Pundits can’t fathom the idea that students are simply *protesting genocide and demanding divestment* because they can’t imagine political action motivated by sincerely held beliefs. They’ve probably never experienced the power and joy of collective action. I feel sorry for them

Please sign this petition for Immediate Protection for Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the Palestinian scholar who was detained and interrogated recently by Israel. This is an official letter/petition that was crafted with her legal team.

scholarsagainstwar.org/actions/immedi…

Wait let me get this straight: 100 students were arrested because the uni claimed they had yelled “kill the Jews”. Then it turns out the student who yelled that was holding an Israeli flag, trying to unsuccessfully bait the crowd and was booed in return

thedailybeast.com/pro-israel-agi…

There are two types of professors. Those who protest and those who enjoy watching their colleagues getting arrested.

This week, after 20 yrs of service, the great writer & investigative researcher Ben Parfitt, retired from the The CCPA–BC. And what a body of work he leaves!

A few thoughts from me in this 🧵.
If you'd like to read Ben's farewell message, it is here:
policynote.ca/great-ride/

TWO mass graves found in one week. Both from hospitals. Both with bodies handcuffed and in scrubs. Let that sink in.

A horrific massacre in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where a mass grave was found containing the bodies of Palestinian citizens executed in cold blood by the Israeli army.

Evidence shows that the victims, including children dressed in patient clothing, were shot…

The Israeli army killed yesterday 2 more Palestinian journalists in Gaza, Ibrahim and Ayman Gherbawi were killed bringing the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza to 143. Israel continues to ban the entry of any foreign journalists to Gaza.

No, no, no, no.
Refaat’s daughter, Shimaa and her new baby and the husband got killed in an airstrike today.
Just a few days ago, I mentioned that Refaat became a grandfather.
💔💔💔💔💔

A 🧵: As Columbia University President succumbed to relentless Republican pressure at the House Education Committee hearing, sacrificing academic freedom to spurious but politically powerful claims of antisemitism, I gave a talk at New York University's Palestinian solidarity occupation.

Ya’ll thought I was being paranoid when I said Homeland Security was monitoring students and facultys’ personal communications. Biden literally put out a memo telling Homeland Security to do this & it was mentioned in his directive on anti-semitism. Anyone on a university campus…

My view of the protests in and near Columbia University is that today they found yet another mass grave in Khan Younis with hundreds of bodies of Palestinians Israel killed.

Estimates that there are at least 500 Palestinians executed by IDF at Al Nasser Hospital and buried in 1 mass grave. These do not include the other 2 mass graves that they have yet to start digging. And yes these included women and children. apple.news/AnF0HOXT4RS6Mk…

You love to see it.

Update from Freedom Flotilla Coalition: powerful Western states have sent official delegations to Turkey in order to prevent us from launching our mission to challenge Israel's genocidal blockade. We still intend to sail on April 24 and deliver 5500 tons of aid cargo to Gaza #LetThemSail

🚨HAPPENING NOW! Massive crowd of faculty walk out in solidarity with students and with the movement for Palestine at Columbia University University.

This poem is the “inappropriate content” B’nai Brith insisted—and apparently convinced Toronto Public Library—must be removed from the library.

Refaat was a beloved poet, scholar, teacher who was assassinated by Israel in Gaza alongside his family.

May his memory be a blessing.

Last night at Columbia University, hundreds of Jewish students and their classmates gathered at the Gaza solidarity encampment and celebrated the beginning of Shabbat with song and prayer. Directly after, Muslim students held Jummah prayer, the Friday prayer offered in community.…