Voting against Genocide – How #Palestine Has Become a Domestic US Political Issue
from #ThePalestineChronicle

November 13, 2024
By Ramzy Baroud
#RamzyBaroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His latest book, co-edited with Ilan Pappé, is “Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders and Intellectuals Speak out”. Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/voting-against-genocide-how-palestine-has-become-a-domestic-us-political-issue/

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Voting against Genocide - How Palestine Has Become a Domestic US Political Issue

Millions of Americans acted upon their sense of collective rage to punish the Democrats for what they had done to the Palestinian people.

Palestine Chronicle
Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs

Nizam Mamode, a retired NHS doctor who recently returned after working at Nasser Hospital, said he had 'never seen anything on this scale ever'

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‘The movement is not over’: leaders of Uncommitted look ahead at organizing during Trump term

While disappointed, leaders say Democratic party stuck with ‘status quo’ instead of listening to voter concerns

The Guardian
"We warned you," Muslim voters tell Kamala Harris after she goes down in flames

As 2024 election returns are finalized, it looks like the genocide of Gaza cost Harris at least two critical swing states

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"Some footage also showed Israeli supporters chanting anti-Arab slogans before Thursday evening's match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam."

Unlike Palestinian children, these Israelis weren't innocent victims.

#israel is committing #genocide in #Gaza and the #WestBank in #Palestine.
#StopArmingIsrael #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#SolidarityWithPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amsterdam-clashes-football-israeli-1.7377872

Israel to sends planes to Amsterdam after violence against Israeli soccer fans | CBC News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two rescue planes be sent to the Netherlands on Friday after violence targeting Israeli football fans broke out in Amsterdam overnight.

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As Millions Starve in Gaza, Israel Terminates Agreement With UNRWA | Common Dreams

"Restricting humanitarian access and at the same time dismantling UNRWA will add an additional layer of suffering to already unspeakable suffering," said the U.N. agency's commissioner-general.

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Punish Democrats or Stop Trump? Arab Americans are agonizing over their votes.

Pro-Palestinian voters are facing a moral dilemma.

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“Every Choice Is Loss”: Voters on Their Decision Amid Genocide in Gaza

Progressive Americans opposed to Israel’s U.S.-funded war in Gaza face a difficult choice: whether or not to vote for Harris.

The Intercept

from #JewishVoiceForLabour (UK)

How to talk to Israel supporters
Sat 2 Mar 2024

"Alex McDonald’s When They Speak Israel, reviewed here by Steve Grant, explains to all of us how to engage. His basic assumption is that while some Zionists are dyed-in-the-wool racists or ethnonationalists, most are not. They sincerely believe they oppose racism but have been taught that support for Israel is justified — if not a solemn moral duty."

https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/how-to-talk-to-israel-supporters/

#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#WestBankUnderAttack
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PalestinianLivesMatter
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#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics #MiddleEast
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The doctor who saw children shot in the head in Gaza—and tried to tell the world

Dr. Feroze Sidhwa has spent six months talking about what he saw as an emergency physician in Gaza. Why don't people believe him?

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