Israel’s supporters use the definition of antisemitism contained in the bill the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed to call any critique “antisemitic.”

Dena Takruri explains why this is dangerous:

House votes 320-91 to urge the Department of Education to codify criticism of Israel as unlawful antisemitism

“You stand no chance, old lady!”

Pro-Israel rioters at UCLA acting like total cartoon villains

Over 600 Israeli extremists stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem early on Sunday, the Islamic Endowment Department said

newarab.com/news/over-600-…

The hypocrisy is sickening.
No mention of Assange.
No mention of 140 sniped and bombed journalists of Gaza.

'As an Armenian, I have shared part of the century of Turkish denial. As an American, I share the deep sorrow that comes from knowing that the country in which I was born and have lived is complicit...which must unambiguously be condemned as genocide'

thenation.com/article/world/…

Seeing commentary that ICC arrest warrants against Israeli officials would create a dangerous precedent because Israel isn’t a party to the Rome Statute.

Guess who else isn’t a party to the Rome Statute?

Russia.

ICC already crossed that bridge with warrant for Putin.

It seems that Microsoft is suspending all accounts created in the Gaza Strip.

My account was suspended after 15 years, due to the Microsoft Services Agreement which I have not violated. No explanation from the company was given.

'What is happening in Gaza is genocide because the level and pace of indiscriminate killing, destruction, mass expulsions, displacement, famine, executions, ... of Palestinian existence in Gaza'

- Amos Goldberg 

thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-geno…

Waarom sluiten twee jonge vrouwen zich aan bij IS? Op die vraag zoekt de Tunesische regisseur Kaouther Ben Hania een antwoord, in haar bekroonde documentaire ‘Four Daughters’:
nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/bur…

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Extremely clear illustration that investing in infrastructure and cheap public transportation is a direct investment in poverty alleviation and generally better living standards for people with low income.

Political analyst Sami Hamdi سامي الهاشمي الحامدي says Muslim leaders in Saudi, Turkey and UAE had pressure levers that could’ve stopped the onslaught in Gaza, but valued their relationship with the US and Israel more.

He says Iran shouldn’t be celebrated either because it’s killed thousands

The state of academic freedom in Israel:

'Israeli police arrested Palestinian academic Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian at her home in Jerusalem.

She was suspended by Hebrew University after saying in an interview Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.'

democracynow.org/2024/4/19/shal…

This is an insane story. One input to Israel's dystopian 'Lavender AI', which selects targets to be killed by the IDF, is 'whether you're in a WhatsApp group with a suspected member of Hamas'. Which means that Meta is sharing this data with the IDF, making it directly complicit.…

Ali Shihabi said 'everyone wants Iran's capabilities diminished because Iran threatens GCC security but don't want to be seen as part of an attack on Iran unless the US comes in full blast with an alliance that makes the US fully involved in their defense' ft.com/content/882ad9…

'...Going after the consulate is a direct strategy to deflect away from Gaza'.

Al Jazeera's Marwan discusses Israeli PM Netanyahu's ongoing aggression towards Iran, suggesting the recent consulate attack is a distraction from Israel's war on Gaza ⤵️

The most senior Israeli commander 'dismissed for his role in the drone strike which killed seven aid workers' for World Central Kitchen in Gaza 'is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid.' telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

🚨Upon his return from Gaza, the president of the World Surgical Foundation says 'Genocide was the overwhelming impression that I got'

He adds 'The world's best marksmen are not gonna shoot a kid in the head twice & in the abdomen'

Very harrowing details

Jon Stewart checks in on the war in Gaza and examines how America's 'values' stack up against its support of Israel