‘They Don’t Have Basic Rights’: Ta-Nehisi Coates Says Israel’s Occupied Territories Reminds Him of Treatment of Black Americans During Segregated Jim Crow Era
Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is speaking out about his 10-day visit to the West Bank amidst 28 days of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Israel began bombing the Palestinian territory after thousands of armed Hamas militants attacked Israel and murdered at least 1,400 people on Oct. 7, including women and children, ABC News reports. Coates…