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Left: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after signing a law that guarantees free breakfast and lunch to all public school students
Right: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders after signing a law that makes child labor easier
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Chilling display in Guernica.
In 1937, the Nazis bombed this village on behalf of Franco’s Spanish Nationalists, who saw it as a center for the resistance against fascism.
86 years later, descendants of that horror express solidarity with Palestinians.
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Israeli official threatens to bomb American universities
Israel’s Ambassador to UN:
“We always knew that Khamas hides in schools we just didn’t realize that it’s not only schools in Gaza it’s also Harvard, Columbia and many elite universities”
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The doctors are Hamas, the journalists are Hamas, the babies are Hamas, the children’s cancer floor of a hospital is Hamas, the UN is Hamas, the bakeries are Hamas.
Oh my god. The Israeli representative to the United Nations is saying that many UN workers in Gaza are actually Hamas.
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This 18-year-old Israeli was just sentenced to 30 days in prison for refusing to enlist in the army. He tweeted this yesterday:
Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old from Tel-Aviv, just refused to enlist in the Israeli army to protest the war in Gaza and the occupation.
He was sentenced to 30 days in prison.
He's a hero and also the sweetest kid.
@TalMitnick
@Mesarvot_
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Pulitzer prize winning photo
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So the Israeli police want to round up people they deem as criminals, and bus them off to Gaza…what might you call such a place?
Israel Police: Anti-war protesters will be sent to Gaza
Israeli police chief says there's a ‘zero tolerance’ police for anti-war protests, threatening to send them to Gaza in buses.
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A huge international crowd came out of nowhere, bringing thousands more to the March on Washington.
“From Palestine to the Philippines, stop the U.S. war machine!”
“From Palestine to Mexico, border walls have got to go!”
“From Palestine to Puerto Rico, occupation is illegal!”
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Taking over Hamilton Hall as done in 1968, Columbia students unfurl a banner that reads "Hind's Hall," in reference to Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces.
Hundreds of students cheer as the banner is revealed, erupting into chants to "Free Palestine."
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This is exactly what’s making any normal observer feel insane.
A pro-Israel mob attacked these kids with slurs, fists, mace, and fireworks. Police watched for HOURS & did nothing.
A day later, police instead bombard *them* with rubber bullets & flashbangs.
(All in a “blue” state)
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How have we allowed this sentence to be written
The Palestinian child Zain Orouk survived the bombing of his family’s home in Gaza by Israeli warplanes, but was killed this morning when an airdropped aid box fell on him.
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There have now been Palestine solidarity & anti-war student actions on at least 75 U.S. college campuses in the past week
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Think about how fast this country sent hordes of riot police with tear gas, batons, and tasers to arrest anti-war students & their teachers.
Now think about every medical bill you've paid, every homeless person you've seen, every school that relies on bake sales to buy supplies.
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Congrats to Joe Biden & Democrats — your relentless support for Israel killing 34,000 people has resulted in a historic anti-war movement (led by the young people who are supposedly your base) & the arrest of protestors and journalists which you warn will happen under Trump
A photographer for FOX 7 in Austin was arrested during the protests at University of Texas Austin:
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“If you harm an American, we will respond." – Joe Biden
NEW:
@StateDept
confirms one of the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in the Israeli airstrike in Gaza was an American citizen.
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“Israeli snipers shoot displaced Palestinian kids sheltering at a United Nations-operated school in a refugee camp” sounds like the kind of thing that would be rock bottom in terms of indefensibility
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Left: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz after signing a law that guarantees free breakfast and lunch to all public school students
Right: Republicans' 2024 agenda, which prioritizes...stopping schools from giving free meals to all public school students
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Translation: Israel is blackmailing America — its largest funder, supposedly the world superpower — to make it stop an international court from holding Israel accountable for war crimes, all by threatening to hurt the people its accused of committing war crimes against even more
🚨NEW: Israeli warned the Biden administration that if the International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, it will take retaliatory steps against the Palestinian Authority that could lead to its collapse. My story on
@axios
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@ByMikeBaker
@jul1arock
19 cops waited 47 minutes outside the classroom because “there was time” to get keys, while kids were begging 911 for help. meanwhile cops bang down people’s doors all the time on even the slightest suspicion of drugs, guns blazing, no regard to whether it’s even the right place.
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Hind Rajab's mom on Columbia students naming Hind's Hall:
"I started crying because I wanted all of these movements & support to come while Hind was still alive."
Hopes protests don't stop till permanent ceasefire.
"Wake up now! Why are others like Hind still going through this?"
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"Woke? You mean practicing basic empathy, valuing people who are part of your community? Critical Race Theory? You mean American history? We do not fear people being educated...people learning about history, and above all, we do not fear any books."
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Q: Do you condemn Netanyahu using the phrase “from the river to the sea”?
White House spokesman John Kirby: We don’t recommend using the phrase because it’s connotation with Hamas
Q: But this wasn’t Hamas, it was Netanyahu
Kirby: I understand–I don’t have anything more on that
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4 things Israeli leaders said today:
–We’re collectively punishing Gaza citizens
–We will indefinitely occupy Gaza
–We’re “rolling out the Gaza Nakba”
–"When we say Hamas must be eliminated, we mean leaders, supporters, and even those who distribute candy—they’re all terrorists”
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And here you can see officers entering an academic building with their weapons drawn, in response to college students protesting their tax & tuition dollars contributing to a plausible genocide
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Internalizing the fact that students in tents have been tear gassed, flash banged, and monitored by rooftop snipers all while this guy who split a kid's head open & gave another a concussion is just...roaming free
This guy hit someone over the head with a wooden board and then punching/kicking another. He also may have broken someone else’s hand. Who is he???
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This was four months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 9,200 kids since.
Kids in Gaza hosting a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.
“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”
Over 4200 kids, like these, have been killed.
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NEW: 77 groups — representing tens of thousands of lawyers, civil society leaders, and activists from six continents — have filed a brief in support of a lawsuit charging the Biden administration with being complicit in genocide.
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This image will go down in history. Hand in hand, leaders of both parties declaring they stand with Israel, with chants of “no ceasefire” abound.
Hours later, Israel rounded up journalists and invaded a hospital with thousands of patients and refugees created from their violence.
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377-44-1: House passed a resolution that the "slogan, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic and its use must be condemned."
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This side by side is crazy
My dispatch from the Pro-Palestine protest in Oxford today, one of the most... astonishing things I've ever seen
@MSTODAYnews
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This was three months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 7,300 kids since.
Kids in Gaza hosting a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.
“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”
Over 4200 kids, like these, have been killed.
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There have now been Palestine solidarity & anti-war student actions on at least 120 U.S. college campuses in the past week and a half
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The daughter of among the most eminent Palestinian-American scholars (for whom Columbia has named awards, lectures, and professorships after) & among the most famous Palestinian journalists in the world visit Columbia in support of the protests against the violence in Palestine.
@azaizamotaz9
and Najla Said, daughter of the late Edward Said, have arrived at Columbia’s solidarity encampment in support of the student movement
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Hm let’s see what the organization that just called Jewish Voice for Peace a “hate group” has to say about Henry Kissing— Oh
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Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld, just donated $5,000 (more than anyone else) to the GoFundMe of the pro-Israel UCLA rally.
At this rally, participants yelled “I hope they rape you” & spat on and used the N-word towards pro-Palestinian students.
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No words
New Interview: I talked to Seema Jilani, a pediatrician who spent two weeks working at a hospital in Gaza, about her experiences, and what Israel’s refusal to allow sufficient medicine into the territory has meant for Gaza’s children.
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Note—this was all *before* the encampment protests began:
Columbia University hired private investigators to pursue pro-Palestine students. Vanderbilt University canceled a divestment vote, then expelled students after they protested. Pomona College sent police officers in riot gear to arrest 20 students.
@prem_thakker
reports,…
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Morehouse students grill their President on having Biden @ graduation
"There's a possibility of a genocide happening & we're seeing our government continually sending more & more weapons."
"We the students telling you we see it as 'that's being complicit!'"
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“I was surprised he did not come in on his magic carpet”
"Arab leaders have long seen the Houthis as dangerous proxies for Iran, the group’s main military supplier, but some observers now say the truth may be even worse: that the Houthis are fanatics who answer to no one,"
@robertfworth
writes:
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This was five months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 10,150 kids since.
Kids in Gaza hosting a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.
“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”
Over 4200 kids, like these, have been killed.
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They couldn't even if they wanted to
I get a strange inkling that all these Columbia and UCLA students running around yelling “Free Palestine” would not be jumping at the opportunity to do a semester abroad in Gaza.
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Rep. Nadler: "The resolution states that all anti-Zionism is antisemitism. That's intellectually disingenuous or factually wrong…The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was + is expressly not antisemitic."
A new House resolution, which may be voted on as early as tonight, "clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism." This comes after a previous resolution hinted at that claim, but did not fully state it. So now Congress wants to leave no question.
But there's an…
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“Biden’s Wins” retracts celebration after Hamas accepts the terms for a ceasefire but Israel rejects them
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Nancy Pelosi wants the FBI to investigate groups calling for a ceasefire, for being “connected to Russia”
Groups calling for a ceasefire include:
–Arizona & Texas Democratic parties
–80% of Democrats
–60% of Americans
–thousands of Black pastors
–Doctors Without Borders
–UAW
Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza "is Mr. Putin's message... Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see...
"I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia."
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I spoke with the people of East Palestine, Ohio.
The government's deference to Norfolk Southern has left people lost, relying on each other instead. They have alarming symptoms. Their pets are dying. Some are even packing up to leave a place they love.
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Solid delivery by this reporter on a difficult subject. Describes what happened, notes how Bushnell's act follows a December self-immolation in Atlanta (instead of ignoring it), doesn't leave out why Bushnell said he did this—and doesn't flippantly ascribe it to "mental illness."
I can't believing I'm saying this, but Aaron Bushnell's last words were just read live on CNN.
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1400+ Columbia University alumni from its 20 schools have pledged to withhold all “financial, programmatic, and academic support” until school meets demands related to divestment, student discipline, and community safety.
Group website says over $63 million of donations at risk.
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This pro-Israel rally-goer shows how peaceful he is by trying to instigate a fight with someone, calling them the N-word, and then spitting on them after he couldn’t get them to fight.
Looking forward to Mike Johnson & Elise Stefanik making clear he doesn’t represent their cause?
This Israel guy was trying to start a fight and then he spit on people
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“If you harm an American, we will respond." – Joe Biden
Breaking: Two Palestinian American citizens with Chicago roots were taken by Israeli soldiers in an early morning raid on their shelter in Gaza today, months after U.S. officials approved them for evacuation but have since failed to secure their exit.
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George Floyd mural in Gaza
Palestinians “are facing similar situations as Black and Brown americans” say family members of George Floyd, at a protest on the fourth anniversary of his murder by Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin.
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Israel's justice system had not even convicted this boy of anything yet — he was only classified as "under arrest" in their log. They just described his offenses as "damage to the security of the area."
Israel still put him in prison, where soldiers beat him and other detainees.
ISRAEL BROKE BOTH ARMS OF THIS CHILD IN PRISON
Then left him 8 days without medical treatment
Mohammed Nazal says they kept beating them daily until 1 died. They starved them to near death with a plate of plain rice for 10 people. They were freezing with no heating or blankets.
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VA mom more impactful than most politicians:
“You’ve got a beautiful country, you’ve got beautiful people…How does a 7-year-old have a gun? I’m only here because my husband is in the military or otherwise I would not have chosen to come to this country.”
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Homeless person describes the most devastating thing they lost when the city swept away their stuff:
ProPublica distributed notecards to homeless people in Albuquerque and asked them about objects they had lost when their encampments were hauled away. Here's what they said.
@nicolesantacruz
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Now: Big crowd of "Christians for a Free Palestine" protest in the US Senate cafeteria—pushing Congress to back a ceasefire, restore aid to UNRWA, and end military aid to Israel.
"Congress & their staff will not eat today," they chant. "Until Gaza eats."
Dozens being arrested.
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An Israeli photographer was assaulted by Israeli settlers after he took videos of them burning Palestinian homes.
“There were 20 or 30 of them who beat me as I shouted for help, hoping that soldiers would hear me. But they were the soldiers…”
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Update on Joe Biden's Youth Outreach:
NEW poll—Nearly 25% of Wisconsin Democrats say Joe Biden’s handling of the war on Gaza could impact their vote in November if he doesn’t change course.
71% say they strongly support an immediate & permanent ceasefire.
Biden won Wisconsin by 0.63% in 2020.
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Wow—Girl scouts wanted to make bracelets to help aid Palestinian kids.
@girlscouts
leadership threatened them, saying they must "stay neutral."
After it was pointed out there've been similar efforts for Ukraine, they pivoted, saying the troop didn't follow "approval processes":
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Yelling "Israel is not committing genocide" & "I will support them forever" in the same breath you shout "Goodbye to Palestine!" isn't a very convincing case for your first point
Wow.
Tennessee Republican Chuck Fleischmann: "You can tell the Palestinians — I will never support them!"
Protestor: "I am a Palestinian."
Fleischmann: "Then I will tell you, I will never support you. I will tell you to your face: Goodbye to Palestine!"
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+ watch the video of him signing the bill! this level of joy is what the trajectory of a good politics looks and feels like
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a law guaranteeing free breakfast and lunch for all students in the state, regardless of how much money their parents make. Tens of thousands of food-insecure kids will benefit.
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Pro-Israel UCLA demonstrators have:
–assaulted, shot fireworks & mace at students (as cops watched)
–yelled "Fuck Palestine! Fucking whore! You fucking slut!" at someone
–yelled “I hope they rape you” & spat on, used the N-word toward students
…and this is what Congress is doing
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Voter: How do you feel about sending billions to Israel?
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse: “Proud of my vote.”
V: “As an anti-Zionist Jew—I’m your constituent, I grew up here—we care about the safety of Palestinians…can we count on you to call for a permanent ceasefire?”
W: “No. Nope.”
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NEW: I spoke with Columbia students who were chemically attacked on campus.
They've gone to the hospital. Their eyes burn, heads ache, chests hurt. They say administrators haven't reached out to them.
Students allege the perpetrators are tied to the IDF.
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As GOP Reps. Johnson, Foxx, Malliotakis, D'Esposito, and Lawler leave Columbia, a voice bellows: "That's right get the fuck out of here.”
Crowd cheers.
All 5 Reps have had no issue with Israeli forces killing 34,000 people in Palestine or Trump's friendliness with antisemitism.
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This was six months ago. Israeli forces have killed more than 10,263 kids since.
Kids in Gaza hosting a press conference, in English, to beg the world for life.
“We come now to shout and invite you to protect us; we want to live, we want peace…we want to live as the other children live.”
Over 4200 kids, like these, have been killed.
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NEW: Nearly 300 former Bernie Sanders staffers are calling for him to support a ceasefire.
"You taught us to always speak the truth, and to be on the right side of history, even when it is lonely and especially when it is difficult."
w/
@ryangrim
:
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Does the Biden administration plan to keep sending weapons and aid to a state that just plainly said “The Hague won’t stop us”?
We will restore security to both the south and the north. Nobody will stop us – not The Hague, not the axis of evil and not anybody else.
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In other words, after 24 hours, 90 out of 100 U.S. Senators have not said anything about another country killing an American citizen
I've counted only 10 US Senators who have said anything on their Twitter account about the IDF's killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers.
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A US Senator posted a meme about sexual violence (with a celebrity who’s called for a ceasefire) right after the IDF called discourse about female hostages “irresponsible” & “inaccurate,” and on the same day Israeli forces detained & stripped Palestinians (including a journalist)
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This testimony is from a 14-year-old boy who was among the hundreds of Palestinian men, women, and kids abducted & tortured by Israeli forces this past week.
Israel has rounded up kids, men and women in Gaza - stripping, blindfolding and handcuffing them, taking them in trucks for torture sessions in warehouses.
Two boys & a 40-year-old share their harrowing testimony.
@MaramGaza
@LinahAlsaafin
report
🧵
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US soldier resigning: "As the descendent of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to…responsibility for ethnic cleansing...the paramount importance of 'never again' & the inadequacy of 'just following orders' were oft repeated."
WOW. Another resignation from the Biden Admin just hit, this time from a uniformed officer, U.S. Army Major Harrison Mann. Read is letter here:
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New statement from Columbia student protestors:
"We are frustrated by media distractions focusing on inflammatory individuals who do not represent us…Our members have been misidentified by a politically motivated mob."
"We firmly reject any form of hate or bigotry…"
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Wow.
Tennessee Republican Chuck Fleischmann: "You can tell the Palestinians — I will never support them!"
Protestor: "I am a Palestinian."
Fleischmann: "Then I will tell you, I will never support you. I will tell you to your face: Goodbye to Palestine!"
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Aid to Palestinians conditional on them not taking Israel to court for human rights violations.
Aid to Israel *not* conditional on not committing those human rights violations.
The bill Congress just passed:
–Cuts UNRWA funding
–Sends Israel another $3.8 billion
–Limits aid to the Palestinian Authority if "the Palestinians" initiate or support an International Criminal Court investigation against Israel for human rights crimes
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Wow. Michigan Republican Representative Tim Walberg, on Gaza:
“We shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid. It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick.”
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Students at the University of Virginia have voted 67.87% – 32.13% in favor of the school divesting its $13.6 billion endowment from any “companies engaging in or profiting from the State of Israel’s apartheid regime and acute violence against Palestinians.”
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April 30, 1968
Police arrest 86 students occupying Hamilton Hall—out of 700 arrests made as negotiations broke down. Faculty linked arms to protect students
April 30, 2024
As negotiations break down & faculty link arms again, students occupy Hamilton Hall
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Wow—Former spokesperson for hostage families says Hamas offered to immediately release all hostages if IDF didn't invade Gaza "but the government rejected the proposal."
Says families weren't notified about invasion + risks it could pose.
"Netanyahu has thwarted" hostage release.
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Notable—unlike other schools, Wesleyan Uni says it will not clear an encampment so long as it remains non-violent:
"This morning you can find pro-Palestinian protestors camped out…as long as we all reject violence, we have opportunities to listen and to learn from one another."
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NEW—With Rep. Jamie Raskin, 37 members of Congress are now calling for a ceasefire.
That’s a +13 increase since the Reuters poll was released three days ago, showing 68% of Americans supporting a ceasefire, including about 75% of Democrats and 50% of Republicans.
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A judge has ruled against Brown University's aims to charge 41 of its own students with trespassing for holding a December sit-in protest calling for divestment.
“I think this is a reflection of what nonviolent and peaceful resistance, frankly, is supposed to look like,” he said.
Nationwide repression of campus sit-ins:
–UMass students barred from studying abroad
–25 cop cars, riot shields to help arrest 40 students at Michigan
–41 students at Brown, 26 at UChicago arrested for demanding transparency about university investments
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SCOOP. John Fetterman, who has never even been to Israel, is scheduled to go on an AIPAC sponsored trip next month
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls South Africa’s 84-page suit accusing Israel of genocide “meritless," and a distraction from ongoing humanitarian efforts.
1 minute later, Blinken cites the United Nations warning that 90% of people in Gaza are dangerously food insecure.
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Reading this as the militarized American police state attacks students & teachers for protesting war and companies like Lockheed itself is very chef's kiss
Arms manufacturers have embedded themselves in STEM programs across the country, creating engineering degree to defense industry pipelines. In 2020, the gov gave more $ to Lockheed Martin than the Dept. of Ed. My 2022 investigation for
@inthesetimesmag
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U.S. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres smiling and shaking hands with Israel’s Minister of Defense — after Israel killed an American citizen.
Excellent discussion with
@RitchieTorres
on developments in the war and regional challenges.
We value the United States’ steadfast support - Congressman Torres reflects our strong ties and true friendship, as well as the importance of U.S. leadership in the region, at this time.
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Right after Elon Musk hosted Ron DeSantis on Twitter for his presidential announcement, DeSantis signed a bill shielding SpaceX from liability if workers are killed from his rockets blowing up.
SpaceX lobbied state officials at least 5 times for the bill.
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Reminder, the 22 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib:
I've reached out to the offices of all 22 Democrats who voted to censure Rep.
@RashidaTlaib
because of her comments on Israel/Palestine to see if they planned to do the same for her Republican colleague from Michigan.
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Jewish Biden appointee resigning:
"I can no longer in good conscience continue to represent this administration amidst President Biden’s disastrous, continued support for Israel’s genocide…what is the point of having power if you will not use it to stop crimes against humanity?"
Lily Greenberg Call is first Jewish appointee to publicly resign in protest of US Israel policy:
Says Biden is "making Jews the face of the American war machine. And that is so deeply wrong."
Worked for Biden & Harris campaigns, been advocate for Israel in DC before joining gov't
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Columbia University coalition says 2100+ alumni have now pledged to withhold financial contributions until the school meets demands related to disclosure, divestment, and student discipline.
Group claims $127 million of donations at risk.
1400+ Columbia University alumni from its 20 schools have pledged to withhold all “financial, programmatic, and academic support” until school meets demands related to divestment, student discipline, and community safety.
Group website says over $63 million of donations at risk.
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I am always giving “bad f-king guys” $14 billion, no strings attached
Biden called Netanyahu a ‘bad f–king guy’ as war in Gaza costs him voters: report
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Letter to Joe Biden, from Israeli teenagers who are in prison for refusing to join the IDF:
Israeli teens in prison for refusing to join the IDF have sent Biden a letter urging him to use his power to stop the war.
They say US support has let Israel "wage unprecedented carnage in Gaza, making the Israeli society complicit in unspeakable crimes."
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New: 28 unions—representing tens of thousands of workers—are demanding "the immediate reinstatement of all student and student workers disciplined for pro-Palestine protests and the end to the repression of protest on Columbia’s campus."
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
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The “violent confrontation” in question:
A protest at Brandeis University in support of Palestinians in Gaza ended with multiple arrests Friday after police ordered the dozens of demonstrators, including students and alumni, to disperse and a violent confrontation ensued.
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When people rallying in support of a war the government is sending billions of dollars to are not met by riot police or concerned about being doxxed :O
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