BREAKING: Union Theological Seminary, an affiliate college at Columbia, is one of the first in the United States to announce plans to divest from “companies substantially and intractably benefiting from the war in Palestine.”
columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/05/0…

One of my students at Columbia just told me she was violently arrested by the NYPD for protesting (off campus) and had to go to the hospital. They slammed her head into a truck, she received multiple bruises and a concussion. The demonization of student protesters by President…

An important tweet for those anti-students protesting for peace and humanity.

Very weird to see fellow Jews claim Jewish students protesting on campus for Palestinian sovereignty are “tokens” when over 40% of Jewish Americans 18-34 find Israel’s current actions in Gaza “unacceptable”

So proud of our union at the University of Sydney for passing this historic motion in solidarity with Palestine

A relative of Rabbi Meir Kahane drove his car into pro-Palestinian protesters.

Meir Kahane founded the fascist group Jewish Defense League whose member Baruch Goldstein killed 29 Palestinian worshippers at the Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron.

How NYT reports it:

Meanwhile in the West Bank (where Hamas is absent), the settlers are continuing to prove that the only 'game' in the Israeli playbook is systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Meet Adam Al-Reshq , age 16, a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank. Beaten by settlers. Today.

I highly recommend reading this text inthesetimes.com/article/fascis…

It’s so powerful and really gets to the heart of how the fight against fascism and the fight against a capitalist mentality that sees both people and planet as disposable ⬇️

'Witnesses describe children, still alive, being “piled up and shot” by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as they attempted to escape the regional capital of El Geneina in June last year during a bout of ethnic violence in which thousands of civilians were killed.'

This is not an 'antisemitic symbol.' Thank you for coming to my TedX talk. Signed - your friendly local Jew. Please don't invent new issues for us. We got plenty already.

On August 22nd 1943, ‘The Statesman’ published this photo of the Bengal famine, which resulted in the deaths of 3 million Indians.

The famine was caused by Winston Churchill's policies, who ordered the export & stockpiling of food in case Europe needed it as the war dragged on.

Mossab Hassan. Didn’t know about him. I think he might actually outdo Mir Jaffar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Has…

Pro-peace protests in Malmö, Sweden today - where Eurovision is being held. #Cease_fire_In_Gaza_Now #RafahUnderAttack
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Pelham The Jews l'm proud of!

“How is it that so much virus is getting off of l farms and into national milk supply? The most plausible & most concerning scenario is that sick cows, are just the tip of the outbreak”. Asymptomatic cows🐄 = key to virus spread. ➡️DO NOT DRINK RAW MILK🥛
statnews.com/2024/05/08/bir…

This is a towering victory for the students. They've manage to effect real and positive change in support of the Palestinian cause. All our universities should divest. trinitynews.ie/2024/05/breaki…

🔴 UK's Cambridge University students speak to @TRTWorld, explaining why they have launched a Gaza solidarity encampment at their university.

They explained how their educational institution is complicit in Israeli war crimes and that they are not deterred by the risks they are…

John Oliver, Macklemore & Chris Hayes Defend Student Protesters From Media Smears youtu.be/tOT79Rnfyoo?si… via YouTube

Its so obvious he's not used to being challenged at all.

The SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies has secured funds for a scholarship for Palestinian students from Gaza and the Occupied Territories for the 24/25 year. The scholarship will cover tuition & provide a stipend to study any taught Master's programme.
soas.ac.uk/study/student-…