All posts tagged "Palestinians"

Democratic activist and shooting survivor Cameron Kasky has opted to leave the crowded race for New York's 12th District and shift his attention to civil rights in the West Bank, according to reports Wednesday.

Kasky, the March for Our Lives co-founder who survived the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, announced that he would not continue his campaign to fill the Manhattan district seat for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who announced his retirement in September, Politico reported.

“I am, in my heart, not a politician. I am an activist,” Kasky, who visited the occupied West Bank last month, told Politico....

MAGA world set its sights on Swedish activist Greta Thunberg for claiming she was "kidnapped" in international waters on her way to protest the Israeli treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, and flown back to her home country.

David Harsanyi with the conservative Washington Examiner posted to X, "For years, youth shielded Thunberg from criticism. She is now a young woman, and so we can freely point out that she’s an extraordinary imbecile." The post linked to Harsanyi's article titled, "Greta Thunberg is the embodiment of progressive vapidity."

In response to a post by Collin Rugg with Trending Politics that said, "The Israeli government is describing Thunberg’s ship as the 'Selfie Yacht.' The activist reportedly left Tel Aviv on a flight headed for Sweden," MAGA commentator @GuntherEagleman wrote, "HA! Good riddance!"...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is coming under fire for what some called a "threat" he made aimed at Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Over the weekend, Thunberg joined other activists on a ship carrying aid from Sicily to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The supplies included baby formula, flour, rice, and diapers, and was described by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition as "limited amounts, though symbolic".

Graham, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, retweeted a Times of Israel story showing Thunberg onboard the ship with the headline, "Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade."...

Cambridge (United States) (AFP) - Police carried out pre-dawn swoops Friday on students protesting the war in Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country. And late Thursday, police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary in western Canada using tear gas. The police action at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston in the northeast resulted in around 10 arrests, according to university president Sally Kornbluth, who said she had "no choice" but to dismantle the "high-risk flashpoint." At the University ......

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas. In an interview with CNN Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of US bombs on the Palestinian territory. His warning came after the US last week halted a shipment of huge American bombs to Israel as it appeared ready to proceed with a major attack on Rafah, which is packed with Palestinians displaced by the war. "If they go into Rafah, I'm not supply......

Washington (AFP) - The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The pier -- which the US military started building last month and which will cost at least $320 million -- is aimed at boosting deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza, which has been ravaged by seven months of Israeli operations against Hamas. "As of today, the construction of the two portions of the JLOTS -- the floating pier and the Trident pier -- are complete a......