LALegault

LALegault , 4 hours ago to random

Let the record show that Joseph Biden had last week sent another billion dollars for crimes to a man soon to be indicted at the International Criminal Court for war crimes. In a just world he would be a co-accused.

mondoweiss , 3 days ago to palestine group

When President Joe Biden gives the commencement speech at Morehouse College this weekend, it might be a short one. Administrators at the historically black college have warned the event will be stopped if there are protests over Gaza.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/morehouse-says-it-will-shut-down-commencement-if-students-protest-biden-speech/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

LALegault , 4 days ago to random

#Nakba Day: 1948 and 2024, respectively

w7voa , 4 days ago to random

Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all close at record highs. https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-futures-hold-near-highs-ahead-of-cpi-data?mod=home-page

w7voa , 5 days ago to random

Barge crashes into bridge in Galveston, Texas. https://www.galvnews.com/news/barge-crashes-into-pelican-island-bridge/article_0b97fa3a-ef60-510a-99a4-51e98966501d.html

LALegault , 5 days ago to random

Today is the #Nakba Remembrance day for Palestinians. There has never been such a thing as “a land without a people and a people without a land.”

Hannah Clair Smith, historian and academic:

mondoweiss , 6 days ago to palestine group

Joe Biden continues to fully support the Gaza genocide because he does not believe it will hurt him politically, and because he has no empathy for the Palestinians. This is the same arrogance that brought down LBJ over the Vietnam war.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/genocide-joe-is-beginning-to-stink-like-lyndon-b-johnson/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

joeinwynnewood , 6 days ago to random

"There was no way I could support the Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. Only years later did I realize that I was mistaken, and we missed an opportunity to have a president who might actually have made America great by championing racial justice, labor rights, and the war against poverty."

Abandoning Biden could repeat the 1968 mistakes that helped elect Nixon
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2239229/-Abandoning-Biden-could-repeat-the-1968-mistakes-that-helped-elect-Nixon

LALegault , 10 days ago to random

Bisan has won one of broadcast #journalism’s highest awards, a Peabody 🏆 for her work with AJ+. She is currently in #Rafah, and may not survive to properly accept it.
🔗 https://x.com/ajplus/status/1788615162586595345?s=46

junesim63 , 10 days ago to random

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognising it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”.

There were 143 votes in favour with 25 abstentions. Only 9 countries voted against including, predictably, the US and Israel.

#UN #UNGA #Palestine

United Nations General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/10/un-general-assembly-backs-palestinian-bid-for-membership

LALegault , 10 days ago to random

“Where do we go?” #Rafah

LALegault , 10 days ago to random

💧 The #BBC has launched a water investigation in #Gaza. A person requires about 15L of water per person, per day, for: washing, cooking, and drinking. Entire households in #Rafah have on average, 1L of water a day:

Water shortages in Gaza from the BBC

mondoweiss , 11 days ago to israel group

Israel began its invasion of Rafah, ordering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. "I do not feel safe in any place in Gaza," Saadi Salem tells Mondoweiss as he attempts to flee Rafah. "The killing is in every corner around the Gaza Strip."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/rafah-invasion-everything-thats-happened-so-far/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

LALegault , 12 days ago to random

The Irish 🇮🇪 students at Trinity have won divestment 🎉:

“TCD said that the university "will complete a divestment from investments in Israeli companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and appear on the UN blacklist in this regard".

#StudentProtests #BDS

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2jlp9yl7zo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_id=4DCF22AA-0D6D-11EF-9204-96DD71D5F805&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow

mondoweiss , 12 days ago to israel group

"We're prepared to starve ourselves on the lawn of the administration building," Princeton divestment activist David Chmielewski tells Mondoweiss. "They're ignoring the urgency of the situation, which is that there's a genocide actively occurring."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/we-are-doing-this-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-gaza-a-princeton-student-explains-why-hes-currently-part-of-a-hunger-strike/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

w7voa , 12 days ago to random

Police pepper spray and arrest about 20 protesters at George Washington University, reports the school newspaper. https://gwhatchet.com/2024/05/07/live-coverage-encampment-enters-13th-day-as-protesters-condemn-officials-alleged-refusal-to-negotiate/

LALegault , 12 days ago to random

Israel has all the bombs it needs to finish off Rafah the “#Biden pauses bombs” story is PR

LALegault , 14 days ago to random

🧵 of ongoing ceasefire things:

Al Jazeera is reading out the 3 phases of the #ceasefire agreement. Phase 2 would see a permanent #ceasefire after hostages are released.

junesim63 , 14 days ago to random

"The Israeli military on Monday called on Palestinians to move out of the eastern parts of Rafah ahead of what it calls a ‘limited scope operation’ in Gaza’s south. The order came after a night of intense Israeli bombardment on Rafah killed 22 people, including eight children"

And so Israel’s ground operation in Rafah begins. Let's see how Biden and the US react to this blatant provocation.

#Israel #Gaza #Rafah
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-rafah-as-truce-talks-stall

pvonhellermannn , 14 days ago to random

Israel calls on 100,000 civilians to evacuate eastern parts of Rafah ahead of planned operation in Gazan city

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-68963839

mondoweiss , 14 days ago to israel group

Antony Blinken claims that Hamas is blocking a ceasefire in Gaza, but it is Israel which has vowed to invade Rafah regardless of an agreement and is absolutely unwilling to declare an end to its genocidal operation.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/inside-the-biden-administration-sham-to-convince-the-world-netanyahu-wants-a-ceasefire/

#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel

w7voa , 16 days ago to random

Nearly 90 members of Congress release a letter, addressed to President Biden, expressing concerns that Israel's conduct violates the Foreign Assistance Act. https://crow.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/crow.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Letter%20to%20President%20Biden%20re%20Humanitarian%20Crisis%20in%20Gaza-v2.pdf

LALegault , 16 days ago to random

UNESCO report reveals 70% of #environmental #journalists have been attacked for their work:

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-report-reveals-70-environmental-journalists-have-been-attacked-their-work

LALegault , 16 days ago to random

Boomers don’t know about what these protests are about because the conspiracy theory main stream media is peddling that they are antisemitic and just to end the war has been reinforced by the President.

They are divestment protests that are emulating #Gaza’s refugee camps to bring awareness to a genocide.

The fact that you would rather beat your own college kids than face that fact is appalling.

nixCraft , 18 days ago to random

Don't lie to me: How many browser tabs do you have open right now? 🤔

w7voa , 19 days ago to random

"As of today, we are over 50% complete on setting up the pier" off the coast of Gaza, DoD spokesperson Sabrina Singh tells reporters. "The floating pier has been completely constructed and set up. The causeway is in progress."

LALegault , 19 days ago to random

Who is going to tell them? https://apnews.com/article/sudan-un-us-war-weapons-darfur-crisis-198d77e28fd41e3b8b30f86b3ccf9410

w7voa , 19 days ago to random

Live coverage of the tension on the Columbia University campus, where there is a shelter-in-place order, from the student radio station: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/#

LALegault , 22 days ago to random

If you are feeling helpless about what is happening #Gaza the best way to help is to empower and supply (food, beverages, $) the #studentprotests locally. #BDS is actually the way this ends.

LALegault , 22 days ago to random

Outside the White House Press Correspondents’ dinner: #uspol
#journalism #Gaza

Code pink action video of reporters being hurried into the Hilton

w7voa , 23 days ago to random

US Secretary of State Blinken heading to Saudi Arabia.

aral , 23 days ago to random

Co-founder of Twitter joins new Mastodon board of directors. Right, so federating with Threads wasn’t a mistake. This is just the direction Mastodon is going. Oh, well. Another Mozilla emerges.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

#Mastodon #BizStone #SiliconValley #BigTech #Threads

LALegault , 23 days ago to random

Amid campus crackdowns, #Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis:

#UN #USA #uspol

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1149001

LALegault , 23 days ago to random

The students know that #BDS is Israel’s single biggest nightmare because it will be their undoing. They know what they are asking for, they’re smart kids.

LALegault , 23 days ago to random

Conflating Zionism with Judaism is as silly as conflating Palestinians with Hamas, and people need to knock it off. We know better now.

LALegault , 23 days ago to random

This filled my ♥️ and made me cry. I haven’t seen Bisan genuinely excited & smile in seven months and it is because of the #students, not world leaders, giving #Gaza hope. Keep going, support each other, #FreePalestine

Bisan thanks the #studentspring

LALegault , 23 days ago to random

Just a few thousand “bad apples” 🍎 beating students heads in.

LALegault , 24 days ago to random

#UN 🇺🇳 experts demand safe passage for #FreedomFlotilla’s humanitarian mission to #Gaza
#BreakTheSiege:

https://freedomflotilla.org/2024/04/26/un-experts-demand-safe-passage/

w7voa , 24 days ago to random

USC announces it's canceling its main May commencement ceremony. There's been a campus backlash since the private university informed valedictorian Asna Tabassum, who had been opposed by pro-Israel groups, that she would not be delivering the traditional speech. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-25/la-me-usc-commencement-canceled

w7voa , 25 days ago to random

FCC restores net neutrality.

w7voa , 26 days ago to random

US Senate, by a vote of 79-18, passes the $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. President Biden has promised to sign the bill as soon as possible.

w7voa , 26 days ago to random

“While every American has the right to peaceful protect, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America.“ - Andrew Bates, White House deputy press secretary (1/2)

Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. No One Will Admit It ( www.newsweek.com )

All available evidence shows that Israel has followed the laws of war, legal obligations, best practices in civilian harm mitigation and still found a way to reduce civilian casualties.