Anti-war protest outside Wimbledon against Barclays
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Wimbledon with a giant tennis ball and strawberries “tainted with Palestinian blood” to demonstrate against sponsorship of the tennis event by Barclays.
The protest, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, saw about 100 demonstrators stand outside the main entrance to the southwest London tennis club on the first day of the Grand Slam competition.
Protesters set up a giant tennis ball with the words “Barclays sponsors Wimbledon and genocide” written on it, along with plates of strawberries covered in red sauce.
Queuing fans looked on as protesters chanted “stop bombing schools, and stop bombing hospitals”.
Lewis Backon, 28, a spokesman for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said Barclays finances companies supplying weapons to Israel in “its genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza”.
US lawmaker announces anti-Gaza encampment bill
US Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, believed to be on a shortlist of Donald Trump’s potential choices for vice president, says in a statement that she introduced the “No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act”, which would tie federal accreditation of US universities to the existence of policies aimed at stopping “encampments, campus building takeovers, and other civil disturbances on campuses”.
Her statement says this bill follows “anti-Israel encampments rising up on university grounds across the country”, referring to the worldwide spread of campus protests against the war in Gaza and against universities having financial ties to Israel that kicked off this spring.
“This legislation would prevent the disgraceful mob riots we saw overtake campuses across the country including Columbia University and make sure school leaders are enforcing policies against hostile campus takeovers,” Stefanik’s statement quotes her as saying.
Palestinians resist unprecedented silencing in the US
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/7/1/watching-the-watchdogs-palestinians-resist-unprecedented
In the past nine months, national and local authorities in the United States have tried to suppress and criminalise Palestinian activism and expressions of identity.
Security forces have quelled peaceful protests, officials have made sweeping accusations of anti-Semitism against protesters, and various public figures have ridiculously labelled wearing the Palestinian chequered keffiyeh scarf and using the word intifada (Arabic for “uprising”) code for “wiping out Israel”.
But just as British imperial support for Zionism faced resistance in the last century, so does US support today experience unprecedented pushback by Palestinians and their American and global allies.
Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for peace conference
Israeli media and social media users are reporting that thousands of Palestinians and Israelis have gathered for the conference, titled “The Time Has Come”.
They are demanding an end to the war, the return of Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip and a deal to secure future peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.
וואו וואו וואו! יש מחנה שלום והתנגדות למלחמה ולכיבוש בישראל! אלפים על אלפים של יהודים ופלסטינים עכשיו בכנס השלום הגדול מאז שהחלה המלחמה. אנחנו פה לא רק כדי להתנגד למלחמה ולכיבוש, אלא גם לדרוש מציאות של חירות, שוויון, ביטחון ועצמאות לכולם ולכולן בארץ הזו. pic.twitter.com/4h9W8UojUv
— Alon-Lee Green - ألون-لي جرين - אלון-לי גרין 🟣 (@AlonLeeGreen) July 1, 2024
Translation: Wow Wow wow! There is a camp for peace and resistance to war and occupation in Israel! Thousands upon thousands of Jews and Palestinians now at the Great Peace Conference since the war began. We are here not only to oppose war and occupation, but also to demand a reality of freedom, equality, security and independence for everyone in this country.
