it did not begin on October 7. Ghassan Kanafani, one of Palestine's greatest writers, assassinated by Zionists at age 36 because his brilliance was a threat to them, wrote the short story "Letter from Gaza" in 1956. Listen to it. They have killed, burned alive and maimed Palestinian children in Gaza long before October 7.
It has been more than two days that the supply of electricity to Gaza has been shut off. It must resume — essentials including food, electricity, and medical supplies should never be used as political tools.
Canada must work with our allies to stand up for international law to promote sustainable peace and security in the Middle East and to support full access to humanitarian aid for Palestinian families.
As this work continues, both parties must work towards the return of all hostages and the completion of the ceasefire agreement.
So students with green cards and visas can’t protest?
Do they think that’s going to stop the rest of us from doing it in their place?
Can’t deport me hoe. Free Palestine.
Mahmoud Khalil isn’t an illegal alien.
He isn’t a terrorist.
He’s a Columbia graduate student and a legal U.S. resident. He's a husband. And his wife, a US Citizen—8 months pregnant—has no idea where he is.
The Department of Homeland Security snatched him off campus, disappeared him without a trace. No charges. No trial. Just gone.
This is how authoritarian regimes operate.
It's what happens when the First Amendment only applies to the “right” kind of people—it's only a trial balloon for a broader crackdown on speech.
If they can do it to Khalil, they can do it to you.
First, they come for the speech of legal immigrants.
If we don't speak up, do you know what comes next?
Free Mahmoud Khalil. This is straight out of the fascist playbook. Criminalizing dissent is an assault on our First Amendment and freedom of speech. Revoking someone’s green card for expressing their political opinion is illegal. Protesting genocide is not a crime.
@charliekirk11 Antisemitism is bs! No jew is getting harassed for being a Jew. Miriam Adelson’s $100 million controlling this dumb ass government. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
It’s not just because “yahud” is shorter that many Palestinians in Palestine use it as a synonym for “Israelis,” it’s because “Israel” explicitly identifies itself as the “Jewish state,” puts Jewish religious symbols on its tanks, warplanes and flag, and the relationship of dominance it imposes is that Israeli Jews rule over Palestinians solely because they are Jews and Palestinians are not Jews. The language used reflects the perverse and illegitimate reality “Israel” has explicitly and proudly imposed: Jewish-settler racial supremacy over indigenous non-Jewish Palestinians. If we expect Palestinians to always carefully differentiate between Jews and “Israel”, then “Israel” and Zionists should lead the way by renouncing their vile anti-Semitic claims that the occupations, atrocities and other crimes “Israel” commits are perpetrated in the name of “the Jewish people” and Jews all over the world.
“A minute of silence for each of the Bibas children would be appropriate, as would a minute of silence for each of the more than 18,000 Palestinian children murdered in Israel's devastation of Gaza. That silence would extend to over 300 hours."
Daniel Levy, former Israeli peace negotiator, addressed the United Nations Security Council today. A video of his full remarks is below.
Today, I came as close as I've ever been to my beloved Palestine. That's her there behind me. I had tears in my eyes.
Since I was old enough to read what I wanted to read, as opposed to what I was told to read, I have felt a deep spiritual connection with this land and its people. As a proud Irish republican, my reading was only bolstered by my time spent in the North of Ireland, where the Palestine flag is as commonly flown as the Irish tricolour. It's a very beautiful thing to witness: two proud distinctive cultures & peoples, twinned by a dark sense of humour, a shared experience of standing up to colonial bullies and thieves, and an undefeatable passion to be free.
I was so close I could almost touch it. I could feel its pain, I could see its splendour, and I could anticipate its luminous future. Because I know in my heart I will be there soon enough. I will cross the border & meet my brothers & sisters in a free Palestine. Inshallah 🇵🇸✨️🇮🇪
one of the few benefits of Elon Musk giving me a bluecheck without me asking for it is that I can post videos of any length. So here is the full Gaza documentary the BBC just removed from their site because genocidal Zionist freaks demanded they censor it:
We have confirmed with multiple patient reports that in the last 1-2 weeks the Israeli government has unilaterally & sneakily begun forcing patients who medically evacuating from Gaza to sign paperwork at the exiting checkpoints saying they cannot return to Gaza. None of the NGOs helping with the coordination of the medical evacs were informed by the entity or any governing body this would happen.
Ethnic cleansing aside, mothers are being forced to leave their children behind to travel with a sick child and almost every family is being forced to leave family members behind. And now they are being told that they will not be able to see them again.
Not that the Israeli government cares, but this violates international law and given the document was signed under duress it is unenforceable—meaning it is not worth the paper it was signed on.
Further this jeopardizes the entire medical evacuation enterprise in multiple ways. (1) Countries will be much more reticent to accept medical evacs from Gaza’s (2) All aiding countries will now be accused of being guilty of collaborating with Israel’s ethnic cleansing crimes. (3) This will upend Jordan’s commitment to accept 2,000 patients & be blowback against Pres. Trump.
This can stop as quickly as it started. Israel thinks we aren’t paying attention, but we are. Pressure is needed on Israel to stop this illegal & sneaky practice.
Thanks to @AbubakerAbedW and @sameerproject for sounding the alarm.