Holocaust survivor Gabor Mate speaks in defense of Palestine--and of the Jewish people in Israel and around the world who defend Palestinians.
"that in order to make this Jewish dream a reality we had to visit a nightmare on the local population...there was no land without a people, there were people living there for hundreds of years...some Palestinians may be descendants of ancient Jews."
#SupportPalestine Call your electeds; demand a cease fire; demand they stop massacring innocent Palestinians, demand they stop equating Hamas with the four million Palestinians Israel is getting ready to raze, after seven decades of abuse, mistreatment, displacement and violence.
Governments will be exploiting this situation with CointelPro type activities. The rule is this: Anyone riling people up to commit atrocities works for security services.
Call to action: contact your electeds, demand an end to Israel's bombing of Gaza.
An offer/order by Israel to evacuate hospitals is meaningless when there's no safe or guaranteed route or destination to do so; same with giving Palestinians in Gaza water without electricity to pump it where it's needed: it's a cover for the unmitigated cruelty and horror of #Genocide/ #EthnicCleansing
This is why it matters that mainstream media is complicit in the demonization of Palestinians and the normalization of #EthnicCleansing and #Genocide being carried out by Israel in Gaza: it carries over to other parts of the world--the same way antisemitism does, and it too translates into violence everywhere.
CW: murder of a child
He's white, they're Brown = no mugshot.
Also, get ready for the "poor old man is mentally ill" apologia. It's coming.
https://abc7chicago.com/plainfield-murder-joseph-m-czuba-stabbing-16200-s-lincoln-hwy-il/13918623/
I don't know where else to find this important video; Daniel Maté, the son of the man speaking in the video I linked at the top of the thread, grapples with the realities of Israel's genocidal actions against the Palestinians in Gaza.
The largest concentration camp in the world.
The largest open air prison in the world.
Please watch.
Biden is traveling to #Israel.
It's a risky thing to do--personally for him and for the stability of the U.S. should something happen to him there.
(do we really think a Republican House wouldn't raise hell if Kamala Harris became president? Woman, Black, of Indian descent)
Who is visiting #Gaza? Who will bear witness to the Israeli government #Genocide #EthnicCleansing of Palestinians?
Solidarity from the Zapatistas in Mexico:
If you are a U.S. citizen, please call your electeds and let them know in no uncertain terms that you condemn the U.S. veto of the United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire
I repeat: the U.S. just vetoed a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire from Israel's #Genocide of #Palestine
The U.S. ambassador's statement ignores decades of abuse of Palestinians in #Gaza
https://usun.usmission.gov/explanation-of-vote-by-ambassador-linda-thomas-greenfield-on-a-un-security-council-resolution-drafted-by-brazil-on-the-situation-in-the-middle-east/
See more from @Celeste_pewter here:https://mastodon.social/@Celeste_pewter/111257873931774546
We are on the ground, doing the hard work of diplomacy. And while we recognize Brazil’s desire to move this text forward, we believe we need to let that diplomacy play out, especially when Secretary-General Guterres, President Biden, Secretary Blinken, and regional actors are engaged in intensive dialogue on the very issues we are deliberating ...
Senior State Department offical resigns over Biden's #Israel arms policy and the resulting #Genocide in #Palestine #Gaza
HuffPo reporting:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-resignation-gaza_n_65306079e4b00565b622b1fb
Please call your electeds, demand that U.S. stops the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Flood their phones, make sure they hear you.
If you are a U.S. citizen, please call your elected representatives, and demand that the U.S. force a ceasefire on Gaza and the West Bank.
A white Christian terrorist murdered Dr Talat Jehan Khan, and the #PressIsComplicit
@djolder on #Judaism #Israel #Palestine #Genocide
"To look out at the powerplays and maneuvering around how the story of this moment is being told, though, is to understand that the state of Israel does not tolerate questions, doubts, objections of any kind. Even the most delicate, carefully crafted, both sides-y, give peace a chance type have resulted in powerful people losing their jobs, being bombarded with threats, having to recant and apologize."
The director of the United Nations' NY office has resigned over the failure of the UN to do anything to stop the #genocide of #Palestine by #Israel.
Full letter:
https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/persistence-pays-off-amazon-reviews/
Please read it. Please internalize it. Please contact your elected officials and demand they force Israel to stop the genocide of Palestinian innocents.
Via Democracy Now!
Among other things, Josh Paul, who resigned from the State Department over U.S. continuing to sell arms to Israel, therefore enabling the #Genocide of #Palestine in #Gaza, explains how other federal employees who believe the same can't afford to stand on principle because they'd lose essential, life-saving healthcare for themselves or others.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/3/josh_paul_resigns_israel_gaza
We speak with Josh Paul, a former State Department official who resigned last month to protest continued arms sales to Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza, writing in a viral letter that one-sided U.S. support for Israel is “shortsighted,” “destructive” and “contradictory.” Media reports say many others inside the State Department are equally frustrated with the U.S. role in the conflict. Paul tells Democracy Now! he tried to raise his concerns with his superiors but found “no appetite for that discussion” and that unlike all other U.S. arms sales that take humanitarian concerns into account, Israel gets a blank check. Paul says the overall message inside the Biden administration is: “Don’t question the policy because it’s coming from the top.”
I am struggling a lot with someone who says, "I'm aware not all criticism of Israel is antisemitic, and I oppose Netanyahu's policis/government" at the same time they conflate Hamas with #Gaza/ #Palestine, and therefore consider the current #Genocide an appropriate response to the Hamas attack of 10/7/23.
They want people to perceive them with nuance, just as they refuse to grant the same grace to people like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, whose people are being bombed.
Be relentless--it's the only way to stop the complete elimination of #Palestine and the #Genocide of its people, is to force Biden to use the U.S.'s leverage for peace.
"Staffers from more than two dozen Democratic offices say they are receiving an unprecedented number of calls and emails demanding for members to support a cease-fire — an onslaught for which their caucus was wholly unprepared."
Pre-Modern Critical Race Scholars statement on the genocide of Palestinians by Israel--@romancelandia's own @Elysabethgrace1 acts as the face of the group.
#Palestine #Gaza #Sudan #Congo #Genocide
Full text in images; links in document below:
https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-reported-impact-day-35
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-experts-point-evidence-genocidal-incitement-against-palestinians-2023-11-16/
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution
https://www.btselem.org/topic/apartheid
https://www.birzeit.edu/en/news/do-not-be-silent-about-genocide
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/09/antisemitism-dangerous/
Germany bans the Nazi flag, and most U.S. states at least *officially* frown on it and Confederate flags, for reasons that should be obvious.
When Israel government bans the #Palestine flag, they signal their intentions clearly: #Genocide
Gift link:
The U.S. seems to have "brokered" a "pause" on Israel's government relentless bombing of #Palestine.
ETA: got a gift link; please note: it's not a war when one side has all the power (financial, political, military) while the other side endures for decades. #PressIsComplicit
Keep calling your reps; the U.S. has a lot of power to force Israel to stop this #Genocide.
Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.
The Nation is running a piece that was pulled from the Harvard Law Review at the last minute--a piece solicited by two of its editors, and which would have been the first written for them by a Palestinian.
"Today, The Nation is sharing the piece that the Harvard Law Review refused to run."
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/harvard-law-review-gaza-israel-genocide/
#WhiteSupremacist #Fascist Stuart Seldowitz is using the current #Genocide of #Palestine by #Israel to scream his bigotries and racism very publicly:
The community has risen to the occasion, beautifully:
And, since the threat of legal action (and loss of wages) is very real, here's a GFM for the workers (remember to tip $0, they deduct fees from monies raised):
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-solidarity-with-adam-halal-food-cart-workers
@mattbc on twitter: "If there's a matter of public concern you're interested in pushing our federal government on, you can reach the White House via email (https://whitehouse.gov/contact/) and both of your Senators and your Member of Congress by phone (the Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121)"
Biden said today that "conditioning aid to Israel is a worthwhile thought." This is a direct response to public protest. Keep calling.
https://www.youtube.com/live/5HRRvp4tx1M?si=m4yYRpg2ApWlotrQ
NPR reporting on how the FBI basically stopped tracking crimes against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S., but they can't help themselves from complicity by going on about how "it's complicated", rather than admit that, just like with police violence, gun violence, and anti-trans/anti-queer violence, the government doesn't want to know--because it doesn't want the public to know.
#Palestine #Islamophobia #AntiArabViolence #PressIsComplicit
In his autobiography _I, Asimov_, Isaac Asimov--himself not necessarily the most moral of men--said something along the lines of:
"Someone told me that the Jews were the only people who have never oppressed anyone else, and my answer is that the Jews were never in the position to do so."
ETA: Asimov's family fled the Russian pogroms in the early 1920s
Please read this thread on twitter, about the #Tatreez embroidery symbol of the #BethlehemStar and it's long, long history.
"Christmas started in Palestine, but it won't be celebrated there this year as Palestinians mourn the 20,000+ souls that have risen." --Susan Muaddi Darraj
Christmas started in Palestine, but it won't be celebrated there this year as Palestinians mourn the 20,000+ souls that have risen. 🕊️🇵🇸♥️ Intrigued? The history of tatreez is fascinating. Here's an article I wrote that lists books and other resources: https://t.co/xRnMn8Tyld
#Netanyahu's #Israel is determined to eliminate #Palestine entirely, and it's carrying out its #Genocide openly, with wholehearted support of the U.S. government, in money, weaponry, and through its position in the U.N.
Bombing hospitals, schools, libraries, mosques, churches, executing journalists, children with white flags and humanitarian workers: these are war crimes carried out without fear by the #IDF.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/16/usaid-contractor-hani-jnena-killed-gaza/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAyNzAyODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA0MDg1MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDI3MDI4MDAsImp0aSI6ImM0Njk0NjFkLWQ3YmUtNDM0YS1iZTZjLWI2OTYwNGVjYWE4NCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDIzLzEyLzE2L3VzYWlkLWNvbnRyYWN0b3ItaGFuaS1qbmVuYS1raWxsZWQtZ2F6YS8ifQ.bDKcxuBy1laoqT1thOvqBFZA_5EtyCnIQEAKMSF5Yvs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/15/bernie-sanders-israel-bombing-resolution-gaza
These are the strategies that cops in the U.S. use against the public: order to leave while making it impossible to leave, so that then the #IDF is "justified" in saying that their targets "defied" orders and/or that their targets were given an opportunity to survive and didn't take it.
#Netanyahu's #Israel is determined to erase Palestinians off the face of the Earth--and most of the world looks the other way, granting it impunity.
I am taking part in a Médecins Sans Frontières Gaza Emergency Briefing listening to firsthand accounts from their staff, one still there, of the appalling conditions they are working under. Also their attempts to drive south with their staff, how they were fired upon by the IDF - two were killed - and how 5 of their vehicles were crushed by IDF bulldozers. They are continually under fire from the IDF and being told to move, even as they are under fire. The population cannot escape, there is nowhere for them to go. It's an 'extremely radical, radical situation' says one. Everything - water, electricity, communications, food - is controlled by Israel. The basic human rights. They have never seen such an extreme situation in many years of MSF work. #MSF
Fuck Israel's "disgust", it's very clear #Netanyahu's intent is the erasure of Palestine and the extermination of Palestinians.
And South Africa, which struggled against apartheid (supported by U.S. policy if not words), has the right of it and the moral ground to sue.
South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. It's the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with disgust.” South Africa’s submission to the International Court of Justice alleges that “acts and omissions by Israel ... are genocidal in character.” Many in South Africa have compared Israel’s policies regarding Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank with their country's past apartheid regime of racial segregation.
#Islamophobia is on the rise as the #PressIsComplicit in furthering Netanhahu's #Israel genocidal designs on #Palestine with their coverage slanted always to paint all innocents in #Gaza as less than humans or as active and willing accomplices to Hamas.
The intersection with #GunViolence in the U.S. is immediately evident.
https://apnews.com/article/new-jersey-imam-shooting-mosque-804cd13a6847a4df93c09ae57049ea3f
Officials say a New Jersey imam was shot multiple times and killed outside his mosque Wednesday, and authorities continue to search for the shooter. Essex County Prosecutor Ted Stephens said Imam Hassan Sharif was in his car when he was shot more than once near the Masjid-Muhammad Mosque in Newark. Attorney General Matt Platkin says authorities are still searching for a shooter, but there’s no evidence indicating the shooting was related to anti-Muslim bias. Platkin says law enforcement has stepped up outreach to houses of worship, acknowledging the unfolding tensions amid the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza. Newark's public safety director says Sharif had been a resident imam at the mosque for five years.
While #CNN is not the worst of the MSM outlets doing this, this reporting at The Interceptor shows how much the #PressIsComplicit in fostering both Islamophobia and antisemitism through the unrelenting Zionist lens of their reporting.
It's bad when newsmedia goes full "both sides", but it's even worse when their so-called 'reporting' is vetted by one of the parties being reported on like this.
https://theintercept.com/2024/01/04/cnn-israel-gaza-idf-reporting/
Via Amal El-Mohtar: you can contact Justin Trudeau and Marc Miller to let them know that capping immigration from Gaza at only 1000, forcing Palestinian-Canadians to compete with each other for their familyies' lives, is cruel, inhumane, and has a political cost.
"So much about this is disgusting, racist, inhuman, & in starkest possible contrast to how refugees from Ukraine were treated in 2022."
Late in December, Immigration Minister Marc Miller promised that Canada would offer a 3-year temporary residence visa to the extended family members of Canadians stuck in Gaza. However, when the government released details last week, the program was set to limit the total number of applicants to 1000.
The #AssociatedPress continues showing the true colors of the 'free press'.
Fact: Israel declares a safe zone in Northern Gaza, then bombs that zone, killing 12, most of them children.
The #AP's tweet:
This is the most concise encapsulation of Israel's abuse of Palestinians over the past 75 years, with increased severity, and culminating with the current #Genocide
In an effort to continue to support Israel's #Genocide of #Palestinians in #Gaza, the U.S. is not bombing Yemen.
Because how dare the poorest country in the Middle East block weapons shipping to Israel against the will of the U.S.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/11/uk-us-strikes-houthi-yemen-red-sea
#PressIsComplicit #Palestine #InternationalCourtOfJustice #SouthAfrica
(the search term for the second image is "how many journalists killed in Gaza")
Note: even the CPJ uses "war" when talking about #Israel's relentless bombing of #Gaza and the ongoing #Genocide, because they too are complicit in the Western framing of Israel as the eternal victim.
Israel has killed over 21 times as many people as Hamas did, and no one mentions how out of proportion that is.
Posted to twitter here:
https://twitter.com/NamPresidency/status/1746259880871149956
A clear condemnation of #Germany's complicity in the #Genocide that #Israel is carrying out in #Gaza.
Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza On Namibian soil, #Germany committed the first genocide of the 20th century in 1904-1908, in which tens of thousands of innocent Namibians died in the most…
How can you envision the sheer number of people massacred in #Gaza by #Netanyahu's #IDF?
https://www.tiktok.com/@artisticanticsllc/video/7323051339661970734?lang=en
@GuinKelly Yup indeedy.
And they finally arrested him--but only, of course, after social media outcry. When the cart employee called the cops, they told him they couldn't do anything, because of course.
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