Why the Huwwara pogrom was inevitable

Monday, 27 February 2023 — The Electronic Intifada

Maureen Clare Murphy

Part of the aftermath of a “state-sanctioned” settler rampage in the West Bank village of Huwwara, 27 February, Ilia Yefimovich DPA

In early January, as Israel was forming its most openly extreme right-wing government yet, Nadav Tamir, a former Israeli diplomat and current lobby group director, gave a prescient warning.

Continue reading

State Department buries Israeli occupation in word salad

3 April 2021 — The Electronic Intifada

Michael F. Brown

Man gesticulatesSpokesperson Ned Price attempted this week to clarify the State Department’s muddled language on the Israeli occupation. Reuters

Last year, presidential candidate Joe Biden personally intervened to keep the word “occupation” out of the Democratic Party’s platform regarding Israel.

Continue reading