Watch my daughter’s story as she speaks as a Palestinian child who dreams of living like the children of the world, with a safe life away from bombing, destruction and a sense of danger.
My daughter, Dalin, was deprived of the most basic rights, such as education. She entered school in the first grade for one month, because of the war on Gaza.
Her only wish is for you to stand with us and help us by traveling as quickly as possible, saving her family and all of us going out to live a life without danger or losing any of us.
My daughter is like your children. Help us by donating through the gofundme campaign, and we ask you to save us before it is too late.
Please donate generously before the Israeli army enters Rafah, and share the post so that it reaches the largest number of good people.
Feel for us, my friends, and fulfill Dalin's wish, to live a safe life
Help me, my brother Dr. Moaz Helles, and all my family to get out of Gaza
This is my brother, Doctor. Pharmacist Moaz Helles had a dream like everyone else. He works to have a family and finish his studies, but he came. The suspicious, ominous day, the day that. Demolish all. Our dreams and everyone had to practice. His profession in every. I am suffering and now it is me, my brother and all my family members. We seek to get out of this destruction and this bloodiness. Help me. My family and I. To survive Gaza, be a reason for my family’s survival. Share my donation link
Please sign this petition to the Irish government to register the Freedom Flotilla under the Irish flag. You do not need to be an Irish citizen, but if you are, please indicate so in the relevant answer box.
The Freedom Flotilla is carrying tons of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip. However, the country which had registered the main ship under its flag has inexplicably revoked the registration. The Flotilla is asking for the government of Ireland to register the ship under the Irish flag so that it may legally resume its journey. More information is available at the link, but here is a brief excerpt:
We are calling on the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan, as a Qualified person under "The Mercantile Marine Act, 1955, as amended by the Merchant Shipping
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1998, and Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006" To Register the Freedom Flotilla ships as an Irish ships and allow it to sail to Gaza under the Irish Flag!
TODAY: colombia's president announced at an international workers day rally that the country will be cutting diplomatic ties with israel! there are quotes from his speech in the article shared, but if you speak spanish and wanna hear more of what he said, i found this video of his speech on twitter!
Columbia students have taken over Hamilton Hall, and renamed it ‘Hind’s Hall.’ In honour of, Hind Rajab. A young Palestinian girl who was murdered alongside members of her family in their car by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
May she rest in peace, and let her story never be forgotten.
If you want to check out a snippet of the students protest I'll link the video below:
TBT to the late 00s when I was an undergrad at Columbia. It was a time when political activism and student protests saw a renaissance on campus; every year, for all 4 years I attended, there were protests—a resurgence of the spirit of '68. (I remember a meme going around comparing Ivy League schools with "How many students does it take to change a lightbulb at <insert Ivy here>?" The one for Columbia went something like "61. 1 to change the lightbulb, 30 to protest it, and 30 to counter-protest." I couldn't be more pleased, especially since the stereotypes for other Ivies were far less flattering.)
In 2007, then-President of the university Lee C. Bollinger, who was also a Free Speech scholar, invited then-President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on campus. There were protests against Ahmadinejad's arrival, and there were counter-protests, the latter calling out George W. Bush and US imperialism and upholding an anti-war message. Here are some photos I took the day of the event:
1 - Counter-protesters
3 - Protesters
4 - Students watching the event
5 - Flyers from protesters and counter-protesters
6 - Media outside the gates on Broadway
That same semester, there was a student hunger strike, calling for a reform of the Core Curriculum and expansion of the Ethnic Studies program and protesting the university's gentrification of Harlem. (I didn't take photos; this time I personally knew the protesters.) Students camped out in tents on the Lawn. And you know what? They weren't evicted. They weren't suspended. The cops weren't called. In fact, the university administration negotiated with them and agreed to meet some of their demands—the strikers won a new Major Cultures seminar requirement as part of the Core.
In 2008, on a panel commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1968 uprising, Bollinger said, “You simply do not bring police onto a campus. All the assurances in the world cannot be kept” that police presence on campus will not result in violence.
Etc.
To the current student protestors, you are continuing Columbia tradition, and I am proud of CU students for sparking a nationwide movement. (The occupation of Hamilton Hall also harkens back to '68, when students seized control of the building to protest the Vietnam War and the proposal of a gymnasium in Morningside Park with separate entrances for students vs. the community. The spirit lives on indeed.)
To the current administration under Minouche Shafik... Sending in an armed and militarized NYPD as a response to kids peacefully protesting? How does that keep anyone safe? I can't imagine Bollinger would've been OK with how you're handling the situation. We alumni are watching.
Photographer Youssef Iyad reports that the occupation bombed a group of children getting water from a well today in Zaytoun, resulting in injuries and martyrs.
Hundreds of thousands of children, women, and elderly people are living under bombardment in Gaza, and Israel is cutting off their food supply. In addition, dozens of innocent people are being killed every day in Gaza because of Israel's brutality. Do not be complicit in their suffering, boycott all companies that support Zionist Nazism.
Makes one happy that some countries have the guts to cut ties with genocidal Israel while others still make excuses for them. Let’s hope that they intend to keep it that way.
THIS MORNING: in the midst of the violent zionist attack on ulca's gaza solidarity encampment in the early hours of this morning, the editorial board of ucla's daily bruin put out a striking piece calling out ucla admin's failure to protect their students. journalists on the scene at the encampment were slapped and exposed to what was likely either mace or pepper spray. ucla cannot be allowed to recover from this, they let their own students get brutalized by an angry mob just because they were protesting (or in some cases just reporting on) a genocide. this is fucking shameful.