Feature presentation this week: a continuation of our discussion on the legal assault against Palestinian rights activism we began last week, by sharing the last two segments of the Institute of Palestine Studies conference held in Washington, DC, which feature civil rights attorney Yaman Salahi, and Professor Steven Salaita. As Palestinian voices grow in the United States, so have the attempts to silence these same voices. To counteract these assaults, we need to understand how Zionists work to keep the Palestinian narratives from the American public.
First, some news out of Palestine. Usually we look for unique stories out of the West Bank and Gaza, but this week as our host reviewed the news from various Palestinian sources he was struck once again with the sameness of the news reports week after week. They are story after story of the brutality by Israel as it carries out its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. We are almost numb from reading the same reports of military incursions, tear gassing demonstrations, arresting children, shooting dissenters, demolishing homes, and making life miserable for Palestinians who are resisting their occupation and exploitation. [Some of those news stories are presented.]
Final part: a Mondoweiss article by our one-time associate on this program, Samer Jaber.
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This Week In Palestine 2-8-2015
The Legal Assault Against Palestinian Rights Activism