The Electronic Intifada

Trump appeals to his anti-Palestinian base by declaring Jerusalem as Israel's capital; As'ad AbuKhalil analyzes the latest power plays in Lebanon and the consequences of a strengthening alliance between the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-trump-rewards-israels-intransigence

Music: "Borderlands" by Naima Shalhoub. (Photo: Mahfouz Abu Turk / APA Images)

Human rights defender Issa Amro on trial in Israeli military court; US lawmakers seek to end financial complicity in Israel's torture of Palestinian children in military detention. Photo: Activists Farid al-Atrash (left) and Issa Amro (right) in front of the Ofer Israeli military prison on 29 October, after their first military tribunal. (Twitter)Music: Sharif Zakout.

Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/issa-amro-they-are-trying-put-me-jail

Graphic novelist Iasmin Omar Ata talks about the struggle for recognition in an interview with Marguerite Dabaie. Read Dabaie's full review of "Mis(h)adra" here: https://electronicintifada.net/content/visualizing-feeling/21841 and read the podcast blog post here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-visualizing-feeling

Anti-Palestinian groups are escalating attacks on a cafe over a mural honoring Rasmea Odeh. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-defending-palestinian-culture-oaklands-reems (Photo by Sharif Zakout)

Largest US organization of democratic socialists endorse Palestinian BDS call; A new book, "We Will Not Be Silenced," investigates resistance by students and scholars to intimidation and repression by Israel lobby groups. Music by Invincible. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-dsa-backs-boycott-campuses-fight-israels-censorship

Jalal Abukhater reports from Jerusalem; Josh Ruebner analyzes the Israel Anti-Boycott Act; and poet and activist Aja Monet talks about her Dream Defenders delegation to Palestine and reads from her new book of poetry. (Photo: Palestinians at the gate of al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, just before entering by the thousands, Jalal Abukhater on Twitter, 27 July)

The Democratic Party's members are rapidly shifting their opinions about the US-Israel relationship, activists say. Will elected officials follow suit? More here:

https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-california-democrats-defend-right-boycott-israel (Photo: Anti-BDS bills are designed to suppress Palestine rights activism in the US. Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr)

Dozens of US scholars are protesting a recent vote by the Modern Language Association (MLA) to "refrain from endorsing" the academic boycott of Israel; Canadian activists push the leftist New Democratic Party (NDP) to adopt a more progressive policy on Palestine. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-mla-anti-boycott-vote-could-encourage-repression Music: "Pain" by Palestine Street.(Photo: Students take part in a March 2014 rally against a decision by Boston’s Northeastern University to suspend Students for Justice in Palestine. Bryan MacCormack/LeftInFocus)

Laila El-Haddad interviews Joudie Kalla, author of the cookbook "Palestine on a Plate." For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestinian-cuisine-more-whats-plate/20546 (Photo of Joudie Kalla: Ria Osbourne)

Israel's leaders continue to threaten the entire Lebanese population with another war. Activist, writer and scholar Rania Masri of the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon talks about the banning of Wonder Woman over the role of the lead actor, Gal Gadot, who was an Israeli soldier during the 2006 bombing of Lebanon. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-why-wonder-woman-banned-lebanon (Photo: Gal Gadot with Shimon Peres, from Gadot's Facebook page)