In early January, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, a concert benefit for Palestine and Sudan conjured all the fury of an acoustic night at the local coffee shop. Musicians played stripped-down songs on a stage decorated with rugs, floor lamps, and couches. Members of the audience, mostly 20-somethings and teens, leaned in and filmed intimate performances by their favorite cult artists.
Shakir said the report documented how the denial of return amounts to a crime against humanity. He said he had been told that Executive Director Philippe Bolopion, who took the helm of HRW late last year, was worried the report would be misread by detractors as a call to demographically extinguish the Jewishness of the Israeli state, according to his resignation letter seen by Al Jazeera and dated January 15.
Everything is political, and always was - the difference now is the volume RTÉ bowing out of Eurovision this year feels less like a bold political gesture and more like an act of basic self-preservation. Because, really, what sane Irish performer would have put themselves forward anyway?
Local News Question 3 asks voters whether Somerville officials should divest from companies that "engage in business that sustains Israel's apartheid, genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine." A nonbinding ballot question on whether Somerville should divest from companies supporting Israel's actions in Palestine passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night, unofficial results indicated. Question 3 asked voters whether Somerville officials should divest from companies that "engage in business that sustains Israel's apartheid, genocide and illegal occupation of Palestine," The question passed with 11,489 votes, or 55.7 percent of the votes, according to unofficial election results. According to unofficial election results, 38.4 percent, or 7,920 people, voted against the question, while 5.8 percent, or 1,203 voters, left the question blank.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, who is training to become a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, was held days before a hearing on whether she is fit to practise. In a video of her arrest in south Gloucestershire posted on social media by supporters, a Metropolitan Police officer tells Aladwan the offences related to a speech at a pro-Gaza protest which amounted to calls for the eradication of Israel and implied support for all those involved in armed resistance against Israel, including organisations such as Hamas.