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All my latest reads and views for your weekend | Palestine is Still the Issue #49

Here’s my choice of the best things I’ve read, listened to and watched from around the web this week. Don’t forget to subscribe and share:

My Work This Week

1. “Wretch 32 and Anwar Hadid reject Israel lobby bid to delete Lowkey” — Some famous faces backed the rapper and Palestine solidarity campaigner against Israel lobby censorship.

2. “Lowkey petition to Spotify grabs 4,000 signatures in first three hours” — As of this writing on Friday, more than 26,500 people have signed. If you still haven’t signed, you can find the petition here.

3. WATCH: Democratic Socialists of America purges Palestine solidarity; And a discussion on imperialist sanctions vs. BDS — All in Episode 52 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast:

4. WATCH: Whitewashing Ukraine’s Nazis — On Episode 53 of the podcast, Ali Abunimah discusses Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech to Israel’s parliament and the geopolitical implications of the war in Ukraine. I also give an overview of Operation Gladio and its relevance today:

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   New: @MarvelStudios star @MarkRuffalo joins opposition to Israel lobby campaign against Lowkey Marvel star Mark Ruffalo joins opposition to Israel lobby campaign against LowkeyThe UK rapper is facing down calls for Spotify to delete his music.asawinstanley.substack.com

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From Around the Web

1. “Lies, Secret Recording and Parakeets: The Israel Lobby’s Dirty War Against Lowkey” — MintPress News lays out the contours of the recent campaign against rapper and campaigner Lowkey.

2. “Israel seeks revenge after Palestinian kills 5 near Tel Aviv” — My EI colleague Tamara Nassar explains why Israeli claims about Palestinians having “ISIS links” should be treated with extreme scepticism.

3. “Israel kills 3 Palestinians, including teen” — And read Tamara’s latest report from yesterday to keep up with current fast-moving events in Palestine. An Israeli death squad killed two Palestinians in Jenin, including a 16-year-old boy. Israel has killed more than two dozen Palestinians in 2022 so far.

4. “Why is Ukraine the West's Fault?” — John Mearsheimer’s 2015 lecture gives a brilliant overview of the real background to the current war in Ukraine (which in my view really started in 2014, not this year).