Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.
I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.
Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.
@laurnorman@AbasAslani@DarylGKimball Would almost respect you as a hardworking journalist if you at least feigned concern about the Israeli program at 1% of the level you “cover” the Irani one
Israel recently committed the largest child massacre in its history. The numbers are not reported in the Israeli media, and if they are – it's always minimized | Opinion | Hanin Majadli
https://t.co/yPPh9rwMBm
Israel just killed hundreds of Palestinians, including kids.
The US just killed dozens of Yemenis, including kids.
"Why do they hate us?" asks the American public, blissfully ignorant of what's being done in its name in the Middle East by the US and its ally Israel.
Sigh.
NEWS | Israeli Deputy Knesset Speaker Calls for Killing All Palestinian Men in Gaza, Wiping Out Jenin
Nissim Vaturi, Deputy Speaker of Israel’s Parliament and a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, told ultra-Orthodox radio station Kol BaRama:
➤ “Who is innocent in Gaza? Civilians went out and slaughtered people in cold blood … We need to separate the children and women and kill the adults in Gaza, we are being too considerate,” Vaturi said.
➤ He described people in Gaza as “scum and subhumans,” claiming “no one in the world wants the civilians in Gaza, everyone is pushing them into Israel.”
➤ “We will soon turn Jenin into Gaza," he said, adding that the Palestinian captives released under the Gaza ceasefire deal should be sent there so they can be "eliminated" by Israeli forces. “Erase Jenin. Don’t start looking for the terrorists ... if there's a terrorist in a house, take it out."
Jenin is currently under a brutal 35-day Israeli siege, with tanks entering the city Monday.
@laurnorman@ketchuppizzaaa@matthew_petti Now do Israel attacks on Palestinian civilians….Oh right only some people matter to you as civilians worthy of protection
Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Full report, out now.
#EndGazaGenocide https://t.co/IwKzHPXqXU
62% of Jewish voters would support the United States withholding shipment of some weapons to Israel until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to an American proposal for an immediate ceasefire https://t.co/5rDScgXEep
Surreal. Democrats are losing the Muslim vote to the Muslim-ban guy all so they could keep sending weapons to a country flagrantly ignoring our gentle requests to please slow down on the starving and slaughtering
What a tweet.
- Four Israeli SOLDIERS were killed.
If their youth is a matter of concern then perhaps question their state's mandatory conscription laws.
- *Who* killed 23 Palestinians in a strike on a school in Gaza? How many were children? Why are they an afterthought?
A year ago Israel bombed a hospital, there was an international outcry so a bunch of media and political figures ran cover for them. now they're just burning people alive in hospitals with zero pretext or effort to cover it up at all
One hour of names—each belonged to a human being who once lived, each with a life full of possibilities. Every person on this list was someone’s mother, father, son, or daughter; a friend, a lover, or a neighbor. These are not just names; they were lives that should’ve mattered.
This really brings rampant, shameless Western media racism to the fore.
Here this journalist explains Mossad’s HQ is in a densely populated civilian area, so Iran’s attack endangers civilians.
If that was a Hamas or Hezbollah target, “human shields” is exactly what we’d hear.