Advertisements Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is putting forth an amendment to Joe Biden’s requested supplemental bill that would send more than $14 billion to Israel and $30 billion to Ukraine in additional military funding (as well as another $30 billion-plus in economic aid to Ukraine). His amendment, which nowContinue Reading
Advertisements The effort to criminalize any support for #Palestinian rights in the US–indeed to criminalize #Palestinians–moved forward last week, in congressional hearings led by an antisemite and attacks on one of the US’ leading Muslim figures. Read more at Mondoweiss. Continue Reading
Advertisements Two very dangerous bills, one passed in the House this week and another submitted. Both Republican-led, both supported by extremist, pro-Israel, anti-Jewish, and Islamophobic Democrats. This piece explains the danger.Continue Reading
Advertisements In a most shameful demonstration yesterday, both houses of Congress, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion, celebrated racism and apartheid with no conscience whatsoever. Only Bernie Sanders from the Senate and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Cori Bush from the House had the basic decencyContinue Reading
Advertisements Last week, 57 Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding a joint State Department-FBI investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. That’s over a quarter of the House Democratic caucus. The list of signatories included some surprisingContinue Reading
