“Why?” asked Israeli lawmaker Ofer Cassif. “Because killing Palestinians is more important for the Israeli government than saving Israelis.”
Source: ‘War Criminals’: IDF Strikes Rafah After Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire | Common Dreams
The new rating scale will allow Western governments to more clearly express which meaningless platitude they are using about
There is less and less space for dissent. The courageous students in
our universities show us this. There is less and less room to write the
truth. I have clashed with institutions before, most notably The New
York Times, where I was pushed out for denouncing the invasion of Iraq,
and Truthdig, where, after I organized a strike of all but two of the
staff to protest the ousting
of Truthdig editor Bob Scheer by the site’s wealthy publisher, the
strikers were fired. This act of defiance meant a nearly 50 percent drop
in my income.
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The order was actually issued by Germany, which banned Abu Sitta from its territory last month and shut down the Berlin conference at which he was scheduled to speak.
Apparently, the German ban now applies to the entire European Union or at least the Schengen area – nominally a zone of “free movement.”
Abu Sitta has British citizenship and has been elected rector of Glasgow University in Scotland. Yet I don’t recall the government in London protesting about how one of its citizens was denied his basic rights by Germany, another European country with which it enjoys cordial relations (regardless of Brexit).
Nor were there any statements issued from Downing Street, when Abu Sitta was denied entry to France.
Crackdowns on the rights of Palestinians living in Europe are either approved or applauded from on high.
In Belgium, the activist Mohammed Khatib has been threatened by the government for the simple reason that he speaks out in defense of Palestinian rights.
Civil rights don't apply to Palestinians living in Europe
5 May 2024
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