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The Huffington Post: Some Things Never Change: The Prawer Plan and the Legacy of the Nakba
JVP's Rabbi Alissa Wise writes about the 30,000 Bedouin facing permanent displacement because of the recent decision by Israeli ministers to approve Israeli minister Benny Begin's newest version of the Prawer Plan.
Thank You SF Supervisor Avalos
Update on attacks on American Muslim for Palestine (AMP)'s San Francisco bus ads.
Haaretz: Grandson of Americans is Israeli army's longest serving conscientious objector
Even after nine consecutive terms at Military Prison 6 - for refusal to serve in an army whose government he believes continues to occupy another people - Natan Blanc is standing firm.
Letters to SF Municipal Transit Authority in defense of AMP ads
Here are two letters submitted to the San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority.
Coalition urges SF authorities to refrain from stigmatizing political ads
Civil rights organizations call upon San Francisco authorities to resist pressure to stigmatize Muni bus ads that quote Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu characterizing Israeli policies as apartheid.
May San Francisco buses run ads critical of Israel?
A few months ago, I was appalled to see anti-Palestinian ads in San Francisco MUNI buses that referred to Arabs and Muslims as uncivilized and as "savages".
San Francisco Chronicle: Boxer's Israeli Visa Bill Stirs Backlash
The United States allows inhabitants of 37 countries to enter the United States without a visa, as long as they extend the same privilege to United States citizens and Senator Barbara Boxer is proposing to add Israel to that list - but without requiring equal treatment for Americans traveling to Israel.
JVP supports San Francisco bus advertising campaign
Jewish Voice for Peace supports SF bus campaign criticizing Israeli human rights violations, condemns local Jewish Community Relation Council’s attempt to muzzle political speech.
The National Interest: Israel's Fraying Image
A number of incidents suggest a cultural shift is emerging that could presage a reexamination of the nature of America’s political ties to Israel.
Divestment win at UC Berkeley this morning
Like hundreds of others in the overflow crowd last night, I'm completely exhausted after having spent 10 hours straight listening to an extraordinary night of emotional testimony about divestment at UC Berkeley.
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Tracking efforts to stifle debate on Israeli-Palestinian policy.
Who’s the Hypocrite?
by Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark The rush to denounce the renowned British physicist, Stephen Hawking, for withdrawing from the fifth annual Israeli Presidential Conference in order to protest Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, should have run its course in early May, flaring up as these things do, and then simmering down until Israel’s purported defenders stir up the next flap.
San Francisco bus ads condemn Israeli apartheid: backlash begins
American Muslims for Palestine launched an ad campaign this week on San Francisco buses condemning Israeli apartheid.
A Tale of Two Rabbis as Passover Draws Near
By Donna Nevel An event is taking place in New York City on April 4th to discuss the following questions: Is Israel—or can it be—a democracy?
Can Israel be Jewish and democratic? Ansche Chesed cancels forum contract.
Exciting times indeed.
Threatened lawsuit at Brooklyn College and Abuse of Title VI
By Cecilie Surasky, @CecilieSurasky on Twitter A few weeks ago, Brooklyn College stood up against a tsunami of whacked out, only-in-NY extremist-Israel politics and refused to either cancel or sever ties with a planned campus talk on the nonviolent Palestinian-led human rights movement known as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
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Reports on the struggle for human rights in Israel and Palestine
Just One More Unremarkable Arrest
A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her.
Today in Jayyous
A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel.
Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But will they Upset him Back?
Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, which will take place in only 3 days.
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