Rachel Nelson

Middle East Analyst @MidEastPolicy | Views expressed are my own

[Itay Epshtain @EpshtainItay]

Clearer by the day: Ben Gvir is Israel, Israel is Ben Gvir. They are one where atrocity crimes are celebrated.

Only sustained external pressure can possibly create the conditions in which Israeli society reconsiders this catastrophic trajectory before it becomes still more deeply entrenched.

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

"If the U.S. wishes to ensure that all citizens have equal access to legal accountability, there are steps it can and should follow. These include reimposing sanctions on Israeli settlers and settler organizations implicated in acts of terrorism, which Trump repealed." | @Rachel_LNelson https://t.co/j0MrmP69Nh

[The Palestine Project @PalestineProjct]

In practice, Washington gives the victims of Palestinians a route through the courts while withholding it from those attacked by Israelis
https://t.co/BPiVqCOAUI

[Rachel Nelson @Rachel_LNelson]

Equal justice shouldn’t depend on whether the perpetrator was Palestinian or Israeli. My latest publication examines this legal double standard embedded in U.S. anti-terrorism law.

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

Editor’s Pick:
The 1992 Anti-Terrorism Act supposedly gives all Americans an opportunity to sue perpetrators of terror in U.S. courts. But in practice, it gives Israeli Americans a path to justice while withholding it from Palestinian Americans.
https://t.co/Kbky3LJFS0

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

Editor’s Pick:
The 1992 Anti-Terrorism Act supposedly gives all Americans an opportunity to sue perpetrators of terror in U.S. courts. But in practice, it gives Israeli Americans a path to justice while withholding it from Palestinian Americans.
https://t.co/Kbky3LJFS0

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

WATCH:
Speaking with @kliwewe, @Rachel_LNelson discusses her @newlinesmag essay on a disparity in U.S. law: American victims of Palestinian attacks can sue for compensation in U.S. court, but when the attacker is Israeli, bereaved families have no equivalent path.
https://t.co/Qd4FX5lEkH

[Rachel Nelson @Rachel_LNelson]

@LaraFriedmanDC Thanks for sharing!

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

“Palestinian violence is designated, prosecuted and compensated as terrorism, while Israeli settler violence is not.” | @Rachel_LNelson
https://t.co/wcPV0hghSE

[Rachel Nelson @Rachel_LNelson]

Yeah, it’s unlikely it’s repealed because of this but doesn’t make it any less unequal to apply jurisdiction uniquely to a foreign entity/organization. For example, language could be amended to apply a uniform jurisdictional standard instead is singling out Palestinians.

You’re right, there are opportunities for strong cases for the Palestinian-American families if we can establish jurisdiction over Israeli settlers who were perpetrators of terrorism that caused the deaths of Americans, but U.S. and Israeli refusal to conduct genuine investigations and name people has hindered this.

Meanwhile the biggest hinderance to movement on the issue is the U.S. refusal to designate settler violence as terrorism.

[Rachel Nelson @Rachel_LNelson]

My latest for @newlinesmag explores a double standard at the heart of U.S. terrorism law and its Israel-Palestine policy. For victims of international terrorism, whether families can seek justice depends on the identity of the perpetrator. This has so far left American victims of Palestinian terrorism with a legal path to justice, while denying it to American victims of Israeli settler terrorism.

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

NEW: American victims of Palestinian acts deemed terrorist can sue in U.S. court. But if the perpetrator is Israeli, there is no path to compensation. Congress can and must rectify this profoundly unequal situation, argues @Rachel_LNelson for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/Kbky3LJFS0

[Rachel Nelson @Rachel_LNelson]

Obviously executive action (like designating Israeli settler violence as terrorism, sanctions, and U.S. led investigations) will have the most immediate impact. But for the ATA, I think repealing in whole or certain provisions of the PSJVTA amendment which affirmed unique! jurisdiction over the PA and the PLO would help with equalizing the law.

[Rashad Ali @rashadzali1]

American victims of Palestinian acts deemed terrorist can sue in U.S. court. But if the perpetrator is Israeli, there is no path to compensation. @Rachel_LNelson explains the law for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/4l7vza9pB9

[Middle East Policy Council @MidEastPolicy]

🗞️ [#InTheNews] In @newlinesmag, @Rachel_LNelson examines how the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act creates unequal pathways to justice for American victims of violence in the Israel-Palestine context.

Read her full argument ⤵️
https://t.co/4vcq82l19P

[Middle East Policy Council @MidEastPolicy]

🎙️ [#Podcast] What does it mean to grow up in Kashmir, and spend your life documenting what the world overlooks?

MEPC's Zara Farouk speaks with @raqib_naik, founder of @csohate, about identity, displacement, and the fight for pluralism in South Asia.

Listen here: https://t.co/6fTroWso3d

[Rasha Elass @RashaElass]

American victims of Palestinian acts deemed terrorist can sue in U.S. court. But if the perpetrator is Israeli, there is no path to compensation. Congress can and must rectify this profoundly unequal situation, argues @Rachel_LNelson for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/HpNvcwNaek

[Hassan I. Hassan @hxhassan]

American victims of Palestinian acts deemed terrorist can sue in U.S. court. But if the perpetrator is Israeli, there is no path to compensation.

- @Rachel_LNelson unpacks it for @newlinesmag.

https://t.co/PLlBGUVNoZ

[New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag]

NEW: American victims of Palestinian acts deemed terrorist can sue in U.S. court. But if the perpetrator is Israeli, there is no path to compensation. Congress can and must rectify this profoundly unequal situation, argues @Rachel_LNelson for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/Kbky3LJFS0

[Lara Friedman @LaraFriedmanDC]

Heads up Hill wonks!

More Israel/Mideast-related amendments to the FY27 House NDAA have been offered since I posted the attached thread 3 days ago. New amendments offered are:

[Varsen Aghabekian Shahin @VarsenAghShahin]

Israel has no sovereignty over Hebron or any part of occupied Palestinian territory. Smotrich’s move to strip Hebron Municipality of its authority, including over Ibrahimi Mosque, is a blatant violation of int. law.

These illegal measures are void. Int. community must act now.