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  Israel’s Attempted Genocide Continues, this Time in Rafah By David Starr   Despite warnings being dropped from the sky by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), Israel continues its attempted genocide, launching a ground invasion in the Gaza enclave of Rafah, to go along with its airstrikes, against Palestinians.   Palestinians heeded the warnings and have fled Rafah, going to Al Mawasi, a coastal area in the Gaza Strip. But if past actions are any indications, the IOF just may conduct airstrikes against Palestinians fleeing to Al Mawasi. Israel’s fascist government has wanted all along to get rid of the Palestinians, even if it means imposing a Final Solution. The irony is tragic considering the Holocaust.   There have been repeated displacements, with Palestinians fleeing from one area to another in Gaza. A  United Nations report  puts it this way: “Stranded, their homes demolished, loved ones killed, and repeatedly displaced on their land, they had sought refuge in Rafah in the far

  Resistance on May 1 st : Workers Protest for Better Wages and Better Working Conditions While Gaza Supporters Remain Defiant against Police and Zionist Violence   By David Starr   A series of actions took place during May 1 st , International Workers Day: Basically, May Day protests by workers wanting higher wages and decent working conditions; and the brutalization of Gaza supporters by police and Zionist thugs at various universities where the supporters remain steadfast in the goals of university divestment from Israel and a permanent ceasefire in Palestine.   An  Associated Press  (AP)  report detailed the actions of protesters worldwide , with mention of workers’ support for Palestinians. “Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with largely peaceful protests over rising prices, low wages and calls for greater labor rights. Pro-Palestinian sentiments were also on display.”   There was a conflict in Istanbul, Turkey where “thousands of people” tried to burst through

  The Hysteria and Hypocrisy of Hardline Israel Supporters   By David Starr   It is true that anti-Semitism is an increasing threat, but the hatred mainly comes from Nazis and fascists, not pro-Palestinian supporters.   Hardline Israel supporters, however, have been stereotyping and demonizing those who support the Palestinians, especially since the October 06, 2023 Hamas attack in Israel.   The Anti-Defamation league (ADL)  came out with a report  that had a tone in the content which made it sound like the pro-Palestinian protesters were the aggressors. The encampments set up by the protesters at various colleges and universities had tensions brought “to a boiling point as protesters ramp up their activity to push universities to divest from Israel.”    The report accuses “several protesters” of expressing “explicit support for Hamas terrorism and urged Hamas to commit further violence against Israel.” Additionally, some “protesters have directly confronted Jewish students on or near

  Iran and Israel Have Gotten Closer to the Abyss   By David Starr   The threat of a regional war by Iran’s and Israel’s tit-for-tat military strikes is so far not happening. But tensions are still high.    In the face of the bloody Gaza war, Israel took it upon itself to hit Iran’s consulate in Syria with military strikes; as if Israel hasn’t done enough already. Israel’s military strike  caused the death  of seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two of the victims being generals.   Israel has been getting away with many violations over the years, particularly when it comes the status of Palestinians. Especially with the recent Gaza war, Israel, because of its fascist government (and its supporters) have violated international law repeatedly. But this latest attack on the Iranian consulate is yet another violation, this time based on Section 51 of the United Nations Charter.    The  Charter says , “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right

  Asna Tabassum Showed Courage in the Face of Zionist Hatred   By David Starr The University of Southern California (USC) just may be showing favoritism to reassure the feelings of Zionist zealots.    Asna Tabassum is a first-generation South Asian-American Muslim who has excelled at USC. She majored in biomedical engineering and also had a minor in genocide studies. She was selected as valedictorian and was to make a speech at commencement.    But USC Provost Andrew Guzman  expressed alarm, citing safety concerns  and thinking that her speech would be inflammatory. Edith Olmsted quoted Guzman in an  article published in the  Daily Beast . Guzman wrote in an email that even Tabassum’s appointment was of an “alarming tenor,” and also wrote that her speech would be “escalated to the point of creating substantial risks to security and disruption at commencement.”   Guzman continued: “After careful consideration, we have decided that our student valedictorian will not deliver a speech at c

  U.S. Officials Can’t Say the Word “Genocide” When Looking at Israel’s Attempts at Mass Murder in Gaza By David Starr   Three months in the Israel-Palestine War, U.S. officials went along with Israel’s denial of genocide in Gaza. That is, the USA has fully supported Israel. Thus, in January 2024, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller  said at a news briefing , “Those are allegations that should not be made lightly…we are not seeing acts that constitute genocide. That is a determination by the State Department.”   To claim something like this has made the USA complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. On the Katie Halper show, U.S. President Joe Biden was taken to task for  denying there has been a genocide . The nickname for Biden, “Genocide Joe,” has stuck and has been used regularly by critics and protesters of Israel.    Biden has been “warning” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to target civilians, but Netanyahu, a fascist, has done it anyway.    Recently,