Action in Politics“Israel’s official position is that this is not an area underbelligerent occupation [1967 areas]. Go onto the Foreign Ministry’swebsites and you’ll see. We did not accept the Geneva Convention,because we knew it would be against us….When Joshua ben Nun [thebiblical prophet] entered the land, he sent three messages to itsinhabitants: those who want to accept [our rule] will accept; thosewho want to leave, will leave; those who want to fight, will fight.The basis of his strategy was: We are here, we have come, this isours. Now too, three doors will be open, there is no fourth door.Those who want to leave – and there will be those who leave – I willhelp them. When they have no hope and no vision, they will go. As theydid in 1948. Those who do not go will either accept the rule of theJewish state, in which case they can remain, and as for those who donot, we will fight them and defeat them” Knesset Member BezalelSmotrich interview in HaaretzSenate Passes a Dumb and Dangerous Bill by James J. ZogbyThis week, without debate or an actual vote, the US Senate stealthilypassed a disturbing and dangerous piece of legislation introduced bySenators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). Called “TheAnti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016” (AAA), the Scott-Casey billrequires the Department of Education (DOE) to apply the StateDepartment’s (DOS) definition of anti-Semitism in evaluatingcomplaints of discrimination on US campuses… more at.http://lobelog.com/senate-passes-a-dumb-and-dangerous-bill/#more-36971(The bill we allow he Israel lobby to outlaw criticism of Israeli apartheid?)Senate Passed Anti-Free Speech Bill; House Considers Bill: It targetshuman rights activists, not hatred.https://www.fcnl.org/updates/senate-passed-anti-free-speech-bill-house-considers-bill-48310 Zionist Arguments You’ve Encountered, But Didn’t Have Answers Tohttp://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2016/11/28/10-zionist-arguments-youve-encountered-but-didnt-have-answers-to/Endorse the academic and cultural boycott campaign in your own country:Britain: http://www.bricup.org.UKFrance: http://www.aurdip.orgSpain: http://pebai.wordpress.comItaly: http://bdsitalia.org/US: http://www.usacbi.orgGlobal: http://bdsmovement.netAnd search for BDS campaigns in your country here:https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/join-a-bds-campaignStay human and come visit us in occupied PalestineMazin QumsiyehA bedouin in cyberspace, a villager at homeProfessor and (volunteer) DirectorPalestine Museum of Natural HistoryPalestine Institute of Biodiversity and SustainabilityBethlehem UniversityOccupied Palestinehttp://qumsiyeh.orghttp://palestinenature.org