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Black Lives Matter protest in Century City, California on June 6, 2020. (Brett Morrison/CC BY 2.0)

Black-Palestine solidarity is making its way to Capitol Hill

Progressive Black Democrats are reviving a radical tradition of Palestine solidarity in Congress, challenging Black leaders in their own party and Washington's support for Israeli state violence.

By Alex Kane June 16, 2021

Anti-government protesters in downtown Tunis mark two years since the Tunisian Revolution, October 23, 2013, Tunisia. (Amine Ghrabi/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Black Lives Matter protests are boosting Tunisia’s anti-racist movement

Black Tunisian activism is growing in strength and allies — but advocates say much work remains to be done in addressing anti-Black racism in the country.

By Houda Mzioudet August 11, 2020

Illustrative photo of American Jews taking part in New York City's annual 'Celebrate Israel Parade.' (GIli Getz)

Mizrahi-washing: The new face of Israeli propaganda

A new brand of pro-Israel activism is exploiting the oppression of Mizrahi Jews in order to justify the subjugation of Palestinians.

By Lihi Yona June 25, 2020

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Black Lives Matter protesters in London gather following the police shootings of Philando Castile and Alon Sterling in the United States, July 8, 2016. (Alisdare Hickson/CC BY-NC 2.0)

Yes, the UK also has a white supremacy problem

There is a reason George Floyd's murder resonated with Black British people: we are all too familiar with the UK's institutional racism and police brutality.

By Nadine Batchelor-Hunt June 21, 2020

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit a memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Tuesday, October 30, 2018, following the mass shooting that left 11 worshippers dead. (Andrea Hanks/White House)

How the GOP brought antisemitism from the margins to the White House

A new website tracking incidents of right-wing antisemitism finds that rarely a week goes by without the Republican Party boosting white nationalism.

By Natasha Soffer-Roth June 15, 2020

Gabriel Khoury at the protest for Black lives in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 2020. (Courtesy of Gabriel Khoury)

The US protests are precisely the time to link Black, Palestinian oppression

Highlighting shared experiences of deadly state violence is meant to complement the Black Lives movement’s goals, not detract from them.

By Gabriel Khoury June 12, 2020

Laith Abu Zeyad and his mother, Zubayda Khatib, in Jerusalem on March 11, 2018.

Palestinians have mothers, too

The Israeli government that barred a son from being with his dying mother in her final moments is the same one whose police took a son away from his mother.

By Hagai El-Ad June 8, 2020

Hundreds of Jews take part in a protest in support of Black Lives Matter, New York City, August 11, 2016. (Gili Getz)

U.S. Jews are standing up for Black lives. Why aren’t we doing so for Palestinians?

By failing to speak out over the killings of Palestinians like Iyad al-Hallaq, U.S. Jewish groups are devaluing our stance against state violence at home.

By Oren Kroll-Zeldin June 4, 2020

Police officers fire tear gas in St.Paul and Minneapolis during protests following the killing of George Floyd, May 28, 2020. (Hungryogrephotos/Wikimedia)

The police were designed to take Black and Palestinian lives, not protect them

The knee that choked George Floyd is part of the same oppressive force that walked away from Ayman Safiah and that pulled the trigger on Iyad al-Hallaq.

By Ashraf Ghandour June 2, 2020

George Floyd protests in Washington DC. Lafayette Square. May 30, 2020. (Rosa Pineda/Wikimedia Commons)

The U.S., like Israel, is wielding the violence of an occupying power

The killing of George Floyd and the ensuing protests bear striking parallels to similar events in Israel-Palestine. Despite their differences, the mechanisms of repression operate in the same way.

By Mairav Zonszein June 1, 2020

Israelis and Palestinians protest in Jerusalem against the killing of Iyad Halak by Israeli Border Police as well as the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, May 30, 2020. (Oren Ziv)

‘Justice for Iyad, justice for George’: Hundreds protest police killing of Palestinian in Jerusalem

Israelis and Palestinians take to the streets to protest police violence, drawing parallels with the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

By Oren Ziv May 30, 2020