Israel’s #Rafah evacuation order is a declaration to attack the 600K children & their families, to attack the remaining infrastructure sustaining life & possibility of a future. Racist-colonial logic makes this a “policy debate” rather than a siren warning of genocidal massacres.

We address with Adam Horowitz Raz Segal Shira Robinson the dangers, harm, and limitations of weaponizing Antisemitism, moderated by @4bassam and Asli Bali.

'Gaza in Context: Weaponizing Antisemitism to Stifle Criticism of Israel (7 May)'
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Incredible historical document here: Blinken says Israel’s PR is failing because social media allows people a direct look at what’s happening, shorn of the ability to mediate it, and it lands with emotional resonance. Romney then says yes, that’s why we moved to ban TikTok

Chancellor Block just created a version of campus Homeland Security. Students said “cops off campus” and he said here’s a larger police apparatus. :::sigh:::

UNESCO Awards World Press Freedom Prize to Journalists in Gaza democracynow.org/2024/5/3/headl…

BREAKING :

This is Rafah right now.

Israel is raining bombs on the homes of 1.7 million Palestinian civilians in the middle of the night.

All eyes on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where SJP UNLV is on day 4 of their hunger strike.

They demand that UNLV:

disclose investments
divest from Israeli genocide and occupation
defend student organizers under attack

From the Archives: Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat explains how police exchanges with Israel bring brutal tactics used on Palestinians under occupation back to the United States, where they are then deployed on protesters. democracynow.org/2021/5/20/us_c…

We are all in awe (tears, really) of our University presidents, administrators, and fellow faculty member for unanimously supporting with every bone in their body the valiant efforts of our students as they protest war/Genocide, by inviting the eager Police to beat the shit out…

CORRECTION: PEPPER SPRAY USED

THANK YOU SO MUCH Santa Ono Jordan Acker Sarah Hubbard, Regent @umich FOR CARING ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS

Jewish Dartmouth professor Annelise Orleck (65) says yeah, I feel unsafe on campus.

But not because of my students and their Palestine protests, because of police who body slammed me on the ground and arrested me for protecting kids.

And calls out New Hampshire Governor…

Hundreds of counter-protesters have gathered on the steps of MIT, separated from the pro-Palestinian encampment across the street by a police barricade. They're calling on MIT to bring Cambridge police in to crack down on the encampment and shut down pro-Palestine protests

Senator Chris Van Hollen Noura Erakat Key:
-VH calls the outside analysis a 'yardstick' for Biden's report
-He doesn't want to 'prejudge' but worries the process is missing the intent: honest assessment then a debate, not a skewed report for fear of changing policy
-Also cited Amnesty's tough report on US weapons use

NEW: Ahead of a 5/8 deadline for Biden to say if Israel is breaking international + US law Senator Chris Van Hollen sees 'a major warning sign' for an effort he crafted –and hosted a striking 13 senators to hear from Josh Paul Noura Erakat about their damning assessment
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If there’s any doubt about who is disrupting UChicago’a campus here it is

Professor Steve Tamari, 65 y/o historian at Wash U who had 9 fractured ribs and
a broken hand for filming students being arrested by SLPD shared these words:

#Gaza #Genocide #Nakba

Israel, Academic Freedom, and Nadera Shalhoub: Severe limitations on academic freedom for Palestinian scholars in Israeli universities are directly tied to the wider project of targeting Palestinian education. This conversation will address the Israeli academy's repression of…

Israel accused of possible war crime over killing of West Bank boy bbc.in/3UlTLHX

Along w/ Congresswoman Madeleine Dean & 55 members, I called on the Biden admin to enforce US law & withhold offensive aid to Israel that can be used for a Rafah assault.

We all must keep working to achieve a lasting ceasefire to save lives, return hostages, & build a path toward security for all.

NEW: Just received footage of violence against student protesters at Dartmouth from Josh Paul, who quit the State Dept over Biden’s Gaza policy & the school invited to speak on a panel about dissent against US government policy tomorrow. He’s canceled his appearance, he told me.