Showing posts with label #FreePalestine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #FreePalestine. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Netanyahu and Sinwar’s forever war in Gaza


As the Gaza War extends beyond 100 days with no end in sight, a potential months-long respite from fighting has arisen. A ceasefire will allow the release of another set of Israeli hostages and another set of Palestinian prisoners.

But beyond this ongoing series of exchanges, no end to the war is in sight. The bombing, the raids, and the exchanges will go on for months and months. This perpetual state of conflict is exactly what the two men leading both sides seek.


Monday, January 29, 2024

Harvard students file civil rights complaint claiming harassment for supporting Palestinian rights


Harvard students filed a civil rights complaint against the university on Monday, alleging the school has not supported or protected students who have been harassed for being Palestinian, Arab, Muslim or supporters of Palestinian rights.....Read More

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Ocasio-Cortez says genocide accusations demonstrate ‘mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing’


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that accusations that President Biden is enabling genocide in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war demonstrate the “mass inhumanity that Gazans are facing.”....Read More

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Federal Judge Weighs Florida Officials’ Efforts To Disband Pro-Palestinian Student Groups


As the death toll continues to rise in the war between Israel and Hamas, a federal judge heard arguments Friday in a challenge to Florida officials’ efforts to disband pro-Palestinian student groups at two universities.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker spent more than two hours grilling lawyers representing the groups Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida and Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of South Florida, which allege that Gov. Ron DeSantis and state university leaders are violating their First Amendment rights.


Friday, January 26, 2024

Florida House Approves Bill Penalizing Students That Supports Hamas, Terrorists


A House panel Thursday approved a bill that could financially penalize state university and college students if they take actions that back “foreign terrorist” organizations such as the Palestinian group Hamas.....Read More

Top U.N. court stops short of ordering cease-fire in Gaza, demands Israel contain deaths


The United Nations' top court stopped short Friday of ordering a cease-fire in Gaza in a genocide case but demanded that Israel try to contain death and damage in its military offensive in the tiny coastal enclave.....Read More

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

44 House Democrats express support for 2-state solution after Gaza war


Nearly four dozen House Democrats have signed onto a letter calling for a two-state solution to resolve the long-standing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians as war rages in Gaza.....Read More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters say they were attacked with stink bomb at Columbia University


A group of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University have filed a police report after they claimed two students sprayed them with a powerful stink spray.

The New York Police Department confirmed Monday that a report for assault was filed, alleging that the impacted protesters were sprayed Friday with a foul-smelling odor that caused nausea and headaches. The investigation is ongoing, the department said.

Protest organizations Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace — both of which were suspended by the university in November, sparking national outrage — claimed the spray was “Skunk,” a crowd control chemical developed by the Israeli military.


Sunday, January 21, 2024

How Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians


90% of people in Gaza eat less than one meal a day. Those who do eat are lucky if they get bread or a can of beans.

The media is saying Gaza is at risk of famine – but that’s not the full picture.

Gaza death toll surpasses 25,000: Gaza Health Ministry


The death toll in Gaza has reached over 25,000 people, local health officials said Sunday, as Israel presses forward with its campaign to eliminate the threat of Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The Gaza Health Ministry on Sunday said 25,105 people have died in the coastal enclave, while over 62,600 others have been wounded since Hamas launched its surprise assault in southern Israel on Oct. 7. This number included the 178 bodies brought to Gaza’s hospitals since Saturday, the Health Ministry added.


Saturday, January 20, 2024

Israel's Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he “will not compromise on full Israeli control” over Gaza and that “this is contrary to a Palestinian state,” rejecting U.S. President Joe Biden’s suggestion that creative solutions could bridge wide gaps between the leaders' views on Palestinian statehood.....Read More

Hostage families protest outside Netanyahu's home, ramping up pressure for a truce-for-hostages deal


Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protested Saturday outside the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing frustration over his government’s seeming lack of progress in getting the more than 100 captives released as the war in Gaza drags on.....Read More
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

'Children Are Dying' as Gaza Famine Arrives With 'Incredible Speed'


Gaza's children—already reeling from 102 days of U.S.-backed Israeli bombardment that has killed and maimed tens of thousands of them—are now dying of starvation, with adults likely to soon follow, as famine rapidly grips the besieged Palestinian enclave, doctors and United Nations officials said this week.....Read More

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Sanders says Gaza ‘is worse than’ what happened in Dresden during WWII


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza “is worse than” what happened in Dresden, Germany during World War II.

“If I use the word Dresden Germany to you, you think about the horrific destruction during World War II of that city. What is going on in Gaza now in three months, is worse than what took place in Dresden over a two year period. This is a catastrophe,” Sanders said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”


White House Staff Relocates After Pro-Palestinian Protesters Damage Anti-Scale Fence Chanting “F**K Joe Biden”


Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated in downtown Washington, D.C., on Saturday to call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Protesters gathered near the White House in the afternoon, many carrying Palestinian flags and wearing traditional black and white Palestinian scarves known as keffiyeh.

The protests are in response to Israel’s ongoing military operation in Gaza following Hamas’ surprise attack on the state on October 7, 2023.

The March on Washington for Gaza was billed as the largest pro-Palestinian demonstration since the war began.


Thursday, January 11, 2024

South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza


South African lawyers pushed for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order an injunction that will immediately halt Israel’s military action in Gaza.

South African attorneys said Israel has violated the Genocide Convention, an international treaty requiring nations to prevent genocide with 153 countries party to it, including South Africa and Israel.


Thursday, January 4, 2024

Sanders calls on Congress to block additional aid to Israel


In a statement on Tuesday, Sanders argued U.S. taxpayers “must no longer be complicit in destroying the lives of innocent men, women, and children in Gaza,” calling the conflict “Netanyahu’s Illegal and Immoral War Against the Palestinian People.”

“The issue we face with Israel-Gaza is not complicated,” Sanders wrote. “While we recognize that Hamas’ barbaric terrorist attack began this war, we must also recognize that Israel’s military response has been grossly disproportionate, immoral, and in violation of international law.”


Monday, January 1, 2024

Unadulterated fear tactics and blatant lies

Harvard University Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz: Who Supports Hamas?

The main groups that comprise the bulk of organizers and demonstrators who have supported the Hamas barbarism against Israel are:

1) Radical Islamic groups that, like the Islamic Republic of Iran after the 1979 revolution, regard Israel as the “Little Satan” and America as the “Big Satan.”

2) American revolutionary groups who used to be affiliated with Communism but now call themselves radical socialists or workers parties. Their goal is to overthrow our government, and they attach themselves to every disruptive movement in the hope of garnering support and creating distrust for American democracy.

3) Old-fashioned anti-Semites who hate anything associated with Jews and concoct conspiracy theories that blame “the Jews” for all evils.

4) Useful idiots who have little or no knowledge of the issues but march in lockstep with all “woke,” “hard left,” and “anti-colonial” causes on the theory that “if it’s left, it must be right.”




Israeli military expects genocide to last all of 2024


The Israeli military is expecting its war with militant group Hamas to continue through all of 2024.....Read More

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Netanyahu rejects claims accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pushed back against claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling such accusations “false” after South Africa filed a case against Israel at the U.N.’s top court.....Read More