Announcements
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Whereas the US government has underwritten the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign in Gaza with over $16 billion in military aid between October 2023 and June 2024. Whereas that campaign, beyond causing massive death and injury to Palestinian civilians and the collapse of basic life structures, has effectively obliterated Gaza’s education system; Whereas in April
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Links to recent articles of interest: “How Donald Trump Undermined the Health and Safety of American Workers” By Lawrence S. Wittner, Common Dreams, posted August 16 Catalogues the ways in which Trump administration policies from 2017 to 2021, both before and after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, increased workers’ vulnerability to a wide range of injuries and
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From JVP: Tell your school board– Reject the ADL. See link above
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HPAD members, Netanyahu Arriving in DC Today! Our Voices Needed! The crisis in Gaza and the West Bank continues, although eclipsed by election news. Netanyahu is arriving in Washington today and will meet with a now weakened President Biden. In a disgraceful development, leaders of the House and Senate (including Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer)
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The Regional Origins of America’s First Comprehensive Immigration Law” By Devin E. Naar, Made by History – Time, posted July 6 On the background of the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 and its author, Rep. Albert Johnson (R-Wash). “Even as the primary targets of immigration restrictionism
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HPAD members, The Israel Palestine Working Group of Historians for Peace and Democracy has produced a new video titled Stand Against AIPAC. The video contains slides about The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its influence over US politics. This is especially pressing information as Netanyahu’s visit to Congress on the 24
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “UN Commission of Inquiry: Israel Guilty of Crimes against Humanity, Hamas Guilty of War Crimes” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted June 13 A detailed summary of the June 12 UN investigatory report that detailed war crimes committed by Hamas and allied groups on October 7 and by the Israeli military in
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Responding to President Biden’s ambiguous threat to cut off weapons to Israel, if its military proceeded with the offensive in Rafah, House Republicans have introduced a bill to block Biden from freezing arms transfers. If passed, this would be an unprecedented attempt by Congress to prevent human rights from even being considered in weapons transfers. This
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “In Harvard Yard” By Walter Johnson, New York Review of Books, posted May 8 A complex account of the dynamics of the pro-Palestinian encampment that began April 24 at Harvard University and the administration’s response to it. The author teaches African and African American Studies at Harvard. “Why I’m Not Calling the Police
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza as Returnees to North Are Targeted and Refugee Camp Is Bombed” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted April 15 A reminder of the ongoing collective punishment in Gaza amid media focus on Israel-Iran tensions. The author teaches Middle East history at the University of