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SvennoJ on 22 April 2024
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US congresswoman slams $14bn for ‘death and destruction’ in Gaza

Delia Ramirez said “history books will write about” how US leaders “lacked the courage and moral clarity to stand up to” Netanyahu.

Ramirez, who represents a district in the state of Illinois, pointed out that Netanyahu had bombed the “safe zone” of Rafah just one day after the US House voted to give $14bn to Israel “in unconditional military funding to Netanyahu’s campaign of death and destruction”.

The congresswoman made the comments in a post on X, in response to reports that 22 people were killed in Rafah on Sunday night, including 18 children.




Biden one sided as always

Biden condemns ‘blatant’ anti-Semitism amid campus protests

The US president has issued a statement on the occasion of the Jewish Passover holiday, condemning an “alarming surge of anti-semitism – in our schools, communities, and online”.

He said, “Even in recent days, we’ve seen harassment and calls for violence against Jews. This blatant antisemitism is reprehensible and dangerous – and it has absolutely no place on college campuses, or anywhere in our country”.

Biden’s comments came after reports emerged over the weekend of harassment and threats against Jewish students on the Columbia University campus in New York. The group of student activists representing the protesters have distanced themselves from “inflammatory individuals” and said they reject “any form of hate or bigotry”.

You're support for genocide is what's causing the rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

Students at MIT, Emerson and Tufts universities set up protest camps

Students at three prestigious universities in and near the US city of Boston have set up protest camps, demanding that their institutions cut off ties with Israel, according to campaigners.

The universities are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Emerson and Tufts, the National Students for Justice in Palestine said.

The moves come after students at Columbia University in New York launched a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at their campus. That protest is now in its fifth day. Some 100 students were arrested there on Friday.



Rocket attack on US base failed, did not cause injuries: Report

More on the rocket attack on the US base in Syria. A US official confirmed to the Reuters news agency that more than five rockets were fired from Iraq towards troops at a coalition base in Rmeilan, Syria, but said no US personnel were injured.

The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, referred to it as a “failed rocket attack”. The agency said it was not immediately clear if the rockets had failed to hit the base or been destroyed before they reached. It was also not clear if the base was the target itself.

Following the attack, the official said an aircraft from the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria carried out a strike against the launcher.

Iraq says ‘outlaw elements’ behind US base attack

The AFP news agency has a statement from the Iraqi security forces on the rocket attack targeting a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition.

The statement accused “outlaw elements of having targeted a base of the international coalition with rockets in the heart of Syrian territory” at about 9:50pm (18:50 GMT), according to AFP.

In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, the statement said. The security forces burned the vehicle involved in the attack, it added.

Always conflicting statements.