Government & Politics

Tlaib slams Israel’s visa waiver admission, citing discrimination against Palestinians 'The Biden Administration’s decision to admit Israel into the Visa Waiver Program explicitly condones and enables the Israeli government’s discriminatory practices towards Americans requesting entry, including hours of detainment and interrogation,' the Michigan lawmaker said

(Haaretz) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, sharply criticized the Biden administration’s decision to grant Israel entry into the coveted U.S. Visa Waiver Program, citing Israel’s “discriminatory” treatment of Americans as well as her own personal experience being denied […]

Interfaith

Antisemitism controversy surrounds CAIR’s claims against Israel in Jenin CAIR national executive director Nihad Awad said that he 'strongly condemn[s] the war crimes that Benjamin Netanyahu’s racist government is committing against Palestinian civilians in ... Jenin.'

(Jerusalem Post) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a self-declared Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned “war crimes” being committed against Palestinian civilians in Jenin refugee camp on Monday and called on the United States to take “concrete action to stop […]

Interfaith

US Muslim group condemns Israel’s ‘war crimes’ in West Bank city of Jenin CAIR calls on US to 'take concrete action to stop the Israeli government’s escalating human rights abuses'

(Anadolu) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday condemned “war crimes” against Palestinian civilians in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, calling on the US to “take concrete action to stop the Israeli government’s escalating human rights abuses.” “We […]

Academics & Education

US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine speech from YouTube Students and activists say commencement speech was removed for its pro-Palestinian content after some critiqued speech as being 'antisemitic'

(Middle East Eye) On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the […]

Government & Politics

US Congress: Rashida Tlaib introduces Nakba resolution Congresswoman says measure aims to recognise forced displacement of Palestinians during establishment of Israeli state.

(Al-Jazeera) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has said she introduced a resolution to recognise the Palestinian Nakba, a term used to describe the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the lead-up to the establishment of the state of Israel in […]