Palestine

David Daniels writes, "When genocide is committed using American tax dollars and equipment, it becomes our problem."

Elizabeth Mills-Low write, "We are both graduating seniors, and as we look toward the future, we have the painful realization that there are Palestinians our age who do not get the opportunity to think of what comes after school."

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s downtown Bozeman office was vandalized during the weekend with expletives and red and black spray paint reading, “Tester funds genocide.”

The protesters interrupted guest lecturer Asaf Peer, a physics professor from Bar-Ilan University in Israel, who was speaking about black holes.

Backed by Montanans for Palestine and the Montana Democratic Socialists of America, several council members voiced support for the resolution, saying Missoula should display its humanitarian side in calling for an end to what several described as “genocide.”

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, both Montana Republicans, have in recent weeks introduced bills seeking to block Palestinians from entering the United States, and in Zinke’s case, to expel any who have recently come to America.