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Sunday, May 23, 2021

Israel's Bloody Bombing of Gaza 2021: Us Legislator AOC Calls Israel an ‘Apartheid State’

US legislator AOC calls Israel an ‘apartheid state’
US progressives have criticised the Biden administration’s support for Israel amid its Gaza bombardment.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/16/in-tweet-us-legislator-aoc-calls-israel-apartheid-state

Bloody bombing of Gaza puts Biden at odds with progressives in generational divide
Cracks open in Democratic support for Israel as old guard in the party is challenged
Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian American member of Congress, has a frank discussion with Joe Biden on the Tarmac of the airport in Detroit.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/22/democratic-party-israel-palestine-biden-progressives

Israel-Gaza: The Democrats' 'tectonic' shift on the conflict
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57161929

Bernie Sanders: The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government
Israel has the absolute right to live in peace and security, but so do the Palestinians.

New Generation of Activists
We saw these activists in American streets last summer in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. We see them in Israel. We see them in the Palestinian territories.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opinion/bernie-sanders-israel-palestine-gaza.html

Sanders introduces legislation to block US arms sale to Israel
Some legislators have sought to block the $735m deal to increase pressure on Israel amid Gaza bombardment.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/20/sanders-introduces-legislation-to-block-us-arms-sale-to-israel