What’s happening to Palestinians is not simply something happening “over there.” Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of an Israeli company, is making millions off militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border. Elta North America, another such subsidiary, was paid between $300,000 and $500,000 to build a prototype of Trump’s wall. https://www.juancole.com/2019/07/resisting-industry-palestine.html #apartheid #apartheidisrael #bds #boycottisrael #palestine #palestinian #elbitsystems #eltanorthamerica
Democratic presidential front runner and former vice president, Joe Biden, told a member of the IfNotNow Jewish anti-occupation movement that the “occupation is a human rights crisis,” and called for a two-state solution. Also, Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg on Friday in Laconia, New Hampshire, told IfNotNow fellow Erin Sandler, 29, that “The occupation must end.” https://www.jta.org/2019/07/14/politics/biden-buttigieg-booker-respond-to-ifnotnow-question-about-occupation/amp #ifnotnowwhen #joebiden #petebuttigieg #bds #boycottisrael #apartheid #apartheidisrael
Clay pottery, colorful glassware, bamboo furniture and ancient frame looms weaving bright rugs and mats — Traditional crafts once defined the economy of the coastal Palestinian enclave; but after a 12-year-long blockade and as globalization and Chinese mass production rises, traditional industries are nearly gone. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5547527,00.html?&tb_cb=1 #gaza #gazablockade #bds #boycottisrael #palestine #palestinian #apartheid #apartheidisrael
