DrALJONES

Writer, psychologist & educator here to learn & share info on politics, psych, education, history &, especially, structural power. Antifascist, anti-oligarchy, atheist. I boost what I find interesting, regardless of whether I agree with it. Resisting fascism includes countering disinformation with facts. I prefer evidence, not evidence-free opinion. Image: Rothko #61

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2024-07-15 01:51:20

Panel
"More than 90 Palestinians were killed & 300 injured on Saturday in al-Mawasi – an area in Gaza that Israel had designated as safe.
"Its fighter jets & drones unleashed a barrage of missiles & bombs, obliterating tents that sheltered thousands of displaced families."
Panel
Ibrahim Yaghi – Writer
Tahani Mustafa – International Crisis Group
Triestino Mariniello – Gaza legal team, International Criminal Court
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/7/14/will-there-be-an-end-to-israels-killing-of-civilians-in-gaza
#GazaGenocide #al-Mawasi #ICC ..
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2024-07-04 10:08:41

Analysis -- extremely useful, connects Israel's historical "priming for genocide" of Palestinians to the present genocide in Gaza
"Israel's state terror strategy"
Max Blumenthal & Ilan Pappé
"How the Israeli military relies on state terror as part of its doctrine to suppress resistance to its occupation of Palestine".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSxqoqdPxH0
#IsraeliStateTerror #USEnablement ..

2024-07-04 03:45:44

Report
Israeli reservists say why they refuse to keep fighting in Gaza
42 Israeli reservists have signed a refusal to continue serving in Gaza.
"The vibe is ‘You can fire wherever you want,'” said an infantry control officer.
“It is our duty as Israelis to not look away from the policies which these soldiers have been sent to carry out in our name. To confront them head on, & end the madness."
~Breaking the Silence NGO
https://aje.io/o2qf7g?update=3022803
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide ..
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2024-07-03 09:25:56

Analysis
Genocide, urbicide, domicide – how to talk about Israel’s war on Gaza
Genocide is the “deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group."
Urbicide is "the deliberate destruction of a city."
Domicide is "the deliberate & systematic destruction of living spaces... so that any form of stability... is replaced with a feeling of constant flux."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/3/genocide-urbicide-domicide-how-to-talk-about-israels-war-on-gaza
#GazaGenocide ..

2024-07-02 13:31:30

Analysis
Liberal Zionism
Zionism has thrived not only through genocidal aggression, but also via liberal-Zionist "posturing as benevolent & humanitarian whilst aligned with aims of American imperialism."
Now that Israel has failed to achieve its war goals, liberal Zionism aims to "prevent the project’s collapse by... rehabilitating the liberal Zionist facade, enabling a return to management of the Occupation with periodic 'mowing the lawn'."
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/28/liberal-zionism-gatekeeping-criticism-of-genocide/
#Israel #Palestine #US ..

2024-06-30 16:15:32

Interview
Excellent!
Norman Finkelstein on Biden's "Israeli" ceasefire plan & much more
Problem:
1. Historically, Israel has exploited ceasefires to further its military agenda;
2. Israel has no genuine desire for peace.
"I would support a full Israeli withdrawal.. & a peacekeeping force along the border between Gaza & Israel... but Israel will never accept the peacekeeping force... it is an impediment to provoking a new conflict."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhVo1C1DHJU
#Israel #US ..

2024-06-30 14:40:43

Report
Since Oct 7, US has sent Israel massive shipments of munitions including:
"at least 14,000 MK-84 2,000-pound bombs
6,500 500-pound bombs
3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air-to-ground missiles
1,000 bunker-buster bombs
2,600 air-dropped small-diameter bombs, and other munitions"
https://aje.io/u6g2mu?update=3011435
#USEnablement #GazaGenocide ..
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2024-06-30 13:41:27

2024-06-30 10:13:52

Analysis
"There isn’t much difference in the torture of prisoners of Palestine, Guantanamo, Bagram & Abu Ghraib.”
"Former prisoners who suffered mistreatment in US detention facilities say Israeli abuse of Palestinian detainees follows the same patterns.
"Lawyers & activists say the Israeli treatment of Palestinian prisoners bears all the hallmarks of US-style abuse & torture" in Guantanamo.*
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/22/happening-again-guantanamo-victims-say-israel-using-us-style-torture
#IsraeliWarCrimes #US #Palestine .
*Just ask Ron DeSantis

2024-06-30 03:21:06

Report
Britain tries to hold up the decision on arrest warrants for Netanyahu
In a delaying tactic, the UK says questions about the ICC’s jurisdiction over Israeli citizens must be addressed before deciding on the warrants.
Britain is trying to reopen legal issues arguably previously settled, say some experts.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jun/28/icc-decision-benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-delay-uk
#UKPol #ICC #Netanyahu #Israel ..

2024-06-30 02:58:00

Analysis
"What to know about Israel’s plan to legalise settlement outposts"
Outposts are illegal settlements on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s cabinet has approved Smotrich's plan to “legalise” five settlement outposts.
The plan also removes executive powers from the PA in the southern West Bank.
https://aje.io/ey50er?update=3012983
#IsraeliSettlements #WestBank ..
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2024-06-30 02:48:53

Report
"The battle for the soul of our nation demands Biden change course – not another bomb."
The Uncommitted National Movement urges US voters to vote "uncommitted" in state primaries over Biden's Israel policy.
"If you want us to mobilise the 700,000 Democratic primary voters who cast uncommitted ballots..you must ensure a permanent ceasefire by imposing an arms embargo.
"The uncommitted campaigns won 29 delegates in several states."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uncommitted-movement-calls-biden-press-ceasefire-arms-embargo?nid=373676&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=521156
#USPol #UncommittedVote ..

2024-06-30 02:26:56

2024-06-28 18:01:34

Analysis
"The Israel Lobby Works for the US Military Industrial Complex"
Since 1948, the Israel lobby has spent $6b on political persuasion inside the US that netted Israel $280b in US foreign aid.
And most of that aid buys weapons & materiel from American suppliers. Basically, US aid to Israel is going to US arms manufacturers, hence propping up the US military industrial complex.
Then there are donations to US politicians ⬇️
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/06/27/the-israel-lobby-works-for-the-us-military-industrial-complex/
#Israel #US #MilitaryIndustrialComplex .
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2024-06-19 01:33:38

Analysis
"How historical & present antisemites have supported Zionism"
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé exposes the Israel lobby.
Already in the 1800s, people were discussing the colonisation of Palestine without the Palestinians' awareness.
Evangelical Christians & British imperialists instituted, first, non-jewish support for the return of the Jews to Palestine & the replacement of the Palestinian with a Jewish state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx0QUTui6GY
#Zionism #EvangelicanChristianity #Palestine ..

2024-06-19 01:32:52

Analysis
The White House is still pushing the debunked Israeli lies about systemic rape on Oct 7
By ignoring the debunking of the Israeli claims, "Kamala Harris in particular & the Biden administration in general are choosing to disseminate atrocity propaganda they know to be false.
"That only deepens their complicity in Israel’s genocide."
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/white-house-screen-palestinian-torture-confessions-push-mass-rape-lie?
#FalseRapeClaims #Israel #USComplicity #USPol #Oct7 ..

2024-06-18 12:14:25

A whole new use for "whadaboutHamas"
Hamas is running the Israeli protests against Netanyahu, says Likud member Nissim Vaturi.
How does Hamas find the time? you might ask.
“There are a few branches of Hamas", says Vaturi:
"the fighting branch of wicked terrorists who murder children;
"& the branch of the protests”
Last night, thousands of protesters marched towards Netanyahu’s residence, where police arrested eight.
https://aje.io/la1db2?update=2982033
#IsraeliLies #IsraeliProtests ..
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2024-06-17 04:59:47

Report
"Ninety-three nations, all them state parties to the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court, reiterated their support for the ICC...
"as it assesses an application for arrest warrants of high level Israeli government officials accused of perpetrating war crimes in Gaza."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/icc-war-cimes-gaza?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=a5e15c9cf9-Week+in+Review%3A+Sat.+6%2F15%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-db383b6816-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#ICC #IsraeliWarCrimes ..
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2024-06-17 04:43:07

Talk
by Chris Hedges
"Israel has been poisoned by the psychosis of permanent war.
"It has been morally bankrupted by the sanctification of victimhood, which it uses to justify an occupation that is even more savage than that of apartheid South Africa.
"As climate change imperils survival... genocide will not be an anomaly. It will be the norm.
"The earth’s vulnerable & poor... will be the next Palestinians."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjgFyvxv1QA
#GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BDS #UKPol ..
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2024-06-15 12:03:32

Analysis
"It takes a lot to get the diplomats of the Middle East to agree on anything:
"Antony Blinken cannot be trusted".
Blinken turns reality on its head. He "is currently engaged in dead-cat diplomacy"...
The objective is not to reach a deal, but to ensure that when the deal fails, the dead cat is on the other’s doorstep.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-gaza-blinken-dragging-us-ever-deeper-israels-quagmire
#USCeasefirePlan #Blinken #Israel #US ..

2024-06-13 13:32:16

Interview
with Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of DAWN
"U.S. Ceasefire Push in Gaza Is Welcome, But 40,000 Dead Palestinians Too Late"
“Israel has no interest in international law, & the US has no interest in demanding that Israel actually comply with international law.
“It will come to haunt & hurt America for decades to come.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/12/sarah_leah_whitson_middle_east
#IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide #USComplicity ..

2024-06-12 11:11:38

Report
The UN is investigating allegations of the role of the US pier in Israel’s attack on Nuseirat
If the allegations are true they are very concerning, "because they would put at risk any future humanitarian engagement in that operation."
~Martin Griffiths, UN
https://aje.io/buslol?update=2969188
Some analysts also suspect that another potential purpose of the pier is to expel Palestinians.
#USPier #NuseiratMassacre #USComplicity ..
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2024-06-12 09:45:09

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PS did you know that Hamas began as a charity in Gaza & that the PA polices Palestinians for Israel? - which is why Gazans voted for Hamas & still support it.
And that Netanyahu secretly funded Hamas in order to split the Palestinian independence movement?
There are so many deeply significant factors in this conflict, all of them relating to a century of diabolical imperialist manipulation by Britain, US, & its client states, Israel foremost.

2024-06-12 09:30:06

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Imo, it's more complex.
_All_ govts balance their power aspirations etc. with the interests of their constituents.
Look at the obscene suffering imposed by the major powers on their people for no other reason than to keep them subjugated - US, UK, Russia, China, et al.
Why apply higher standards to smaller, weaker govts?
In case of interest:
Finkelstein (espec 40 mins in): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPBAcXTB3OQ

2024-06-12 09:02:15

Analysis
by Marwan Bishara
"There’s something surrealistic..listening to a US secretary of state recounting...
the death of people as if they were not killed by American ammunition, as if the US did not block every attempt at a permanent ceasefire in the past three months."
Hamas has welcomed the proposal, yet Blinken keeps saying it’s only up to Hamas.
It's Gazans, incl Hamas, who want a ceasefire more than..the US & Israel.
Bishara begins 3 min in:
https://aje.io/buslol?update=2969518
#US #Gaza .
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2024-06-11 17:13:34

"Israel justifies attacking humanitarian vehicles by falsely claiming they contain combatants.
"Then it actually hides its own soldiers in humanitarian vehicles.
"Once again, every Israeli accusation is a confession."
Craig Mokhiber June 9, 2024
Also see Mokhiber's Democracy Now interview Nov 2023 on his resignation from the UN:
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/23/dissenters
#UN #GazaGenocide ..

2024-06-09 03:34:20

Report
* US pier involved in the June 8 Nuseirat camp massacre.
* Israeli troops hid inside an aid truck.
* Unusual daytime operation meant market was filled with civilians.
* The death toll of 210 will rise bcz dozens are trapped under rubble.
* IDF killed a number of Israeli captives during the massacre.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/palestinians-massacred-rescue-operation-lauded-us
#IsraeliWarCrimes #Nuseirat #USComplicity ..
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2024-06-08 06:56:11

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2
White House fear of demos
"How do you make the power elite frightened of you?
"Nixon was frightened of movements. And there’s a scene - 1971, huge antiwar demonstration surrounding the White House...
"& Nixon has put empty buses, end-to-end as a kind of barricade...
"& he’s standing at the window wringing his hands, going, Henry, they’re going to break through the barricades and get us.
"& that’s just where you want people in power to be.”
― Chris Hedges

2024-06-08 06:45:03

Report
Protestors supporting Palestinians plan to surround the White House on Saturday.
Saturday marks eight months of Israel's war on Gaza.
Anti-scale fences have been erected.
At least eight US admin officials have quit, citing their opposition to Biden's Gaza policy.
Biden is currently in France for an official visit.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-war-activists-surround-white-232032749.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45hWiT1Q7A
#USProtests #FreePalestine #WhiteHouse ...2
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2024-06-06 17:17:16

Report
Retired Israeli Major General Itzhak Brick:
"Large-scale attack against Hezbollah could bring terrible destruction to Israel"
While northern communities want Israel to attack Hezbollah, they don't know the "dire situation" of the Israeli military.
Gallant & Halevi are “not prepared to acknowledge the army’s weakness" & they & Netanyahu "have nothing left to lose, & are ready to gamble on the fate of the country”.
7.00 GMT JUN 6 AJ UPDATES
#Israel #Hezbollah #IsraeliWarmongers ..
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2024-06-06 16:48:22

Report
List of countries joining South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ
South Africa: filed Dec 29
Nicaragua: applied Feb 8
Belgium: declared intention Mar 11
Colombia: applied Apr 5
Turkey: declared intention May 1
Libya: applied May 10
Egypt: declared intention May 12
Maldives: declared intention May 13
Mexico: applied May 24
Ireland: declared intention May 28
Chile: declared intention June 2
Palestine: applied June 3
Spain: declared intention June 6
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/6/which-countries-have-joined-south-africas-case-against-israel-at-the-icj?traffic_source=Connatix
#ICJ ..

2024-06-03 17:44:24

Interview
"How Mandela’s Party Lost Its Majority for First Time Since End of Apartheid"
The African National Congress led by President Cyril Ramaphosa got just 40% of the vote in last week’s election.
The biggest gains were made by a new party led by fmr pres Jacob Zuma, who left the ANC under investigation for corruption.
"The ANC fell too short of the expectations of the masses, the working class & the poor,” says activist Trevor Ngwane.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/3/south_africa_election
#ANC #SouthAfricaPol ..

2024-05-31 05:25:44

Report
Immediate sanctions required on Israel
UN expert group has called for immediate sanctions & other measures by the international community to pressure Israel to comply with international law.
“The flow of arms into Israel must stop immediately. It is abundantly clear that these weapons are being used to brutally kill and maim Palestinian civilians."
“A staggering five per cent of Gaza’s population has been killed or injured."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/un-experts-outraged-israeli-strikes-civilians-sheltering-rafah-camps
#UN #BDS #Gaza #IsraeliWarCrimes .

2024-05-29 11:36:38

Report
Potemkin pier collapses -- what better metaphor for a failed state?
"Strong waves break up US military’s" Gaza pier.
The US effort "has collapsed after strong waves broke up a temporary pier that took $320m dollars & 1,000 US soldiers to construct". It lasted just over a week.
"The Pentagon says it will replace the pier but it is unclear when."
1.45 GMT MAY 29 AJ UPDATES
#PotemkinPier #USPol #Gaza ..

2024-05-29 11:35:52

Report
US-client-state, Australia, again fails Palestine
"A motion to recognise a Palestinian state by the Australian Greens" was voted down in parliament 80 votes to five.
"Greens leader Adam Bandt put the motion to the Australian House of Representatives."
"It was seconded by Greens Max Chandler-Mather & supported by Independent member Andrew Wilkie.
"Mr. Bantdt criticised Labor for not supporting the motion."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/greens-move-to-recognise-palestinian-state-voted-down-in-parliament-5658619
#So-calledLabor #AusPol #AusGreens #Palestine ..

2024-05-29 10:23:05

Panel
"Officially, Egypt & Israel are at peace. But beneath the surface, a diplomatic dispute has been brewing for weeks.
"Exchange of fire at Rafah border crossing comes amid fragile political relations.
"A cross-border exchange of fire that killed at least one member of the Egyptian security forces this week has only worsened already tense relations."
Guests:
H A Hellyer
Uri Dromi
Hussein Haridi
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2024/5/28/how-tenuous-is-the-peace-deal-between-egypt-and-israel
#Egypt-Israel #Gaza #Israel #RafahCrossing ..

2024-05-29 09:46:26

Report
"Surveillance & interference: Israel’s covert war on the ICC exposed"
"Top Israeli government & security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC & Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe."
The "multi-agency operation.. routinely surveils the court’s current chief prosecutor Karim Khan, his predecessor Fatou Bensouda, & dozens of other ICC & UN officials."
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/?utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aaa500ad00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-aaa500ad00-320793717
#ICC #IsraeliWarCrimes #IsraeliPsyops ..

2024-05-27 18:22:10

Report
“All Americans are being stained with the blood of innocent Palestinians by your support for this slaughter. It must end. Now.”
~Council on American-Islamic Relations
15.45 GMT MAY 27 AJ UPDATES
#CAIR #USPol #israel #Gaza ..
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2024-05-27 12:09:16

Report
They burned people alive with 2,000-pound bombs.
Survivors of the Israeli attack on the displacement camp in Rafah:
“The air raid burned an entire block. They burned people alive"
The attack used seven 2,000-pound bombs - a clear message from Israel & US that the massacres against displaced persons & children will continue, & that breaking international law will not stop.
At least 45 killed, 249 wounded
https://aje.io/jwe0qf?update=2928170
21.45 GMT MAY 25 AJ UPDATES (& more)
#Rafah #Israel .
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2024-05-26 03:53:09

Report
"If Netanyahu comes to address Congress, I would be more than glad to show the ICC the way to the House floor to issue that warrant."
~ Rep. Mark Pocan
Opposition to speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) invitation to Netanyahu has been mounting following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's application for arrest warrants.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-congress-speech?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=a810070dfb-Week+in+Review%3A+Sat.+5%2F25%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-db383b6816-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#Netanyahu #ICC #MikeJohnson #USPol ..

2024-05-21 07:10:06

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Opinion
On apartheid Israel
When apartheid South Africa came under growing international pressure at the UN, the General Assembly initiated boycotts.
It suspended South Africa, stripping it of its Member State rights & privileges.
The apartheid regime "could no longer be seated, speak or vote at the General Assembly & other UN organs.
"Apartheid South Africa changed course because it became a pariah & isolated regime"
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/20/ostracising-israel-at-the-un-should-be-a-priority
#ApartheidIsrael #UN #UNGA ....2..

2024-05-21 02:13:02

Documentary
"The Settlers", 2016
"The settlement enterprise is a bubble that exists outside the legal system, the border system, the social system of Israel.
"400,000 settlers are living in the midst of 2.8 million Palestinians living under a separate set of laws, deprived of basic human rights within this territory with an economic status about one-twentieth of that of the settlers that live near them."
~Filmmaker Shimon Dotan
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=prqtXMSdeUw
#Israel #WestBankSettlements ..

2024-05-19 11:38:07

Israel’s Willing Executioners - Read by Eunice Wong
Forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza's population took sanctuary in Rafah.
"And when you run in terror to one part of Gaza we will make you turn around & run to another. Trapped in a labyrinth of death. Back and forth. Up and down. Side to side. Six. Seven. Eight times. We toy with you like mice in a trap. Then we deport you so you can never return. Or we kill you."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/israels-willing-executioners-read?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5xoug&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#Israel #Gaza #Rafah ..

2024-05-17 11:02:35

Just a bunch of plutocrats utilising their free-speech rights..
Report
Pro-Israel billionaires pushed NYC Mayor to use police on pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University.
They donated to him & offered to pay for private investigators to help break up the demonstrations.
The group included Howard Schultz, Michael Dell, Bill Ackman & Joshua Kushner, with Daniel Lubetzky, Daniel Loeb, Len Blavatnik & Joseph Sitt also associated.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/16/pro-israel-billionaires-urged-new-york-crackdown-on-gaza-protests-report
#Plutocracy #Israel ..

2024-05-16 13:04:13

Report
"Israel's Use of Palestinian Children as Human Shields"
Three boys say the IDF used them to shield soldiers from potential harm during an IDF raid on a refugee camp.
"They forced Karam to walk in front of them, open the doors to each room, & enter it before them. While they were walking, one soldier placed his rifle on Karam's right shoulder & fired two shots toward an apartment".
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-human-shields?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=e08af1a596-Top+News%3A+Tues.+5%2F14%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#HumanShields #Gaza #IDF ..

2024-05-14 15:15:49

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Yes, and the world now sees the US govt as enabling genocide by that state...

2024-05-14 15:05:59

2024-05-14 11:58:19

Interviews
The first US faculty-led Gaza solidarity encampment
At The New School in NYC, nearly two dozen academics pitched tents inside the lobby of the university’s main building.
"For the state violence our students were subjected to & traumatized because of, we could not stand on the sidelines any longer.... We have to get all war profiteers out of our universities.”
~ Suneil Sanzgiri, lecturer
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/10/new_school_faculty
#USPol #USProtests ..

2024-05-11 05:38:04

Analysis
"Nearly 100% of Campus Gaza Protests Have Been Peaceful"
Of 553 US campus protests, 97% remained non-violent.
Of the 3%, half were from clashes with police sent in to clear peaceful protests.
"If someone is speaking more about 'violent encampments' than they are about violent genocide of the Palestinians, they have a problem reflective of deep and dangerous biases."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-peaceful-protests?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=143332069c-Top+News%3A+Fri.+5%2F10%2F24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#StudentProtests #Gaza ..

2024-05-09 13:07:11

Analysis
"The Nation’s Conscience"
"The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear.
"The genocide has awakened a sleeping giant. Let us pray the giant prevails."
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-nations-conscience?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=5xoug&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#GazaGenocide #StudentProtests #Censorship ..

2024-05-06 11:11:52

Report
Netanyahu supported Hamas in order to split the Palestinian leadership & prevent a Palestinian state.
"Before Oct 7, Netanyahu..encouraged Qatar to fund Hamas, seeing Hamas's existence as a way to split Palestinian leadership & avoid pressure on Israel to enter negotiations about a Palestinian state. Utter cynicism." Kenneth Roth
"Netanyahu..avoided talking publicly about the funds.. secured from Qatar for Gaza over the past decade."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/documents-show-israel-sought-valued-qatari-aid-for-gaza-in-years-leading-to-oct-7/
#Israel #Hamas ..

2024-05-03 12:33:16

Report
Biden is casting pro-Gaza student protests as anti-Semitic, thereby encouraging the crackdowns by police & colleges.
"Student protests against injustice are not new. From Birmingham to Kent to Soweto, we've seen the devastating results of excessive police force.
"History has sided with the students every time. Political & university 'leaders' should know better than to repeat condemned history."
~Rep Summer Lee
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nationwide-crackdown-campus-protests?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=fc930b973c-Top+News%3A+Mon.+4%2F29%2F24+w%2F+fundraiser_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b6968bca63-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#StudentProtests #USPol #PoliceViolence ..

2024-05-03 12:31:00

Interview
"“People Could Have Died”: Police Raid UCLA Gaza Protest, Waited as Pro-Israel Mob Attacked Encampment"
"Police in riot gear dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment using flashbang grenades, rubber bullets & tear gas, & arresting dozens of students.
"The raid came just over a day after pro-Israel counterprotesters armed with sticks, metal rods & fireworks attacked students" while police watched on.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/2/ucla_pro_israel_counterprotesters_attack_campus
#StudentProtests #UCLA #USPol #BDS ..

2024-05-02 03:00:00

In a standard fascist tactic, police enabled pro-israel attack on Gaza Solidarity camp
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UCLA students at a peaceful encampment were pepper sprayed & beaten, while police stood by & watched.
Students blasted university officials & police for failing to intervene & protect them from pro-Israeli attackers.
"Several students said they had to rely on each other, not the police, for protection as they were attacked."
00.35 GMT May 2 AJ updates ...2
#StudentProtests #UCLA #USPol ..
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2024-04-24 04:40:40

Report
US police reportedly arrest 100s of pro-Palestinian Jewish protesters outside Schumer’s home
Organised by the Jewish Voice for Peace, the protestors demanded the US stop arming & funding the Israeli government as it carries out a genocide in Gaza.
The protest came after the US Senate backed new aid for Israel.
2.20 GMT Apr 24 AJ updates
#USPol #Protests ..
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2024-04-01 14:03:38

It was only a matter of time...
Report
Israeli PM Netanyahu revives push to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel
"The bill would give the PM & communications minister the authority to order the closure of foreign networks operating in Israel & confiscate their equipment if it is believed they pose “harm to the state’s security”.
The revived push to shut the station comes as Netanyahu faces huge protests in Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/1/israeli-pm-netanyahu-revives-push-to-shut-down-al-jazeera
#AlJazeera #Netanyahu ...

2024-04-01 02:13:25

Report
Tens of thousands of Israelis start a 4-day anti-government protest outside Knesset
A tent city has been erected outside parliament, as demonstrators demand "elections now".
A protest leader said Netanyahu "can’t listen because he’s in the middle of [ensuring] his [political] survival [and the preservation] of his leadership, but... the only way Israel will recover from this disaster is by elections.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-throng-knesset-at-start-of-4-day-protest-against-government/
#IsraeliProtests ...
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