#US / Biden administration to miss deadline for report on Israeli weapons use, sources say
[…] A National Security Memorandum, known as NSM-20, that U.S. President Joe Biden issued in February requires the State Department to report to Congress by May 8 on whether it finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of U.S. weapons does not violate U.S. or international law.
Palestinians are warning the world of threats by Israeli religious extremists and Christian Zionists to implement a bizarre but lethal plot to demolish the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque to make way for the Third Jewish Temple.
Anyone who is talking about what % of protesters are "peaceful" i.e 99% or 99.9% or any other percent have not seriously thought about what they are arguing.
They are wilfully falling into the trap ruling class laid right for them.
Ruling class is the violent thug thats butchering people, it's while legitimacy is built on brutalising people & it doesn't have any legitimacy to talk about so called "violence".
Those who incessantly get worried about proving victims are not "violent" i.e they are not engaging in self-defense acts to stop the crimes of State are only giving legitimacy to the only form of protest thats done to save ones own conscience & if others do escalate (that definately did lot of net good based on history, tho some people were harmed) only makes those who take real risk to do some good more vulnerable & prepares them for condemnation.
It's a mistaken view IMO, even if it comes from the right place. That argument harms others & divides people into "good protestors" who don't do anything beyond getting beaten up & allow the genocidal thug to go rampant (vs) the "bad protestors" who actual take far more real risk, falling for & buttressing the ruling class divide-and-rule strategy.
If one doesn't want to be part of it, that's fine. Giving legitimacy to that ruling class argument only throws other good people under the bus if they engage in direct action.
As Israel’s invasion of Rafah begins, people in Gaza are holding out hope that international pressure will force Israel to stand down. Part of that hope is tied to the heroic actions of students across the U.S. rising up for Palestine.
from #TheHuntingtonNews
Op-ed: Admin is lying about anti-semitism at #Northeastern 's encampment. I want to set the record straight.
Yaakov Aldrich, contributor
April 30, 2024
from #CommonDreams
'This Is a Crime Against Humanity': 600,000 Children in Line of Fire as #IDF Moves on Rafah
"We had already run out of words to describe how catastrophic the situation is in #Rafah—but this next chapter will take it to indescribable new levels" - Save the Children International CEO.
#Gaza This is where #Israel’s army has told people in #Rafah to go. Ironic because no resources - no water, food, electricity or space; also, al-Mawasi’ was a no-exit enclave before ISR withdrew in ‘05 @israel@palestine
has insightful, nuanced commentary on protests and Jewish students, plus many links to other valuable articles and videos. Written by [#PeterBeinart, well-known anti-Zionist Jewish activist and journalist.]