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Hamas welcomes UN Security Council resolution for ceasefire. Rep James Clyburn said he will not be attending Netanyahu's address to Congress. Biden admin considering negotiating a unilateral deal with Hamas on the release of 5 American… [more]
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MeFi comment - An hour ago

35 Years Later: A Retrospective on the 1989 Tiananmen Protests
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MeFi post - 13 hours ago

NAACP calls on Biden to halt weapons to Israel as he seeks to shore up support from Black voters: The NAACP, which has advocated for racial justice and rights for Black Americans, said the U.S. must use its influence with Israel to bring a… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 days ago

Hmm... France bans Israeli companies from major weapons show over Rafah assault. Israeli hostages' families told that Israel will not end the war for them: Hanegbi’s comments indicated that the government believes Hamas will refuse to… [more]
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MeFi comment - 11 days ago

Currently: University of Copenhagen will halt investment in companies that do business in the West Bank as a result of student protests. UCLA and UC Davis join the academic strike this week; the strike could include up to 3 more campuses by… [more]
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MeFi comment - 14 days ago

Meanwhile, the Israelis have been surveilling and targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to try to avoid war crimes probes over the past 9 years: The intelligence information obtained via surveillance was passed on to a secret team of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 14 days ago

Just woke up and: Israeli officials seize AP equipment and take down live shot of Gaza, citing new media law, which prohibits sharing images with Al-Jazeera: The Qatari satellite channel is among thousands of clients that receive live video… [more]
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MeFi comment - 14 days ago

Gaza & University Protest
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MeFi post - 2 weeks ago

I forgot to add this one, about the disparities in treatment between protesters at CUNY, where protesters were charged with felonies, and Columbia protesters charged with misdemeanors. [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

If anyone is curious, here's UC's list of investments, which UC Regents has been pretty clear that they are not going to sell off. It includes investments in BlackRock and weapons manufacturers. Apparently the UC system tried to file an… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

Thank you for starting a new thread. Additionally I'm very sorry for your loss, Press. Things I bookmarked recently: Living as a Palestinian in Israel (Zeteo/Substack) - Israel’s violence has become so commonplace that Israeli soldiers… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

I am still kind of reeling from the idea that the actions of the Biden administration have in any way been particularly politically savvy. It may be savvy for a certain segment of the American audience who want to buy into "incremental"… [more]
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MeFi comment - 2 weeks ago

An op-ed from Jewish faculty published 4/10/2024: To be sure, antisemitism is a grave concern that should be scrutinized alongside racism, sexism, Islamophobia, homophobia, and all other forms of hate. These hateful ideologies exist… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 weeks ago

WaPo gift link: on the violence at UCLA: While a small UCLA patrol could be seen in footage briefly early on, law enforcement agencies did not move in to stop the violence until 3 hours and 34 minutes after Tabibian’s first 911 call, a Washington… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning may be up your alley. There is also a TV show produced by Amy Poehler of the same name - there's one episode where a woman cleans out her stuff because she is dying of cancer, another family that clears out… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 4 weeks ago

Happening right now...apparently Israel's ambassador to the UN brought a mini-shredder and shredded the UN charter as there's a UN General Assembly vote today on Palestinian statehood. The livestream is here if you want to watch. I don't know the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Singapore's speech is quite good. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

DailyBruin (UCLA student paper) takes a closer look at what happened: Sindha, who briefly left the encampment to go to the hospital after a counter-protester sprayed him with an irritant, said he could still recall the threats the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

CSU Sacramento putting all the UCs to shame: As of Wednesday morning, California State University Sacramento (CSUS)—one of the largest schools in the California State system—announced it would take a different approach and listen to its students’… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Came across an interview with John Cho and his reflections on his role as James Yoon: What I can relate to in the James Yoon character, our connection point, is that he was trying to do the very best with this role that he had. What he wasn’t… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last month

CNN exclusive: President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

I am just tired. I have a running list of orgs that are trying to help in Gaza: You can make a direct donation to UNRWA. It's still tax-deductible in the US. Palestine Children's Relief Fund is vetted and does amazing work on the ground… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Slate has an interview with Colin Roedl and Milène Klein, the current and former editorial page editors of the Spectator and how they view the ongoing protests: Why do you imagine rhetoric around Jewish students feeling targeted is rapidly… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Only democracy in the Middle East has banned Al-Jazeera from operations. Thousands of Israelis protest to demand a ceasefire to bring hostages back after rumors of Netanyahu scuttling a ceasefire deal. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Thirded. Thank you very much for your contributions, cendawanita, it's kept me feeling sane in a lot of ways. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Bellingcat has published a new investigation, following the social media of track a single IDF combat engineering battalion, 8219 Commando, as they demolished buildings across Gaza. A tour video from 8219 Commando claims that in 84 days of… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

It was even dumber than that because it wasn't even a keffiyeh, it was just a scarf! [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Cendawanita, you just reminded me that while I was browsing celeb gossip today, apparently Eurovision regretted one of their contestants wearing a keffiyeh, which was apparently a "pro-Palestinian symbol". [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

On the lighter side: Lauren Boebert met with chants of "Beetlejuice" when she visited George Washington University and failed at pulling a Palestinian flag off a statue of George Washington. Joe Biden gave his statements about the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Brown commits to a vote on divestment: The University agreed that five students will be invited to meet with five members of the Corporation of Brown University in May to present their arguments to divest Brown’s endowment from “companies… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

How to Identify Cinematic Themes & Visuals of Ancient China
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MeFi post - Last month

Are we going to continue these tedious accusations of antisemitism without a single acknowledgment of what Jewish people who are on the ground, and who are part of the protest movements, and what they say about their own experiences? Do they not… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Ceasefire Hamas agreed to is similar to proposal Israel approved (Haaretz) - what are we even doing here: According to a foreign diplomatic source familiar with the negotiations, the outline Hamas accepted Monday night is, at its core, the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Al-Jazeera and i24 reports that Hamas has accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by Qatar and Egypt. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Apparently a shipment of ammunition has been put on hold by the US with no explanation. So we'll see. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Protesting for Gaza on US universities
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MeFi post - Last month

I mean logically the settlers should be prosecuted for theft, evicted and their assaults on Palestinians and be forced to leave because they stole Palestinians' houses and property out from them. But hey, consequences for illegal and immoral… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

UC Riverside's encampments are being disbanded after negotiation and a settlement. Eli Valley has posted a webcomic satirizing media response to the protests. Bernie Sanders speaks up for the First Amendment and the right to protest. He also… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Sigh. I was really hoping for an end to bloodshed. I'm tired. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Turkey...of all countries, is halting trade with Israel: Turkey said late Thursday that it had halted all trade with Israel until “uninterrupted and adequate humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza,” signaling further deterioration in relations… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Haaretz on latest ceasefire proposal: According to the proposal, in the first phase, the IDF's activities in the Gaza Strip will be suspended for 40 days, during which the forces will withdraw from the populated areas and those close to the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Jose Andres posted an opinion article in WaPo detailing their expectations for Israel as they resume operations and calling out their anti-Palestinian discrimination: We expect and insist that the Israel Defense Forces protect and respect the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Well, the difficulty is that a significant portion of people assume that Zionists are Jews, and there's a significant number of Jewish people who are Zionists. There is no separation for a lot of people. In the meantime, the current news may… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Also, World Central Kitchen will resume operations in Gaza. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

The baby I posted about upthread who was rescued from her mother's womb has now passed after 5 days in an incubator. Her name was Sabreen Jouda. Her uncle said: “God had taken something from us but given us something in return” with the baby… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Curious because I’m not familiar with academia: what are the consequences of the faculty no confidence votes? [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Punishing personal opinions is the first step to authoritarianism - a defense of USC valedictorian Asna Tabassum by Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History - Founding Director, USC Dornsife Center for Advanced… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Meanwhile a perspective from NYU Palestinian-American adjunct professor who grew up in Israel and is also a human rights lawyer: KABAS: How does having grown up in Israel shape your perspective on the American protests? DAKWAR: My experience… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

My heart: children in Gaza express their support for US college students fighting for them. Meanwhile: IU Bloomington changed policy 24 hours before IU Divestment set up encampments. “To invoke a reference to an ad hoc committee that might… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

Anyway, someone rounded up a list of bail funds for the protesters. Send any new ones to JordanUhl. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

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