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Over the past 11 months, Gazan asylum seekers Hisham Shaban Ghalia and Mounis Hammouda have been held indefinitely in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Florence, Arizona. The detainees are in current ‘immigration enforcement limbo’ with no date set for their release or deportation.
Following the latest manifestation of anti-Black sentiment, and in response to the oppression of and threats against Black students on the University of Missouri campus and in the community, the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Midwest Network stands in solidarity with the #ConcernedStudent1950 activists and the threatened students of color on campus.
Tuesday night approximately thirty people from the Latino, Palestinian, and Jewish communities gathered outside of the National Museum of Mexican Art to protest the museum’s cooperation with the American Jewish Committee (a Zionist organization with ties to Israel).
At the U.S. State Department press briefing on Tuesday, a reporter asked Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner a few questions in regards to the U.S.’ position on the likelihood of a two-state solution. Toner reiterates that a two-state solution is “absolutely vital and it’s achievable.”
This year’s annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) fundraising gala, which took place in Beverly Hills, California last Thursday, was attended by 1,200 people, who raised $31 million for the organization.
Ahead of an upcoming American Anthropological Association vote on boycotting Israeli academic institutions, renowned anthropologist James Ferguson has announced his support of the boycott resolution. Ferguson, author of The Anti-Politics Machine, explained his reasoning for his support of the resolution on the anthropology blog Savage Minds.
On Saturday, the United Holy Land Fund (UHLF) hosted its 47th annual fundraising dinner in Oak Lawn, Illinois, where it raised $140,000.
Biden spoke at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) conference, the largest Jewish gathering in North America.
In an interview on Democracy Now! Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen discussed world politics. Host Amy Goodman asked Mortensen on his thoughts about the presidential campaign.
At the U.S. State Department press briefing on Friday, a reporter asked if the peace talks will continue and be agreed upon in the next 14 months of President Barack Obama’s term. Kirby expressed that the issue is important to the U.S. and that a two-state solution is in the best interest of both parties.
At times, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has led the Republican candidates and occasionally Hillary Clinton in the polls thanks to his “democratic socialist” methods.
The Coalition for Justice in Palestine held a ‘Mawtini’ demonstration in downtown Chicago on Friday night.
Don’t be fooled by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s recent and poor attempts at proving she is a progressive, because really she’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
United States airline Southwest’s inflight magazine, Southwest: The Magazine, may not be known for it’s literary achievements but it provides readers with some light reading to get their minds off travel.
Not only was Citi Field the venue where the Kansas City Royals clinched a World Series titles against the New York Mets, but it was also the site of a fundraiser for an American group, the Hebron Fund, which supports of the illegal settlers in the West Bank.
At the U.S. State Department press briefing on Thursday, a few questions about Palestine and Israel were discussed with spokesperson John Kirby.
The current threats to Al Aqsa mosque sanctuary, the official order to shoot with live ammunition Palestinian children accused of allegedly throwing stones, the siege and attacks on Gaza, thousands of Palestinian political prisoners and the overall de-development of the Palestinian economy and society are all the results of a small document that was signed and sent forth nearly 100 years ago.
At the U.S. State Department press briefing on Tuesday, a few questions about Palestine and Israel were directed at Press Office Director Elizabeth Trudeau.
On Friday, the State Department released 7,000 more pages of emails belonging to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and Chicago based activist Page May of We Charge Genocide discussed the connections between the Palestinian struggle for liberation against Israeli occupation and the racist systems of policing and mass incarceration here in the United States at the University of Chicago on October 29.
