The global Black Lives Matter movement has become a major strategic threat to Israel. At least, that’s how the pro-Israel lobby increasingly views it. One obscure lobby group recently ratcheted up its anti-BLM rhetoric a notch. Something calling itself the “Zachor Legal Institute” has started to attack BLM online for supposed […]
Draft Democratic platform fails to endorse justice for Palestinians
Palestinian rights are becoming mainstream, and support for Israel is declining – especially among Democrats. But you’d never guess it from the Democratic Party platform, which refuses to use the word “occupation,” endorses $38 billion to Israel, and opposes BDS, the international human rights campaign that “upholds the simple principle that Palestinians are […]
Madonna demands Google to put Palestine back on the map
American singer, songwriter and actress Madonna expressed solidarity with Palestine over the weekend in a series of Instagram posts protesting against the removal of the occupied Palestinian territories from Google maps. Madonna’s solidarity with Palestine coincided with the launch of a petition calling on Google to explain its decision, which more than a […]
‘Israel’ arrests several Palestinian cultural workers in Jerusalem
Israeli police and intelligence officers stormed two Palestinian cultural centres in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday, seizing records and documents and detaining employees, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The Yabous Cultural Centre and the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (ESNCM), also known as the Edward Said Institute, are at the heart of […]