Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After D.C. Attack

The slaying of two #Israeli Embassy workers cast a harsh spotlight on pro-#Palestinian groups in the United States. Activists, who were already being scrutinized, could face further pushback.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article - link can be shared. Expires in 30 days.]
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

By Sharon Otterman
May 23, 2025Updated 12:22 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/pro-palestinian-movement-embassy-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU8.VrS0.LRBjcdn0_j1T&smid=em-share

#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#PeacefulProtestIsNotACrime
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Violent Israeli settlers under #UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost

Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homes

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Thu 22 May 2025 14.56 EDT

"Two violent #Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive #Palestinians from their homes in the #WestBank village of Mughayyir al-Deir."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/violent-israeli-settlers-under-uk-sanctions-join-west-bank-outpost?CMP=share_btn_url

#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Medic survived #Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, #Palestinian Red Crescent says

from #Reuters
By Emma Farge
May 22, 20252:11 PM EDT

Younis Al-Khatib, president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, told reporters in Geneva that Al-Nassasrah was spared after he pleaded in Hebrew and said his mother was a #Palestinian citizen of #Israel.

"What does Assad say in Hebrew? 'Don't shoot. I am Israeli.' And the soldier got a bit confused," he told reporters. "That confusion ... made him survive."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/medic-survived-gaza-shootings-by-pleading-hebrew-palestinian-red-crescent-says-2025-05-22/

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Israel denies doctors entry into Gaza as #Palestinians starve to death

A group including two doctors and four humanitarians were blocked from entering #Gaza on Thursday amid growing international outrage over #Israel's conduct

By Dania Akkad
Published date: 22 May 2025 16:28 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-denies-doctors-entry-gaza-clock-runs-down-starving-palestinians

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel’s “final solution” for Palestinians.
[plus other articles, including:]
* Tweet at the media: Do your jobs. Call it a genocide.
* What we’re reading: The far-right’s plan to destroy the Palestine movement.
* What we’re listening to: ‘It has absolutely nothing to do with Jewish safety.’

from #TheWire
[online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2025/05/21/israels-final-solution-for-palestinians/?sourceid=1001761&emci=476a511a-5336-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=949d6dd9-5e36-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=890015

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

No aid has reached #Palestinians in #Gaza yet, despite Israeli claim of delivery

#UN and local sources say lorries remain stalled at crossing, with no food or medicine reaching civilians since 2 March

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine
Published date: 21 May 2025 13:30 BST

"“No aid has entered the Gaza Strip since 2 March,” said Nahed Shuhibar, head of Gaza’s Private Transport Association, in an interview with Alaraby TV.

“Aid lorries are still stuck at the Karem Abu Salem crossing.”"

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/no-aid-reached-palestinians-gaza-yet-despite-israeli-claim-delivery

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel-Gaza war live: more than 80 killed in latest strikes as aid deliveries condemned as ‘ridiculously inadequate’

#DoctorsWithoutBorders says deliveries are just ‘a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over’

#Israel still blocking aid for #Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says #UN

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

Tom Ambrose (now); Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier)
Wed 21 May 2025 11.52 EDT

#StopGazaGenocide
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #MSF
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

#Israel Expands Ethnic Cleansing Operations in #KhanYounis
[eyewitness account]

“Even though we had endured nearly 600 days of this war of extermination, I didn’t believe we would survive this day. It was a living nightmare.”

from #DropSiteNews
Donya Abu Sitta
May 21, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-ethnic-cleansing-khan-younis-gaza?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#StopGazaGenocide
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

#UK summons Israeli ambassador and suspends free trade agreement talks with #Israel

Landmark move tears up friendly relations between the two countries

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Imran Mulla
Published date: 20 May 2025 15:07 BST

""The world is judging," Lammy said. "History will judge them [the #Israeli government]. Blocking aid, expanding the war, dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners. This is indefensible and it must stop.""

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-summons-israeli-ambassador-suspends-free-trade-agreement-israel

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Tue 20 May 2025 14.53 EDT

"Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of #Gaza, #Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving #Palestinians, the #UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.

Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un?CMP=share_btn_url

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#StandingTogether
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Palestine #MiddleEast
#news #press #politics @palestine

I Tried to Donate Blood to Help Gaza’s Wounded. I Was Too Anemic and Malnourished

Like everyone else in #Gaza, I have been deprived of basic protein and vitamins for the past two and a half months of #Israel’s siege. I’ve lost 44 pounds and my blood is not even fit to donate.

from #DropsiteNews
Rasha Abou jalal
May 19, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/donate-blood-anemic-malnutrition-siege-hunger?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

#Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel

Key allies call escalation ‘egregious’ and promise ‘concrete’ response if Israel does not end renewed offensive and allow aid into strip

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem
Mon 19 May 2025 15.08 EDT

"Earlier that day, #Israel’s military declared an entire city a combat zone, airstrikes killed more than 60 people, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Israel’s army would “wipe out” what remains of #Palestinian #Gaza."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action?CMP=share_btn_url

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine

Pro-#Palestinian activists clash with police at Seattle Microsoft event

from #TheSeattleTimes
May 19, 2025 at 12:42 pm
Updated May 19, 2025 at 4:32 pm

"Seattle police arrested one demonstrator after a crowd of dozens tried to push into the #Seattle Convention Center, where hundreds had gathered for #Microsoft Build. Several demonstrators were doused with pepper spray.

Demonstrators ultimately left the convention center at 1:30 p.m., returning to downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park where they had rallied earlier in the day."

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/pro-palestinian-activists-clash-with-security-at-seattle-microsoft-event/

#NoTechForApartheid
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine

#Microsoft employee interrupts CEO’s keynote with pro-#Palestinian protest

Protester is engineer who worked on Azure software, which enabled #Israeli surveillance of Palestinians

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Johana Bhuiyan
Mon 19 May 2025 14.27 EDT

"“As one of the largest companies in the world, Microsoft has immeasurable power to do the right thing: demand an end to this senseless tragedy, or we will cease our technological support for Israel,” read the email... “If leadership continues to ignore this demand, I promise that it won’t go unnoticed. The world has already woken up to our complicity and is turning against us. The boycotts will increase and our image will continue to spiral into disrepair.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/microsoft-ceo-speech-palestinian-protest?CMP=share_btn_url

#NoTechForApartheid
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news #press #politics @palestine

Netanyahu: Gaza Aid Scheme Offers #Israel Symbolic Cover to Finish the Genocide

In order to conquer and seize #Gaza, “We need to do it in a way” where the world “won’t stop us," #Netanyahu says.

Jeremy Scahill
May 19, 2025

[This is the most brazen and honest statement from Netanyahu since October 7. The only word he doesn’t use is “genocide”.]

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/netanyahu-trump-gaza-aid-genocide-smotrich-ceasefire-hamas?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2510348&post_id=163923510&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2y9nd&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months of blockade

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
Updated 5:30 PM EDT, May 18, 2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — #Israel announced Sunday it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into #Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.
...
It was not immediately clear when aid would enter Gaza, or how. The #Israeli military body in charge of overseeing aid did not comment. Israel has been trying to impose a new aid system, despite objections by aid workers. #Netanyahu said Israel would work to ensure that aid does not reach militants.

https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-israel-gaza-hamas-hostages-18-05-2025-f325044576f1ac31e6083622242c9990?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#StopGazaGenocide
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel says it will let food into Gaza after announcing new ground assault

from #Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
May 18, 20255:26 PM EDT

***Summary***

ꞏ #Israel says it aims for 'operational control' in parts of #Gaza
ꞏ Latest airstrikes killed at least 130 #Palestinians, medics say
ꞏ No progress reported in indirect ceasefire talks in #Qatar

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-airstrike-kills-least-24-gaza-mediators-host-ceasefire-talks-2025-05-17/

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics #Hamas @palestine @israel

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally around the world to mark ‘Nakba Day’
from #AlJazeera [many photos]

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/5/18/pro-palestinian-protesters-rally-around-the-world-to-mark-nakba-day?traffic_source=rss

18 May 2025

"Tens of thousands [actually, hundreds of thousands - PL] of people have rallied across the world in solidarity with #Palestinians amid #Israel’s brutal war on #Gaza and to mark the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Jewish militias, remembered as the #Nakba, or catastrophe.

The Nakba resulted in the permanent mass displacement of Palestinians after the creation of Israel in 1948. Activists say that history is repeating itself today in Gaza and the occupied #WestBank."

#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine
#news #press #politics @palestine

Hamas Says #Witkoff Personally Promised to Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for #EdanAlexander

The U.S. immediately broke the deal, senior #Hamas official Basem Naim tells Drop Site. “They threw it in the trash” and there has been “zero” progress on a #Gaza ceasefire.

from #DropsiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 16, 2025

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/witkoff-hamas-trump-deal-edan-alexander-lift-blockade-israel?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Thousands Flee in Gaza City After Israel Issues Mass Displacement Orders and Vows to Attack ”With Great Force”

The scenes of mass displacement on Wednesday were like a slow-moving human flood flowing through destroyed streets.

From #DropsiteNews
Rasha Abou jalal

May 15, 2025

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2510348&post_id=163626723&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2y9nd&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0OTU4MDQxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNjM2MjY3MjMsImlhdCI6MTc0NzMxMzQ2NiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ5OTA1NDY2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjUxMDM0OCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.3vZFdrgRzkz7sfPX4vqfzTljMO5ygWE57LWGet2KmRY

#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine