"To counter this insidious attempt at #Nakba memoricide by U.S. politicians and others, it is instructive to review the archives of U.S. diplomats stationed in #Palestine and surrounding Arab countries who witnessed the Nakba unfold and reported back to the #StateDepartment on the magnitude and gravity of #Israel’s dispossession of Palestine’s indigenous inhabitants." - #JoshRuebner

https://www.mei.edu/publications/five-things-united-states-knew-about-nakba-it-unfolded
#Nakba78 #NakbaDay #PalestineQuestion #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #colonialViolence

"The US actually understood quite early on that the partition plan as proposed by #UNSCOP was not workable and not feasible [...] The US did more than think about going back on partition. In March 1948 [...] the US actually proposed in the Security Council that an international trusteeship be appointed for #Palestine instead of partition." - #JoshRuebner

#Nakba 1948: What Washington Knew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fMiKXebU9Y
#NakbaDay #Nakba78 #PalestineQuestion #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #colonialViolence

'On April 15, 2026, a record number of Senators voted to block bombs and bulldozers to #Israel, while the #BlockTheBombsAct (#HR3565) is picking up momentum in the U.S. House of Representatives. Catherine Pilishvili sits down with #JoshRuebner, Policy Director at the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, for his analysis of Congressional efforts to stop the delivery of weapons to Israel.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWPAMs6y4o
#Palestine #Gaza #USpol #USpolitics #armsTransfers #IMEU

#MILITARISM AT HOME AND ABROAD

A Conversation with #JoshRuebner, lecturer @ Georgetown U. & director of the #IMEU Policy Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DvZtNn4Ctk
#USpol #USpolitics #USMiddleEastPolicy #Palestine #Gaza #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #stateViolence #stateRepression #activism

#IMEU Policy Project director #JoshRuebner reacts to Axios piece on the #DNC "autopsy" of the #2024election.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2025937379802988645.html
#USpol #USpolitics #Gaza #GazaGenocide #Palestine #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #WeToldYouSo

Tues Dec 9 @ 5:30pm ET

#IMEU Policy Project webinar | Recognizing and Punishing #Israel's Genocide

"A new resolution in Congress - #HRes876 - would hold Israel accountable for its genocide of #Palestinians in #Gaza. Learn more about the resolution and hear from Rep. #RashidaTlaib, Prof. #NouraErakat, and Dr. #JoshRuebner about why the US must uphold its legal obligation to prevent and punish genocide."

registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SS2MXd-eRPWPAqFAnXJTug#/registration
#Palestine #GazaGenocide #USpol #USpolitics #HR876

Sunday School Café with Josh Ruebner

A great talk by #JoshRuebner, policy director of the #IMEU, at #BusboysAndPoets on the topic of #Zionism

https://youtu.be/lWJNjHRMvX8

#colonialism #settlerColonialism #Palestine @histodons @palestine

"Peace will come only as a result of the Palestinian people being free from Israeli military rule and #apartheid policies, and #PalestinianRefugees being allowed to return to the homes from which #Israel exiled them more than 75 years ago." - #JoshRuebner

Trump’s call to ‘clean out’ Gaza is a direct threat to Palestinians

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5126430-trump-middle-east-policy/

#USpol #Gaza #ColonialViolence #Palestine #RightOfReturn @palestine @israel

Excellent talk by #JoshRuebner, Policy Director @ #IMEU Policy Project and adjunct lecturer @ Georgetown U.

Ruebner draws upon his doctoral research to discuss #USDiplomacy during the #Nakba (1947-1949) and the evolution of #USForeignPolicy vis-à-vis the #PalestineQuestion and Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

https://youtu.be/BxM4ybebBfU

#USpolitics #USpol #USStateDepartment #Palestine #MiddleEast #Gaza #oPt #HistoryOfPalestine #PalestinianRefugees #PalestineSolidarity

@palestine @israel

"No other policy step would have as much of an impact in generating a permanent #ceasefire and advancing Palestinian freedom." - #JoshRuebner

#KamalaHarris must protect #Palestinians with an #ArmsEmbargo

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4860513-harris-israel-weapons-embargo/
#Palestine #Gaza #WarOnGaza #USpol #USpolitics #USForeignPolicy @palestine