What’s behind Antony Blinken’s call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza? by Ali Harb

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Sandra Tamari, the executive director of Adalah Justice Project, an advocacy group, said the call for a humanitarian pause shows that the Biden administration is responding to growing domestic pressure over the rising death toll in Gaza. Over 9,000 Palestinians have been killed as of Friday. “The Biden administration sees the American public’s outrage over this genocide and these killings, and they’re finding it harder and harder to justify allowing Israel to continue,” Tamari told Al Jazeera.

…Tariq Kenney-Shawa, a US policy fellow at the Palestinian think tank Al-Shabaka, also dismissed the Biden administration’s softening tone and call for humanitarian pauses.

“Any party funding Israel to the tune of $14bn and replenishing the munitions Israel is using to commit genocide in Gaza is an active accomplice,” Kenney-Shawa said.

Continue reading at https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/4/whats-behind-antony-blinkens-call-for-humanitarian-pauses-in-gaza

Why Rabbi Susan Talve was called a ‘real terrorist’ by St Louis activists by Sandra Tamari

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As Palestinians, we are too familiar with the label “terrorist” and Hands Up’s use of the word attempts to turn the term on its head by applying it to state political power as a way to illustrate society’s hypocrisy about the use of violence. The messaging is blunt and could have used more context. Here I hope to provide some background on why Rabbi Talve was targeted.

Continue reading at http://mondoweiss.net/2015/12/called-terrorist-activists