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Seattle’s “radical ecosystem” is blending causes into one giant pressure campaign. One wing is explicitly pro-Palestinian; another uses the same momentum to push long-running anti-corporate fights, especially against Microsoft and Amazon. See the curly-haired woman in the crowd? That is Bissan Barghouti, a recurring face at actions, including on...

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"Ongoing" - One of the phrases increasingly used next to the term "Nakba" is "Ongoing" as in the recent proposal by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Now westerners assume that the "ongoing" seeks to highlight continued suffering of Palestinian Arabs, but as with so many other phrases that serve as "dual use language" (as Eran Shayshon coined) is that the deep meaning is very different. Once it is known and understood that the real time meaning of the Nakba, as described by Constantin Zureiq as "Seven Arab states declare war in an attempt to subdue Zionism, stop impotent before it, and return on their heels" was the shameful failure to defeat the lowly Jews in war - it becomes crystal clear why it remains "ongoing": As long as Israel exists, the Arab, and especially Palestinian Arab shameful failure to dismantle Jewish sovereignty and "subdue Zionism" remains "ongoing". As long as, per Bevin's quote, the top goal of the Palestine Arabs "to resist to the last the establishment of Jewish sovereignty in any part of the land" remains unfulfilled, their definition of disaster remains "ongoing". In the updated book of The War of Return, "October Return", Dr. Adi Schwartz and I included a dictionary of sort to explore this dual use language. I share it here with you: "This becomes especially clear when analyzing the language of Palestinian identity and that of its supporters around the world. Terms such as “two states,” “justice,” “return,” and “rights” carry one meaning in dialogue between Palestinians and Westerners or Israelis—but an entirely different meaning within internal Palestinian discourse. "Take “two states,” for example. During the years of negotiations, Palestinian leaders—and many surveys—expressed support for the “two-state solution.” Israelis and Westerners reasonably assumed that this meant one state for Palestinian Arabs and one for Jews. In retrospect, we should have checked. For when Palestinians speak of “two states,” they also maintain that millions of Palestinian “refugees” have a right to settle inside Israel. The implication is that the phrase “two states” actually means a Palestinian Arab state in the West Bank and Gaza, alongside a second Arab-majority state that replaces Israel via the mass return of refugees. In effect: “this one is ours, and that one is also ours.” "To this day, no official Palestinian peace plan includes the recognition of a Jewish state on any part of the land between the river and the sea. "It is also worth examining the meaning of a word like “justice”—so frequently invoked in phrases like “a just peace,” “a just solution,” or in the names of organizations such as “Students for Justice in Palestine.” To many in the world, “justice” may simply mean that Palestinians should have a state of their own, or that Israel should not control their daily lives. That is a reasonable interpretation. But it is not the Palestinian one. "For Palestinians, there is only one concept of justice: the reversal of the injustice they associate with the creation of the State of Israel. And central to that “corrective justice” is return—which, by definition, entails the end of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people. "The same applies to words like “rights,” “liberation,” and, of course, “return.” As will become clear in the pages ahead, there is no ambiguity: “return” is the concept that embodies victory over the Jewish state and its elimination. "That is why the butcherty of October 7 was greeted with euphoria."

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"This is about making sure that no one dares to challenge the narratives in corporate media and Western academia," Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi | حليا دوطاقي told Drop Site News 🎙️ EXCLUSIVE | Drop Site speaks with Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi, international law scholar and outspoken defender of Palestinian rights, who was recently suspended by Yale University. Doutaghi served as the Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale until March 2, when an AI-powered, far-right website called Jewish Onliner accused her of being a member of Samidoun, a pro-Palestine advocacy group that the U.S. government designated as a fundraising front for a terrorist organization in October 2024. Less than 24 hours after the article was published, Yale placed Doutaghi on leave, revoked her email access, banned her from campus, and launched an investigation into her activities. In the interview, Doutaghi discusses how her suspension reflects a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in Western academia, fueled by growing pressure from both the U.S. government and elite institutions. She also addresses Yale’s decision to retain a lawyer with ties to the defense industry, who advertises “Israel” as one of the services he provides, to lead the investigation. This interview was conducted by jeremy scahill, who — as you’ll hear — is recovering from laryngitis, but pushed through to cover this critical story. Watch the full interview below or with the link in reply.

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