 33-year-old who received the most campaign donations for a Senate candidate in US history, began his political career in 2006 helping to defeat Georgia's first Black woman to be elected to Congress [Claudia McKinney, who] had been targeted for removal by the Israel lobby…  Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

1-8-2021 60 High School Seniors Refuse ToServe In The Israeli Army--Or Kashti Haaretz (republished in Popular Resistance)

https://popularresistance.org/60-high-school-seniors-refuse-to-serve-in-the-israeli-army/   Sixty Israelis of eligible draft age have signed a letter declaring their refusal to serve in the military because of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. Departing from previous letters of this kind, the signatories call out the country's education system for various issues [such as emphasizing] Jewish narrative in the Bible and history classes and ignoring the expulsion of Arabs in 1948 and the current violation of human rights in the occupied territories… Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member