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In the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting and the subsequent popular protests that rocked Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, many Palestinians at home and abroad witnessed something familiar —a capricious and racist regime that employed overwhelming force to quench calls for equality.
In spite of many United States Churches proposing to divest from the Israeli occupation of Palestine, many US Christian charities are donating millions to fund illegal settlement expansion.
American Airlines’ Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route will see its final flight on January 5, 2016, following the private airline’s announcement to bring the route’s six years of operation to an end. According to the Israeli Airport Authority, American’s Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route has seen 95,000 passengers this year , a 2.7 percent increase from the same time last year.
Last week, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did not approve the resignation of Chancellor Phyllis Wise, but shortly after her decision was rejected she announced that she has tendered her resignation for a second time and has declined an administrative position offered to her.
On Thursday, August 6, a federal judge dismissed Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s (UIUC) efforts to strike down Professor Steven Salaita’s lawsuit regarding his firing from a tenured position over statements he made on Twitter during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza last summer. The University maintains the decision over Salaita’s position is due to his comments “uncivil” nature and further argue there was no official contract between the professor and UIUC.
Last week, the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing “The Impact of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.” The committee is one of the most influential in the House making this hearing a good way to gauge how it will respond to issues when they are brought to the general body.
Adam Sandler, 48, is a well known American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. Sandler identifies as Jewish and a lover of the State of Israel.
The United States strongly condemns the murder of 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsha and the critical injuries his family sustained.
Palestine in America’s (PiA) first edition of its annual print magazine is available for pre-order. Magazines will begin being shipped in August.
Ten years ago, the Palestinian civil society—comprised of Palestinian refugees, Palestinian citizens of Israel, and Palestinians living under occupation—issued a formal call for Boycotts, Divestments and Sanctions against Israel. 171 Palestinian civic organizations, ranging from teachers unions to refugee organizations, endorsed the international call for BDS.
In a vote which took place at the 78th General Convention in Salt Lake City, leaders of the the Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) rejected a resolution calling for divestment from companies that operate in Occupied Palestine and for a boycott of settlement products.
Last May, at the Israeli Embassy’s Annual Christian Solidarity event in Washington D.C., a new program for Evangelical Christians was announced.
The United Church of Christ (UCC) has become the latest Christian denomination to heed the Palestinian call to divest from the Israeli occupation. In a vote taking place at their headquarters in Cleveland earlier this week, the General Synod, the Church’s highest legislative body, resolved to divest from and boycott companies that profit from the occupation, including Veolia, Caterpillar, Motorola, and HP.
Dig, a recent TV series set in Jerusalem, has been cancelled by USA Network after just one season, due to “modest ratings/response,” according to Seriable.com.
A Champaign County court has ordered the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to release thousands of emails in relation to the firing of Steven Salaita last August. Last week’s decision is considered a major victory by Salaita’s supporters, who brought the lawsuit to the university under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Water in Palestine is extremely scarce, compounded by the Israeli occupation, the United States’ complicity in Israel’s crimes, and the overall water crisis in the Middle East.
Rasmea Odeh and her defense attorney Michael Deutsch will be giving supporters a legal update on Odeh’s appeal on June 11th. The legal update will be livestreamed on a video conference at 6:30 pm central time.
Incubus is scheduled to perform in Israel this summer, ignoring pleas from the Palestinian and the human rights community to cancel the shows. The Backstreet Boys also ignored requests to cancel their shows.The popular 90s boy band played in Israel on three separate nights earlier this month.
