The Report: Jeff Halper on Biden in Israel & the West Bank; Join an ICAHD extended study tour; Palestinian universities under attack; and more.
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Speaking of (super) normalization, a good part of Biden's agenda is establishing an Israel-led Middle East NATO. The "Jerusalem Agreement" (another poke in the Palestinians eyes from a President who opens his press conference by declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital) notches up the US-Israel "security" relationship, meaning empowering Israel to attack Iran acts as the US proxy in the region.
Embracing and pushing Trump's Abraham Accords of normalization with the Arab world helps Israel, of course, but like Biden's demand that the Palestinians normalize with Israel BEFORE dealing with their rights, normalization in the Middle East does no favour to its peoples. But the main reason Arab states want to normalize with Israel is to acquire its technologies of repression. Arab countries are led by non-elected dictators who face permanent unrest among their repressed and impoverished peoples, repeated Arab Springs demanding democracy. In order to stay in power, they need Israeli weapons, surveillance systems (like the NSO tool that allowed Saudi Arabia to track Khashoggi) and instruments of population control for their police & security forces far more than against any external enemy.
"Normalization" is a seemingly neutral, even benign term. But like many similar terms ("peace," for example), it covers brutal realities and intentions - especially in the service of perpetuating and expanding colonialism, whether settler colonialism in the case of Israel or American neo-colonialism, not to mention the repression of the Arab peoples by their own governments. NEWS, ANALYSIS & OPINION
Neve Gordon, Al Jazeera, July 15
"And as they fight for their survival under apartheid rule, they are receiving no real solidarity from their Israeli counterparts."
"Individuals and companies supporting the Palestinian BDS movement in the US may soon face the top court's approval of opposition to those efforts."
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JUNE DEMOLITION & DISPLACEMENT REPORT 87 demolished structures -- OPT 1 demolished structure -- Israel (as well as the entire village of al-Araqib) 75 people displaced 6424 other people affected VIEW THE FULL REPORT HERE (https://icahd.org/2022/07/06/june-2022-demolition-and-displacement-report/?utm_source=ICAHD&utm_campaign=dd579648c8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_07_11_10_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_06adf561a8-dd579648c8-294083917&mc_cid=dd579648c8&mc_eid=e7bc936ee5) A WORD FROM JEFF HALPER
Read moreOn Joe Biden's trip to Israel & the West Bank:
It's hard to know what's more embarrassing: Biden's "love" for Israel ("I am a Zionist," he declared upon his arrival) and his campaign to normalize Israel as a settler colonial state, or the self-serving fawning of the Israelis over Biden. Embarrassing but not funny. Settler colonialism triumphs when it is normalized (a term mentioned by Biden & Lapid in virtually every sentence), in our case when the Palestinians & their national claims simply disappear.
Palestinian universities
are once again (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/7/15/palestinian-universities-are-once-again-under-attack) under attack (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/7/15/palestinian-universities-are-once-again-under-attack)
Read morePalestinians face forced expulsions as Biden pledges allegiance to Israel
Biden’s visit demonstrates scant difference between his administration and Trump’s in their uncritical, unwavering support for Israel. Using our tax dollars, the U.S. government continues to enable Israel’s illegal and brutal occupation of Palestinian lands.
Read moreWill the US Supreme Court make it illegal to boycott Israel?
Azadeh Shashahani & Assal Rad, Middle East Eye, July 17
Read morePalestinian-Americans demand US government provide equal protection from Israeli violations
Palestinians with American citizenship are calling for an investigation of discriminatory treatment by the State Department, as well as violations of US laws in service of the Israeli occupation.
Read moreA history of the Israeli destruction of the two-state settlement
Since President Biden still insists that he is committed to the Two State Solution, maybe we should take another poke at it. A fresh look cannot hurt at what has become the most common phrase in the discourse on Palestine-Israel.
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