News & Analysis – Palestine Square

From Israel’s “Jewish Power” to AIPAC in America: Real and Manufactured Hate

March 11, 2019 Omar Baddar

AIPAC’s smearing of Ilhan Omar demonstrates willingness not just to tolerate real hate when it’s beneficial to their political agenda, but also their willingness to manufacture and weaponize false accusations of hate to serve that agenda.

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A Wider Bridge: How A Smokescreen of Liberal Ideals is used to Camouflage Discrimination

March 7, 2019 Khelil Bouarrouj

AWB donors understand how the smokescreen of liberal ideals can be used to camouflage discriminatory policies.

Ending the “Deadly Exchange”: Organizers Tackle Nexus of Racist Israeli and American Law Enforcement

February 15, 2019 Clifford Soloway

Police exchange programs with Israel introduce U.S. law enforcement officers to discriminatory techniques often used against communities of color.

Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC

February 12, 2019 Juan Cole

Whatever one thinks of one tweet by a first-term congresswoman, she is doing us a favor to provoke a forbidden discussion.

Exclusive: Are U.S. Newspapers Biased Against Palestinians? Analysis of A Hundred Thousand Headlines Says Yes

January 9, 2019 Dorgham Abusalim

With the growth of the Palestine solidarity movement, the question is whether these and other news agencies will continue to tarnish their record by disregarding the facts about Palestine.

United Nations Inaction and the Gaza Crisis: Ten Years ago and Today

January 9, 2019 Phyllis Bennis

Ten years since Operation Cast Lead and UN obligations remain unfulfilled.

An Error of Omission: The Congressional Research Service and Israeli Settlements

December 21, 2018 Andrew Wickersham

Faulty Congressional Research Service reporting reveals bias against Palestinians.

U.S.-Mexico Border: An Israeli Tech Laboratory

December 6, 2018 Brittany Dawson

“They all loved the state/corporate idea of fusing Mexican low-wage manufacturing with Israeli boundary building and homeland security companies.”

How Brazil’s Bolsonaro Foreign Policy Will Impact Palestine

November 15, 2018 Fernando Brancoli

The population that identifies itself as evangelical has grown more than 60% in Brazil, and has become one of the most important political forces in the country.

The Multiple Dimensions of the Palestinian Crisis

November 1, 2018 Hani Al-Masri

All of these developments reveal that Palestinians are facing an unprecedented crisis. What is desperately needed is a national vision that would overcome the polarization and produce a united, consensual, and democratic electoral process.