Norman Finkelstein at Columbia University's Gaza solidarity encampment
"The most powerful weapon you have is the weapon of truth & justice. You should never create a situation where you can be silenced on the grounds of feelings & emotions."
Columbia President Shafik’s remarks were all about hurt feelings. "That whole language has completely corrupted the notion of free speech & academic freedom."
WEEK 32: Students in NYC occupied the Bobst Library yesterday, renaming it the Diana Tamari Sabbagh Library.
The original Diana Tamari Sabbagh Library was destroyed by Zionist Occupation Force shelling in November 2023.
WEEK 32: More stuff you'll never hear in mainstream media. Last week, a dozen Princeton faculty members announced they would be going on hunger strike in support of their students.
I'm a huge fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, but this year I'm boycotting Eurovision.
Eurovision has always been political. Its purpose is political by seeking to unite Europe with the power of love of music over the power of hate and war.
In previous years, I celebrated the overt shows of support for Ukraine, LGBTQIA people, and other oppressed people.
But this year, the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest have chosen ignore calls for BDS and allowed Israel to enter, and they have chosen to ban other participants from showing even support of the people of Palestine.
If you think the Eurovision Song Contest has chosen an appalling stance on this issue, you're not alone. The Israel singer was booed off stage, and there have been a record number of protests against Eurovision inside the auditorium, outside this year's venue in Malmö, and in many participating countries around the world.
This is notable because previously Australian politicians have been cowards and abstained from recognising Palestine as a country — for years, they merely talked-up the possibility of a two-state solution between Israel and mumble at some undefined time in the distant future.
It's also worth noting that Israel is so hellbent on continuing to commit genocide against Palestinian people that Gilad Erdan, Israel's Ambassador to the UN, shredded a copy of the UN Charter. He's so keen to deny Palestinian people human rights that he unilaterally symbolically destroyed human rights for everyone in the world.
"As Palestinians reckon with the genocide being inflicted on them and their prospects for national liberation, it does them a disservice to flatten their political diversity and complex ongoing debates."
Anyway, all this lying down eating ice cream in the sun has worn me out, so I'm going to go and lie down somewhere else now 🤣
G'nite lovelies, sleep well 🥰
In all seriousness, I think nothing portraits better today's #Israel than the clown that is currently the ambassador of that genocidal state in the #UN shredding by his own hands the UN charter while accusing everybody else to do what he was proudly doing himself.