Tag: Palestine / Israel

Harris wants to bring ‘joy, joy, joy’ to Americans. And more bombs for Palestinians

Pro-Palestinian protesters at the Democratic convention have been met with stony faces, jeers – and violence GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: What does it mean, when tens of thousands of Palestinian corpses and mutilated children mean less to you than Israel’s so-called right to commit genocide? What kind of peace will descend upon Palestinians who… Read More Harris wants to bring ‘joy, joy, joy’ to Americans. And more bombs for Palestinians

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Democratic Party Unites Under Banner of Silence on Gaza Genocide

Progressives and moderates came together to support Kamala Harris by largely ignoring the most pressing moral issue of our time. Since Harris accepted the presidential nomination, the administration approved a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel, without any conditions. on the same day… in the same convention center, among other horrors, a surgeon described treating… Read More Democratic Party Unites Under Banner of Silence on Gaza Genocide

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Israel, Gaza, and the ‘Merchants of Death’ / Israeli Film Festival Cancelled in Mumbai After Citizen Campaign

Ramin Mirfakhraie On July 24, 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, where nearly half of the House and Senate Democrats were not present. In his address, which was presented in terms of a binary opposition between barbarism (“Iran’s axis of terror”) and civilization (“America, Israel, and… Read More Israel, Gaza, and the ‘Merchants of Death’ / Israeli Film Festival Cancelled in Mumbai After Citizen Campaign

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Bombed hospitals, buried children: we have become numb to Gaza’s destruction

So many of Gaza’s children have been buried. Or orphaned. Or been found clutching their dolls under rubble. Or died of heart attacks from terror. So when Netanyahu, a man with a potential arrest warrant for war crimes, receives a standing ovation from our Congress, that’s not just Netanyahu’s legacy. That’s ours As we are saturated with… Read More Bombed hospitals, buried children: we have become numb to Gaza’s destruction

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Gaza ceasefire talks are on their last legs, and Benjamin Netanyahu is to blame / Gaza death toll passing 40,000 is ‘grim milestone’ says UN human rights chief as ceasefire talks begin

The US is transferring $3.8bn to Israel in military aid per year. Biden has leverage to force a deal, but he refuses to use it GAZA casualties, live statistics Lancet warns Gaza death toll could be over 186,000 Mohamad Bazzi Joe Biden is making a last-ditch effort to salvage the Gaza ceasefire agreement he has been pushing… Read More Gaza ceasefire talks are on their last legs, and Benjamin Netanyahu is to blame / Gaza death toll passing 40,000 is ‘grim milestone’ says UN human rights chief as ceasefire talks begin

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‘This has to stop’: plea by survivors of deadly IDF strike on school in Gaza

NB: About 160,000 Palestinians have been killed, injured or are missing in Gaza or the West Bank due to the genocidal attack by the American proxy, Israel. Many of them are children, some of whom have had amputations without anesthesia. Had even a fraction of Americans or Europeans been treated in this way we can… Read More ‘This has to stop’: plea by survivors of deadly IDF strike on school in Gaza

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More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said Israel was “genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at a time, one hospital at a time, one school at a time, one refugee camp at a time, one ‘safe zone’ at a time.” GAZA casualties, live statistics At least 93 Palestinians have been killed in an… Read More More than 90 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school and mosque sheltering displaced people, Gaza officials say

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Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

GAZA casualties, live statistics By Dana Karni, CNN Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.” In a speech on Monday at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility in the town of Yad Binyamin,… Read More Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’ / Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier

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A photographer’s journey with the Palestinian Bedouin

Yahya Salem, CNN Slovakian photographer Petra Basnakova made a series of remarkable and personally transformative discoveries during her three-year-long journey among Palestinian Bedouin families. “This photography journey was a wakeup call for me because it completely transformed my personality,” Basnakova told CNN. “I’ve grown up and found my inner peace, and I started to appreciate… Read More A photographer’s journey with the Palestinian Bedouin

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