Unless he holds everyone to the same level of accountability, Biden will end up holding the bag for Tel Aviv’s latest Palestinian crackdown.
He reminded us, even if only implicitly, of the minimum the occupation is obliged to do but has never actually done – to see the people under it as human beings.
"The minute we pay rent for our homes, it means we have given up ownership," said one woman who could be expelled to make way for Jewish settlers.
Despite the presence of centrist, center-left, and one small Palestinian party, power in the new government lies with the far right. There will be no shift in the conditions of life for Palestinians.
“Just because you can legalize an evil act doesn’t make it any less evil,” Mohammed el-Kurd, who was recently detained, told journalist Mehdi Hasan.
Why the Black Lives Matter movement might help shift the conversation about a conflict thousands of miles away.
Doctors, bank clerks, builders and teachers abandon work to join demonstrations. “This is the start of a new era, one united aim for all Palestinians, wherever they may reside. Our demand is that we want to live freely and in peace."
At the end of the day Israel is a tool (and Palestine is terrain) of U.S. imperialism. We fight for the dignity and liberation of our people from here to our homelands. We need to be working to build power, not just support.
The attempts by settlers to forcibly displace Palestinian families have set off a catastrophe.
With the triumph of the far-right in Israel, the backing of “peace partners” in the Gulf, and no likely obstruction from the White House whoever its occupant, the Palestinians have become a non-issue.
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