Defenders of free speech and Palestinian human rights won a victory in the Massachusetts legislature today when a key committee refused to advance a bill that would have prevented the state government from signing contracts with those who support an economic boycott of Israel. The […]
This article appeared in our Spring 2017 Newsletter Despite the Trump administration’s contradictory policies, MAPA’s Palestine/Israel working group is keeping on, to advance Palestinian rights and for our own sanity, and to add new issues as needed: e.g., opposing David Friedman as ambassador to Israel. […]
On Wednesday, February 1, 2017, Massachusetts Peace Action board member Eva Moseley delivered testimony before the Task Force on Integrity in State and Local Government regarding our March 2016 complaint that it should be deemed unethical for state legislators to take gifts of free trips to Israel funded by a lobby […]
Two of Trump’s first initiatives regarding the Middle East send chills down my spine. As a United States’ citizen working toward fostering better relations between America and the Middle East, I would like to share my initial thoughts on Trump’s plan to ban Muslim’s from obtaining […]
By Kimia Tabatabaei, student intern and head of Newton South Peace Action The Latin phrase, “Bona mens omnibus patet” — “A good mind is open to all things” — wraps around South’s school seal. For a school that takes pride in fostering an environment of […]
This article appeared in the 2016 Fall Newsletter by Eva Moseley, Cambridge The “A New Day” (AND) network, launched by MAPA’s Palestine-Israel Working Group at a well-attended conference a year ago, organizes its members by Congressional district and works to change US Israel policy. One […]
by Jeff Klein “The United States does not accept the legitimacy of Israeli settlements… It’s time for these settlements to stop.” -Barack Obama, June 4, 2009 Who says that Israeli settlements in occupied territory are illegal? The International Court of Justice, the countries pledged to […]
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