I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?

The university should have anticipated Tuesday night’s chaos — but security personnel were nowhere to be found

#UCLA, the top-rated public university in the United States, experienced one of the darkest nights in its 105-year history on Tuesday. Over the course of my 33-year career at UCLA, I have never seen anything so terrifying take place.

Around 11 p.m., a group of masked counter-demonstrators made their way to the Royce Quad in the heart of campus and began to attack the encampment set up last week by demonstrators opposing the war in Gaza. They threw a firecracker into the encampment, tore down its outer walls, threw heavy objects at demonstrators and instigated direct physical confrontations. Those in the encampment were left to fend for themselves against a violent band of thugs intent on inflicting damage.

#Fascism #US #StudentProtests #Pooitics #FreeSpeech #Israel #Gaza #Ceasefire #StopIsrael #SaveGaza #SaveRafah #Genocide
https://forward.com/opinion/608479/ucla-violence-campus-protests/

I'm a UCLA professor. Why didn't the administration stop last night's egregious violence?

Last night's violence at UCLA was something the university's administrators could and should have anticipated.

Pro Israeli hooligans shooting fireworks into the tents of student protesters while the police stand by and does nothing to stop them.

What will happen if one of the tents catches fire? Will they charge the hooligans for attempted murder? Or just blame the students for it?
TikTok removed the video before I could save it.

#UCLA #Terrorism #StudentRevolt #Ceasefire #Israel #Gaza

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68920131
#israel #palestine #ceasefire

Gaza war: US 'hopeful' Hamas will accept Israel's new ceasefire offer

The secretary of state calls Israel's latest offer for a hostage release "extraordinarily generous".

This Rabbi is charged with anti terrorism charges: This morning, seven rabbis and activists were arrested by Israeli police at the Gaza border as part of a delegation of thirty rabbis and other peace activists with Rabbis for Ceasefire from Israel and the United States who were attemping to bring food supplies into #Gaza through the Erez crossing.

The Passover Haggadah reads, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” and teaches us that we must work for the freedom of all people. The Israeli government is enacting a famine on the people of Gaza. Forced starvation is just one of the many weapons of war that the Israeli state is using against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

This group of rabbis and activists came to the Erez Border crossing on Passover carrying aid in coordination with UNRWA, an organization critical to providing international aid to avert famine and further catastrophe for the people in Gaza. The Israeli government has banned #UNRWA from operating in northern Gaza. Rabbis for Ceasefire is bringing food aid to demonstrate this dire need, to call for the opening of all border crossings to allow in aid, and to demand an end to the siege on Gaza.​​​​​​​

Food aid is essential but not sufficient. To save the lives of Palestinians on the verge of death by the Israeli government's policy of forced starvation and siege, there must also be sufficient infrastructure in place to safely supply and distribute food alongside medical care. Life for Palestinian people is impossible without a permanent #ceasefire and lifting of the siege on Gaza.

As Rabbi Brant Rosen says, "next year, may there be liberation from the river to the sea."

Post and more pictures on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6O3L4UOz6w/

#Israel #Protest #CeasefireNow #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #FoodAsWeapon #SaveRafah

Rodfei Shalom / Rabbis4Ceasefire on Instagram: "This morning, seven rabbis and activists were arrested by Israeli police at the Gaza border as part of a delegation of thirty rabbis and other peace activists with Rabbis for Ceasefire from Israel and the...

4,238 likes, 0 comments - rabbis4ceasefire on April 26, 2024: "This morning, seven rabbis and activists were arrested by Israeli police at the Gaza border as part of a delegation of thirty rabbis and ...".

Palestine ≠ Hamas Anti-Zionist ≠ Anti-Semite

#Israel #Palestine #ceasefire

♲ Peter Link - 2024-04-23 22:07:11 GMT

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I Am a #Jewish Student at #Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘#CampusAntisemitism ’Smears from the press and pro-Israel influencers are a dangerous distraction from real threats to our safety.

#DefendStudentProtesters
#SolidarityWithPalestine
#Gaza #Palestine #StopGazaGenocide #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #LetGazaLive #EndUSAidToIsrael #PalestinianLivesMatter #EndTheOccupation #Israel #StopArmingIsrael
#news #press @palestine @israel

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Anti-Zionist ≠ Anti-Semite
#Israel #Palestine #ceasefire

Israeli #artist and curators decline to show work at #Venice Biennale, call for ceasefire

The artist and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won't open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a #ceasefire in #Gaza and an agreement to release hostages.

#press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-artist-venice-biennale-1.7174886

Israeli artist and curators decline to show work at Venice Biennale, call for ceasefire | CBC News

The artist and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won't open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages.

There are serious signs that the Israeli government, under pressure from the U.S., is now moving towards an intermediate #ceasefire state that all sides may be able to live with - at least for a while. The decision to do that however has split the #Netanyahoo government and may well end the coalition which supports it.

to the source article
#Israel #Gaza #USA

What happened to "civilized west'" support of law and order and enforcing the demands of #UN Security Council and #ICJ?

7 days have passed, Israel not only ignored the ruling, it has escalated their war crimes in both #Gaza and occupied West Bank.

They haven't allowed humanitarian aid, but murdered western volunteers feeding the starving palestinians.

#US hasn't pushed for ceasefire and release of the hostages, instead they have given billions of dollars worth of 2000 pound bombs and F-35 fighter jets to Israel.

#Canada hasn't stopped selling weapons to Israel despite them laying about it and ignoring the parliament ruling.

UK simply don't give a shit.
Neither does #France, #Germany, #Sweden, #Italy, #Denmark and other "civilized European" nations.

#UNSC #Hypocrisy #WarCrime #Ceasefire #WCK #FoodAsWeapon #Genocide

Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant : "We do not have a moral right to cease the war on Gaza."

Can you imagine the "world" reaction to Russian defense minister saying that?

#Gaza #Ceasefire #UNSC #palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics

Finally, the U.N. passes a ceasefire resolution
On Monday, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza — and for the first time since the beginning of the Israeli military’s genocide of Palestinians, the United States abstained rather than vetoing it.

Security Council resolutions are legally binding, despite what the Biden administration would have us believe. But it’s up to the Palestine solidarity movement to ensure the U.S. government enforces it.

#UnitedNations #Ceasefire #Resolution

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024/03/27/finally-the-un-passes-a-ceasefire-resolution/?sourceid=

Finally, the U.N. passes a ceasefire resolution. - JVP

Security Council resolutions are legally binding, despite what the Biden administration would have us believe. But it’s up to the Palestine solidarity movement to ensure the U.S. government enforces it.

Ceasefire in Gaza Now!
Tell your Members of Congress to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza now.

Since October, over 40,000 people, including more than 14,000 children, have been brutally killed by Israel.¹

The weekend before the U.N. ceasefire vote, the U.S. banned funding to UNRWA, the largest aid provider to Gaza, and provided more than $3.8 billion in military assistance to Israel.

https://act.newmode.net/action/mpower-change/ceasefire-gaza-now

#Gaza #Ceasefire

Ceasefire in Gaza Now!

UPDATED ACTION: March 26, 2024 We need an immediate and permanent ceasefire and an end to the restrictions on vital aid to people in Gaza. On Monday, the U.S. did not block a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire...

Ex-U.N. Official Craig #Mokhiber: #Israel Must Be Held Accountable for Violating #Ceasefire Resolution

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/26/un_ceasefire_resolution_israel_gaza?autostart=true

Ex-U.N. Official Craig Mokhiber: Israel Must Be Held Accountable

We speak with former top U.N. human rights official Craig Mokhiber after the Security Council voted Monday on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages. The United States abstained from the...

Jeremy #Corbyn Applauds U.N. #Ceasefire Resolution, Says World Must Prevent “Another #Nakba”
#Gaza

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/26/gaza_ceasefire_jeremy_corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn Applauds U.N. Ceasefire Resolution on Israel, Gaza

Former U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn reacts to the United Nations Security Council’s resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which passed 14-0 on Monday after the United States declined to use its veto by abstaining from the vote....

It has been 24h since the UN demand for ceasfire.

Israel has completely ignored the demand and not shown even a hint of complying with the UN demand.

The silence of world leaders and their inability to hold Israel accountable is once again proving that their talks about rule of law and human rights are anything but empty talks.

#Ceasefire #Gaza #Netanyahu #UNSC #Hypocrisy #Impunity
@palestine @israel

...which the US died NOT veto and now Netanyahu is PISSED. GOOD!

♲ René Merced :vm: 🇵🇷 - 2024-03-25 19:14:15 GMT

UN Security Council passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefireThe UN Security Council has called for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza, after the US did not veto the measure in a shift from its previous position.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68658415
#WorldNews ##UnitedNations #ceasefire #Israel #Palestine #UnitedStates

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U.S. Said It Was Calling for a #Gaza #Ceasefire, But Its U.N. Resolution Didn’t Say That: Phyllis Bennis

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/22/phyllis_bennis_ceasefire_talks_israel_palestine

#USA #Israel

“The Pressure Is Mounting”: Gaza Ceasefire Talks & Growing International Outrage at Israel

At the U.N. Security Council, China and Russia have vetoed a U.S. draft resolution on the war in Gaza. The U.S. resolution appeared to call for a ceasefire, but it was written in a way to make the resolution unenforceable. Our guest Phyllis Bennis...

#Hamas says it has submitted a new truce proposal to mediators in #Egypt and Qatar that outlines its “view on the prisoner exchange.”

The Palestinian group explained that the initial release of Israelis would include women, children, the elderly and sick #hostages in exchange for the release of between 700 and 1,000 Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons, according to the proposal.

This release of hostages would include Israeli "recruits".

#Israel #Gaza #Ceasefire

#UNICEF spokesman: "Every day without a #ceasefire in #Gaza creates a darker stain on our conscience."

#SaveGaza #StopIsrael #SaveTheChildren
#palestine #Israel #FoodAsWeapon #Politics #PeaceNow #StopTheWar #CeasefireNow

(7) Are you listening, Isr*el?? CEASEFIRE NOW 🍉 #freepalestine #ceasefire #gaza - YouTube

#geopolitics #war #Israel #Palestine

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NKzMkJNdEgc