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Senior staff reporter . Write on the politics of Israel/Palestine in the US. E-mail: [email protected]
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MUST READ: "By granting Israeli citizens legal access to a disbanded settlement in the West Bank, the government has fulfilled one of the settler movement’s central demands."
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The Biden administration is "seeking more information" from Israel after the IDF soldiers involved in an elderly Palestinian-American's death last year successfully evaded criminal charges haaretz.com/us-news/2023-0
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Another bold proposal to fix New York City: There should be a really punitive tax on dog ownership that goes straight to subsidizing childcare.
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For , I took a close look at recent decision to grant Israeli citizens legal access to Homesh, a disbanded settlement in the West Bank. In doing so, this Israeli government has begun to fulfill one of the settler movement’s central demands.
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“The second you give political extremists a victory, the second you give in to one demand, their political imagination travels very far.”
For this week's newsletter, explains how Israeli settlers finally gained a foothold in Homesh:
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The IDF decides not to file criminal charges against an officer & soldier over 2022 death of an elderly Palestinian-American who suffered a heart attack after being bound, gagged & abandoned at a construction site in the middle of winter timesofisrael.com/idf-soldiers-w via
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. appears to call the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism “unacceptable” in a Jerusalem Post interview.
She adds that parts of the Nexus Definition are "troublesome" but says "we didn't adopt or embrace Nexus.
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🧵NEW: The CEOs of & -- two of the largest Jewish umbrella bodies in the US-- secretly met with Finance Min Bezalel Smotrich during his March visit to the US, which was boycotted by much of the organized Jewish community (1/12)
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LISTEN: speaks to about the fight to save his community of Masafer Yatta from Israeli land theft, for .
"The Plight of Masafer Yatta," the latest episode of On the Nose, is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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New podcast episode: Senior reporter speaks with about life in Masafer Yatta, Israel’s campaign of violence against its residents, and what might stop the state from following through on its plans of mass displacement.
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Join , , , & for a discussion on Israeli settler violence, its impact on the daily lives of Palestinians, & how US policy affects trends of extremism.
6/14 @ 11am ET, register below.
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The declassification of this important new USSC Report about the shooting death of American citizen & journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, is vital to ensuring accountability & saving innocent lives going forward — goals we should all support.
My full statement:
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NEW: Supporters of the Israeli settler movement gathered in New York yesterday for a big conference — sponsored, in part, by two of the largest mainstream Jewish organizations in the U.S. and
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If you tell Rep. Jamaal Bowman that Eric Adams calls himself the hip-hop mayor?
“Hahaha that’s a joke! Make sure you write I’m laughing my ass off, because that’s a joke.”
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Mohammad Al-Tamimi, 2.5 years old, the latest victim of Israel's onslaught on the Palestinian people.
Mohammad was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers stationed at the entrance of Nabi Saleh. He was shot in his father's vehicle outside his home.
Condolences to Al-Tamimi family
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Hillel was hosting an Israeli intelligence officer, a perfectly appropriate target of protest. You can't host someone complicit in Israeli apartheid and not expect protests. Lipstadt's claim is irresponsible.
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Yesterday, on a call with ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt spread disinfo, claiming that a blatant act of "antisemitism" occurred at GW. She was referring to a protest of an Israeli intelligence officer who spoke at Hillel during the holiday of Sukkot
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NEW: So, what's the deal with that 60-page anti-antisemitism plan that Biden released last week? I gotchu. Close read of the plan reveals it both nods to progressive input, mostly sidestepping Zionism, and doubles down on existing carceral approaches
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My colleague has a characteristically sharp look at some of the most important aspects of the Biden antisemitism plan, from the IHRA spat to debates about how to fight antisemitism
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Zero tolerance for free speech critical of Israel! Lawler (R-NY) intros bill to bar Title IV $$ to US schools that allow events where students criticize Israel (in response to CUNY student's graduation speech supporting Palestinian rights)
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I watched the video of Fatima Mohammed's speech. It was warm (references to her grandparents, in Yemen, watching the speech); moving (the impact of the pandemic on her cohort); and political, w/a critique of the police, ICE, intellectual property law, Riker's, Schumer, racism and
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Please read the full statement from the CUNY Board of Trustees and @ChancellorCUNY. ow.ly/B4Z850OA6Fj
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Van Hollen keeps up the pressure on the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he has run out of patience, wants to see updated report on killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Friday or threatens to use whatever powers he has that he has never done before. At end of rope in terms of simple request for report
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Looking forward to seeing what TNC writes.
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I had the pleasure of hosting award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to dinner in Ramallah 4 a conversation during his first visit 2 #Palestine. I look forward 2 what he writes after experiencing Israeli military occupation firsthand. I know 4 a fact that he gets it!
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I had the pleasure of hosting award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to dinner in Ramallah 4 a conversation during his first visit 2 #Palestine. I look forward 2 what he writes after experiencing Israeli military occupation firsthand. I know 4 a fact that he gets it!
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We wanted to know why typically progressive legislators, including some endorsed by the Working Family Party and The Jewish Vote, jumped to oppose a bill to end tax deductible donations to settlements from New York. So and I called to ask them.
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For our newsletter, & asked some of New York’s progressive Dems why they oppose 's “Not on our dime” bill and whether they think NY nonprofits should be allowed to fund Israeli settlements. Here's what they said:
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"Jewish Currents reached out to 12 progressive pols ... to clarify their positions on whether New York nonprofits should be allowed to fund settlements. Ten declined or did not respond."
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Mamdani acknowledged that there is little chance of it being enacted into law. “When you have a piece of legislation that threatens to upend the way New York politics works, it will take a long time to win...But the only way you get to the finish line is if you actually start.”
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Asked about progressive opposition to the bill, said: "I’ve grown up seeing politicians that I’ve admired time and again draw an exception when it comes to Palestine. It’s an issue where people make decisions on the basis of political calculus.”
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also addressed the "singling out" criticism, saying that the state needs a bill focused on Israel because otherwise, the political sensitivity of Israel/Palestine discourages the enforcement of laws targeting wrongdoing by nonprofits.
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saidthat because the bill concerns New York charity regulations, it’s relevant to Albany legislators. “Stating that our laws here in New York state have no interaction with that which occurs outside of the state is an ‘ignorance is bliss’ kind of mentality."
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Assemblymember MaryJane Shimsky said it doesn’t “make sense” for a state legislature to get involved in a foreign policy issue, which is something the federal government should take action on.
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Asked whether charities that send money to settlements should have nonprofit status, said that she’d be open to a broader discussion, but that “with this bill, I can’t even get to the substance of it, because of it starting with Israel.”
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is a progressive who opposes the bill because, she said, it suggests Israel "doesn’t have the same power, authority, and space to make decisions about its border, its foreign policy, and its internal happenings."
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We reached out to 12 of New York’s progressive assemblymembers who have opposed the “Not on our dime” bill to clarify their positions on whether New York nonprofits should be allowed to fund settlements. 10 declined or did not respond; we interviewed two lawmakers.
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NEW from me and : 's bill in the NY legislature would prevent nonprofits from sending funds to Israeli settlements. Democratic presidents have long opposed settlements. But most state Democrats, including progressives, oppose it.
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As a alum, I am deeply disturbed by the school’s misguided statement. For a university to bully a student is not only disheartening but wholly unacceptable. Fatima Mousa Mohammed was brave to denounce settler colonial violence, and we must support her.
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Please read the full statement from the CUNY Board of Trustees and @ChancellorCUNY. ow.ly/B4Z850OA6Fj
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