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https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/biden-administration-formally-resumes-assistance-to-the-palestinians     The money, which will go to non-governmental institutions distributing medical care and food assistance in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, reverses Trump administration policies of all but cutting off aid to the Palestinians, fulfilling a pledge Joe Biden made as a candidate.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://bdsmovement.net/A-Palestinian-Civil-Society-Critique-JDA   The "Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism" ( JDA ), despite its flaws detailed below, presents a mainstream alternative to the fraudulent so-called IHRA definition of antisemitism…The JDA can be instrumental in the fight against the anti-Palestinian McCarthyism and repression… Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://www.jta.org/quick-reads Over 200 scholars create new anti-Semitism definition that excludes backing Israel boycotts   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

  https://www.972mag.com/palestine-legal-boycott-ihra-israel/   Despite 'all-out assault' on Palestine advocacy, legal victories and grassroots organizing are creating new opportunities for activism under Biden, says Palestine Legal attorney Meera Shah. Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://www.nhregister.com/opinion/article/Opinion-We-re-fighting-anti-Semitism-the-wrong-16039389.php     …In 1993 it came out that the ADL had run for years a vast spying operation on Arab-Americans, African-Americans, Native Americans and left-wing groups… We need leaders who realize that the fight against anti-Semitism is a fight against all racism and not an effort to advance Jewish nationalism…     Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/15/us-policy-ignores-palestinian-human-rights Israel operates with impunity, while Palestinian actions have been scrutinized and condemned and their protests ignored or silenced. [To the rep[eated question, "where should they go to defend their rights?" the State Department had no answer]. Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member  

https://www.972mag.com/palestine-legal-boycott-ihra-israel/   Despite 'all-out assault' on Palestine advocacy, legal victories and grassroots organizing are creating new opportunities for activism under Biden, says Palestine Legal attorney Meera Shah.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://www.972mag.com/gaza-covid-poverty-women-children/ With a fragile health system in the blockaded strip, infected Palestinians were sent to home quarantine — putting poor families, women, and children at risk.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol23-1/an-environmental-nakba-the-palestinian-environment-under-israeli-colonization/   …Here, we focus on the environment and sustainability in Palestine, an often overlooked casualty of the colonial occupation…[but see their conservation work at https://www.palestinenature.org/ ]   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://www.972mag.com/silwan-evictions-balfour-protests/ With little hope that the courts will stop the settlers' eviction campaign, one Palestinian activist feels energized by the Israelis joining the neighborhood's struggle.   Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member

https://jewishinsider.com/2021/03/tony-blinken-biden-ihra-definition-antisemitism/ Secretary of State Tony Blinken acknowledged the administration's position in a recent letter to the American Zionist Movement Posted by Judith Ferster, Voices for Justice in Palestine member