“Appalled” - that’s how the UN Secretary General has described the escalation in military activity in and around Rafah by the IDF. Latest statement here…

#sabcnews

Over 200 independent student workers pledged to withhold their labor—including submitting final grades— until the University grants amnesty to those disciplined for involvement in pro-Palestinian activity and permanently removes the NYPD from campus.

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As the prosecution makes its case inside the courtroom, Trump continues to make his outside - that he had no idea payments to Michael Cohen were to reimburse hush money payments - with help from political allies.

2 years ago #ShireenAbuAkleh was murdered by the Israeli Defense Forces.

Her death was part of a deadly pattern of journalists killed with impunity by the IDF. Read in CPJ's May 2023 report: cpj.org/reports/2023/0…

Since 10/7, Israeli strikes have killed nearly 100 journalists.

Scarborough tweet below is wrong.

A UN spokesperson tells me:

The breakdowns in question have been published by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The figures from the Ministry of Health can vary based on their own verification process that they undertake.
 
The United Nations

What I hear time and again from demonstrators is anger that their actions get more attention in US media than the devastating impact of the war. “This isn’t about us,” they say. #Gaza

nytimes.com/2024/05/12/bus…

⚠️⚠️You’re seeing fewer images from Rafah NOT because scenes like this & worse are not happening but because journalists are being displaced once again from Rafah. Israel’s orders of forced displacement include both hospitals in Rafah, where journalists set up their tents & work.

NOW: Hundreds of protestors arrested after crossing the Manhattan Bridge.

NYPD met them from the other side and loaded them into corrections busses.

Israel Accuses Al Jazeera Of Being Mouthpiece For Journalism bit.ly/3K3kZyd

She was shot in the neck, between her helmet and bullet proof vest, clearly marked “press.” Israel first denied responsibility and then, when it was obvious their soldier did it, refused to investigate further.

Gaza: At least 150,000 people have now fled Rafah since Monday amid new evacuation orders from Israel today, according to UNRWA estimates.

BREAKING: Union Seminary, an affiliate school of Columbia University is the *first* US institute of Higher Learning to fully divest.
Union’s Board of Trustees voted TODAY to divest from all companies profiting off the genocide in Palestine. 🧵
#cu4palestine

At NYU, New School and other colleges, student and faculty led protests continue despite arrests,

The Mayor of New York is heading to Italy to learn about the economy. He’s flying first class to learn about climate change. He’s staying in a luxury hotel to learn what it’s like to be an illegal immigrant. So many lessons to learn! What a selfless guy!

NOW: Students at NYU have occupied Bobst Library, renaming it the ‘Diana Tamari Sabbagh Library’ after a library which was destroyed in Gaza last year

NYU security is now posted outside, and NYPD officers are just now arriving to the scene

CPJ calls on FBI to release timeline for conclusion of Shireen Abu Akleh investigation cpj.org/?p=386284 via CPJ MENA

'It is time to break #Israel ’s longstanding impunity in journalist killings, which have only multiplied in the Israel-Gaza war. The FBI needs to disclose

Once again, US’s isolation on issues related to Israel/Palestine at the UN is on display.

Happening now at the New School - outside of the first faculty encampment in support of Palestine.

A group representing thousands of Columbia University alumni is pledging to withhold donations until demands of #students on behalf of Palestine are met.

Don't worry, brother. This is Rafah, it's a safe zone.