Palestinians go on strike …
… as Israel continues its colonial agenda to displace and evict Palestinians from their homeland, the United States also continues to “ignore the bedrock principle of absolute equality in Palestine/Israel — for which it has never advocated” and thus continues to be a part of the problem, rather than the solution:
- What We’re Seeing Now Is Just the Latest Chapter in Israel’s Dispossession of the Palestinians (Washington Post)
Reports from the UN indicate that over ten thousand Palestinians have been “forced out of their homes” in Gaza Strip, as the “the total death toll from Israeli strikes” in the Palestinian territory reaches 137:
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks now says all Democrats wanted was a dialog about the issue, but the outcome suggests the dialog was a one-sided “shut-up and give Israel whatever it wants”:
Social media companies, from Zoom to Facebook and Twitter, remove ads for pro-Palestinian events and causes, suspend Palestinian accounts and make hashtags vanish …
… but a “group of Jewish Google employees is calling on the company to increase its support of Palestinians amid Israel’s deadly bombing campaign in Gaza” …
- Google Employees Call for Company to Support Palestinians and Protect Anti-Zionist Speech (The Verge)
… and at gaming network IGN “more than 70 of the publication’s journalists, staff have condemned the “blatant disregard for the most basic standards of journalistic integrity and editorial independence” in deleting and apologizing for “a post linking readers to charities and organisations in Palestine”:
On Tuesday, Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam was assaulted, arrested, and sent to jail “under a draconian colonial-era law that carries ridiculously harsh penalties†for collecting information “exposing corruption” in the Bangladeshi Health Ministry:
High profile reporters harassed by “far right Jewish-extremists” are now being granted security by Israeli television stations:
The major reaction from most Western countries has been to ” affirm unequivocally that they stand by Israel and its right to defend” its regime of apartheid and Jewish supremacy, while the Palestinian people are left with no choice but to face the constant tyranny and oppression on their own:
- Why The West Supports Israel’s ‘Right To Defend’ Its Apartheid Regime (Middle East Eye)
35 year old Christopher Beckham plead guilty “to harassing two Muslim girls and injuring their father with a knife” after being charged with a federal hate crime:
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