Join us May 9 to discuss the media's coverage of the #Gaza war.

Speakers: Akbar Shahid Ahmed Laila Al-Arian Mona Chalabi William Lafi Youmans

For more info and to register👇
arabcenterdc.org/event/covering…

Amid Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Ilhan Omar warned the US position on the ICC was untenable: that supporting it v Moscow without fully respecting its mandate would mean serious backlash + hypocrisy.

Seems prescient as Israel warrants loom & DC panics
huffpost.com/entry/ilhan-om…

New: A coalition of 185 social justice groups published an open letter today expressing support for campus protest encampments sweeping the country and calling on university administrators to end the brutal crackdowns of the student-led demonstrations. huffpost.com/entry/human-ri…

'Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have interviewed staff from Gaza's two biggest hospitals, two sources told Reuters, the first confirmation that ICC investigators were speaking to medics about possible crimes in the Gaza Strip.'

'What's happening, according to our own intelligence analysis, is that we are essentially creating bulletin board material, recruiting material, for terrorist groups all around the world when you have 13,000, 15,000 children dying inside Gaza' - Chris Murphy 🟧 on Fox this morning

'The Appeal asked prosecutors’ & city attorneys’ offices in every jurisdiction [with] a university encampment if they plan to prosecute or dismiss charges...16 responded; as of press time, only 2 said they would not charge people for peacefully protesting'
theappeal.org/we-asked-prose…

'The long campaign against UNRWA...tracks the evolution of far-right disinformation & propaganda which explicitly target Democrats. And yet, when it comes to UNRWA, Biden & many congressional [Dems] have sided with Republicans to curtail the agency’s work'
newrepublic.com/article/180259…

New: The White House has issued a statement in response to this HuffPost video of pro-Israel demonstrators chanting 'go to Gaza!' at Columbia students huffpost.com/entry/columbia…

2 years after an Israeli bullet killed Shireen Abu Akleh & amid a US-backed Isr campaign that's killed ~100 reporters, a group of journalists will be discussing what it means to cover Palestine on May 9. I'm honored to be included & I hope you'll join us: arabcenterdc.org/event/covering…

Grateful for my first IRL encounter with Sammy, an indefatigable advocate for Americans stuck in Gaza & US citizens with trapped loved ones. As a US-backed Rafah offensive looms, the Biden admin line to these folks is: ‘We don’t know how many are there; we won’t help more leave.’

an Emerson College student sent me this video of city crews cleaning blood from the alleyway where 108 students were arrested last night during an encampment sweep. I'm at Boston municipal court today where eight of those arrested have been given summons for arraignments in May.

Akbar routinely notices and finds stories so many of us in the classic WH press corps don’t.

It’s hard for me to forget that one of the only times I’ve seen the Biden admin accuse a journalist of making up quotes - was when they went after Akbar and his reporting …