A shift is happening:
•Biden has cancelled his meeting with Netanyahu
•Harris will skip Netanyahu's speech to Congress
•Harris will meet with Netanyahu to tell him to stop bombing Palestinian civilians
•Seven major unions just sent a joint letter to Biden calling on him to "immediately halt all military aid to Israel" ahead of Netanyahu’s DC visit:
SEIU, NEA, UAW, UE, APWU, AFA, & IUPAT
Don't let up. Keep the pressure on until US stops funding genocide & starts rebuilding Palestine. Let's go.
@QasimRashid
I WAS TERRIFIED we were going to see a replay of #1968:
o #Convention in #Chicago.
o Brokered Convention with no nominee.
o "Foreign #War" #protesters causing a riot.
o Result: a criminal who believes he's #AboveTheLaw becomes #Potus.
All that seems to be highly unlikely now. Whew!
@QasimRashid @MugsysRapSheet protesters may have been the ones rioting but police and war mongers also caused the riots while simultaneously creating much more violence by refusing to de-escalate and the stop war at the time
riots aren’t in a vacuum it wasn’t just the protesters it was people in power responsible for the riots too. And, people in power burden more of the responsibility, than protesters
@Mad @QasimRashid
Disruptive #Protesters vs #Riot police being brought in to break up those protests... either way, the look is bad.
Best to make sure there's no reason to protest in the first place.
@MugsysRapSheet @Mad @QasimRashid
This is a bit different though, mostly because the DNC is a target for bad actors and paid disruptors. That is one reason I myself advise against protesting at the DNC, because it's somewhat likely there will be paid agitators there, as it is an easy target.
I don't know if paid agitation was as big of a thing in 1968, but it sure is now (i.e. the "window buster" at the George Floyd protests)
See this article. https://www.justsecurity.org/70497/far-right-infiltrators-and-agitators-in-george-floyd-protests-indicators-of-white-supremacists/
Regardless, be careful.
@Mad @MugsysRapSheet @QasimRashid
I agree, not here to stop you, everyone has a right to protest, just making you aware so people there can protect themselves. While I still advise against it, at the end of the day it's your right. Just be careful and make sure the organizers are aware as well.
Plan out where to protest and make sure they are set up in a way where it is hard for agitators to cause problems. If you do so, it'll work out best.
@Mad @MugsysRapSheet @QasimRashid
Also as a reply to myself, I only advise against it at the DNC, anywhere else is totally fine.
It's just the DNC that will have a lot of eyes on it, meaning there will be a good chance of agitation.
@MugsysRapSheet @QasimRashid Some context:
The Democratic convention in 68 operated the same as prior conventions.
There was a nominee who happened to be the then VP.
The protesters did not change the result of the convention but the protest did result in a change in how the Democrats nominating process works.
Nixon thought that as president he would be above the law but he also thought that he would be acting in the country’s interest.
@QasimRashid Keeping the pressure on, aye aye.
Glad we have one party that's willing to shift under pressure.
Reason prevails...
⬆️ @QasimRashid
#Netanyahu is persona non grata in the #UnitedStates, outside the #Trump and #MAGA world.
Would you please carry this message to Rashida #Tlaib and her #Muslim and #Arab-American constituents?
Awesome!
Objective reality says there is a genocide.
There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.
@Jon_Kramer this is at least in parts bs and you know it. But it hurts your antisemitic agenda.
As long as hamas is not completely destroyed, there is no chance for peace whatsoever.
@Jon_Kramer @QasimRashid @sequundi
Two months of looking at the scholarly sources, especially from #GenocideScholars [1] led to the en.Wikipedia conclusion on 3 July that "Gaza genocide" is the appropriate title for the topic [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/genocide_studies
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gaza_genocide/Archive_2#Requested_move_3_May_2024
[3] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Adams#Boston_Massacre_trial_%281770%29
@sequundi @QasimRashid Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
What, pray tell, do you think is happening to the Palestinians if not a genocide?
@sequundi @QasimRashid is that why they bombed 9 schools in 10 days?
You know, there's a lot of internet out there. You might try reading news articles. Like this one:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-all-rules-of-war-broken-as-gaza-schools-bombed
Or this one: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/12/israel
Or this one: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/22/israel-follows-up-evacuation-order-with-air-strikes-on-gaza-safe-zone
Or this one: https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-calls-to-reduce-humanitarian-aid-as-palestinians-starve-in-gaza/
I could keep going. Because they've been VERY vocal about their desire and willingness to murder ALL Palestinians and force them out of their homelands. These are their OWN words and actions.
You're welcome to lie to yourself. But don't expect the rest of us to swallow your bullshit just because you want to speak with your head jammed up your ass.
Interesting newsworthy developments. Will our media give them due coverage?
@QasimRashid I think rebuilding Gaza is stupid unless it's part of a contiguous Palestine. That's not going to happen though and we'll just repeat this in a generation.
My personal solution? Radical partition: Everything north of the port of Haifa is given over to the Palestinians including most of the Golan Heights. Gaza and the West Bank become part of Israel. All the countries of the world help rebuild Palestine in this area. Gaza was little better than a ghetto. Rebuilding it is dumb.
@QasimRashid @PatrickWirth we’d have to remove Hamas before we could rebuild anything. How would that work?
Honestly asking. What’s the plan for Hamas?
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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