Natalie Wee
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@natweewriter
Decolonization is not just theory
Asked about the illegality of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, Carney admits that “it appears that these actions are inconsistent with international law,” while simultaneously reaffirming that he supports it “in context.” This is not a principled foreign policy, it is a total mess.
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BREAKING | The Department of Homeland Security has announced a second student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested. ICE arrested Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian student from the West Bank, for overstaying her visa. DHS said Kordia had previously been involved in “pro-Hamas protests at Columbia.” The Trump administration also revoked the visa of Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian citizen and doctoral student, on March 5 for “supporting Hamas.” On Tuesday, March 11, Srinivasan opted to “self-deport” using the CBP Home App. Secretary Kristi Noem stated: “When you advocate for violence and terrorism, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country.” The full DHS readout is below 👇🏼
We have confirmed with multiple patient reports that in the last 1-2 weeks the Israeli government has unilaterally & sneakily begun forcing patients who medically evacuating from Gaza to sign paperwork at the exiting checkpoints saying they cannot return to Gaza. None of the NGOs helping with the coordination of the medical evacs were informed by the entity or any governing body this would happen. Ethnic cleansing aside, mothers are being forced to leave their children behind to travel with a sick child and almost every family is being forced to leave family members behind. And now they are being told that they will not be able to see them again. Not that the Israeli government cares, but this violates international law and given the document was signed under duress it is unenforceable—meaning it is not worth the paper it was signed on. Further this jeopardizes the entire medical evacuation enterprise in multiple ways. (1) Countries will be much more reticent to accept medical evacs from Gaza’s (2) All aiding countries will now be accused of being guilty of collaborating with Israel’s ethnic cleansing crimes. (3) This will upend Jordan’s commitment to accept 2,000 patients & be blowback against Pres. Trump. This can stop as quickly as it started. Israel thinks we aren’t paying attention, but we are. Pressure is needed on Israel to stop this illegal & sneaky practice. Thanks to @AbubakerAbedW and @sameerproject for sounding the alarm.
Remember the martyrs.
I am relieved to hear that three hostages have been returned to Israel under the ceasefire agreement. But this is not the end. Hamas must release every hostage — including the body of Judih Weinstein to her family. More is needed and the ceasefire must be upheld to the fullest extent. And while today brings good news, I’m thinking of the families who know their loved ones will not come home, and everyone who has lost and suffered so much in this conflict.
