Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

“[I]f we are to honor King’s message … must condemn Israel’s … unrelenting violations of international law, continued occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, home demolitions and land confiscations” … Time to Break the Silence on Palestine (NY Times) … such as the weekly attacks on demonstrators in Gaza … Israeli Snipers…

A Texas Congressman who has no problem with de rigueur junkets to Israel pulls out the stops to prevent his colleagues from meeting the victims of the apartheid state … Tlaib Trip to Palestine Draws Fire from Texas Congressman (Michigan Radio) Lest they lose sleep at night about giving billions of dollars to Israel after…

PA serves as Israel’s dirty work torturing a former resident of New Jersey for charitable work on behalf families of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, Amnesty International demands humane treatment and a fair trial … Palestine: Social Justice Activist Tortured and Punished for Going on Hunger Strike (Amnesty International) … while Israel itself fines West…

Rubio failed in his attempt to pressure pro-Israeli senators embarrassed that the bill to send Israel $38 billion and to take away Americans’ freedom to boycott its apartheid policies got precedence over ending the shutdown : Senate Democrats Again Block Pro-Israel S.1 from Going to Vote During Government Shutdown (If American Knew) Tarrant County, Texas,…

The Irish journalist traveled “to the USA-Mexico border, the now demolished Berlin Wall, the Korean DMZ and the Israel-Palestine Separation Barrier” … ‘My Trip to Israel and Palestine Changed My Life Utterly – and Changed Me as a Person’ (The Journal) … “The West Bank has many segregated roads, but none of them [until now…

Federal courts have already ruled similar bills “to be unconstitutional violations of the First Amendment speech rights of American citizens”: U.S. Senate’s First Bill, in Midst of Shutdown, is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government from Boycotts (The Intercept) “482 politically motivated crimes by Jews reported in the West Bank last year, including assault…

“The American Muslim community is definitely one of the most diverse, if not the most diverse, religious community in America,” commented a former U.S. envoy to the OIC, adding, “This is America” … The Nation’s First Two Muslim Congresswomen re Sworn In, Surrounded by the Women They Inspired (Washington Post) … but instead of being…

She was killed when “an Israeli sniper [fired] into a crowd that included white-coated medics in plain view … [though] neither the medics nor anyone around them posed any apparent threat of violence to Israeli personnel”: A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? (NY Times) Given Western…

Safeidin Chapman is released after ten years in jail for playing paintball after the Supreme Court rules defining as “violent” acts that involve neither violent actions nor intention are unconstitutional: ‘Fuzzy’ Language in Law Leads to Reversals in Gun Cases (Washington Post) ‘Journalist Rania Khalek, whose video was restored after public outcry, says the ability…

“At the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem they fear the next administration will … [lead] to a more aggressive policy of settlement building in the West Bank, and a less peaceful stance towards Gaza” … Little Town of Bethlehem: Palestinians at Christmas Fear Move to the Right as Early Elections Loom in Israel (Independent) … and…