Tlaib blasts Foreign Affairs Committee's anti-BDS bill as 'unconstitutional' — The Hill (7/10/19)

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) took aim at a bill in the House Foreign Affairs Committee condemning the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, calling it "unconstitutional." The measure, H.R. 246, aims “to silence opposition of Israel's blatantly racist policies that demonize both Palestinians & Ethiopians,” Tlaib, who is Palestinian and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “Our 1st Amd. right to free speech allows boycott of inhumane policies. This bill is unconstitutional,” she added.

Faith leaders disrupt U.S. Vice President Mike Pence during CUFI summit — Religious News Network (7/10/19)

15 years after ICJ declared Separation Wall illegal, West Bank barrier continues to destroy Palestinian lives — Mondoweiss (7/10/19)

Tuesday July 9th marked the fifteenth anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision to declare the Israeli separation wall in occupied Palestinian territory as illegal under international law. Israel began construction of the separation wall, known by many as the Israeli “Apartheid Wall”, in 2002 in the middle of the Second Intifada. Israeli officials said the wall was a necessary “security precaution against terrorism” from Palestinian attackers coming from the West Bank. But with the construction of the wall, came unprecedented demolitions of Palestinians homes along the planned route, massive land confiscations, and the division of dozens of Palestinian communities along the Green Line.

Haim Saban loves every Democratic candidate . . . except Bernie Sanders, who he thinks is turning Dems against AIPAC — Mondoweiss (7/10/19)

The Book of Palestine: National Liberation Vs Endless Negotiations — Palestine Chronicle (7/10/19)

The Ultimate Deal is not meant to work — Electronic Intifada (7/6/19)

What about Jared Kushner? The president’s crown prince and special envoy, who is trying to sell his Ultimate Deal™ to the very Palestinians his colleague is so disparaging about, must have been working a little more diligently on his pitch. Surely. Palestinians have been “hysterical and stupid” for boycotting the Bahrain conference, Kushner told Israeli reporters and Arab leaders after a Bahrain show that some reviewers were struggling to describe as anything other than “weird.” Never mind. Kushner, a seasoned diplomat, also held out an olive branch. “The door is always open” to Palestinians, he said, provided they stopped saying “crazy things.” Presumably he was referring to Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas’ comments that to engage the Trump administration the Palestinians wanted a US commitment to a two-state solution that would see East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital. Optimistic, perhaps. But this was US policy until the current administration waded in. Crazy indeed.