Just got off the phone with President Trump.
In our meeting earlier, I shared my concerns about Columbia student Elmina Aghayeva, who was detained by ICE this morning.
He has just informed me that she will be released imminently.
Israel is systematically starving children and destroying Gaza City with bombs and bulldozers. Much of this horror is paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
Trump and Congress must finally stand up to Netanyahu and AIPAC.
No more ethnic cleansing. No more military aid to Israel.
The feeling of hunger and thirst this Ramadan will be faint. Gazans are starving to death, while we can simply wait for sunset to break our fast.
Oh Allah, forgive our incapacity, grant sustenance to our starving ones, and victory to our oppressed ones. Ameen
I remember sitting in history class learning about the Holocaust. I wondered how something so horrific could ever take place in the world without anyone stepping in until it’s too late.
Now, I understand how the world can just sit and watch a genocide take place and do nothing.
If you die, in uniform, while killing brown people, you are made into a hero.
If you die, in uniform, protesting the killing of brown people, you are made to be mentally ill.
Are these the esteemed values of western "civilization"?
NOW: Palestine solidarity activists hold a vigil outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC where 25 year-old U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell took his own life by self-immolation to call for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza