Palestinians undaunted out protesting met by Israeli sharpshooters

Elderly Pal man shot in foot (Palestine Info Center) May 15 2018

Israeli snipers are back to take out more Palestinian protesters who are undaunted by the Trump embassy massacre. Shehab News in Gaza reports that two Palestinians have been killed & 160 injured. The only way to bear their grief is to hit the streets in ardent, committed solidarity with our Palestinian brothers & sisters.

This photo is an elderly man shot in the foot today although most of those killed yesterday were young men & boys and a tiny baby girl named Laila.

(Photo from Palestine Information Center)

If there isn’t a Palestinian solidarity rally in your town, you can try to organize one yourself by calling the local mosques & asking the Imams if they would be interested. Here, there are a few mosques which have rallied their members several times & with extremely impressive banners for the Arab Spring uprisings, the Palestinians, & the Rohingya. We’re working on one for Palestinians now. But if you have no mosques & no other allies, do keep in mind that my first encounter with the Palestinian struggle was during the 1967 War when a frightened Palestinian at the University of Minnesota, with no solidarity movement to speak of, picketed alone in protest. It’s not hard to stand alone with a placard if you are outraged by the injustice & committed to Palestinian freedom. Even if you only reach one, it can eventually reach many with the message of Palestinian azadi.

Democrats & Republicans support Israeli apartheid & genocide of Palestinians

Hani Abbas cartoon (Shehab News) May 15 2018
It’s right to blame the Republican nitwit in the White House for the Trump embassy massacre but Democrats are equally culpable. The ambassadors to Israel under Clinton & Obama are both tweeting their support for moving the US embassy to Jerusalem & both are blaming Hamas for the massacre. Clinton’s ambassador Martin Indyk tweeted that “Israel needs to change live fire tactics or Palestinian demonstrations will grow & spread.” No objection to the slaughter but only fear Palestinian resistance will grow! Obama’s ambassador Daniel Shapiro tweeted that “I wish Hamas leaders valued Palestinian lives as much as they value their rockets & tunnels.” What Hamas rockets & tunnels? The protests for the past several weeks have been entirely peaceful & involved children. There wasn’t a rocket in sight but only Israeli snipers & tear gas drones. Democrat Bernie Sanders was endorsed by Assadist halfwit Rania Khalek in Electronic Intifada & by hundreds of Palestinian supporters during the 2016 election campaign. He tweeted “Hamas violence does not justify Israel firing on unarmed protesters.” What Hamas violence? It is absolutely & criminally detestable that they refuse to condemn Israeli snipers for firing on unarmed Palestinian protesters & instead try to make the narrative about Palestinian terrorism. “Hamas” is a code word for terrorism.

(Cartoon is by Hani Abbas via Shehab News)