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Pro-Palestinian college students across the U.S. have become the center of media attention, but they want people to remember what they’re protesting: Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Joe Biden isn’t going to stop Israel.
In the latest episode of Backspace,
@sanasaeed
looks at the media coverage of Joe Biden that characterizes the U.S. president as helplessly beholden to the whims of Israel. Full episode here:
“Our homes are filled with mud.”
At least 35 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have been forced out of their homes because of heavy flooding in Kenya.
The richest people in Haiti are funding armed groups and shipping in weapons from the U.S. through trade ports.
Some have been sanctioned by the Canadian government and an arms embargo was put in place by the UN - but is it enough?
Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley says allegations of “antisemitism” are being weaponized against pro-Palestinian student protesters.
Slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh's cousin is a student participating in Columbia University’s Gaza encampment.
“I'm here because my aunt gave her life for the cause of sharing truth with the world.”
“[The FBI] responding to a social media post ... is really intended as a form of political repression,” says
@GeogNicole
.
The FBI visited a Muslim woman’s home to question her about her Facebook posts. Here’s how that fits into the U.S. government’s anti-Palestinian legacy.
“The humiliation Arab Jews experienced in Zionism is something they never experienced in the Arab countries.”
Israeli writer
@alon_mizrahi
spoke to AJ+ about the erasure of the Arab Jewish identity in Israel.
Students at the University of Michigan are using lessons learned from past protests to continue the Palestinian Freedom Movement on their campus while keeping the focus on Palestinians in Gaza.
“As soon as I pick up the needle and thread, I feel an immediate connection to Palestine.”
Here’s how Palestinians in the diaspora are using traditional embroidery as a form of resistance.
The United Nations calls for an “independent, effective and transparent investigation” into the discovery of mass graves at two hospitals in Gaza, Nasser and al-Shifa, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
Pro-Palestinian college students across the U.S. have become the center of media attention, but they want people to remember what they’re protesting: Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“I never thought... [the] movement would be this enormous.”
Congresswoman
@Ilhan
visited the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University and said students are on “the right side of history.”
Hundreds of settlers stormed the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque, escorted by Israeli forces to celebrate the Jewish Passover holiday.
Over 1,400 settlers carried out tours in its courtyards, amid tight military measures in occupied East Jerusalem.
Students at the University of Michigan are using lessons learned from past protests to continue the Palestinian Freedom Movement on their campus while keeping the focus on Palestinians in Gaza.