7 Negative and 15 positive items to read, share, and act per your interest, by Mazin Qumsiyeh
7 Negative and 15 positive items to read, share, and act per your interest
*But first happy Easter to those who celebrate it based on the Western
Calendar. The message of redemption and resurrection gives us hope for
Palestine. And despite the horrors, we will have an activity for children
at our garden with egg-hunt. Our children crave living.*
*Negative*
ITEM 1: Ecoside
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/gaza-israel-palestinian-war-ecocide-environmental-destruction-pollution-rome-statute-war-crimes-aoe
ITEM 2: Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians
starving in Gaza
Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza
ITEM 3: The Plight of Al-Shifa hospital, staff and patients
Israeli army executed 13 children at Al-Shifa hospital
https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6246/In-a-week,-Israeli-army-executes-13-children-in-and-near-Al-Shifa-Hospital
With the hospital rooms breaking up around them: we are at Al-Shifa
Hospital now:
https://x.com/Palestine_UN/status/1771508323541540894?s=20
In Gaza, the west is enabling the most transparent genocide in human history
https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6184/In-Gaza,-the-west-is-enabling-the-most-transparent-genocide-in-human-history
URGENT appeal from Dr. Mads Gilbert
https://x.com/DrMadsGilbert/status/1774371251881984169?s=20
ITEM 4: US to send more bombs and jets to Israel to kill civilians
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-signed-off-more-bombs-190415406.html
ITEM 5: Israel’s attack on US Universities
Israel Has Formed a Task Force to Carry Out Covert Campaigns at US Universities
ITEM 6: Israel’s Trojan horse: The “temporary pier” being built on the
Mediterranean coast of Gaza is not there to alleviate the famine, but to
herd Palestinians onto ships and into permanent exile
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/israels-trojan-horse
ITEM 7: Countries and companies ensuring fuel supply so the genocide
continues
https://priceofoil.org/content/uploads/2024/03/Israel-Gaza-Fuel-Data-v2.pdf
Global energy embargo to end the genocide
https://progressive.international/wire/2024-02-26-global-energy-embargo-to-end-the-genocide-in-gaza/en
*Positive (people are acting and making a difference)*
ITEM 1: April 15 action for Palestine https://www.a15action.com/
ITEM 2: Information from US Veterans about US military activities including
in support of te Israeli genocide https://eisenhowermedianetwork.org
ITEM 3: Israel is in contempt of the ICJ so the ICJ has issued a new ruling
to Israel.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/international-court-orders-israel-facilitate-entry-food-gaza
Document here
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240328-pre-01-00-en.pdf
ITEM 4: UK grants asylum for Palestinian citizzen of Israel. Important
precedent that established Israel is a racist apartheid state that
discriminates against indigineous people
https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/uk-home-office-grants-asylum-to-palestinian-citizen-of-israel
ITEM 5: Brave protesters block entrance of US warship that was to head to
aid the genocide
Protesters block the entrance of US warship heading to Gaza
I can’t imagine how brave these people are ♥️ pic.twitter.com/OiTK4LntZK
— Abier (@abierkhatib) March 30, 2024
ITEM 6: Majority of US citizens disapprove of Israeli actions in Gaza
https://news.gallup.com/poll/642695/majority-disapprove-israeli-action-gaza.aspx
ITEM 7: Direct action success
BREAKING: Palestine Action permanently shut Elbit down in Tamworth!
After sustained direct action, the Israeli weapons maker was forced to sell due to increased security costs which cut their profits by 75%.
The new owners wrote to Palestine Action to confirm the factory is no… pic.twitter.com/MCwlknGtUr
— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) March 28, 2024
ITEM 8: UN Human rights council report on the genocide
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/anatomy-of-a-genocide-report-of-the-special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-in-the-palestinian-territory-occupied-since-1967-to-human-rights-council-advance-unedited-version-a-hrc-55/
ITEM 9: NY state/NYC voters can vote with a blank ballot to send message to
Washington.
ITEM 10: NYT retracts claim of ‘Hamas rape’ on Oct 7
https://thecradle.co/articles/nyt-refutes-previous-claim-of-hamas-rape-on-7-oct
Leaked lobby presentation urges US officials to justify genocide with
‘Hamas rape’ claims
Leaked Israel lobby presentation urges US officials to justify war on Gaza with ‘Hamas rape’ claims
ITEM 11: The amazing work of forensic architecture with evidence of
genocide, ecoside and healthcare destruction
https://forensic-architecture.org/
ITEM 12: I continue to give 4 talks on average every week (this will
accelerate in my upcoming trip to Australia and New Zealand). Below are two
recordings.
Voices from the Holy Land on apartheid and water issues.
Community Church of Boston hybrid (in person/online) updating the situation
here in Palestine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZbmfmubIE
but others also do (hundreds of talks). Here is a good one from Norman
Finkelstein on why the March of Return did not work
ITEM 13: The Guardian did a good research including visuals on the Israeli
induced famine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/obstacles-to-gaza-aid-deliveries-visual-guide?CMP=share_btn_url
ITEM 14: Break the siege on Gaza. Join the ships
https://ffc.breakthesiege.com/en/basvuru/ozgurluk-filosu
ITEM 15: Mass die-in held in San Sabastian- Spain to stop the genocide
Stay Human and keep Palestine alive
Mazin Qumsiyeh