In honor of the U.N. General Assembly vote recognizing Palestine's observer status

Here's a simple primer on the struggle most people in the United States wish they could ignore. It's short and surprisingly cogent.

Through out history, when governments have failed to push for justice, people just like you, like us, have taken the lead and won! Now it is the Palestinians turn for freedom and justice.

Jewish Voice for Peace

The United States put itself on the wrong side of justice, again, on Thursday by voting against the upgrade in the status of Palestine.

For people in the United States, we've got a huge job to do, turning around our cowed politicians who underwrite every Israeli atrocity.