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‘Palestine is an American issue’: Student Voices for Palestine host fundraiser, film screening to raise awareness

Angela Mathew | Monday, March 27, 2023

As part of Palestinian Liberation Week, Student Voices for Palestine (SVP) will be hosting a Palestinian cultural cafe, a documentary screening, a talk by activist Lesley Williams and a mutual aid fundraiser Monday through Thursday. Traditionally, this week is known as Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) across the world. The observance originated in 2005 at the

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Support for a new generation of Palestinians

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, February 28, 2018

On March 11, 2018, Ahed Tamimi — a Palestinian girl who was just 16 at the time of her arrest — is scheduled to appear for her second military court hearing. Ahed’s arrest followed a video that went viral of her slapping and pushing an Israeli soldier who was coming onto her property. Ahed faces

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Jerusalem for all

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, January 23, 2018

President Donald Trump announced Dec. 6 his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and to move the U.S. Embassy from its current location in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This act marks a decisive break with decades of U.S. policy on the status of Jerusalem, specifically not recognizing exclusive Israeli

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The false notion of moral equivalence

Eddie Damstra | Wednesday, March 1, 2017

One of my biggest reservations with President Obama was the manner in which his administration handled relations with Israel. From negotiating a deal that gives Iran, whose leadership vows to destroy the state of Israel, a path to nuclear weapons to refusing to veto a U.N. resolution condemning Jewish settlement activity, President Obama and his

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Don’t stand with the oppressor

Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 15, 2016

On April 8, Notre Dame’s Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) hosted George Deek, a representative of Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Deek’s narrative denied Israel’s relentless attempts to rebut the rights of the Palestinians, and it discredited the Palestinian struggle for justice and equality. During his talk, he presented Israel as a bastion of diversity

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Patriarch of Jerusalem discusses conflict and Christianity in Palestine

Devon Chenelle | Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Despite the desire for peace in Palestine, neither peace nor security has been won by the myriad of negotiations and wars of the past 70 years, Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, said. Twal delivered a lecture titled “Middle East Christians’ Future: In Whose Hands” on Tuesday at Hesburgh Center Auditorium as part of the 2015-2016 Notre

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Presidential procrastination on foreign policy

Christopher Newton | Monday, October 6, 2014

A Sunday after a home-game win: as always, a time for procrastination and limited productivity. The Irish won this weekend and advanced to the top five, so why worry about applications, theses and editorial columns? There’s a Bar Rescue marathon on Spike that needs your undivided attention for what some might call an excessive number

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No: Should the United States provide military and financial support to the state of Israel?

Billy McMahon | Monday, September 8, 2014

Editor’s Note: This column is part of a special Viewpoint Debate which asks the question, “Should the United States provide military and financial support to the state of Israel?” To read the column that answers “yes” to this question, read Tim Scanlan’s accompanying article. In the past two months, the state of Israel has dropped

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Yes: Should the United States provide military and financial support to the state of Israel?

Tim Scanlan | Monday, September 8, 2014

Editor’s Note: This column is part of a special Viewpoint Debate which asks the question, “Should the United States provide military and financial support to the state of Israel?” To read the column that answers “no” to this question, read Billy McMahon’s accompanying article. As we headed back to campus in August, the conflict in