Should I care? I don’t think so. The idea that Glenn Beck was invited to hold a rally to restore what he calls “Courage” in Jerusalem is crazy and enough to prove, again, that the current Israeli government isn’t ashamed anymore from revealing its true far-rightest, racist, and extremist nature. Read more about Glenn Beck in Jerusalem, should I even care?
The Palestinian Authority cooperated with Israeli forces to host a fabricated “Peace and Freedom Day” rally in Nablus, while prohibiting local Palestinian tour guides from discussing politics with Kabbalist tourists from the US. Read more about Why was the PA hosting American Kabbalah tourists in Nablus?
Steven Salaita is an associate professor of English at Virginia Tech who has written several books on the failure of liberal civil rights discourse to counter anti-Arab racism, particularly in the United States. In his new book, Israel’s Dead Soul, he evaluates the potential complicity between enlightened ideals and their opposite. Read more about Salaita skewers liberalism in "Israel's Dead Soul"
The United States has become a battleground for both the struggles of the peoples of Palestine and Kashmir, for freedom from military occupation and for justice. Awareness amongst the US public is broadened as the repression of both struggles grows ever more violent, and meanwhile those wishing to stifle debate on these issues in the US resort to harassment and intimidation. Read more about Speaking out on Kashmir and Palestine in the US