"There is a question of historical responsibility towards injustice, genocide, and fascism," said #StephenKapos. "If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt."
#Columbia Students Arrested Over Campus Rally May Face Other Consequences -
Students who camped in tents to protest the war in #Gaza, including the daughter of Representative #IlhanOmar, may be barred from finishing the semester.
from #WashingtonPost
Business titans privately urged #NYC mayor to use police on #Columbia protesters, chats show
A #WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy #Americans after the Oct. 7 #Hamas attack reveals their focus on Mayor #EricAdams and their work to shape #USA opinion of the #Gaza war.
from #Facebook
"Huge crowd last night at the #LiberationShabbat service at the UW Madison tent encampment (liberated zone)! Organized by a group of #UWMadison#Jewish students. Very moving! And a quick transition afterwards in time for the Muslim call for prayer in the same space, beautiful!"
"In this panel, members of the French and #AmericanLeft come together to discuss the ongoing movement in #SolidarityWithPalestine and its struggles against #Israel’s War in #Gaza, and the growing repression faced by this movement in #France and the United States."
from #CommonDreams
We Risked Our Lives to Treat Patients in Gaza. Now President Biden Must Act to Save Lives
As I think about my colleagues who put their lives at stake to save #Palestinians wounded in #Gaza, the question I must ask is: when will President #Biden force the #Israeli government to stop this slaughter?
from #CommonDreams
'This Is a Crime Against Humanity': 600,000 Children in Line of Fire as #IDF Moves on Rafah
"We had already run out of words to describe how catastrophic the situation is in #Rafah—but this next chapter will take it to indescribable new levels" - Save the Children International CEO.
Why young Jewish Americans are turning on Israel -
An interview with #SimoneZimmerman, a leader of the Jewish anti-Zionist organization #IfNotNow, and a co-protagonist of the film #Israelism
The Washington Post reported Friday that the administration has "quietly" authorized arms shipments including more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, as well as 25 F-35A fighter jets and engines worth approximately $2.5 billion.
Yesterday had restored some of my spiritual energy & faith in humanity. However, I'm still very fatigued with low energy & my sleep pattern hasn't stabilized yet so still recovering & listening to messages from my body. I'm only attending 1 protest action organizing meeting outdoors, today. Resting/sleeping for rest of the day with phone turned off & earplugs in.
Israel and #Israel Alone Kicked Off This Escalation — In a Bid to Drag U.S. Into War With Iran - #Netanyahu ’s recklessness was fostered by blind U.S. support, but Israel is the one pushing its war with #Iran out of the shadows.
by #MurtazaHussain
"Over the next few hours, counter-demonstrators threw objects, including wood and a metal barrier, at the camp and those inside, with fights repeatedly breaking out..."
Pro-Palestinian feeling in #Ireland has deep roots -
"The slurs that Irish troops faced in the 1970s by the Israelis, such as being called ‘half-naked savages’, can’t have been forgotten, says John Roberts"
[some interesting historical background that I wasn't aware of]
Crutches and chocolate croissants: #Gaza aid items #Israel has rejected -
"The review process of goods for entry is “totally arbitrary,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who visited Rafah in January."