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July 24, 2017 Stan, Here is the latest news and opinion from Mondoweiss. Know anyone that you think would enjoy this newsletter? Share this sign-up link with them! Praying for justice won’t end the occupation By Marc H. Ellis Olav Fykse Tveit of the World Council of Churches urges church leaders to pray for a just solution of the troubles in Jerusalem. Marc Ellis writes, "The WCC is now on record here urging a reestablishment of the status quo at Al Aqsa and in Jerusalem, a status quo that affirms Israeli occupation." Read in browser » The long and under-reported history of Judeo-Christian terror around Al-Aqsa By Jonathan Ofir Palestinian violence outside Al-Aqsa mosque justifies the Israeli restrictions on the site, in the eyes of Israelis. But Al Aqsa is a Muslim compound, and the greater paradigm is that of Israeli state criminality and occupation, beginning with the ethnic cleansing of the Mughrabi quarter in 1967. Read in browser » Jerusalem hospital calls on int’l groups to stop ‘storming’ by Israeli forces By Mondoweiss Editors Islamic hospital in occupied East Jerusalem calls on international organizations to intervene to protect the hospital from raids by Israeli security forces, "roaming Hospital corridors under the pretext of looking for injured Palestinians." Read in browser » Avishai’s prophetic ‘Tragedy of Zionism’ was denied by Jewish community 32 years ago By Roland Nikles In a book once regarded as heretical among American Jewry, The Tragedy of Zionism, Bernard Avishai explained more than 30 years ago that Zionism evolved from a Histadrut (trade union) movement, to statism that aspired to be Jewish and democratic, and from this statism to a new unabashedly undemocratic Zionism. Read in browser » Palestinians haul university student’s body over hospital walls to keep Israelis from confiscating it By Kate Muhammad Abu Ghanam, 20, a student at Bir Zeit University, was shot by Israeli forces during demonstrations in East Jerusalem and died in al-Makassed hospital. A crowd of Palestinian men hauled his body in bloodied sheet over the hospital walls to prevent Israeli forces from doing what they often do, confiscating demonstrators' bodies. Abu Ghanam had a funeral shortly after. Read in browser » Critics of U.S. ‘Israel Anti-Boycott Act’ say even requests for information could expose citizens to penalties By Philip Weiss Don't give the Trump administration any power to "lock them up," J Street warns Congress about new "Israel Anti-Boycott Act," while the ACLU warns that "simply requesting information about such boycotts" could expose a person to penalties. Read in browser » Facebook Twitter Website Email

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