Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: ‘Tomorrow is a Palestinian day’
A powerful piece by Dr Abu Sittah
Urgent Health Updates: Consequences of war on Gaza-April 14, 2024
The Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council is sharing information on the health implications of the attacks. We will update in a week. Please use this information to organize & educate. As the Israeli government threatens an all out assault on Rafah, increasing the risk of further massacres & genocide, starvation is rising, multiple countries move to defund & destroy UNRWA, & Iran launched an attack on Israel threatening a regional war, this is a time to make your voices heard.
Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Urging Cease-Fire and Hostage Release
Shopping for matzah not made in Israel- hard to find! This one was particularly disturbing.
A secret internal ‘NYTimes’ memo reveals the paper’s anti-Palestinian bias is even worse than we thought
The rules at the NYT reveal anti Palestine bias. Oh you are not supposed to use the word Palestine. Really?
Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes
A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses.
But Blinken has failed to act on the proposal in the face of growing international criticism of the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza, according to current and former State Department officials.
Joseph Massad responds to fabrications and lies about him in Congress
Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, throws her faculty under the bus amid McCarthyite attacks and false claims of anti-Semitism by members of Congress, at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, 17 April.
Statement on the Arrest of Hebrew University Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Prominent Palestinian professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian has been arrested by Israeli authorities for her criticism of Israel and charged with incitement.
Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Pro-Palestinian Protest
The occupation comes home. I wonder if the police were trained in Israel?
the truth about the destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
U.N. Report Describes Physical Abuse and Dire Conditions in Israeli Detention
More info on the abusive Israeli practices towards detained and imprisoned Palestinians in Israeli jails.
4/12/24
I was invited to give the sermon at a synagogue in Atlanta and asked to reflect on Israel/Palestine
Congregation Bet Haverim Friday night sermon at Reconstructionist synagogue
I start at 1:07
4/13 I was invited to speak, to reflect on several questions about myself and Israel/Palestine, at a unique intentional community an hour outside Atlanta, Georgia.
Serenbe community (www.serenbe.com)
Here is a recording of the event
I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.
Powerful piece in Washington Post
Gaza and the Growing Attack on Social Justice Teaching
Twenty-two million public school students, almost half of all children going to public schools, now live in states that have enacted restrictions on anti-racist teaching and this includes discussions on Palestine.
another reason to buy my MG and YA books (www.alicerothchildbooks.com)