When the US sanctioned me for exposing corporate complicity, I trusted people would act. If after nearly a year @bookingcom & @Airbnb still profit from stolen Palestinian property, it’s because too many still use them.
Stop using them now & tell them why.
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Under international law leaders who have aided and assisted the commission of internationally wrongful acts that amount to international crimes should be investigated and prosecuted.
Israel has destroyed the final bridge to Southern Lebanon. There is now no way for millions of displaced people to reach their homes. There is no means for essential aid and supplies to reach those who were unable to flee.
Another mammoth war crime, another act of barbarity.
Harvard University President Alan Garber said that “a great deal” of what had initially been labeled antisemitism was ultimately anti-Israeli bias, which he called “insidious and maybe more corrosive of University life.”
Translation: Harvard does not have an anti-Semitism problem, but its president considers opposition to Israel more serious than Jew hatred.
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This moment demands a reset. J Street is calling for the U.S. to end unconditional financial military subsidies to Israel and to move towards a relationship where we treat Israel like any other ally.
J Street supports:
– Phasing out taxpayer-funded military aid by 2028, when the current agreement ends.
– Ensuring Israel can defend itself, by selling – not subsidizing – the weapons it needs, including Iron Dome.
– Enforcing U.S. law on how American arms are used, including withholding certain weapons when those laws are not met.
Why now? The current U.S. aid agreement expires in 2028. This is the moment to chart a smarter path forward. At the same time, after the devastation in Gaza and ongoing suffering in the West Bank, it is clear that the status quo is no longer sustainable.
Israel is strong, prosperous and capable of paying for its defense. Treating Israel as an exception and supplying it with a blank check worth billions has made support for the country more divisive and less sustainable.
Simply put, the U.S. should treat Israel like any other partner. The normalization of this relationship doesn’t weaken the alliance – it strengthens it, protects democracy and secures long-term bipartisan support.
I just read the new Haaretz article about how Israeli planted pines are suddenly dying en masse and it is absolutely worth dissecting. Here are a summary & my observations as a Palestinian scholar who writes on green colonialism. 1/
@drghadasasa@BlankReportCard Yes, this was so valuable, thank you. JNF used to come by yearly to collect $$ for planting trees, which I became gradually more opposed to my parents partaking for political reasons. I was unaware of the ecological dimension and impact of the project. Thank you.
@BrankoMilan LOL what an utterly delusional take. Israel is a rogue state with a genocidal agenda of regional hegemony. It is a bully nation that stops at nothing to achieve its aims. And you think they would negotiate when they regularly assassinate leaders and journalists? LOL.
@Jerusalem_Post Genocide and Occupation are not tropes, they are terms defined in international law. As is apartheid. As in, Israel is commiting genocide, is occupying other peoples' land, and practices apartheid - against International law.
Nice try though