🚨🚨🚨The general strike will start 6am local time Monday. Ben Gurion international airport will be shut down 8am local time Monday

As Americans head into Labor Day, AFT President Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🌴🥥 issues a statement backing the Israeli trade union movement’s call for a general strike in Israel “to halt Israel’s economy to send a message to the Netanyahu government to end this war.” aft.org/press-release/…

Why can’t the American government?

The pack of poodles who cover Trump in the media ought to be asking him today, "When you met with Prime Minister Netanyahu, did you discourage him from reaching a deal for the release of the hostages? Do you support his apparent obstructionism in the face of such deals?"

“Asked whether he thought Netanyahu was doing enough to secure a hostage deal, Biden said ‘No.’ He did not elaborate.” An overdue, off-the-cuff nod to reality is insufficient. President Biden must clearly denounce & impose consequences for Netanyahu’s obstruction. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

The UK has moved to immediately suspend 30 arms export licences to Israel after a review found a clear risk that UK arms may be used in serious violation of humanitarian law relating to the treatment of Palestinian detainees and the supply of aid to Gaza. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

If US lawmakers + officials — both Democratic & Republican — truly want to honor Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Jon and Rachel, they must publicly call for the ceasefire deal that would've ensured Hersh came home alive. It's what the remaining hostage families want haaretz.com/israel-news/ha…

The British government decides to stop sending certain arms to Israel to avoid complicity in its war crimes. The evidence of those war crimes is plentiful. Why are Biden and the German government ignoring it to keep the weapons flow going? trib.al/GThxLul

Key phrase: over risk of breaking international law

No one is buying your bullshit. More hostages will die because of Netanyahu’s refusal to end the war.

There’s overwhelming evidence that Israel is violating international and US law in its assault on Gaza, with horrifying human consequences. It’s long past time for the admin to observe US law, and restrict the flow of weapons. Proud to join this call. civiliansinconflict.org/press-releases…

Tony Blinken is doing this right now.

The administration has repeatedly condemned maps that do not show Israel and has expressly conditioned critical aid benefitting Palestinians on their elimination from textbooks. Yet it refuses to even comment when Israel’s Prime Minister uses a map erasing Palestinian territory.

There must be some responsibility taken by President Biden, Secretary Blinken and others who repeatedly claimed that Netanyahu had accepted a deal. Most importantly, they need to change course and put real, public pressure on Netanyahu to stop blocking a deal from being reached.

Imagine writing this whole thread when

This has been the dynamic for most of the war, at least as far back as February, when Biden promised a ceasefire by the end of the weekend while licking an ice cream cone. Only recently has it become more widely acknowledged that Netanyahu has no interest.

“We know that the only way to bring [the hostages] back alive is through a deal. We’ve known that for eleven months now.”

"A more progressive foreign policy would need a different kind of executive, but also a different cadre of people to implement it." -- Alex Thurston, in our latest piece internationalpolicy.org/publications/d…

I have nothing but contempt and loathing for NRA-backed members of Congress who cause American families to be tortured in this way.

“We keep hearing that they’re working around the clock to achieve a ceasefire. Let’s be clear: Biden already has the authority to condition or cut off offensive military aid to Israel if Netanyahu refuses to accept a permanent ceasefire.”