How Detained US Student Lara Alqasem Became a Cause Celebrea for Jewish Liberals

Ms. Alqasem has been turned into a pawn in the struggle between Jewish liberals and Israeli ultra-nationalists.

Jonathan Cook
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Lara Alqasem Israel detention

An American student of Palestinian descent detained in Israel’s airport for nearly a fortnight has become an unexpected cause celebre. Lara Alqasem was refused entry under legislation passed last year against boycott activists, and Israeli courts are now deciding whether allowing her to study human rights at an Israeli university threatens public

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American College Student Held in Israel for Support of BDS Movement

Her “crime”, according to Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry, is that while studying for her bachelor’s degree in Florida, she was president of an organization that supported a boycott against Israel.

Middle East Monitor
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Lara Alqasem Israel

An American student has become the latest victim of Israel’s law targeting supporters of the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Lara Alqasem, 22, has been held since last Tuesday at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. Alqasem is a graduate of the University of Florida and a US citizen whose grandparents are Palestinian She tried to

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Trump Appointee Re-Opens Case Over Alleged Anti-Semitism on US Campus

In reopening the probe, Marcus is said to have employed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism which equates criticism of Israel and Zionism with anti-Semitism.

Middle East Monitor
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Image of a banner reading 'Stop Arming Israel' by the student-led BDS campaign at the University of Manchester on 3 March 2017 (BDS Campaign University of Manchester/Facebook)

A vociferous anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigner appointed by President Donald Trump to head a top civil rights organisation has re-opened a seven-year-old case over alleged anti-Semitism in an American university. The newly appointed official is seeking to use a controversial definition of anti-Semitism to revisit a case dismissed

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Rashida Tlaib Repudiates Views of Liberal Zionist Organization, J Street

This comes after days of controversy and questions about the political commitments required to secure the support of the liberal Zionist organization.

Ali Abunimah
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Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich, Nov. 6, 2008. In the primary election Aug. 7, 2018, Democrats picked former Michigan state Rep. Rashida Tlaib to run unopposed for the congressional seat that former Rep. John Conyers held for more than 50 years. Tlaib will be the first Muslim woman in Congress. Al Goldis | AP

Rashida Tlaib has repudiated key positions of the Israel lobby group J Street, which endorsed her during her winning Democratic primary campaign for Michigan’s 13th congressional district. This comes after days of controversy and questions about the political commitments required to secure the support of the liberal Zionist organization. In

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Adidas is No Longer Sponsoring the Israel Football Association

In March 130 Palestinian clubs urged Adidas to end its sponsorship of Israeli football over its inclusion of six teams based in illegal Israeli settlements.

teleSUR
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Israel football

The Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement announced Tuesday that sports brand Adidas will no longer sponsor the Israel Football Association (IFA), after a campaign asking the sports giant to stop its complicity in the oppression of Palestinian people who live under military occupation, and with the ongoing colonization of

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Mandela’s Grandson to Honor Ahed Tamimi with Award for Her Bravery in Resisting Israeli Oppression

“Ahed‚ like most Palestinian youth living under occupation‚ are fearless in their protest against the occupation and witness daily how their parents are humiliated and stripped of their dignity at the hands of the IDF. “ — Zwelivelile Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson

Whitney Webb
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Zwelivelile "Mandla" Mandela speaks outside Parliament during a protest in Cape Town, South Africa against increased Israeli “security” measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, July 26, 2017. Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA -- After her release from an Israeli prison on Sunday, renowned Palestinian teen-activist Ahed Tamimi has been invited to South Africa to receive an award honoring the 17-year-old for her bravery and continued resistance to the Israeli military occupation of Palestine’s West Bank. The award was announced by Zwelivelile

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