Newsletter · April 2025

‘I Felt They Wanted to Kill Me’ -- "No Other Land" Co-Director on Settler-Soldier Assault; Caitlin Johnstone -- "I Envy the Palestinians"

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April 1, 2025

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Any attack against our movement makes us more steadfast in our struggle for freedom, justice and equality. Remember, when they repress, we BDS! Join us today as we launch our new website, your go-to hub for everything BDS—stay updated, learn about the movement, get involved, explore our campaigns, discover our unprecedented impact, access resources, and much more. Thank you for your continuing support

‘I felt they wanted to kill me’: Hamdan Ballal recounts settler-soldier assault

The Palestinian filmmaker describes being brutally beaten in front of his home in Susiya before experiencing further abuse in Israeli military detention.

I Envy the Palestinians

I envy the Palestinians. Not for what they're going through, obviously, but for what they have. Their supremely authentic culture, with its deep roots and ancient connection to the land.

‘It starts at the top’: Extremist views are all that many young Israelis have ever known

’When you don’t resolve military conflicts, you have to convince your population of why you’re there, and then you have to convince them by telling them the other side is irredeemable, genetically disposed to be an existential threat.’" NEW BDS MOVEMENT WEBSITE ANNOUNCED We just launched our brand-new BDS website (https://www.bdsmovement.net/) to take our growing people powered movement to the next level! Not only are we engaged in fighting state, corporate and institutional complicity with Israel’s regime of oppression against Palestinians, we are also engaged in fighting back against ongoing attacks on our online platforms. On February 21st, the BDS movement’s X (formerly Twitter) account was subject to a cyberattack. Soon after the account began posting malicious links meant to discredit our movement and harm our supporters.

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