#anti-israel protests

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By  Virginia Kruta

Even as anti-Israel protests disrupted Black Friday shopping — all over the United States and beyond — outgoing President Joe Biden was seen exiting a Nantucket bookstore with an anti-Israel volume clutched in his arms.

The protests were documented in several cities across the country — everywhere from Boston and New York City to Chicago and Seattle — where they blocked traffic on the streets and harassed shoppers in local malls.

“Bombs are dropping, why are you shopping?” protesters demanded as customers attempted to find their post-Thanksgiving deals in New York City’s Columbus Circle.

“Protesters blocked traffic for an hour on the Magnificent Mile on Black Friday to highlight the ongoing war in Gaza to holiday shoppers and to call for boycotts of major retailers that do business in Israel,” The Chicago Sun-Times reported.

[stupidjewishwhiteboy]

So Rashida Tlaib has criticized Michigan’s Attorney General (who is Jewish) of being biased against pro-Palestine/anti-Israel protestors at the University of Michigan, leveling charges against them for trespassing and (iirc) not obeying orders from the police. Tlaib pointed out that the AG hadn’t leveled similar charges for protestors for other causes, and that therefore the reason why she had in this case was because she was somehow biased against propal/antiisrael protestors. She did not say this was because the AG was Jewish, although a lot of people feel like that may have been implied (or that various lefty types would make that connection on their own even if that wasn’t Tlaib’s intention). Personally I don’t like to make assumptions like that.

What I would like to point out however is a common attack point against criticism of the actions of Hamas, Hezbollah, and indeed of college student activists (including ones that aren’t Arab, Muslim, or Palestinian), is that such criticism is Islamophobic or racist against Arabs or Palestinians. I feel like I have seen Tlaib herself do this multiple times. To be fair there definitely are those who extrapolate the actions of Hamas et al to say something about Palestinians, Arabs, or Muslims as a whole, and that is racist, but many (and hopefully most) of the people I see criticizing Hamas et al go out of their way to make it clear they are only criticizing Hamas et al.

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Colleges that allow pro-Palestinian protests risk Republican punishment

[wonderlandmoonrose7]

I’m just here to remind everyone once again that we can’t stop protesting and boycotting and spreading the word for Palestine, even if it’s been a while. The people in power (mainly the Israeli and US governments) are relying on us losing steam.

And I do want to mention that a small bit of hope to be found among all of this is that things aren’t losing steam. I still see dozens of posts about Palestine every day, I see footage of protests almost every day, and the boycotts are working. I just want to encourage everyone that we just need to keep it up! I’ve seen so many social issues fade out over time, a week of outrage and then things settle down, but that isn’t the case here and I really respect everyone who’s still posting and protesting and seeking out information to end this once and for all. Focus on that hope, and use it to keep going :)

[stil-lindigo]

recently, Israel sent down hellfire missiles near a hospital in Gaza, which are missiles that explode into blades that slam down and cut through anything in their way. (link)

There is a video of a man with his legs newly amputated, screaming in a pool of his own blood. I won’t share the video, because it made me vomit into a toilet, but either trust me it exists or go look for it yourselves.

There is another video of a young girl, crying silently after her legs were blown off in an explosion. She explains tonelessly to the camera man that she doesn’t want fake legs because they’ll just remind her of her real ones. She is 13. (link)

A hospital is told to evacuate and they do, all the while waving white flags in a show of surrender. The IDF shoot at them anyway. (link)

Meanwhile in Israel - they begin to enforce one of the most draconian anti-free-speech laws in history.

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Israel also claims to be the “only democracy in the Middle East”.

Israel has bombed hospitals, fishing boats, schools, refugee camps, power sources, water tanks, evacuation routes. They have killed 80% of Palestinian journalists, they have killed 100 UN workers, they have murdered over 4,000 children in 34 days. Because of the lack of food and water, Palestinians have begun to die from starvation, cholera.

If you still support Israel after all this, I believe you’re completely lost. Utterly without any humanity. Nothing could ever excuse this.

In Australia, there is an ongoing list of protests planned, as well as a permanent camp out being set up in Naarm/Melbourne to block Israeli transport company ZIM from shipping weapons. Congressional staffers in the US are finally being gotten through to - in spite of their rampant greed and long-suffering inhumanity, even they can recognise when their phones won't stop ringing with people saying flat out they'll never vote for them again.

Find resources to help Palestine globally at Ceasefiretoday.com

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Reminder to Click for Palestine today!

Click for the other causes as well if you can!

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Harvard Alumni Demand Action Against Antisemitism on Campus

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A growing number of Jewish alumni and students at Harvard University are calling for the institution to crack down on antisemitism following anti-Israel protests on campus. Over 1,600 members of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association have signed an open letter condemning the protests and demanding recognition of their humanity. The alumni are urging Harvard to enforce its code of conduct, include antisemitism in its diversity framework, and provide training on the various manifestations of antisemitism.

[eretzyisrael]

by Dion J. Pierre

A New York judge has upheld Columbia University’s suspension of its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter, a measure taken against the campus group after it launched of spree of assaults, hate campaigns, and disruptive protests following the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’s massacre across southern Israel last Oct. 7.

SJP, as well as its affiliate pro-Hamas partner Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), sued the university in March, alleging that its suspension perpetuated “already pervasive dangerous stereotypes about Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims,” and other minority groups. Represented by the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the groups sought to have their status restored by appealing to the courts, as well as the public, whom it attempted to convince that Columbia University, one of the most culturally left-wing higher education institutions in the country, discriminates against minorities of color.

The strategy proved unsuccessful last week, as Judge Nicholas Moyne of the New York State Supreme Court, who presided over the case, ruled that the university had sufficient cause to suspend the two groups.

“After reviewing the record, the court finds that Columbia University’s decision to temporarily suspend the petitioners from their status as recognized student groups was neither arbitrary or capricious, irrational, or in violation of clearly established university policies,” Moyne said in his decision. “Accordingly, the petition is denied and the cross-motion to dismiss the petition is granted. All student groups at Columbia are subject to and required to comply with Columbia’s special events policies, which govern, inter alia, when, where, and how events on campus, including protests and demonstrations, may be held and what notice needs to be given to university officials prior to the commencement of any student group events, demonstrations, or protests.”

Columbia University suspended SJP and JVP in last November, explaining in a statement that the groups had “repeatedly violated university policies related to holding campus events, culminating in an unauthorized event … that proceeded despite warnings and included threatening rhetoric and intimidation.” Both SJP and JVP have been instrumental in organizing disruptive anti-Israel protests on Columbia’s campus since Hamas invaded Israel last Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

Even after being disciplined, however, SJP members continued their activities in front groups — such as Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), a non-campus affiliated organization that supports the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel — staging more protests in flagrant violation of the terms of its suspension.

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by Alan M. Dershowitz

Many of the protests that now demand a unilateral ceasefire -- including the attempts to shut down Christmas celebrations -- are orchestrated by some of the same radical groups that organized the pro-Hamas demonstrations before Israel went into Gaza.

Demonstrations and protests by groups such as the Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace or the National Lawyers Guild seem anything but spontaneous and grassroots responses to "Israel's military actions in Gaza." They are not demonstrations against what Israel does; they are protests against what Israel is, namely the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people.

Recall that these protests began before Israel counterattacked against Hamas. They were in full bloom on October 8, even while the bodies of 1,200 murdered Israelis, including babies burned alive, were still being gathered and counted, and the roughly 240 hostages taken by Hamas to Gaza identified.

The protests are exclusively anti-Israel, anti-American, pro-Hamas, and pro-terrorism.

Where are the calls for anything that would actually help the Palestinians or make their lives better: freedom of speech, equal justice under the law, freedom of the press, better job opportunities, and an end to government corruption and abuse?

So when you watch an anti-Israel demonstration on television, please understand who is behind it and what are their ultimate goals, because the next target is American democracy -- and you.

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U.S. Free Palestine Protests this Weekend: 2/17 through 2/19

2/17 Denver, Colorado Indianapolis, Indiana San Diego, California Seattle, Washington

2/18 Boone, North Carolina Milwaukee, Wisconsin New Orleans, Louisiana

2/19 Aransas Pass, Texas Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California - Jews for Ceasefire All-Day Shiva

And there are many more! Check out the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Code Pink, and your local Palestinian and/or Muslim groups for protests in your area!

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they've burnt warehouses holding aid. they've stopped new aid from coming in. they've raided the homes of previously "freed" hostages. they've blocked entry to mosques and set fire to al-Nasr mosque. they're sending 3,000 officers to east jerusalem. the us is using ai to search foreign student's social media posts and revoke the visas of those talking about palestine. the us signed another $3b in funding. they've drone striked bulldozers that are trying to clear rubble. they've launched the highest concentration of drone strikes on lebanon since the november "ceasefire". they're infiltrating more territory. they're still bombing. they're still abducting. they're still destroying. they're still going.

the UNRWA are still working tirelessly to get aid in. they've reopened up three health centers, they're still working to get more kids into distance learning programmes (260k+ since jan). they're still there, and they still need support -> this account here also has a list of fundraisers and ways to support.

as i type this, they've cut off all electricity in gaza.

it has always been, and will always be, free the middle east, even if a man climbing big ben with a palestine flag is all you see on the news.

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Thunberg joins Pro Palestinian protesters as they shut down Maersk over weapons transfers to Israel (denmark)