Mondoweiss News Opinion About Palestine, Israel the U.S.

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As part of COVID-19 series in Palestine, Yumna Patel traveled to the Jordan Valley to see what life is like for Palestinians there as they fight two battles: one against the coronavirus, and one against annexation. “In this area, the occupation is even worse for us than the coronavirus pandemic. The occupation has taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to take over more land in the Jordan Valley,” Motaz Bisharat, a Palestinian activist based in the northern Jordan Valley tells Mondoweiss. The deals with the UAE and Bahrain show Israel s economic power and favor in Washington and expose its persecution of Palestinians in the name of the one and only Jewish state, as Netanyahu describes his country. The Bahrain-Israel deal is significant because the kingdom is a virtual protectorate of the Saudis. There are serious concerns that a Saudi involvement with Israel will only lead to further tightening of measures against the Palestinian cause. And Iran will rise in prestige in Palestinian global affairs. Newsletters Name First Last Email* Newsletters* Daily HeadlinesWeekly NewsletterThe Shift: US Politics & PalestineSpecial Coverage: Covid-19 Advertisement Palestinian messaging about human rights is working. A rightwing Israeli thinktank says anti-Zionism is growing in the U.S. Jewish community. A possibly significant minority (which may be up to 25%) appears to hold beliefs that are intensely critical of Israel and Zionism itself, including attitudes that Zionism may be a colonial and/or racist, apartheid movement as practiced in Israel today. Even more, 31 percent, would vote for Rashida Tlaib because she is a progressive! As part of COVID-19 series in Palestine, Yumna Patel traveled to the Jordan Valley to see what life is like for Palestinians there as they fight two battles: one against the coronavirus, and one against annexation. “In this area, the occupation is even worse for us than the coronavirus pandemic. The occupation has taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to take over more land in the Jordan Valley,” Motaz Bisharat, a Palestinian activist based in the northern Jordan Valley tells Mondoweiss. A new survey conducted by EKOS Research Associates shows that an overwhelming majority of Canadians would support International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of Israel. Laura Whitehorn writes that San Francisco State University President Lynn Mahoney s championing of Zionism is shocking and runs directly counter to embracing a “diversity of opinions”—something the university claims to uphold. Rabbi Michael Davis: If you support the call for equality under the law in Israel-Palestine granting equal rights to Jews and Palestinians, as I do, there is no place for you in the rabbinic community. Emgage USA says that it seeks to empower Muslim Americans through political literacy and civic engagement.” But former Emgage employee Olivia Cantu says that, instead of being a vehicle for empowerment and change, it has become a tool to undermine and suffocate American Muslim political power. On Tuesday, September 15, Donald Trump will host a ceremonial signing of deals to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE and Israel and Bahrain. Activists will gather to protest these deals which are not about peace but about furthering Israel’s systems of occupation and apartheid. The protest will be led by a coalition of over 50 Palestinian rights organizations and groups, many of which are led by Palestinian Americans and Arab Americans. It is no longer a political suicide for members of Congress to take a principled stand on Palestine. We are cognizant of all these dynamics and we intend to build on them, American Muslim for Palestine s Executive Director Dr. Osama Abuirshaid tells Mondoweiss. Adie Mormech writes that direct action has always been a key component of international solidarity with liberation movements that were fought and won, and we haven t used enough of it for Palestine: We know it works and we know what the Palestinians are facing so we have no excuses. The latest recognition deal is clearly a win for Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump but it could provoke popular resistance inside Bahrain, where a democratic movement was put down in 2011 with the assistance of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain s neighbor and boss. Over 2,000 people have written to the CBC to condemn its deletion of the word Palestine and its subsequent apology for uttering the word Palestine. Despite this public outcry, the Canadian publicly funded broadcaster continues to protest that the word Palestine falls outside its language standards. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Trump blindsided and endanger -ed Israel by agreeing to give the UAE F-35s in its deal with Israel. So Biden is running to Trump s right on Israel to win FL, where older Jewish voters are surely pleased by Trump s doing whatever Israel has wanted. Cry, the beloved country, a showcase of Gil Mualem-Doron’s work from 2013 onward, is a critical look at the Israeli government’s practices and the consequences on both the Palestinian and Israeli people. Julia Bacha’s two documentaries, Budrus (2009) and Naila and the Uprising (2017), represent important contributions to the cultural struggle against Israeli apartheid—though watching them at this historical juncture feels somewhat bittersweet. Salman Abu Sitta was uprooted from his family lands near Beersheba during the Palestinian Nakba in 1948 and the trauma has informed his entire life as a refugee and scholar. I looked back at the smoldering ruins, at the meadows of my childhood, golden with the still-unharvested wheat. What had we done to them? Who were these Jews anyway?

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