The international language of hip hop: a fusion of Black American & Pakistani culture.
So much for that lesser evil crap: Democratic presidential candidate Corey Booker equating anti-Semitism with Zionism & telling AIPAC why he is one of several Democrats co-sponsoring a Senate bill to outlaw BDS:
“Let me be clear. Anti-Semitism is un-American. It is anti- American. It violates, most deeply, our commonly held values, & we must take steps on the global stage against vicious acts that target hatred. That is why I’m a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 720, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which opposes international efforts to encourage BDS while protecting First Amendment rights.”
Seventeen-year old Adham Amara killed by Israeli snipers on March 30, 2019, the first anniversary of the Great Return Marches. Three others were killed & 316 were injured. May Adham Rest In Peace.
Israelis protesting in solidarity with the Great Return March in Gaza on the first anniversary since the marches began.
“A Syrian news agency, STEP, asks residents of opposition-held Syria what they used to say when asked by their teacher what they want to be when they grow up. 90% say doctor, the rest engineer and lawyer. The correspondent then asks them what their dream is now and multiple respondents say they have no dreams anymore.
To some extent, the Syrian uprising was about Syrians daring to dream that they can have more than an undignified and silent life under the boot of a brutal regime, with their horizons and options in life limited by class, sectarian affiliation and ties to regime cronies. It is painful to see, eight years after the outbreak of the uprising, how it failed to deliver those dreams to those who remain trapped in Syria.”
–Elizabeth Tsurkov
A vignette from the occupation of Kashmir: a video worth a thousand lies.
An important article on Israeli policy of deliberately shooting off the legs of unarmed Palestinian protesters at the Great Return Marches in Gaza:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/israel-maim-gazans-silence-190326085728986.html?
This is 13-year-old Mujahid Abu Amsha, one of three teenagers killed yesterday by Israeli snipers during the Great Return March. One other Palestinian was also killed & 316 were injured. At least 40,000 Palestinians from Gaza marched to commemorate Land Day & the first anniversary of the Great Return Marches.
Forty-three years ago, on March 30, 1976, Israeli police shot & killed six Palestinians protesting the expropriation of thousands of acres of Palestinian land. Since then it has been commemorated as Land Day to protest & resist Israeli colonization. Palestinians chose Land Day 2018 to launch the Great Return March demanding Israel lift the embargo on Gaza & allow Palestinian refugees scattered in refugee camps all over the Middle East to return home.
Our fullest respect & solidarity with the Palestinian struggle against colonialism, apartheid, genocide.
Brazilian far-right president Bolsonaro arrived today in Israel for a state visit with Netanyahu. Bolsonaro said they would be signing undefined “security” deals & for Brazil to do oil & gas exploration offshore Israel. Bolsonaro wanted to announce a move of the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem but there is opposition within his government because some believe it would hurt Brazilian exports to Arab countries. According to one official, at stake is an estimated $5 billion in sales of halal food that comply with Muslim dietary laws. Perhaps those Brazilian officials could tell us which Arab countries have exhibited any real solidarity with Palestinians.
When Bolsonaro left Brazil for Israel yesterday, thousands of Brazilians were protesting in solidarity with Palestinian Land Day & with the one-year anniversary of the Great Return Marches in Gaza.
Photo is of protest yesterday in Brazil for Palestinians.
(Photo via Moneeb Saada)