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SvennoJ on 19 June 2024
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US climbers hang ‘Stop the Genocide’ banner in Yosemite National Park

Mountain climbers of the Climbers With Palestine activist group scaled the renowned El Capitan rock formation in California’s Yosemite Valley to hang the banner as part of a 24-hour demonstration to draw attention to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

“We’re taking our message to the most iconic climb in the most-visited valley in one of the most-visited national parks,” said Emily Weinstein, a Jewish American writer who lives in Berkeley and co-founder of the climbing group.

“We want to use the space and scale of Yosemite to spread our message,” Weinstein was quoted as saying by the San Francisco Chronicle.


Climbers With Palestine, a rock climbing activist collective, hang a banner reading “Stop the genocide” from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California, on June 17

Families of Israeli captives protest in Knesset

Israel’s Channel 12 is reporting that relatives of Israeli captives have staged a demonstration inside Knesset. Footage posted on Israeli social media channels, verified by Al Jazeera, shows the protesters holding signs and shouting slogans calling for snap elections.

The demonstration comes as thousands of antigovernment activists press on with a “week of resistance” in Israel, urging for a ceasefire deal to bring the captives home and elections for a new government.

Translation: Families of captives are calling in the Knesset demanding to promote a deal.