Thousands of people cheered for convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti at a Free Palestine concert in Barcelona.
The event, organized by Act X Palestine and featuring Rosalia, had no issue inviting Barghouti’s son to speak.
Attendees called for the release of Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for orchestrating attacks that killed 4 innocent Israelis and a Greek monk during the Second Intifada. These are only the murders Israel was able to prove; he is also suspected of 33 other attacks that killed 21 more Israelis.
The same artists, musicians and activists who remained silent when Jewish babies were taken hostage and murdered are now advocating for the freedom of a convicted murderer.
Stop pretending this is about human rights. It never was.
Look what one of the protesters at the Queens synagogue wrote in his Instagram story.
Not Zionists. Jews.
The “anti-Zionism not antisemitism” mask has slipped, and the hate beneath it is ugly.
No, @nytimes, that is not what his opponents are criticizing. We've been alarmed by the whitewashing of the intifada, refusal to condemn Hamas on 10/8, & shameless association with virulent antisemites. *Not his support of Palestinian rights.* Bad faith journalism.
When I was 15 my friend and youth leader Yoni Jesner was killed by a suicide bombing on a bus in Tel Aviv. He was the first British citizen to be murdered during an intifada. Tonight I found out that one of the Palestinian terrorists who was involved in his murder has been released in the ceasefire deal. One of the reasons I even do this work is because what happened to Yoni shaped my worldview. Yoni's organs were donated to an eight-year-old Palestinian girl so she could live, and one of his murderers walks free.
"Two children were bound together and beaten throughout their captivity"
A report from Israel’s health ministry details the horrific torture and abuse inflicted on the hostages in Gaza.
🔴 Women, men, and children were subjected to physical and sexual abuse, such as beatings, isolation, deprivation of food and water, branding, hair-pulling, and sexual assault.
🔴 Two children were bound together and beaten throughout their captivity
🔴 Two other children were found with burn marks consistent with branding on their lower limbs.
🔴 Two teenage hostages described how they were made to perform sexual acts on each other.
🔴 Many hostages of all ages and genders described undergoing sexual abuse at the hands of their captors, including a woman who was assaulted at gunpoint by a Hamas terrorist.
🔴 Many hostages were subjected to torture by withholding medical attention.
🔴 Hostages were made to endure starvation. They lost an average of 10-17% of their body weight.
🔴 In extreme cases, children lost up to 18% of their body weight and required intensive care upon return.
Here is the difference: Israel targets terrorists and weapons storage facilities with precision, laser-focused on minimizing harm to civilians. The Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies, on the other hand, indiscriminately target every civilian, deliberately striking civilian centers. Right now, the entire nation of Israel is in bomb shelters, while Iran unleashes indiscriminate attacks on cities and residential areas. The only reported casualty so far from Iran's assault—according to Palestinian media—is a Palestinian civilian in the West Bank. Israel is defending itself against terror, while Iran's terror assaults threaten all lives without distinction or any regard for humanity.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.