“The fact that settlers are using the specific piece of legislation pushed through after Martin Luther King’s assassination to protect disenfranchised black communities in order to discriminate against Palestinians is what I find so horrifying.”

On 12 March, the Magistrate’s Court ruled that the settlers who invaded the Bakri family home in Tel Rumeida in Hebron in 2001 must be evicted within 45 days.

In this edition of FMEP’s podcast series “Occupied Thoughts,” Peter Beinart is joined by Ahmed Abu Artema, one of the key organizers of the Great March of Return in Gaza – which started nearly one year ago. Peter and Ahmed discuss the impetus behind the march, and what has sustained it for almost one year despite the deadly Israeli response.

In the absence of further movement in Congress, the next action on state anti-BDS laws will be in the circuit courts.

The move appears to make light of criticism – including accusations of fascism – of Ayelet Shaked’s attempts to restructure the Israeli judiciary, which is seen as a barrier to her hard-right agenda.

Protesters say Hamas forces attacked them with batons while protesting against dire living conditions in Gaza Strip.