Extensive damage was done to the northern and southern parts of PCRF’s main office in Gaza during an airstrike on the evening of May 17. Several team members went back into the building to assess damage. The safety of our team and of Gazans are our highest priority at this time.
"A ceasefire doesn’t deal with the root cause of this conflict, a ceasefire doesn’t end a military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and yes, Gaza too... An occupation that is now in its 54th year. It has to end.
It has to."
My closer tonight:
In the first intifada when #Israel was arresting Palestinians for carrying a Palestinian flag and Palestinians had to sew their own flags in secret, we started to carry watermelons because it's the color of our flags.
There's always something to be done. #Palestine
The shift in rhetoric and growing support for a free Palestine among some people in the U.S. "reflects years of movement work on the ground" that emphasizes "our joint survival and our joint resistance," says Palestinian scholar @4noura. https://t.co/58jwQzad1E
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Today, #DerekChauvin was held accountable for the horrendous murder of #GeorgeFloyd.
We must continue to press forward and demand long-term systemic change: an end to police impunity and the reallocation of police funding to historically disenfranchised communities.
Reem Kassis started gathering family recipes after the birth of her first child. Those recipes, she says, "could be the story of any and every Palestinian family."
Her new cookbook is called "The Arabesque Table."
https://t.co/YvzbJMy6l7
The Arab-American community stands in solidarity and offers our support to the AAPI community #stopasianhate#stopaapihate
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