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      Jews protest Israeli apartheid

      Progressive NY State Lawmakers Join 250+ Jews Protesting Netanyahu's UN Speech

      "As Jewish New Yorkers committed to racial justice, we believe apartheid is indefensible," said one protester. "Palestinians deserve to live with dignity and freedom."

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 23, 2023

      A pair of democratic socialist New York state lawmakers joined more than 250 Jewish demonstrators and allies on Friday afternoon outside United Nations headquarters in Midtown Manhattan to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's General Assembly speech defending his far-right government's apartheid policies.

      New York state Sen. Jabari Brisport (D-25) and state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-36) joined activists from Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Adalah Justice Project, and other human rights defenders as Netanyahu—whose government is widely considered the most extreme in Israeli history—addressed world leaders inside the U.N. building.

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      Benjamin Netanyahu holds a map of the Middle East without Palestine

      Netanyahu Shows Map of 'New Middle East'—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly

      "Netanyahu made clear with his little map today what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine... from the region and legitimizing greater Israel, all with the blessing of Arab regimes," one critic said.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 22, 2023

      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered Palestinians and their defenders Friday after presenting a map of "The New Middle East" without Palestine during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

      Speaking to a largely empty chamber, Netanyahu—whose far-right government is widely considered the most extreme in Israeli history—showed a series of maps, including one that did not show the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Gaza. These Palestinian territories have been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967, with the exception of Gaza—from which Israeli forces withdrew in 2005, while maintaining an economic stranglehold over the densely populated coastal strip.

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      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (L) stand side by side.

      The One Thing Netanyahu and Gallant Agree On? Blaming Iran

      Both Netanyahu and Gallant stand to gain from diverting attention from the reasons behind the ongoing rebellion in Palestine.

      Ramzy Baroud
      Sep 02, 2023

      Despite their complicated and often uneasy relationship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant agree on one thing: Iran is behind Israel's security problem.

      The socioeconomic polarization in Israel, the country's political and judicial crises, the ongoing settlers' pogroms in the West Bank, the repeated calls for religious war by Tel Aviv's far-right ministers—all of these myriad problems are suddenly negligible. The problem is Iran.

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