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Today marks an abominable juncture in Palestinian national history, one that forces our hand to write of the betrayal of our national leadership instead of the violence of our occupier. We, Palestinian youth of the Diaspora, feel compelled to register in the historical record our anger, pain and distress caused by both our occupier and by you as its gatekeeper.
To my Palestinian women
You are beautiful
You are kind
And you are strong
You are everything of Palestine
You are Palestine in her own very human form
Palestinian community leader, activist, and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh announced through the Rasmea Defense Committee that she would accept a plea deal on her immigration charges, bringing her years-long fight with the U.S. justice system to an end.
Noam Chomsky, famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, is one of the most prominent and outspoken figures in the Israeli-Palestinian debate and he continues to voice his criticisms against the unfathomable relationship between Israel and the US.
This is an open letter written by Izzy Mustafa to a family member in reaction to the Palestinian Authority/PLO betrayal of our people and in reaction to those in the West Bank rising up against the PA’s collaboration with the Israel’s occupation forces.
The literary association PEN America will hold their annual World Voices literary festival this year without funding from the Israeli government.
This February, pro-Israel advocacy group AMCHA released an online inventory of campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) throughout the United States in an effort to connect Palestine solidarity activism to real and perceived anti-Semitism on campus.
Two teachers were suspended indefinitely from Friends’ Central School in Philadelphia for supervising a club that invited a Palestinian speaker to campus.
Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh’s defense team recently filed a motion to dismiss the U.S. Attorney’s new indictment brought against her last December. Odeh was originally indicted in 2013, and the prosecutors won the conviction in 2014 before it was overturned in 2016.
More than half of the NFL players invited to Israel did not attend the trip which began on Feb.14.
It’s hard enough to enjoy day-to-day activities in the U.S. without constantly being reminded that your politicians and tax dollars support an illegal occupation of your friends and family on the other side of the world.
The Shalom Hartman Institute’s “Muslim Leadership Initiative” (MLI) has been submerged in controversy since it was launched in 2013. The program “invites North American Muslims to explore how Jews understand Judaism, Israel, and Jewish peoplehood” and include a visit to Palestine.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced the creation of a Latino Jewish Leadership Council.
Emails released from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s private account included correspondence with the Israeli airline El Al. The emails revealed that Emanuel proposed to El Al leadership that the airline fly out of Chicago.
ABC’s “Designated Survivor” actor, Kal Penn, competed in “MasterChef Celebrity Showdown” and won $25,000 for Palestinian refugees.
Palestine in America held its first ever “Unplugged” event on New Year’s Eve. The event was held at Watan Studio in Chicago’s southwest suburb, Orland Park.
Team Palestine for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) opened up its 2016 running season in Bethlehem, Palestine on April 1 when fifty-five international runners, including participants from Hong Kong, Italy, Costa Rica, Jordan, and the United States and traveled to Palestine to participate in the 4th annual Right to Movement Palestine Marathon.
