Week in Review
10/25/25
Urgent health update: Consequences of war on Gaza and the West Bank/East Jerusalem - October 18, 2025
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Slog AM: 90,000 Seattleites Hit the Streets for No Kings
90,000 Seattleites Hit the Streets for No Kings, 20,000 more than earlier this year.
The limits of the ceasefire and the double standards on reporting... Israeli hostages (often Israeli soldiers) have names and stories, released Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails (tortured, abused, sick and often not charged) are numbers.
As the world focuses on the bodies of Israeli captives, thousands of Palestinians are missing and buried under the rubble. And Israel will not provide the equipment to dig out any of the bodies.
Just World Ed’s new project, “Gaza & the World”
check out this important resource on Gaza
Teachers Scrambled After ICE Released Tear Gas Outside a Chicago Elementary School
The appalling reality of ICE agents in elementary schools. Chicago now, the rest of us next.
Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly sent new recruits to its Georgia training academy before completing standard background checks, drug tests, or fingerprinting, as it races to expand under President Trump’s mass deportation plan. Internal data reviewed by NBC News show that more than 200 trainees have been dismissed for failing academic, physical, or safety requirements, with some recruits later found to have criminal histories or failed drug tests. Homeland Security officials warn that the hiring surge—driven by a White House goal of adding 10,000 agents this year—has weakened vetting standards and risks letting disqualified applicants “slip through the cracks.”
What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
The realities of the genocide in Gaza, probably worse than most people think.
10/16 virtual webinar for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York talking about How Israeli and American Medical Institutions Have Failed Palestine with Eric Reinhart
here is my presentation:
Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism
10/18, did a workshop with Linda Bevis and Laila Serene Taji, Teaching Palestine in K-12, Incorporating K–12 Literature About Palestine — Preparing for False Allegations of AntiSemitism, in Portland, Oregon at the Northwest Teaching Social Justice conference.
Excellent group discussions, many teachers had experienced pushback, Islamophobic comments, and false accusations of antisemitism and had thoughts on how to deal with the repressive policies we are living with. Reviewed the toolkit for teachers and librarians developed with Nora Lester Murad, and the current dangerous climate in education.