The pro-Assad antiwar movement led by “retired” CIA, FBI, & Pentagon officials is trying to analyze why the April 15th marches were so small. They’re blaming it on the labor movement which has been moribund when it comes to war for over 80 years. Maybe if they stop supporting the Assad dictatorship & Syrian & Russian bombing of civilians, they’ll see all sorts of antiwar sentiment around the world.

You don’t have to tell me I’m posting too much. But there’s a hell of a lot going on that needs to be said. It may seem like the sky is falling but as long as Palestinians, Kashmiris, Rohingya, Syrians, & others keep fighting, there’s hope for humanity. The more support we give them, the better our chances for making this world a suitable place for kids to come of age in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O4F0mvaLRQ

Former Indian Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah, who authorized the use of pellet guns, didn’t report this encounter at Princeton when he spoke there. On Twitter, he said “Fascinating sessions & discussions at @Princeton University covering areas like developments in China, cyber security, immigration in Europe & polarisation in America. Had some of the best & brightest minds speak to us today.” But this Kashmiri-American was the best & brightest among them. He asked Abdullah “How do you sleep at night?” & shouted “Your hands are drenched in blood, Mr. Omar Abdullah.”

A woman overcome with tear gas at the Great Return March today: just so we’re clear about who it is Israeli snipers are shooting live ammo, rubber bullets, & tear gas canisters at.

(Photo from Great Return March on Twitter)

Israeli snipers at the Great Return March targeted unarmed protesters as well as medical staff as thousands of protesters gathered at five sites in Gaza along the apartheid fence. The Gaza health ministry reports that three Palestinians were killed today, 200 were injured with 154 hospitalized for gunshot wounds & tear gas inhalation. Sixty were wounded by gun fire, including a journalist shot in the foot & four medics were among those treated for tear gas inhalation. Protesters had to clear away razor wire coils that Israel placed in Gaza near the apartheid fence to deter the protesters from demanding the right of return for millions of Palestinians living in refugee camps.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein called the situation “deplorable” which is an entirely fatuous description for what can only be called a massacre. We should make it extremely difficult for Israel to continue vilifying Palestinians as terrorists after this unspeakable display of savagery against peaceful, unarmed protesters.

Photo is protesters & medics being drowned in tear gas at the march today.

(Photo from Great Return March on Twitter)

Facebook assiduously covers photos of bullet wounds & military violence, as if we’re little kids that need to be protected from cruel realities. But such refined sensibilities cover a multitude of deceptions. What Israel is doing to Palestinians & what India is doing to Kashmiris, Dalits, Muslims, & Rohingya need to be exposed, not censored.

Palestinian photojournalist Hisham Hamadah has been injured during the Great Return March in Gaza today. Journalist Abdel Rahman Alkahlout has been shot in the leg & journalist Lana Shaheen fell unconscious from tear gas lobbed at the press staff near the town of Khan Younis. Since two journalists have been killed & now 19 injured since March 30th & since they are all wearing clearly marked press vests, it appears Israeli snipers are targeting Palestinian journalists.

(Photos from sources on Twitter: Hamadah on top; Alkahlout on bottom right; Shaheen on bottom right)

https://www.facebook.com/unheardkashmir/videos/1223779717725713/?fref=mentions

A very good video from Kashmir Unheard on Rohingya refugees in Jammu being subjected to racist & xenophobic campaigns by Hindutva nationalists–the same forces rallying in defense of Asifa’s murderers:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/04/israel-arms-embargo-needed-as-military-unlawfully-kills-and-maims-gaza-protesters/
Amnesty International today issued a call to governments worldwide to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel because of its “murderous assault against protesting Palestinians, with its armed forces killing & maiming demonstrators who pose no imminent threat to them.”

Photos of wounds caused by butterfly bullets being used by Israeli snipers against unarmed Palestinian protesters.

(Photos from several sources on Twitter)