Countries where there have been protests in solidarity with Palestinians & against Trump’s provocation: Tunisia, France, Yemen, Bahrain, Turkey, Kashmir, Pakistan, Jordan, Finland, Somalia, Ireland, Indonesia, the US, Egypt, Malaysia, Lebanon, Israel, UK, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Algeria, Afghanistan, Syria, Morocco, Norway, Spain, Mexico, India.

Take Intifada international.

This is Roshid Jan, a Rohingya refugee holding her baby boy at their shelter in the in the camp area for orphans & widows near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. She walked for ten days with her five children after soldiers torched their village. She is weeping about her husband who is missing. He was the religious leader of their village but was accused of being a Rohingya militant & arrested eleven months ago. She has no idea what happened to him or whether he is dead or alive.

When you understand the suffering of others, you understand their humanity. You realize your own humanity through active solidarity with those who face persecution. The iron law of social transformation is “an injury to one is an injury to all.”

Stand with the Rohingya people against genocide & for full human, democratic, civil, & refugee rights. No forced repatriation.

(Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Another picture worth a thousand lies:

The media caption to this photo said: “Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian man during scuffles at Damascus Gate after Friday prayers in Jerusalem’s Old City, as Palestinians call for a “day of rage” in response to President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.” When it comes to Palestinians, media has a way of not always lying but never telling the truth.

Let’s clean that caption up so it reflects reality: This is a Palestinian teenager in occupied East Jerusalem being assaulted by an Israeli soldier. The young man was probably denied access to Friday prayers at Al Aqsa mosque because Israel bars males under 50 years of age from entry even though it has no legal jurisdiction over Al Aqsa or over East Jerusalem. The Palestinian teen probably knelt in the public streets to pray with other men & boys & then joined protesters in defense of the mosque compound & in opposition to the whole structure of occupation & colonialism.

Long live Intifada. End the occupation. Self-determination for Palestinians.

(Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

When you see the extremes of violence these young men are up against, you respect them even more as fearless freedom fighters. Armed only with stones & sling shots, they’re facing one of the best equipped & brutal armies in the world. These young, mostly working class stone pelters function as a civilian defense guard for unarmed protesters against tear gas, skunk spray, beatings, rubber bullets, & being mowed down with armored vehicles & mounted police.

These protesters are near an Israeli settlement close to the West Bank city of Ramallah. They are not just venting rage at Trump’s provocation but against the entire edifice of military occupation, colonialism, settlements, apartheid, ethnic cleansing.

Long live Intifada. End the Occupation. Build BDS.

(Photo by Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)