Days after dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes against displacement camps in Southern Gaza, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wrote “Finish them!” on Israeli artillery shells. Haley, who recently sputtered in her bid to defeat former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination, toured a kibbutz …
Read More »Dua Lipa Calls for End to 'Israeli Genocide' Following Refugee Massacre
Dua Lipa is continuing her advocacy for a ceasefire in Gaza. After dozens of Palestinianswere killed by Israeli air strikeson displacement camps in SouthernGaza, Lipa shared a post on Instagram calling for an end to “Israeli genocide.” “Burning children alive can never be justified,” the Radical Optimism musician wrote Tuesday. …
Read More »Trump Tells Donors He'll 'Throw Out' Student Protesters If Elected
Donald Trump recently told a group of donors that if he wins the 2024 presidential election, he will “throw out” students who attend pro-Palestinian protests, according to the Washington Post. “One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are …
Read More »International Criminal Court Seeks Arrests Warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas Leaders
The International Criminal Court issued applications for arrest warrants on Monday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and several other Israeli and Hamas officials on war crimes charges and allegations of crimes against humanity. The court alleges that both Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against Israel, in …
Read More »Biden Appointee Becomes First Jewish Staffer to Resign Over Gaza
A Jewish-American political appointee resigned from President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday, a sign of the growing fallout over Biden’s allegiance with Israel in the war on Gaza. Lily Greenberg Call, a former Biden-Harris campaign staffer, stepped down from her position with the U.S. Department of Interior due to the …
Read More »New Doc Examines Hamas Massacre at Nova Music Festival
A documentary on Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack at the Nova Music festival in Israel, titled We Will Dance Again, will be released on Paramount+ this fall. The film will be “told through the eyes of more than a dozen survivors, many of whom videotaped their experiences as the massacre unfolded,” …
Read More »USC's Silenced Valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, Shares Her Commencement Speech
Today, Asna Tabassum, a first-generation Muslim student and USC‘s valedictorian, would have delivered her speech before thousands of her peers at this year’s graduation ceremony. Instead, amid pressure from pro-Israeli groups citing her social media support for Palestinians, university leaders chose to cancel her commencement speech, citing safety concerns. In …
Read More »Eurovision Is Plunged Into Crisis as Deep Political Divisions Intensify
There are two halves of this street. Friisgatan, in the center of Malmö — the coastal Swedish town that is hosting the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest — has been designated as the “Eurovision street.” It’s pedestrianized, with bars and restaurants spilling out onto the street and numerous “selfie spots” for …
Read More »D.C. Mayor Avoids Congressional Testimony After Siccing Cops on Student Protesters
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday morning that it had canceled a hearing scheduled later in the day in which lawmakers planned to interrogate D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about her response to pro-Palestinian student protests at George Washington University. The cancellation came hours after police raided and cleared the …
Read More »'It's Just Wrong': Biden Says He Will Withhold Weapons If Israel Invades Rafah
President Joe Biden said that the U.S. would stop supplying weapons to Israel if the country proceeds with its siege in Rafah, where the majority of Gaza‘s civilian population remains sheltered. Biden addressed the issue in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Wednesday evening, saying he supported Israel’s security …
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