Balfour Declaration at heart of occupation of Palestine

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.

Watch Omar Barghouti speak at University of Chicago

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.