Pogroms Against Palestinians
Like against Jews in Tsarist Russia or African-Americans & Native Americans here.
From B’Tselem the Israeli human rights organization, one of many courageous and righteous Israeli organizations dedicated to joining with Palestinians to defend their rights.
The thugs pictured were among the thousands of rightist and/or religious Israelis celebrating the “reunification” of Jerusalem this past weekend by launching vicious attacks against random Palestinians.
This scene, although horrible, is nothing compared to the physical brutalization of Palestinian youths, boys and girls, for, basically breathing— although lately the beatings and worse, like the IDF killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh have intensified. Shireen Akleh’s funeral was itself attacked by the Israeli police who seem to have gone mad at the sight of Palestinian flags.
Check out ABC’s coverage of the funeral in the clip below. Especially note my friend Hadar Susskind, head of Americans For Peace Now. An American, he is a brilliant peace activist but one with the special credibility of a person (again, born and bred Jewish American) who a few decades ago went over to Israel to serve in an elite IDF combat brigade.
Read about Americans For Peace Now here.
And check out Hadar’s piece in TIME here calling on US aid to Israel to be made conditional, based on Israel’s actions. This is the case with every other foreign aid recipient and, in fact, any American entities receiving Congressionally appropriated money. Of course, it won’t happen because…AIPAC and its 400+ wholly owned cutouts in the House and Senate. And all those donors.