Kashmir Live News reports that 19 trucks of pellets ordered from India arrived at a distribution center in Kashmir & will be dispensed to police & CRPF (counterinsurgency troops) next week.
Reposting this collage for the umpteenth time because it shows the facial injuries & disfigurements caused by pellets. Pellet guns were also used against protesters in the Bahrain Arab Spring uprising of 2011. Even though they are called non-lethal, they are clearly intended to inflict maximum harm, including blindness, disfigurement, injury to internal organs, demoralization, & death. If we do not stand with Kashmiris & Bahrainis against the use of pellets, we will soon find them used against protesters in other countries–including our own.
(Photo collage of 2016 pellet victims from Freedom For Kashmir)
So far, just in four days Israel has killed four Palestinians & injured 1,632, including with live ammunition & tear gas. Judging from photos & videos circulated on social media, children are being subjected to extreme barbarity by being beaten & arrested–in accord with how Israel has always treated Palestinian children. It’s not certain if those injured in Israeli bombing of Gaza are included in these figures.
Stand with Palestinians by protesting the occupation & by building BDS.
This is the infant child of 25-year-old Mysara Banu, a Kashmiri woman killed in an Indian army hunt to kill operation. The occupying army was conducting the operation at 12:30 in the morning based on a tip from an informant/snitch that three militants were hiding in the area where she lived. What could go wrong with that?
Some reports claim Mysara was killed in crossfire as she tried to flee the area with other civilians. Other reports say she was in the home where the militants were hiding. None of the reports agree on anything that happened which might suggest Indian army officials are lying. But it’s also entirely possible they have no idea what happened when they started shooting off bullets into a home in the dark just after midnight based on what some lowlife told them.
This infant is now left motherless. That’s the consequence of criminally reckless behavior under military occupation where soldiers are not held responsible & are in fact rewarded for every dead body they produce. This little girl will have hell to pay. Kashmiri residents of the district are protesting in response to the criminal misconduct of the occupying army, most of whom were special forces trained by Israel.
Sincere condolences to the family & friends of Mysara Banu. May she Rest In Peace.
End the occupation. Self-determination for Kashmir.
Palestinian stone pelters near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank:
Say what you like about stone pelters. To my mind they are working class freedom fighters who function as a civilian defense guard. That’s how history will honor them when Palestine & Kashmir are free.
Stand with Palestinians. Take Intifada international. Build BDS.
Palestinians, many of whom are Christian, are met with a military crackdown for protesting Trump’s provocations. This is near an Israeli checkpoint in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank where Israel has deployed thousands of extra troops & armored vehicles prowl the streets. Hundreds of unarmed Palestinian protesters have been injured, beaten, arrested, & some have died.
Stand with Palestinians. Take Intifada international. Build BDS.
This Palestinian protester in East Jerusalem speaks for all of us. Those burning his effigy say it even better. Those stomping on his burning image warm the cockles of our hearts.
Intifada is ageless. Take it international. Build BDS.
Palestinian woman stands her ground while Israeli border police try to wrestle the Palestinian flag from her. This is at a protest in occupied East Jerusalem where Israel has no legal jurisdiction. Does the Israeli military think Trump’s provocation means the Israeli flag will now be hoisted over occupied Palestine? Will they arrest Palestinians for carrying their own flag?
Stand with Palestinians. Protest the occupation. Build BDS. Buy nothing with barcode beginning 729 & check every label.
Anyone else think I’m “obsessed” with Kashmir or that the people of Syria, Libya, Sudan, & Kashmir suffer less than other peoples from war, occupation, persecution? Anyone else that confused? Does anyone else weigh human suffering like it was a measurable, comparative thing?
Thank heavens for social media or we would never know about the thousands of people around the world marching in solidarity with Palestinians. At last count, it was 29 countries. This protest in Mexico is especially inspiring. A group from the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico organized a sizable International Caravan for a World Without Walls that traveled to the northern border with the US–a distance of about a thousand miles (1,400 km). In the video you see on their banners how they so powerfully linked the struggle against Israel’s apartheid wall to the racist monstrosity along the US southern border. It’s all the more powerful because Israeli construction & security companies are involved in the US border wall.
