Palestine related news summary from LetsTalkPalestine, May 1 to May 4, 2024.
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May 1.
(Instagram reel of UCLA protest. Includes footage of treating n washing a pro-palestine protestors' bloody head)
Day 208
🇨🇴 Colombia to cut diplomatic ties w/ Israel
• 33 killed, 57 injured in the last 24 hours. Real number likely higher
⚖️ US lobbying ICC not to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, after Israel's threat to respond by retaliating against Palestinian Authority for sparking ICC investigation
🇫🇷 France denies selling weapons to Israel used in Gaza, claiming what's sold will be re-exported to 3rd countries via Israel, but did supply Israeli Iron Dome defense system
🇹🇷 Turkey set to follow Columbia & Nicaragua by joining South Africa's ICJ case against Israel
🎓 Zionist mob attacked Palestine protestors at UCLA w/ fireworks & pepper spray for 3 hours, police didn’t intervene (📹👆). Columbia & CUNY asked NYPD to raid & arrest 280+ student protestors. New encampments across UK, Tunisia & Canada
🚚 First aid trucks enter through Beit Hanoon crossing to north Gaza despite Israel's promise to open 1 month ago. Nearly half of aid convoys to north Gaza denied by Israel.
May 2.
(Instagram post, news update. The Israeli occupation has killed Palestinian Dr. Adnan Al-Barash.)
Day 209
• 28 Palestinians killed, 51 injured in last 24 hours. Note that the toll is underreported.
🏥 Dr. Adnan al Barash killed in captivity after IOF abducted him in Dec (📷👆)— 496 medical personnel killed in Gaza + 309 in captivity
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia arrests many for anti-Israel online posts, incl. an executive & media figure. Timing suspicious w/ reports of renewed normalization talks
• IOF attacks aid convoy, killing 1
🇹🇷 Turkey stops all trade w/ Israel after banning 54 exports to Israel
🇺🇸 US House pass “antisemitism awareness” bill using repressive IHRA definition of antisemitism despite antisemitism covered in anti-discrimination law. Why is IHRA definition problematic? See tinyurl.com/ynsfy8sx
• IOF airstrike in central Gaza killed 5, incl. a child
🪨 37m tons of rubble in Gaza, heavy contamination w/ unexploded ammunition & 800,000 tons of asbestos
🎓 Columbia & Emory University face federal investigation for anti-Muslim discrimination, reports of doxing & harassment
May 3.
Day 210
• World Press Freedom Day: Israel killed 100+ journalists since Oct 7 + holding 53 captive
• 26 killed, 51 injured in the last 24 hours. Note the toll is underreported.
• Israel attack on Rafah killed 7, incl. a mother & her children — the children’s bodies were shredded by the airstrikes
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago recognizes the State of Palestine as West Bank & Gaza
🇬🇧 UK sanctions 2 Israeli groups + 4 settlers for violence in West Bank, warns of more sanctions if no Israeli action against settler attacks
• Israeli strike on Bureij camp killed 5, incl. a child
💰 UN estimates cost to rebuild Gaza at $40bn; more than post-WWII reconstruction
🎓 Goldsmiths University students in London win & obtain demands after occupying library — @ goldsmithsforpalestine on instagram for details
🎓 University encampments for Gaza go global spreading to 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 🇳🇿 🇪🇸 🇦🇷 🇯🇵 🇰🇼 🇱🇧 🇹🇳 🇯🇴. US crackdown w/ 2,200 students arrested
• Iran-backed Bahraini militia launches attack at southern Israeli port Eilat
May 4.
Day 211
✝️ Israel blocks entry of many Palestinian Christians to Jerusalem for Holy Saturday celebrations
• 32 Palestinians killed, 41 injured in Gaza in last 24 hours. Toll underreported
• IOF killed 5+ in 15-hour siege on Tulkarem (West Bank) & clashes with Hamas resistance fighters. IOF targeted fighters’ homes w/ women & kids inside, demolished homes trapping many under rubble
• Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 11 incl. 3 in bombings of tents in Rafah
• Head of UN WFP says north Gaza experiencing “full-blown famine” and it’s only a matter of time before south Gaza faces same level of starvation
🇫🇷 British-Palestinian @ dr.ghassan.as denied entry to France for Senate address as witness of Gaza Genocide as Germany put year-long ban on his entry to Europe (Schengen)
🇺🇸 88 US lawmakers warn Biden that Israeli aid blockade violates US ‘foreign assistance’ law
• IOF abducts 5 overnight in West Bank
🎓 Uni encampments spread to Switzerland, Ireland, Germany, Cuba & Costa Rica
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HERE is the list of the 134 countries that are NOT supporting South Africa's 🇿🇦 claims of genocide against Israel 🇮🇱:
🇦🇩 Andorra
🇦🇴 Angola
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
🇦🇷 Argentina
🇦🇲 Armenia
🇦🇺 Australia
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇸 Bahamas
🇧🇧 Barbados
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇧🇿 Belize
🇧🇹 Bhutan
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
🇧🇼 Botswana
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde
🇰🇭 Cambodia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇫 Central African Republic
🇨🇱 Chile
🇨🇳 China
🇰🇲 Comoros
🇨🇬 Congo
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇨🇾 Cyprus
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇩🇲 Dominica
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
🇹🇱 East Timor (Timor-Leste)
🇪🇨 Ecuador
🇸🇻 El Salvador
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇸🇿 Eswatini
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
🇫🇯 Fiji
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇬🇪 Georgia
🇩🇪 Germany
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇬🇷 Greece
🇬🇩 Grenada
🇬🇹 Guatemala
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇭🇳 Honduras
🇭🇺 Hungary
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇮🇳 India
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇲 Jamaica
🇯🇵 Japan
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇰🇮 Kiribati
🇰🇵 Korea, North (North Korea)
🇰🇷 Korea, South (South Korea)
🇽🇰 Kosovo
🇱🇦 Laos
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇸 Lesotho
🇱🇷 Liberia
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
🇲🇬 Madagascar
🇲🇼 Malawi
🇲🇹 Malta
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
🇲🇺 Mauritius
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇫🇲 Micronesia
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇲🇨 Monaco
🇲🇳 Mongolia
🇲🇪 Montenegro
🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma)
🇳🇷 Nauru
🇳🇵 Nepal
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇲🇰 North Macedonia (Macedonia)
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇼 Palau
🇵🇦 Panama
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇵🇪 Peru
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇵🇱 Poland
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇷🇴 Romania
🇷🇺 Russia
🇷🇼 Rwanda
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
🇼🇸 Samoa
🇸🇲 San Marino
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe
🇷🇸 Serbia
🇸🇨 Seychelles
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
🇪🇸 Spain
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇹🇼 Taiwan
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇹🇭 Thailand
🇹🇴 Tonga
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇹🇻 Tuvalu
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK)
🇺🇸 United States of America (USA)
🇺🇾 Uruguay
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
🇻🇦 Vatican City
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇿🇲 Zambia
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
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