Newsletter · May 2024

Robert Herbst on Biden; IDF Strikes Rafah; Israel Bans Al Jazeera; Join The People's Conference for Palestine

THE REPORT

To Friends of ICAHD-USA

Amplifying a critical Israeli voice in the US, opposing US government support of Israeli apartheid, supporting the One Democratic State Campaign.

May 7, 2024

Your must-read for understanding Israel's "matrix of control," critical Palestine-Israel news, cutting edge analyses, opportunities for solidarity, and the work of ICAHD in the United States.

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NEWS, OPINION & ANALYSIS

We will convene for three days as organizations, collectives, movement leaders, community members, students and intellectuals, artists, cultural workers, and activists to reflect, exchange, and strengthen ourselves and our fight for a free Palestine. This current moment calls on us to deepen our relationships, our strategies, our tactics, and our unity for the struggle ahead. Through panels, workshops, exhibitions, and cultural performances, this conference will be an opportunity to come together and build upon this critical juncture in our struggle through education and advancing popular consciousness.

Check out the conference website here to register and for more information, and important (forthcoming) logistical details.

ICAHD-USA is an endorsing organization of this conference. Thank you for your continuing support

"GENOCIDE JOE IS BEGINNING TO STINK

LIKE LYNDON B. JOHNSON" Robert Herbst, ICAHD-USA co-chair, Mondoweiss, May 6 "Joe Biden continues to fully support the Gaza genocide because he does not believe it will hurt him politically, and because he has no empathy for the Palestinians. This is the same arrogance that brought down LBJ over the Vietnam war." Read the full article here (https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/genocide-joe-is-beginning-to-stink-like-lyndon-b-johnson/) .

'War Criminals': IDF Strikes Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire

'Why?' asked Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif. 'Because killing Palestinians is more important for the Israeli government than saving Israelis'.'

Israel Bans Al Jazeera Journalists, Network, Joining Syria and Iran as Repressive Regime

Banning foreign news channels and reporters is not a new thing in the Middle East, or the wider world, but it has usually been done by governments that the US denounces as autocratic. Israel has now joined their ranks as a censorship regime.

THE PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE FOR PALESTINE

Over 250 organizations from across North America have endorsed the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, MI from May 24-26. We have reached a critical point in the struggle for Palestinian national liberation. In one month, we will meet as community groups, organizations, students, artists and cultural workers to assess the current moment in the Palestinian national liberation struggle, and strategize on the next steps needed to fight for the total liberation of Palestine and an end to Zionism and imperialism.

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