I went to a pro-Palestine protest and I later saw that one of the local newspapers had written about it calling it a “pro-Hamas” rally. I left a lengthy comment on the article telling off the author for journalistic malpractice because not one of speakers at the rally ever said that they supported Hamas. He also conveniently omitted the fact that Jewish Voice for Peace was a major organizer of the event to try and make it seem like every single person at the rally was a Muslim. A few days later, the article got taken down. Keep calling out the mainstream media on their hypocrisy and dishonesty - your advocacy DOES make a difference!
- yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.
Just a reminder that Yemen has risked it ALL for Palestine, as they are going through one of the worst humanitarian crisis' ever. Due to their resilience, the puppets at the UN have decided to exclude them from the world food program. Yemen is STARVING. Please consider donating towards their hunger crisis. Let's show up for Yemen.
No donations in days, I have to pay my copay ($15) for my appt tomorrow and pay for a lyft there and back (at least $35).
This appt is an emergency one they set after I passed out at work twice. This will allow me to get a paid medical leave of absence from work. At least for a few weeks until after my MRI 12/22. I can't miss it bc im very very sick rn.
I'm still overdrafted (- $137), the power bill ($126) is past due and abt to be off. My car insurance will auto draft in 3 days ($282).
We need groceries I can eat, my trouble swallowing has worsened considerably and I'm diabetic and this is making it even harder to keep my blood sugar up.
I have until 12/20 to pay $429 in car notes pr I am SCREWED also. This is super urgent.
I can't get better at all bc stress is constantly making my health even worse. Please please help yall.
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there's a strike for monday, dec 18th btw for everyone who didn't hear about the first strike long enough in advance
palestinians are asking you not to use your credit cards/spend money on dec 18th. there are other asks but this is the primary and most important one.
IOF soldiers killed three Israeli hostages even though they were waving a white flag. Israel took responsibility and said it violated their “rules of engagement” but also justified it by saying the terrorists wear street clothes so it’s hard to know and it’s like…your soldiers saw a universal sign of surrender and helplessness and were like “they might be Palestinian so shoot to kill” and we know this is used to target civilians and not Hamas because so many civilians have reported being shot at, killed, or targeted despite clear surrender. And further collaborates hostage reports of the IOF just not showing any restraint and shooting indiscriminately.
Do you see this shit????
i watched The Color Purple earlier this year after years of avoiding it bc i thought would be brutal “trauma porn” type shit but it was actually a really beautiful movie and i see why it’s a classic
Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris
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ALTIsrael blows up Gaza's "Palace of Justice" compound which housed the Palestinian Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance & the Magistrate.
100,000s of vital case documents are gone.
Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is a War Crime!
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Israel's soldiers took victory images inside the Palestinian Supreme Court before blowing it up into pieces.
This proves the facility constituted ZERO danger to the Israeli military & no militants were hiding inside it at the time it was destroyed.
Again, a war crime!
israel has now officially been announced as one of the countries participating in eurovision 2024
meanwhile russia is still banned, for the third year in a row. the double standard is just sickening
if you're european, you should 1) put pressure on your national broadcaster to withdraw from the contest. if the national selection goes through, then 2) pressure the individual artist(s) to withdraw from the contest. if come may, and israel is still participating, you should 3) boycott eurovision as a viewer, 4) pressure local establishments (clubs, gay bars etc.) to cancel their eurovision events, 5) intensify the pressure against your national broadcaster and its representing artist(s). never let them forget, even for a moment, the genocide they're complicit in.
also, if you're swedish, you have a special responsibility to protest as you're this years host country.
i just wanna emphasize that it's important the pressure is leveled at individual countries and artists, not the EBU as a whole. trying to pressure the EBU directly, be it through social media, emails, phone calls or whatnot, is likely just a waste of time.
the EBU doesn't care that they come off as callous hypocrites. but having individual countries withdraw from the contest? that's not only bad PR, it's also a loss of revenue
even just one country withdrawing as a direct protest against israel's participation is a big hit to the EBU. and there are already several countries i can realistically see withdrawing based on their previous reactions to israel hosting in 2019
also, for countries with a hardline pro-israel stance, pressure might be more effective if it's primarily be directed at the participating artist(s).
is it realistic, for instance, to get the BBC to withdraw from eurovision? no. but the individual artist...? with unrelenting, daily reminders that they're supporting a genocide? maybe.
at least we can ensure that participating in a nakedly pro-genocide eurovision will be a miserable affair for everyone involved.
remember south africa: boycotting works
even if you don't care about eurovision, and has never watched it, you should still get involved. eurovision is one of the biggest non-sporting television events in the world. and getting israel banned from big international events like this is exactly the kind of pressure that needs to applied right now
israel, as long as its occupational apartheid regime remains, shouldn't be allowed to participate in *any* international events, period. but getting them removed from say, the olympics, will be a much bigger struggle than a music contest that so comically prides itself on its image of inclusion and international unity
and maybe it's wishful thinking, but eurovision might be an opportune moment to open the floodgates of getting israel removed from other international events as well
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ALTIt wouldn't even destroy the tunnels because they're too deep in the ground, not interconnected, and likely filled with drains.
"A Childโs View from Gaza" was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.
"The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Childrenโs Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Childrenโs Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute."
the municipality of gaza announced it has to halt all waste collection and sewage treatment operations because of the war…..many have said it already but the long-lasting impact this war is going to have on the health of palestinians in gaza can’t be overstated. i think about water stations being targeted by israeli bombers, about the millions of displaced palestinians sharing limited bathrooms, about bisan sharing that she’s been very sick. i think about how contagious covid still is even with normal access to resources like clean water, medication, masks, i think about how many are rightfully concerned about the transmission rates in the us and other countries with relaxed restrictions. where are those people now???
Dr Tamer Alnajjar is a scholar of Environmental Engineering who has been posting about these issues on his Instagram account. Please follow him and boost his content to spread awareness about the human and environmental crises created by Israel in Gaza.
i'm seeing people losing hope for palestine i'm begging you seriously please don't. the death toll is high but there are still people alive, there are still journalists risking everything to make sure the world sees what is happening. please continue protesting if you have the option to, keep demanding for a ceasefire and keep talking about palestinians both alive and dead. you have to keep going until the very end or else you really did fail them.
