On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 1:29:27 PM UTC-7,
Post by Eric@"An official with Canada's foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada, 'respectfully
declined' my requests to be interviewed about the brutality of Israeli apartheid and the
grim, familiar costs of the uprising unfolding in occupied Palestine to resist it."
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/5/15/for-cbc-a-dog-story-is-more-important-than-
israels-aparheid
LOL - gee, I wonder why? They should have told him to "fuck right off".
Good to see you on the side of the Liberal government for a change, Schild.
But as usual, you're confusing the slaughter of the victim Palestinians with "anti-semitism".
Don't worry, it's a common problem . . . . this one you share with our resident schizophrenic. ❁~❁
Telling Netanyahu to "fuck off" doesn't work - as government administrations all around the globe have found out.
The only way to get a netanyahu type to listen is to stop sending him $3.8 Billion annually. If there's one thing Israelis understand, it's money. Especially unconditional regular annual money from the United States which they convert into military tools to slaughter the people on the land that they want.
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Rank-and-File Democrats Slow to Call for Restricting Aid to Israel
Despite pressure from Palestinian rights activists, a number of top Democratic lawmakers remain silent on imposing aid restrictions to the U.S.’s Middle East ally.
Early on Wednesday morning, 20 members of American Jewish group IfNotNow gathered outside Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler’s lower Manhattan office. Blocking traffic, much to the chagrin of those driving by, and singing songs, the activists had one message for Nadler: Now is the time to co-sponsor Minnesota Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum’s bill to prohibit Israel from using U.S. military aid to demolish Palestinian homes, arrest Palestinian children, and annex Palestinian land.
“For my whole life, Jerry Nadler has been a member of Congress fighting for the children of our city,” blared Ben Pakman, a member of IfNotNow, which opposes Israel’s military occupation, on a loudspeaker. “Jerry, you have an opportunity to continue your track record of being a fighter for children — but this time, not in New York. This time, you gotta fight for the children in Jerusalem, and Gaza, and the West Bank.”
In the past, Nadler has come out against the idea of leveraging U.S. military aid to change Israeli policy, and in his statement decrying the violence in Israel-Palestine, he made no mention of the U.S. military aid package. Nadler’s office did not respond to requests for comment from The Intercept.
IfNotNow was among numerous groups pushing for more Democratic support for McCollum’s bill amid Israel’s assault on Gaza and Israeli police brutality targeting Jerusalem’s Palestinians. The bill, which would impose “end-use restrictions” on how Israel can employ U.S. aid, currently has 19 co-sponsors. As part of the bill’s push to prohibit U.S. military aid from being used to subsidize Israeli human rights abuses, the legislation would implement unprecedented transparency measures that would account for how Israel uses U.S. military aid in the occupied Palestinian territories. The U.S. government sends Israel an annual check of $3.8 billion in military aid, but there is little done to prevent Israel from using such aid to violate human rights, despite U.S. laws prohibiting exactly that.
“Everyone wants peace, but peace will not happen without clear limits placed on how Israel uses our aid. Now is the time to send a clear message to the Israeli government: Not one dollar more of U.S. military aid can be used to demolish Palestinian homes, annex Palestinian lands, and torture or kill Palestinian children,” McCollum told The Intercept, while emphasizing that she supports U.S. support for Israel’s Iron Dome, the U.S.-funded system that shoots down Palestinian-fired rockets. “Members need to decide if they want to talk peace and perpetuate conflict or if they want to really work toward reducing violence and conflict while actually taking a stand to advance human rights.”
“Everyone wants peace, but peace will not happen without clear limits placed on how Israel uses our aid.”
[read more]:
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/14/israel-democrats-aid/
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15 May 2021
At least 140 Palestinians, including 39 children, have been killed after Israel launched air attacks on Gaza earlier this week.
On Saturday, Israel targeted a refugee camp in Gaza where at least 10 Palestinians were killed.
It also destroyed a building in Gaza City that housed the offices of Al Jazeera and The Associated Press, along with some other media outlets, offices and residential apartments.
Here is how the world is reacting to the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza:
Palestine:
The Palestinian mission to the United Nations asked US President Joe Biden to explain the recent attacks.
“How is blowing up @AP & @AJArabic offices defined as a form of ‘defense’?” the mission said in a tweet on Saturday.
United Nations:
The United Nations Human Rights chief has urged Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers to reduce tensions.
Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that “rather than seeking to calm tensions, inflammatory rhetoric from leaders on all sides appears to be seeking to excite tensions rather than to calm them”.
Bachelet’s statement was issued shortly before an Israeli air attack destroyed the building in Gaza City that housed Al Jazeera and AP offices.
Al Jazeera:
Israel has given a “warning” that it will bomb the building that houses Al Jazeera offices and other international media channels in Gaza City in one hour.
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 15, 2021
The Associated Press
“We are shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organizations in Gaza. They have long known the location of our bureau and knew journalists were there. We received a warning that the building would be hit,” AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said in a statement.
“We are seeking information from the Israeli government and are engaged with the US State Department to try to learn more.
“This is an incredibly disturbing development. We narrowly avoided a terrible loss of life. A dozen AP journalists and freelancers were inside the building and thankfully we were able to evacuate them in time.”
Turkey:
The communications director to Turkey’s president tweeted that Israel’s targeting of The Associated Press and Al Jazeera offices in Gaza were a blow to the freedom of the press.
“I curse these lowly attacks by Israel hitting press centers to cover up its massacres,” Fahrettin Altun said after the attack, adding that “Israel is continuing its massacres and war crimes”.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted that Turkey stands with the Palestinians, who are still facing “ethnic, religious and cultural cleansing”.
United States:
US President Joe Biden, in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his “grave concern” over the flareup of violence in Israel and Gaza, the White House said.
The White House also said it had communicated with Israel over the need to ensure the safety of journalists after the Israeli military destroyed the building housing the Al Jazeera and AP offices.
“We have communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and the independent media is a paramount responsibility,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a tweet.
Qatar:
Qatar’s foreign minister has met with a top Hamas official, according to a statement by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
It said Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in the capital, Doha.
The Foreign Ministry said Sheikh Mohammed “stressed the need for the international community to act urgently to stop the repeated brutal Israeli attacks against civilians in Gaza.”
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has called on the US and the UN to end the “cycle of impunity and violations” by “publically denouncing war crimes”.
We're calling on US to intervene bilaterally & as UN Security Council member to end cycle of impunity & violations in Israel/OPT by publicly denouncing war crimes & other serious violations including illegal settlement expansion, blockade of Gaza, dispossession of Palestinians. — Amnesty International (@amnesty) May 15, 2021
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