Residents Rally in Kingston Against the War in Iran - The New Paltz Oracle

On Saturday, March 7, around 200 Hudson Valley residents rallied in a national day of action against the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, joining 55 other cities across the nation at Academy Green Park in Kingston, N.Y.Since the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, at least 1,230 people in the country have been killed, including 175 school girls and staff after U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab. According to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, the bombs were pre-emptively sent to “remove threats against the state of Israel,” and America was acting in wake of expected Iranian retaliation. President Donald Trump says that Iran’s nuclear missiles could reach U.S. soil, but this claim is not supported by U.S. intelligence assessments. Opposition to the war has been strong, with 56% of Americans calling for its end.

Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Fence to Protest Khalil Detention | Common Dreams

Jewish Columbia University students chained themselves to a fence in protest of the school's cooperation with ICE to arrest a pro-Palestinian leader. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

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“Stop Profiting Off Genocide”: 200 Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Protest at NY Stock Exchange

“There is nothing antisemitic about fighting for people’s right to live,” says Jewish Voice for Peace organizer Elena Stein, who on Monday joined hundreds of protesters arrested to block entrances to the New York Stock Exchange. We discuss the historic mass protest, which called for an Israeli arms embargo and an end to war profiteering by companies like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. “We are filled with horror beyond words and are attempting to embody just an ounce of that refusal,” Stein says of the moral urgency of protesting Israel’s actions in the Middle East, which she describes as a “war of extermination … done with U.S. cover.” She says JVP chose the stock exchange in order to draw attention to the role of U.S. financial and corporate interests in arming the Israeli military.