Monthly Archives: May 2024

2024-05-01: News Headlines

Haidar Eid (2024-05-01). The genocide in Gaza will also be the end of Israel. mondoweiss.net The more resistance that the colonized shows, the more brutal the colonizer becomes. Genocidal Israel is now walking in the footsteps of all other settler colonies on their deathbed.

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-01). Democratic Party's College Group Backs Pro-Palestine Protests, Criticizes Biden. news.antiwar.com The College Democrats of America, the official college outreach arm of the Democratic National Committee, has come out strongly in support of students at college campuses across the country protesting against the US-backed Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. "This past week, we witnessed heroic actions on the part of students around the country to …

Dave DeCamp (2024-05-01). Netanyahu Says ICC Arrest Warrant Would Be an 'Antisemitic Hate Crime'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for him and other Israeli leaders over the genocidal campaign in Gaza, it would be an "antisemitic hate crime." Reports first surfaced over the weekend that the ICC might issue arrest warrants for Israeli leadership. "If this does …

Bharat Dogra (2024-05-01). Absurdity and Criminality: Netanyahu Says Israel Will Invade Rafah "With or Without a Deal" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2024-05-01). Headlines for May 1, 2024. democracynow.org NYPD Raid Columbia & City College, Arresting 200+ Pro-Palestinian Protesters, Pro-Israel Counterprotesters Violently Attack Student Encampment at UCLA, U.N. Decries Widening Police Crackdown on Student Protests in U.S., Netanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah With or Without a Ceasefire Deal, ICJ Refuses to Order Germany to Halt Exporting Arms to Israel, Career Diplomat Resigns from State Department over Biden's Gaza Policy, Haiti's Transitional Council Picks Little-Known Ex-Sports Minister to Be New PM, Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fines Him $9,000 for Violating Gag Order, "It Depends":…

teleSUR (2024-05-01). Palestine Blames US Support for Israel's Possible Rafah Attack. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Palestinian Presidency spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Israel would not dare to continue its assault in Gaza without U.S. support. | RELATED: | He made the remarks in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements earlier in the day that an invasion of Rafah is imminent. | "The blind U.S. bias towards Israel, and its protection from punishment and submission to internation…

WSWS (2024-05-01). As ICC reportedly prepares war crimes charges, Israeli officials call to bomb Rafah. wsws.org These calls to bomb 1.5 million defenseless civilians in Rafah expose that, by backing Israel's war on Gaza, NATO governments are supporting genocidal war crimes.

Yves Engler (2024-05-01). Pro-Israel groups vs. student democracy at McGill. mondoweiss.net Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clamoring for the violent suppression of McGill students protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza. It is an odious escalation in the Israel lobby's bid to suppress democracy at the prestigious university.

Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. (2024-05-01). Recent Settler Violence In The West Bank, Explained. popularresistance.org Violent Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank have skyrocketed ever since October 7. Before that, 2022 and 2023 were already setting record highs in settler violence, but the nature of settler attacks today is on an entirely different level. Settlers are now expelling entire Palestinian communities from their villages for the first time in decades. | According to the UN, Israeli settlers expelled about 1,200 Palestinians from some 25 rural communities across the West Bank, including seven communities that have been completely depopulated.

Michael Arria (2024-05-01). NYPD clears Columbia student occupation, arrests hundreds across the city. mondoweiss.net New York police arrested a total of 282 Palestine protesters across the city in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by the city government on student protest encampments.

Monica Moorehead (2024-05-01). Campus revolts inspire anti-imperialist solidarity. workers.org Faced with the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in occupied Gaza that has claimed the lives of 34,454 civilians, with 77,575 people injured as of April 28, according to Gaza's Palestinian Ministry of Health, and caused the displacement of over 1 million people, the solidarity with Palestine is evolving into a . . . |

KATIE (2024-05-01). Hold the Line: Palestinian unions urge global solidarity against Israel's genocide, apartheid and exploitation of workers. bdsmovement.net

Intercepted (2024-05-01). Judith Butler Will Not Co-Sign Israel's Alibi for Genocide. theintercept.com Last month, the famed American philosopher and gender studies scholar Judith Butler was thrust into the center of a controversy after remarks Butler made about the October 7 attacks in Israel. A longtime critic of Zionism and Israel's war against the Palestinians, Butler had condemned the attacks in the immediate aftermath. But at a

Unicorn Riot. (2024-05-01). University Of Utah Joins Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave. popularresistance.org Salt Lake City, UT — Students at the University of Utah joined the wave of campus protests demanding that their school, which has close ties with weapons manufacturers, divest from Israel and condemn the genocide in Gaza. | Under the gaze of a multi-agency police response, over 300 protesters and students joined by faculty rallied at the admin building, marched to Presidents' Circle and started an occupation by setting up tents. | "Netanyahu, you cant hide, we charge you with genocide!" chanted the anti-genocide students. The students declared the university renamed as the People's University.

WSWS (2024-05-01). IYSSE Australia and New Zealand hold meetings on way forward in fight against Gaza genocide. wsws.org Events were hosted in person on campuses at the University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle and Western Sydney University. An in-person meeting was also held in Brisbane and an online one in New Zealand.

Jason Koslowski (2024-05-01). Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt. truthout.org Right now, the biggest student revolt of this century is rocking the country, denouncing the genocide of Palestinians and calling for divestment from Israel and an end to the war on Gaza. The repression has been bipartisan and savage. College administrators are calling in heavily armed police of Democrat-controlled cities to drag away hundreds of students and faculty, for the crime of sitting on a… |

bwitanek (2024-05-01). NYPD Sends Hateful Racist Message Toward New York's Palestinians w/ Tearing and Tossing of Palestinian Flag After NYCC Repression. fightbackbetter.com As police dismantled the anti-Genocide protest at NYCC on April 30, they made a big spectacle out of taking down…

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-01). Colombia president says that he will break relations with Israel. plenglish.com Bogota, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday that relations with Israel will be broken on Thursday, in response to the genocide being committed in the Gaza Strip against Palestinian people.

SKWAWKBOX (2024-05-01). Violence erupts as pro-genocide mob assaults peaceful pro-Gaza students. skwawkbox.org Reality of who is violent cuts across 'mainstream' and pro-Israel propaganda — but media 'both-sides' the one-sided racist attack The propaganda of pro-Israel groups and 'mainstream' media was again exposed last night after a pro-Israel mob of around one hundred mounted an assault on University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) students protesting peacefully against Israel's …

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-01). Solidarity with Cuba and Palestine on May Day march in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorians in solidarity with Cuba and Palestine expressed on Wednesday, during their march on International Workers' Day, their rejection of the United States' blockade against Cuba and denounced Israel's genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Amy Goodman (2024-05-01). 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia and CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments. truthout.org New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the police to remain a presence on campus until at least May 17 to ensure solidarity encampments are not… |

ptcnews.tv (2024-05-01). Police enter Columbia University Campus, deploy tear gas at occupying protesters. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Amid escalating tensions, law enforcement officers from the New York Police Department's Strategic Response Group swarmed Columbia University's campus, aiming to disperse pro-Palestine demonstrators who had taken over the historic Hamilton Hall.In a bid to quell the occupation, officers arrested numerous protesters after entering the university grounds. The move came following stern warnings from university authorities, who threatened expulsion for those involved in the anti-Israel occupation of Hamilton Hall, a site deeply entwined with student activism.After a tense operation lasting over an hou…

Staff (2024-05-01). Campus Crackdown: 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments. democracynow.org New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the police to remain a presence on campus until at least May 17 to ensure solidarity encampments are not reestablished before the end of the term. Police also raided CUNY after the administration made a similar call for the police to enter campus. Democracy Now! was on the streets outside Columbia on Tuesday night and spoke…

Khushboo Razdan (2024-05-01). For Chinese at Columbia University, pro-Palestinian protests evoke sympathy and fear. scmp.com Decision whether to take part in demonstrations fraught with concerns as 'it is already precarious to be Chinese in the US in these times', says one.

teleSUR (2024-05-01). NYPD Clears Out Pro-Palestine Protests at Columbia University. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday nighyt, New York Police Department (NYPD) stormed Columbia University's Hamilton Hall to evict pro-Palestinian students stationed there. | RELATED: | The plan of Irruption arises because the authorities of the Columbia University, granted total authorization to intervene in any place of the Campus. | Protesters stormed Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning, shortly after the rectory began suspending college students…

Staff (2024-05-01). Dozens arrested after police clear Columbia University building held by pro-Palestine protesters. muslimmirror.com WASHINGTON : New York Police Department (NYPD) officers entered a Columbia University building held by pro-Palestinian protesters late Tuesday amid reports that dozens of people have been taken into custody. Police entered Hamilton Hall from a second-floor window after using a mobile ladder to access the facility just after 9 p.m. local time (0100GMT Wednesday). …

Staff (2024-05-01). Juan González, Veteran of '68 Columbia Strike, Condemns University Leaders' Silence on Gaza Slaughter. democracynow.org Tuesday's raid on Columbia University came 56 years to the day that police raided Hamilton Hall, arresting 700 students protesting racism and the Vietnam War. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who was a student leader at the historic 1968 protest, says the violent crackdown on Columbia University and other campuses across the United States has refocused national attention on "an unjust war," carried out by Israel with U.S. backing. "No commencement in America will occur in the next month where the war in Gaza is not a burning issue," he says. He adds that the more diverse makeup…

Reuters (2024-05-01). Israel-Gaza war: New York police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University. scmp.com Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators.

Staff (2024-05-01). NYPD storms Columbia University, arrests dozens of Gaza solidarity protesters occupying campus. youtube.com

teleSUR (2024-05-01). Over 1,000 Arrested So Far in Protests on US College Campuses. telesurenglish.net Over 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested in recent days according to U.S. media reports, as the anti-war demonstrations at over 20 American universities continued on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Some schools including Columbia University, where the protests initially erupted, have seen a further intensification of the protests, while on some other campuses, the situation appears to be cooling down. | Early…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-05-01). Lebanon blames US for Israel's massacre and destruction in Gaza Strip. plenglish.com Beirut, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Lebanese Congressman Hussein Jishi on Wednesday blamed the United States for Israel's massacre and destruction in the Gaza Strip by providing military and political support to the occupying entity.

Maureen Clare Murphy (2024-05-01). World Court rejects ban on German weapons exports to Israel. electronicintifada.net Judges decline Berlin's request to dismiss complaint made by Nicaragua.

Editor (2024-05-01). ICJ Rejects Nicaragua's Request to Block German Arms Sales to Israel. scheerpost.com

Staff (2024-05-01). Reed Brody: U.S. Hypocrisy Laid Bare as Biden Admin Claims ICC Can't Prosecute Israel for War Crimes. democracynow.org The Biden administration is claiming the International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to charge Israeli officials for war crimes. This comes after rumors that the ICC may be close to issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials over possible crimes in Gaza. The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt exporting arms to Israel, but the court declined to throw out the case. For more, we speak with human rights attorney and war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody, who says ICC charges would be a "huge" de…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-05-01). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. dissidentvoice.org The rage and protest against Israel's campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred student activity across a number of US university campuses and beyond. Echoes of the Vietnam anti-war protests are being cited. The docile consumers of education are being prodded and found interested. University administrators and managers are, …

Rania Abu Taima (2024-05-01). My grandfather built our home, now it is rubble. electronicintifada.net Israel is destroying everything.

Staff (2024-05-01). Corporate DC press sucks up to Biden at sickening ceremony. youtube.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the gut-wrenching display of the Beltway press corps celebrating itself and the "decency" of President Joe Biden at the White House Press Correspondents Association Dinner while ignoring the 140+ journalists killed in Gaza since October and the jailing of Julian Assange. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more …

Staff (2024-05-01). Biden walks back plan to sanction criminal Israel army unit. youtube.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the Biden administration's apparent reversal of its announcement that it would sanction a unit in the Israeli army which killed an 80-year old American citizen in the occupied city of Ramallah by forcing him to freeze to death. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at thegrayzone.com

Staff (2024-05-01). Gaza: 33 Palestinians killed, 57 injured by Israeli bombardment last 24hrs. muslimnews.co.uk Gaza City, (AA, Wafa): 33 Palestinians were killed and 57 others were injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombardment in Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Heath. This has increased the number of Palestinians killed since 7 October 2023 to at least 34,568 killed 77,765 others injured by Israeli Defence Forces, according …

Steven Sahiounie (2024-05-01). Israel Uses Foreign Mercenaries in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Patricia Harrity (2024-05-01). Government Imposes Blackout on All Information About Israeli Military Planes In Britain — 'It May Implicate UK MPs In Crimes Against Humanity.'. expose-news.com After revealing nine Israeli Air Force planes landed in Britain in the four months after October 7, the Ministry of Defence changes policy and refuses to give any new information, possibly to …

Mohamed Mandour (2024-05-01). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…

John Feffer (2024-05-01). Ukraine, Israel, and the Incoherence of U.S. Foreign Policy. fpif.org The process of crafting congressional legislation is often likened to sausage-making. Best not to look behind the scenes at the mechanics of the process, which is a bloody mess. | But the analogy is not apt. Sure, sausage-making can be ugly. The end product, however, is presentable and usually quite tasty. | The legislation that emerges from the U.S. Congress, on the other hand, is often as ugly and unappetizing as the process that created it. | Consider the recent bill that bundled military assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan along with a fourth provision covering more sanctions on Iran, the use of frozen…

Editor (2024-05-01). Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day. socialistproject.ca This May Day and Nakba Day, we, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions — Gaza, urgently appeal to our brothers and sisters in the international trade union movement to take a stand in solidarity with Palestine by joining us in collective action to disrupt business as usual. We ask you to challenge the status quo in your workplaces and communities, refusing to support violence against Palestinians. Raise your voices and take action to disrupt the flow of commerce and trade that sustains Israel's military occupation and exploitation of Palestinian workers. | Our people, especially those in Gaza…

Editor (2024-05-01). How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report. scheerpost.com

Global Research News (2024-05-01). Selected Articles: Students Trigger to Stop Wars? Top Universities Pro-Palestine Encampments — A Shift Towards Justice or Just Illusion? globalresearch.ca By What if the so-called student movement, the ICC "attempt" to arrest top Israeli officials including the …

Sam Biddle (2024-05-01). Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services from Google and Amazon. theintercept.com Google and Amazon are both loath to discuss security aspects of the cloud services they provide through their joint contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus. Though both the Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces are Nimbus customers, Google routinely downplays the military elements while Amazon says little at all. | According to a 63-page Israeli government procurement document, however, two of Israel's leading state-owned weapons manufacturers are required to use Amazon and Google for cloud computing needs. Though details of Google and Amazon's contractual work with the Israeli ar…

Jordan Atwood (2024-05-01). Bernie Sanders speaks out: Criticizing Israeli policy is not antisemitism. nationofchange.org Amid national debate over Gaza protests, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the narrative equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, drawing on his personal history and widespread American discontent.

Mohammad Khatami, Zelda Montes,, Kate Sim, Scheer Post. (2024-05-01). Google Fired Us For Protesting Its Complicity In The War On Gaza. popularresistance.org Earlier this month, the three of us, along with dozens of our co-workers, took part in a coordinated set of civil resistance actions at Google offices around the United States. Some workers occupied Google's New York offices. Others occupied the Sunnyvale, California, office of Thomas Kurian, the CEO of Google Cloud. | This protest was an escalation of the ongoing No Tech for Apartheid(NOTA) campaign, which has been demanding for years that Google and Amazon cancel Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion deal that Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services signed with the Israeli military and government in 2021.

Jake Johnson (2024-05-01). Pro-Israel Mob Attacks Students in Violent Assault on Encampment at UCLA. truthout.org A pro-Israel mob violently attacked a Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles overnight Tuesday, hurling fireworks at the structure and beating demonstrators as campus security and city police stood by. Los Angeles Times higher education journalist Teresa Watanabe reported that members of the pro-Israel mob used explicitly genocidal language as they ripped down… |

Muslim Skeptic Team (2024-05-01). Israel's Post-Gaza Plan: Deepening Israel-UAE's "Abrahamic" Authoritarianism in the UK. muslimskeptic.com This is a guest post by Abdullah Noorudeen from Coolness of Hind. This is the seventh and final article in a special series of articles. The series aims to uncover the ideological component to…

scorinoco (2024-05-01). International Criminal Court Prosecutors Interview Gaza Hospital Staff Over Israeli War Crimes. orinocotribune.com International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have held meetings with the staff of Gaza's two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa Hospital in the north of the Gaza strip and Al-Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. | Two unnamed sources told

bwitanek (2024-05-01). Pro-Israel Fascists Launched Mob Assault with Weapons on UCLA Encampment — US Media Ignores Proof Saying It Don't Know Who Started it. Al Jazeera has the Fingerprints of the Israeli Fascists — IDF Backed? Green Lit by Police? fightbackbetter.com

Hannah Davenport (2024-05-01). Trade unionists block 4 sites involved in arms supplies to Israel on International Workers' Day. leftfootforward.org 'If arms company bosses and Britain's political elite won't impose an arms embargo, we, the workers, will enforce it from below'

Joseph Daher (2024-05-01). The Middle East on a knife-edge: The US, Israel, Iran, and Palestine. links.org.au Joseph Daher — This is the most significant conflict between Israel and Iran to date, and one that sets a precedent for even greater hostilities in the future.

Editor (2024-05-01). May 1, 2024. sitrepworld.info We Say NATO's got to Go The West vs The Rest, by Michael Brenner For the U.S. Establishment, Violence Is the Answer, by Bill Astore Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters, by Stephen Kapos (X) College Gaza Encampments: Scale, Tactics, Reaction, Prospects, by Lambert Strether World Wide Revolution Against Tyranny & Zionism Framed As Antisemitism — Ryan Cristián Video Biden is Risking Election and Country with his Embrace of Netanyahu's War, by Juan Cole Israel's Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat, by Binoy Kampmark Journalism Professors Urge Review of NYT Story on Oct. 7 Sexual V…

Unicorn Riot (2024-05-01). Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA's Palestine Solidarity Encampment With Weapons. unicornriot.ninja

Alexis Sterling (2024-05-01). American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage. nationofchange.org As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.

(2024-05-01). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

tn.ai (2024-05-01). US' Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Rallies Proves Iran's Righteous Policy: Leader. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the US government's complicity in the Israeli regime's atrocities and its violent crackdown on the pro-Palestine students proved that Iran is rightfully opposed to and pessimistic about the US.

cpj.org (2024-05-01). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Editor's notes: The list below is CPJ's most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since…

Jordan Atwood (2024-05-01). US intervenes as ICC mulls war crime warrants for Netanyahu. nationofchange.org As the ICC prepares to potentially issue arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes, a closer look at the concerted efforts by the U.S. and Israel to prevent these legal actions.

(2024-05-01). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org

bwitanek (2024-05-01). Kim Votes to Arm the Slaughter of Semites by the Thousands — His Only Expertise on Anti-Semitism is How to Be Anti-Semitic. Yes — Slaughtering 1000s of Palestinians — Mostly Women and Children is INDEED Anti-Semitism Candidate Kim — You Are a Menendez Clone! fightbackbetter.com This bipartisan effort to make opposing the policies they vote for — how they vote to send our tax dollars…

Jason Koslowski, Left Voice. (2024-05-01). Dispatch From The Rutgers Encampment For Palestine. popularresistance.org "There is only one solution, intifada revolution!" "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" and "Gaza children, don't you cry! The students here are at your side!" and "Whose streets? Our streets! Whose campus? Our campus!" We chant. | Another encampment for Palestine has started. | This one's at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus where I'm an adjunct teacher. We marched across campus and took the streets. I was chanting next to one of my students, when we saw each other we were both grinning ear to ear.

Staff (2024-05-01). US To Spend $320 Million Constructing Gaza Pier. scheerpost.com U.S. Air Force airdrops humanitarian aid to Gaza. Staff Sgt. Christian Sullivan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The US military's estimate of the cost to construct a pier on the coast of Gaza has risen to $320 million, Reuters reported on Monday. The estimate is double what the military initially expected the …

Editor (2024-05-01). US To Spend $320 Million Constructing Gaza Pier. scheerpost.com

Betsey Piette (2024-05-01). Penn for Palestine encampment still going strong. workers.org Philadelphia Joining around 80 college campuses across the United States, University of Pennsylvania students, faculty and staff established a Penn for Palestine encampment on the campus April 25 to demand: the administration disclose what companies they have invested billions of endowment funds in and that they divest from any that . . . |

bwitanek (2024-05-01). Black Agenda Report: Repression of Campus Palestine Solidarity Reveals the Nature of the State. fightbackbetter.com Repression of Campus Palestine Solidarity Reveals the Nature of the State Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist 01…

Staff (2024-05-01). USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests. democracynow.org As protests continue on campuses across North America, we go to the University of Southern California, where the union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty. The "rampant violence that they inflicted on our workers" violates the National Labor Relations Act, says Margaret Davis, president of UAW Local 872. "It was a clear act of retaliation because people were engaging in pro-Palestinian free speech, which they have a right to."…

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2024-05-01). As the Tide Turns Towards Justice for Palestine, Where Does the Palestinian Diaspora Stand? globalresearch.ca

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-01). Cuba calls to reverse historic injustice against Palestine at UN. plenglish.com United Nations, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday considered Palestine's accession to the United Nations as an indispensable step to solve the conflict, describing Washington's veto as a shameful process.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-01). Cuba calls to reverse historic injustice against Palestine at UN. plenglish.com United Nations, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday considered Palestine's accession to the United Nations as an indispensable step to solve the conflict, describing Washington's veto as a shameful process.

Juan M. Garcia (2024-05-01). Cuban president expresses solidarity with US university demonstrators. plenglish.com Havana, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday expressed his solidarity with the students of the United States, who have participated in pro-Palestinian marches in higher education institutions.

(2024-05-01). CPJ Insider: World Press Freedom Day edition. cpj.org

Agence France-Presse (2024-05-01). Clashes erupt at UCLA between rival groups as Gaza war protests rock US campuses. scmp.com Violent clashes erupted on the University of California campus in Los Angeles between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counterdemonstrators.

Natasha Lennard (2024-05-01). I've Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. theintercept.com When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.

Ryan Black (2024-05-01). UK Students Begin New Wave Of Protests Against Gaza War After US Arrests. progressivehub.net SALLY WEALE | THE GUARDIAN…

Gilbert Achcar (2024-05-01). Palestine's fate in light of the onslaught on Gaza. links.org.au Gilbert Achcar — The best "solution" that could result from the Zionist ongoing genocidal war is worse than what existed before it, and certainly worse than what appeared on the horizon following the Oslo deal.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-01). Palestinos desplazados en Rafah no han recibido orden de evacuar. telesurtv.net En redes sociales hay información de que a la población en Rafah se les está pidiendo evacuar. Hasta el momento, esto no es así.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-01). ONU pide evitar tragedia en Rafah por invasión de Israel. telesurtv.net "Las familias de los muertos y desaparecidos tienen derecho a saber lo que ocurrió", dijo António Guterres.

teleSUR, DRL (2024-05-01). CIJ rechaza pedido de Nicaragua de parar ayuda alemana a Israel. telesurtv.net Sin embargo, el panel de 16 jueces se negó a desestimar el caso por completo, lo que significa que seguirá siendo escuchado en el tribunal.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-01). Nicaragua se pronuncia sobre caso de Alemania en CIJ. telesurtv.net El país suramericano pide que Alemania suspenda su apoyo militar al Estado de Israel.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-05-01). Presidente de Nicaragua denuncia el genocidio en Gaza. telesurtv.net El mandatario nicaragüense destacó que las protestas no están ocurriendo solamente en EE.UU., sino que se están multiplicando en todos los países.

teleSUR, ahf, JGN (2024-05-01). Universitarios libaneses se unen a protestas en apoyo a Gaza. telesurtv.net Los hechos ocurren mientras que en otras naciones del mundo también se efectúan protestas.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-05-01). Piden intervención policial en protestas propalestinas en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Mike Johnson refirió este martes que su país podría recurrir a la Guardia Nacional para disolver las manifestaciones de estudiantes propalestinos.

teleSUR, ahf, JGN (2024-05-01). Universitarios llevan a cabo sentada propalestina en Canadá. telesurtv.net El campus de la Universidad de Ottawa se colmó de estudiantes que cargaban banderas de Palestina y carteles que expresaron solidaridad con Gaza.

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2024-05-01). Atacan campamento propalestino en Universidad de California. telesurtv.net Un gran grupo de contramanifestantes intentó derribar las barricadas que rodeaban el campamento propalestino.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-05-01). Trabajadores de todo el mundo se movilizan por sus derechos. telesurtv.net El Día Internacional de los Trabajadores acogió movilizaciones en defensa de mejoras laborales, en su mayoría pacíficas, y también en rechazo al genocidio de Israel en Gaza.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-05-01). Expulsan a embajador alemán de universidad en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net El Gobierno alemán constituye uno de los aliados del Gobierno israelí y uno de sus principales proveedores de armas.

teleSUR, JCM, MER, JGN (2024-05-01). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net La OMS ha alertado sobre la grave situación sanitaria en Gaza y la falta de recursos para atender a la población afectada por los ataques israelíes.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-05-01). Permanecen 10.000 desaparecidos bajo los escombros en Gaza. telesurtv.net El Servicio de Defensa Civil llamó la atención sobre la propagación de enfermedades y epidemias, especialmente ante la llegada del verano y el aumento de las temperaturas.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-05-01). Policías ingresan a edificio de la Universidad de Columbia y arrestan a manifestantes propalestinos. telesurtv.net Los agentes llegaron acompañados de vehículos penitenciarios para ejecutar detenciones masivas.

teleSUR, YSM, JGN (2024-05-01). Policías ingresan a la Universidad de Columbia y arrestan a manifestantes propalestinos. telesurtv.net Los agentes llegaron acompañados de vehículos penitenciarios para ejecutar detenciones masivas.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-05-01). Francia escenario de las tensiones entre el Estado y los estudiantes. telesurtv.net Los estudiantes en la Sorbona corearon "¡Palestina libre!" a las puertas de la universidad mientras algunos estudiantes instalaban tiendas de campaña en el patio. Luego fueron reprimidos.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2024-05-01). Asciende a 34.568 los palestinos asesinados por Israel en Gaza. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al ente sanitario, en las últimas 24 horas, el Gobierno israelí cometió cuatro masacres contra familias en la Franja, matando a 33 personas e hiriendo a otras 57.

teleSUR, ahf, YSM (2024-05-01). Continúan protestas propalestinas en universidades de EE.UU. telesurtv.net En las últimas semanas, miles de universitarios del mundo han tomado sus centros de estudios para pedir un cese al fuego en la Franja de Gaza.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Yedioth Ahronoth: Israeli army recommends cancelling of event at Mount Meron due to escalation by Hezbollah at the northern front. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Israeli media: Air defenses activated in Eilat. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Israeli Aggression in Gaza: Death Toll Rises on Day 208. english.almanar.com.lb The Israeli aggression in Gaza intensifies as the occupation continues its attacks on the Strip, resulting in more casualties. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported a death toll of 34,568 martyrs and 77,765 wounded since October 7, 2023. 14 year old Mohammed Samour is suffering from critical injuries caused by explosive cans …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Fighters of Al-Qassam Brigades fire short-range rockets at Israeli concentrations in Kibbutz Holit in Gaza border settlements. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Health Ministry in Gaza says death toll of Israeli aggression reaches 34,568, numbe rof injured surpasses 77,750. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Imam Khamenei: Palestine to Be Returned to Its True Owners. english.almanar.com.lb Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei stressed on Wednesday that Palestine must be returned to its true owners. Imam Khamenei stated that today, Gaza is the first issue of the world, emphasizing that the Zionists and their US and European backers cannot diver attention of the international public opinion's attention …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khmenei: Gaza is the first global issue today. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-05-01). Imam Khamenei: Zionists and their backers can't divert the int'l public opinion's attention from Gaza. english.almanar.com.lb

newarab (2024-05-01). Blinken calls for Gaza truce deal as Rafah assault looms. newarab.com Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Israeli Prime Minister Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a

newarab (2024-05-01). Israel Rafah offensive would be 'unbearable escalation': UN. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-01). US still opposes Rafah operation, Blinken tells Netanyahu. newarab.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated US opposition to an Blinken "reiterated the United States' clear position on Rafah," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said, two days after Blinken again voiced opposition to an assault over concerns for the safety of civilians sheltering in the southern Gaza city. | Blinken, on his seventh trip to the Mi…

newarab (2024-05-01). Israel's Smotrich urges 'total annihilation' in Gaza's Rafah. newarab.com Extremist Israeli government minister Israel has long threatened a ground invasion of Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, where over half of the enclave's 2.3 population…

newarab (2024-05-01). Turkey to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel. newarab.com Turkish Foreign Minister "Upon completion of the legal text of our work, we will submit the declaration of official intervention before the ICJ with the objective of implementing this political decision," Fidan said in a joint press conference with Indonesia's Foreign Minister Re…

newarab (2024-05-01). Hamas hits back at Blinken's 'unfair' blame on Gaza talks. newarab.com Top US diplomat Antony Blinken urged Hamas to accept a truce in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as the group responded to criticism by Israel's ally. | Blinken's comments come after Israeli Prime Minister Washington has heightened pressure on all sides to reach a ceasefire – a message pushed by Blinken, who was on his seventh regional tour since the Gaza war broke out on October 7. | An Israeli official told AFP the governmen…

newarab (2024-05-01). UK workers urge end to arms supplies to Israel on May Day. newarab.com Protesters across the Workers for a Free Palestine, a leading organiser of the nationwide protests said that over 1,000 workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside the British government's Department of Business and Trade London offices, as well a…

newarab (2024-05-01). A symbol of resistance: Gazans keep hold of keys to homes >. newarab.com The significant act of holding on to the keys of their homes has become a powerful testament to the resilience of Palestinians in Gaza amid Israel's brutal war. | Throughout Palestinian culture, art, and activism, the key of return is prominently featured as a symbol of resistance and a reminder of the ongoing quest for justice and peace. | "These keys, passed down through generations, represent not just physical properties, but also the cherished memories, identities, and aspirations of displaced families" | It is also a testament to the enduring connection with their homeland, regardless of geographic distan…

newarab (2024-05-01). EasyJet sends email saying flights cancelled 'due to Israel'. newarab.com Panicked Passengers for flights on 30 April from Belfast to Faro, Corfu, Luton and Newcastle, Edinburgh to Bristol, Geneva and Santorini, London Stansted to Glasgow, and Glasgow to London Gatwick – all thousands of miles from Gaza…

newarab (2024-05-01). Variety magazine cover of 'pro-Israel' Amy Schumer decried. newarab.com Variety Magazine's cover feature and interview with pro-Israel American comedian and actress Amy Schumer have been decried as tone-deaf for platforming Variety on Tuesday published a cover spread and interview with the controversial celebrity, in which her uncritical support for Israel's actions, which according to the top world court may amount to a plausible geno…

newarab (2024-05-01). Hezbollah's fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon: Geagea. newarab.com The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shia militant group Hezbollah for In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed gro…

newarab (2024-05-01). Israel was caught lying. US and UK must stop defunding UNRWA. newarab.com A recent

newarab (2024-05-01). Firings for Israel protest 'illegal': Ex-Google workers. newarab.com A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's The complaint was filed late Monday with the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to No Tech For Apartheid, a group affiliated with some of the workers. The group said the complaint alleges that by firing the wo…

newarab (2024-05-01). Israeli soldiers mock Gaza women by dressing in their abayas. newarab.com New images have emerged on social media depicting Israeli soldiers dressed in clothes stolen from dead or displaced Palestinian The images, shared on X by the pro-Israeli army account "Torah IDF" on Monday, showed a group of seven soldiers dressed in traditional garments worn by women in Gaza known as abayas. | The soldiers can be seen grinning in the images as they pose holding their weapons and wearing combat clothes under the abayas. | The Torah IDF account said that the soldiers were marking…

newarab (2024-05-01). What happened when pro-Israelis attacked UCLA Gaza protest. newarab.com Pro-Israel supporters have launched a series of violent attacks on pro-Palestinian The attacks erupted on Wednesday before dawn shortly after the expansion of UCLA's pro-Palestine protest camp, established last Thursday, CNN reported. | Rival pro-Israel group members had become increasingly violent and confrontational, according to UCLA student newspaper Daily Bruin, which reporte…

newarab (2024-05-01). More debris in Gaza than Ukraine: UN. newarab.com Gaza is filled with more debris and rubble than Six months into Israel's war on Gaza Strip, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) estimated the amount of debris in the Palestinian enclave at 37 million tonnes in mid-April, or 300 kilogrammes p…

newarab (2024-05-01). Gaza boycott continues to weigh on McDonald's sales. newarab.com While the boycott is not "getting worse," Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski does not have a timeframe for a return to normal conditions. | "We're not expecting to see any meaningful improvement in the impact until the war is over," he…

newarab (2024-05-01). Police enter barricaded Columbia building amid Gaza protests. newarab.com Dozens of helmeted police marched on to AFP journalists could see police climbing up to the second story of Hamilton Hall from a laddered truck and disappear inside, as student newspaper the Columbia Spectator said arrests were being made. | Hami…

newarab (2024-05-01). Blinken calls for more aid in Gaza during Jordan visit. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-01). University students protest for Palestine in Lebanon. newarab.com Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in It was the country's first coordinated university protests over the Gaza war. | Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding…

newarab (2024-05-01). US-inspired university Gaza war protests spread to Jordan. newarab.com US campus pro-Palestine protests have inspired university students in the In Jordan, students at several universities on Tuesday organised in support of Gaza, following a call from the group Student Forum to close ranks with "What is happen…

newarab (2024-05-01). Six detained in Egypt for 'raising pro-Palestine banners'. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-01). University students protest for Palestine in Lebanon. newarab.com Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding their universities <...

newarab (2024-05-01). EU diplomats chased from Palestinian Museum over Gaza war. newarab.com

newarab (2024-05-01). Palestinians concerned about 'US Gaza occupation' via pier. newarab.com Palestinians have expressed fears over a looming Speaking to The New Arab, locals in the

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). UN: Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would be 'tragedy beyond words'. presstv.ir The UN's humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, has warned about the repercussions of a ground offensive by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying it would be a "tragedy beyond words."

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Israel's planned Rafah invasion 'completely unacceptable': European Commission chief. presstv.ir Ursula von der Leyen has rejected Israel's planned ground invasion of Rafah as "completely unacceptable."

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Palestinian rescuers search for casualties following Israeli strike on Rafah. presstv.ir Palestinians search for casualties under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Hamas says studying ceasefire offer, dismisses Blinken's pressure to accept it. presstv.ir Benjamin Netanyahu has, meanwhile, vowed to send Israeli troops into the overpopulated city of Rafah in southern Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without ceasefire deal'. presstv.ir Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in Israel to advance truce talks.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Israeli genocide amid Olympic Games. presstv.ir There is a growing international outcry for Israel to be banned from this summer's Olympic Games to be held in Paris.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Turkey to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ. presstv.ir Ankara will officially submit an intervention declaration before the International Court of Justice.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). US police enter Columbia University to clear pro-Palestinian protesters. presstv.ir Columbia University on Tuesday threatened academic expulsion of students who took over a campus building, as tensions between authorities and anti-war activists intensified.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). NYC police storm Columbia University as violent clashes erupt at California University. presstv.ir Hundreds of police officers in riot gear arrest pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University, clearing the campus and encampments.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). 'Ceasefire now!' – Pro-Palestinian motorcade drives through Rotterdam. presstv.ir Scores of demonstrators took part in a pro-Palestinian motorcade in Rotterdam, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). American, Israeli rabbis call for ceasefire during protest near Gaza. presstv.ir American and Israeli rabbis protested near the Erez crossing in occupied territories to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march through London. presstv.ir Protesters march through the streets of London to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). US, foreign attorneys call on Biden to halt arms sales to Israel: Report. presstv.ir So far more than 90 attorneys have signed on to a legal letter in that regard, including 20 from inside the White House.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Israel using thermal weapons that melt, evaporate victims' bodies: Rights group. presstv.ir A Geneva-based rights group urges an investigation into Israel's potential use of banned thermal weapons in its genocidal war campaign against Gaza which could evaporate or melt victim bodies.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Israeli settlers attack Jordanian aid convoys heading to Gaza. presstv.ir The assailants dumped some of their cargo and damaged the trucks.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Israeli savagery: American doctors 'speechless' at what they saw in Gaza. presstv.ir A vascular surgeon from Georgia said nothing had prepared him for the scale of injuries he had faced in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). 'City of ghosts': UNRWA says shocked by extent of Gaza devastation as death toll rises. presstv.ir The Israeli military conducts fresh air and drone strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing 34 Palestinians and injuring several others.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Malaysian PM calls on Muslim states to remain 'firm' in bringing Israel to justice. presstv.ir The Malaysian prime minister says Arab and Muslim states must remain "consistent and firm" in demanding justice for Palestinians.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Greek May Day demos condemn Israeli savagery in Gaza. presstv.ir A few thousand protesters held flags, banners, and placards in support of Palestine and the protests taking place on university campuses in the States.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Leader calls for mounting pressure on Israel as Gaza 'first issue' of world. presstv.ir Ayatollah Khamenei has called for piling up pressure on the Israeli regime so that the issue of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip cannot be undermined.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Iran has right to respond to any Israeli aggression: UN envoy. presstv.ir Iran's UN envoy says the country reserves its right to respond to any aggression by Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Russia slams US hypocrisy in ICC probe of Israel, arrest warrant for Putin. presstv.ir The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said "Washington fully supported, if not stimulated, the issuance of ICC warrants against the Russian leadership."

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). UNRWA says 182 staff members killed in Israeli hostilities in Gaza. presstv.ir The UN agency chief has called for an independent investigation into killings and detentions of its staff by Israel.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Anti-Israel protests in US: UN rights chief 'troubled' by police brutality. presstv.ir Volker Turk says the US police actions "appear disproportionate in their impacts."

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Inspired by demos in US, students in Lebanon protest for Gaza. presstv.ir They were inspired by similar demonstrations taking American and European campuses by storm.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Yemenis rally in Sana'a in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. presstv.ir Thousands took to the streets of Sana'a on Friday (April 26) in support of Palestinians in Gaza, holding up Yemeni and Palestinians flags and chanting slogans in support of Gazans.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Displaced Gazans thank US students for their support. presstv.ir Displaced Gazans write graffiti on their tents, thanking US students for their support.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). UN chief calls for independent probe into Gaza mass graves. presstv.ir The UN secretary-general says he is "deeply alarmed" by reports of mass graves in several locations in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). Iran's Shiraz University to grant scholarships to expelled pro-Palestine students in US. presstv.ir The head of Shiraz University in Iran says the academic institution is ready to grant scholarships to the students expelled for pro-Palestine demonstrations in the United States and Europe.

presstv.ir (2024-05-01). 'Irrational violence' against pro-Palestine demos will be of no avail: Iran's Parliament. presstv.ir The lawmakers condemned the heavy-handed crackdown on pro-Palestine academic demonstrations in the United States and Europe.

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