Axois is reporting that several administration sources have said that Pres. Trump has specifically urged his own staff and Israeli officials to deny entry to Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who plan a study trip to Palestine in the near future: Trump has told U.S. advisers, including senior Trump administration officials, that Israel should bar Omar and … [Read more...]
Police Release Israel Gang Rape Suspects, Arrest Alleged Victim
Yesterday, the case of the Israeli men accused of raping a 19-year-old British tourist on Cyprus took an abrupt turn. As I reported earlier, police had accused 14 youth with either participating in, or watching the rape of a woman at a hotel. The authorities released a narrative summary of the incident and named the suspects, which I reported. Police … [Read more...]
Frederick Douglass, the 4th of July, and the Nakba
A few months ago, while doing online research, I came upon Frederick Douglass' famous 4th of July speech, What to the Slave is the Fourth of July, which he delivered on July 5 1852. As I began reading it it electrified me. Not so much the speech itself, which is indisputably one of the great artifacts of American political oratory, but its piercing … [Read more...]
Facebook Suspends Me, Calling Criticism of Israeli Settler “Hate Speech”
Yesterday, I was using Facebook when a message popped on my screen saying that a post I'd published on the platform had been found to be "hate speech." My account was suspended for seven days. I would have no access to publishing content or comments during that time. The post consisted of a link to an Al Monitor article about a Palestinian family which had … [Read more...]
