Norobiik @[email protected]Apr 26, 2024

TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US #SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.

While #TikTok is a global phenomenon, it represents a small fraction of #ByteDance's revenue, according to analysts and investors. #TiktokBan #SocialMedia

ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US ban law
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240426-bytedance-says-no-plans-to-sell-tiktok-after-us-ban-law

ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US ban law

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United States.

FRANCE 24
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 26, 2024

#MuhammadMugheir, of the #Gaza Civil Defence, showed journalists videos of relatives as they identified the remains of their loved ones among the hundreds of bodies that have been exhumed, including with signs of #torture and #execution. #Israel

[Warning: Video blurs the worst parts but images may still be very upsetting]

WATCH: Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from mass graves in Gaza
https://aje.io/84b476?update=2860822

Israel War on Gaza | Live updates | Today's latest from Al Jazeera

The eastern part of the city is under constant artillery shelling as Israel says it’s ‘moving ahead’ with offensive.

Al Jazeera
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 27, 2024
#Lebanon has moved towards accepting the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction to prosecute violations on Lebanese territory since October, in what Human Rights Watch said on Saturday was a “landmark step” towards justice for war crimes. #Israel #Gaza #TheHague #ICC
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/27/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-hamas-war-iran-red-sea-houthis?page=with:block-662cf5838f083e20b047cdce#block-662cf5838f083e20b047cdce
Middle East crisis live: Hamas ‘reviewing new Israeli ceasefire proposal’

Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said the Palestinian militant group was evaluating Israel’s proposal

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 28, 2024

Young people, in particular, are following the #Israel-#Hamas war on social media, and many are horrified by what they see.

They’ve also grown up with protest movements — #OccupyWallStreet, #BlackLivesMatter, the Parkland, Fla., students’ gun control campaign — as the backdrop of their lives. #VietnamWar

Opinion | The Ghost of the 1968 #AntiWarMovement Has Returned
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/chicago-dnc-antiwar-protests.html

Opinion | The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned

The suffering in the war in Gaza is unacceptable. Young people will make that point clear this summer in Chicago.

The New York Times
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 28, 2024

The historical precedents are becoming more overt. In 1969, #Harvard called in the #police to clear #AntiWar protesters, as #Columbia had done a year earlier. Both events produced pictures of bruised and bloodied students.

In May 4, 1970, an incident seared in the #US national memory, the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity in Ohio opened fire on students protesting the war,killing 4. #Israel

Echoes of #VietnamEra as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/28/us-student-protests-gaza-israel

Echoes of Vietnam era as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses

Calls for divestment continue despite hundreds of arrests, with more demonstrations planned for Democratic national convention

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 29, 2024

#KualaLumpur - #KFC has reduced its operations in #Malaysia, shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent #proPalestine boycott of #US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in #Gaza. #Israel

KFC shutters over 100 restaurants in #Malaysia amid pro-Palestine boycott
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/kfc-shutters-over-100-restaurants-in-malaysia-amid-pro-palestine-boycott

KFC shutters over 100 restaurants in Malaysia amid pro-Palestine boycott

KUALA LUMPUR - KFC has reduced its operations in Malaysia, shuttering more than 100 restaurants temporarily after months of a persistent pro-Palestine boycott of US-linked businesses triggered by the ongoing war in Gaza. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Apr 29, 2024

Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken urged #Hamas to accept what he said was an “extraordinarily generous” proposal for a truce and hostage release agreement.

The diplomatic push comes as protests against #Israel’s actions rock college campuses across the U.S. and as Israel fears its leaders could soon face arrest warrants from the #InternationalCriminalCourt. #TheHague

U.S. pushes Hamas to accept cease-fire before Israel Rafah invasion
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-cease-fire-hostage-deal-antony-blinken-saudi-rcna149747

U.S. pushes Hamas to accept cease-fire before Israel Rafah invasion

There was renewed hope for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, as the U.S. pushed for an agreement that would head off an assault on Gaza Rafah.

NBC News
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]

The Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help him. #Israel #Gazs #TheHague

What will happen if the #ICC charges #Netanyahu with #WarCrimes? | Kenneth Roth
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/netanyahu-icc-war-crimes

What will happen if the ICC charges Netanyahu with war crimes?

The Israeli prime minister has good reason to worry, and the defenses he has offered so far are unlikely to help him

The Guardian
Apr 29, 2024 at 6:46pmWeb
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 1, 2024

Hundreds of #NewYorkCity police officers entered #ColumbiaUniversity on Tuesday evening to clear an academic building taken over by #ProPalestinian students the day before, as tensions surrounding the students’ campus encampment for #Gaza have roiled the New York school for two weeks. #Israel

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest | #USCampusProtests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-york-police-columbia-university-student-protests

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest

NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out Hamilton Hall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of New York

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 1, 2024

#NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out #HamiltonHall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of #NewYork.

Hamilton Hall was one of several buildings occupied during a 1968 #CivilRights and #AntiVietnamWar protest on the campus. #Israel

Dozens arrested at #ColumbiaUniversity as New York police disperse #Gaza protest | #USCampusProtests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/new-york-police-columbia-university-student-protests

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest

NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out Hamilton Hall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of New York

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 1, 2024

Aerial footage from the broadcaster #KABC showed people wielding sticks or poles to attack wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect #ProPalestinian protesters, some holding placards or umbrellas. At least one firework was thrown into the camp. #Israel

Violence erupts at #UCLA campus between rival #Gaza protest groups | #LosAngeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/violence-erupts-ucla-university-campus-clashes-rival-gaza-protest-groups

UCLA chancellor condemns ‘instigators’ who attacked pro-Palestinian camp on campus

Los Angeles mayor calls late-night attack by counter-demonstrators ‘abhorrent’ as footage shows people wielding sticks

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 1, 2024

At least one high school starts encampment protest in solidarity with #Gaza. Students at #Iowa City’s #CityHigh are planning to host a school strike on Friday. #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/columbia-university-protest-live-updates-nypd-new-york-police-enter-campus-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-663247878f084fb5cf82abca#block-663247878f084fb5cf82abca

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 1, 2024

The policies of #JoeBiden and #Democrats towards #Israel, which have prompted thousands of students across the country to protest, could affect the #YouthVote for Biden and hurt his re-election chances, experts have warned, in what is already expected to be a tight election.

What do the #US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November? | #USElections2024
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/01/university-protests-presidential-election-biden-youth-vote

What do the US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November?

Thousands of students have rallied for Palestine, after hundreds of thousands of Democrats declined to vote for Biden in the primary

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 2, 2024

A #UN agency said on Thursday that rebuilding #Gaza will cost an estimated $30bn to $40bn and require an effort on a scale unseen since the second world war, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/02/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-hamas-war-lebanon?page=with%3Ablock-6633a0398f08ce8daad57a1a#block-6633a0398f08ce8daad57a1a

Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of distruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’

UN agency says reconstruction will require effort on a scale unseen since second world war

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 2, 2024

The board specifically recognized the work of #StudentJournalists at #ColumbiaUniversity, where the Pulitzer prizes are located, for documenting the events on campus as #NewYorkPolice raided student-led encampments on 30 April. #Israel #Gaza

#PulitzerPrize board recognizes work of US student journalists covering protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/university-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-6633ca0e8f08715725f7b563#block-6633ca0e8f08715725f7b563

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 2, 2024

They weren't able to stop the #AntiVietnamWar protests way back when either. #Israel #Gaza

US campus arrests pass 2,000 – report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/universityop-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with:block-6633dc0f8f082dacd4220720#block-6633dc0f8f082dacd4220720

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 2, 2024

Israeli foreign minister #IsraelKatz accused #Erdoğan of acting like a “dictator” after #Bloomberg cited two senior Turkish officials saying that #Ankara had significantly ramped up restrictions first brought in last month, halting all imports or exports as of Thursday.

#Turkey reportedly halts all trade with #Israel over war in #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/turkey-reportedly-halts-all-trade-israel-war-gaza

Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza

Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 2, 2024

The Columbia president #MinoucheShafik's reputation is toast. End of the road for her.

This is a clear warning by the DOE to other university presidents to remain even handed.
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The #DepartmentOfEducation (DOE) announced on Thursday that it will be investigating #ColumbiaUniversity for anti-Palestinian #discrimination against students. #Israel #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/may/01/university-protests-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-latest-news?page=with:block-6633eff38f08715725f7b715#block-6633eff38f08715725f7b715

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 3, 2024

According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ), at least 97 members of the #press have been killed since the war broke out in October, 92 of whom were #Palestinians. #Israel #Gaza

#UNESCO awards its world #PressFreedom prize to all #PalestinianJournalists
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240503-unesco-awards-its-world-press-freedom-prize-to-all-palestinian-journalists

UNESCO awards its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists

UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, where Israel has been battling Hamas for more than six months.

FRANCE 24
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 3, 2024

Schools join #Northwestern and #Brown in arriving at agreements with students to dismantle #ProPalestinian encampments.

The peaceful resolutions are in contrast to the scenes at other universities in the #US where pro-Palestinian protesters have been met with #PoliceViolence. #Israel

#Rutgers and #UniversityOfMinnesota reach resolutions with #Gaza protesters | US campus protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/rutgers-university-of-minnesota-protest-agreement

Rutgers and University of Minnesota reach resolutions with Gaza protesters

Schools join Northwestern and Brown in arriving at agreements with students to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampments

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 3, 2024

Great article. These kids are incredible 👍
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Over 50 schools. Nearly 2,000 arrests. One canceled graduation ceremony — so far.

We’re in the midst of the most widespread campus unrest since the 1960s, sparked by the war between #Israel and #Hamas.

What’s Really Happening on #CollegeCampuses, According to #StudentJournalists
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/03/college-campus-protests-israel-gaza-student-journalists-00155672

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 3, 2024

The largest union of #AcademicWorkers, which represents more than 48,000 graduate student workers throughout the #UniversityOfCalifornia system, will hold a #StrikeAuthorization vote as early as next week in response to how universities have cracked down on students’ #Gaza protests. #Israel

Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California #GazaProtests | US campus protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/university-of-california-union-strike-vote-gaza-protests

Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests

UAW Local 4811, largest union of academic workers, also says it will file unfair labor charges over university use of LAPD on protesters

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 5, 2024

#WASHINGTON, #USA – A deep #GenerationalDivide, #AntiWar protests on college campuses, and a looming Chicago #DemocraticConvention invite comparisons between today’s protests against #Israel’s attacks in #Gaza and the movement against the #VietnamWar.

EXPLAINER: How #USCampusProtests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era
https://www.rappler.com/world/us-canada/explainer-how-united-states-campus-protests-gaza-differ-vietnam-war-era/

EXPLAINER: How US campus protests over Gaza differ from Vietnam war era

The campus protests over the past two weeks differ in both scale and motivation

RAPPLER
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 5, 2024

The cabinet vote came after #Israel’s parliament passed a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of #ForeignBroadcasters considered to be a threat to #NationalSecurity during the war in #Gaza.

With foreign journalists banned from entering Gaza, #AlJazeera staff based in the #GazaStrip have been among the few reporters able to cover the war on the ground.

Israeli cabinet moves to close Al Jazeera's local operations in Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/05/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-hamas-truce-talks-benjamin-netanyahu?page=with%3Ablock-66375cbe8f082c8a32eaa483#block-66375cbe8f082c8a32eaa483

Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu says he cannot accept ending war in Gaza now as that would keep Hamas in power

Hopes for ceasefire fade as Israeli PM hardens stance against Hamas demands for end to war in Gaza

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 6, 2024

#Israel’s armed forces have issued a call for residents and displaced people of “eastern neighborhoods of #Rafah” to evacuate, a day after Israeli leaders reiterated a promise to launch an attack on the southern city. #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-today-rafah-evacuation-gaza-israel-hamas-war-palestine?page=with%3Ablock-6638617f8f08cb3df581ad8c#block-6638617f8f08cb3df581ad8c

Middle East crisis live: Israeli military urges evacuation of parts of Rafah in southern Gaza

An IDF spokesperson said Palestinians should move to ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi, as Israel’s Army Radio reports evacuations have begun

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 6, 2024

#Israel has been telling #GazaResidents to evacuate to the #AlMawasi “humanitarian zone”, a narrow strip of barren coastline at the southernmost end of the territory, since the war broke out in #Gaza.

Despite its designation as a safe zone by the Israeli military, al-Mawasi has not been spared the violence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-today-rafah-evacuation-gaza-israel-hamas-war-palestine?page=with:block-66386b228f08cb3df581add7#block-66386b228f08cb3df581add7

Middle East crisis live: Israeli military tells 100,000 people in Rafah to evacuate

An IDF spokesperson said Palestinians should move to ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi, as Israel’s Army Radio reports evacuations have begun

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 6, 2024
The Israeli military says it needs to move about 100,000 people from #Rafah in its “limited scope” evacuation, but has not confirmed this is the beginning of a broader invasion of the city. #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-today-rafah-evacuation-gaza-israel-hamas-war-palestine?page=with:block-663875358f08cb3df581ae17#block-663875358f08cb3df581ae17
Middle East crisis live: Israeli military tells 100,000 people in Rafah to evacuate

An IDF spokesperson said Palestinians should move to ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi, as Israel’s Army Radio reports evacuations have begun

the Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]May 6, 2024

Witnesses described frightened families leaving the city on foot, riding #donkeys or packed with their belongings into overloaded #trucks on Monday.

Overnight Israeli air strikes had reinforced “panic and fear”, prompting more to heed the instructions to move.

Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern #Rafah amid Israeli attack threat | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israel-military-eastern-rafah-evacuation-gaza

Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern Rafah amid Israeli attack threat

Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coast

The Guardian