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Greatest Threat to Free Speech in the West: Criminalizing Activism Against Israeli Occupation

February 23, 2016February 17, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

The U.K. Government today announced that it is now illegal for “local [city] councils, public bodies, and even some university student unions … to refuse to buy goods and services from companies involved in the arms trade, fossil fuels, tobacco products, or Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.” Thus, any entities that support or participate in the global boycott of Israeli settlements will face “severe penalties” under the criminal law.

Essay Film Series: “Trip Along Exodus” by Hind Shoufani

August 9, 2021February 12, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

To try and understand his choice to give up a tenured position at a university in the U.S. and join the underground PLO in Beirut, his daughter, the filmmaker, made a documentary that traced her family’s journey through Palestine’s 20th century history.

‘Barbarism by an educated and cultured people’ — Dawayima massacre was worse than Deir Yassin

February 15, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

On Friday, February 5th 2016, Haaretz published an article in Hebrew by Israeli historian Yair Auron, which covers one of the biggest massacres of 1948. The massacre is of Al Dawayima, west of Al-Khalil (which is often referred to as Hebron). In a 2004 interview with Haaretz, Israeli historian Benny Morris refers to this as a massacre of “hundreds.”

Palestinian families homeless as Israeli military demolishes West Bank houses

February 18, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Israeli military bulldozers have demolished 23 houses in two impoverished southern West Bank villages, including structures that were home to more than 100 people. The demolitions, one of the most significant in recent memory, occurred in a controversial Israeli-designated military area known as Firing Zone 918, which comprises approximately 115 square miles (300 sq km) and was declared restricted by the Israelis in the 1970s.

Academic boycott of Israel takes off in Italy

February 18, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

More than 200 academics from 50 Italian universities have signed a call for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions until Israel complies with international law. This is the first time a significant number of Italian academics have taken a public stand in support of the Palestinian-led campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).

McCarthyism’s New Face: Blacklisting Boycotters of Israel

February 18, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

On Monday, Virginia’s General Assembly passed by for the day joint resolution HJ177 – a bill which opposes any attempt to economically or politically boycott Israel, including its economic, academic, or cultural institutions. Virginia is the most recent state to introduce a bill that officially condemns people, companies, schools, and other organizations that partake in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a movement that has gained significant momentum in 2015, particularly across college campuses and within religious organizations.

Flint and Gaza: Water Crises of Colonialism

February 18, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

The American public has been shocked to discover that the people of Flint, including children, have been being poisoned with lead by their municipal water supply since April of 2014. The questions of who took the decision to draw water from the heavily polluted Flint River, and why, have been fiercely debated in recent months. But one thing seems clear. The Flint public was deprived of an effective voice and had difficulty being heard. In essence, Flint’s population was under colonial rule because its local democratic institutions were sidelined by the state. For similar reasons, the population of Gaza, under Israeli occupation and blockade, is facing a severe water crisis. In both places, local people have been deprived of autonomy, and they face a severe public-health crisis as a result.

A gruelling life for Palestinian workers in Israel

February 15, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – During the day, the Bethlehem Checkpoint 300 tells only half the story. A few lone travelers make the crossing in mere minutes, passing through multiple electronic turnstiles and a warehouse-like compound, and undergoing a quick passport check before leaving the occupied West Bank and entering Israel. For Palestinian workers making their way through the terminal during the dead of night, however, the same crossing can take hours.

Knesset Suspends Three Israeli-Arab Lawmakers Over Visits With Families of Slain Terrorists

February 15, 2016February 10, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

The Knesset Ethics Committee suspended three Arab lawmakers on Monday, following a public uproar over their meeting with the families of slain Palestinian terrorists. MKs Haneen Zoabi and Basel Ghattas were suspended for four months, and MK Jamal Zahalka was suspended for two months. All the lawmakers are from the Joint Arab List’s Balad faction. The lawmakers will be barred from attending the Knesset plenum the end of the winter session, but will still be able to vote.