Saba TK

Immigrants generate more income and taxes than the average person, per CATO Institute.

🇵🇸 Le Moyne College President Tells Genocide Survivor He Cannot Use the Word “Genocide.” Le Moyne College, a Jesuit institution in Syracuse, New York, sent a letter to students this week condemning the language used by Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha during an April 15 guest lecture — specifically his use of the word “genocide” to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza. President Linda LeMura, without naming him, wrote that the word caused “real hurt” to Jewish students and implied its use was incompatible with the college’s commitment to inclusion. She then listed her commitments going forward: dialogue sessions, new guidelines for “deeply charged” campus programming, and a declaration that antisemitism has no place at Le Moyne — describing Abu Toha’s testimony, implicitly, as an example of bigotry requiring institutional guardrails. Abu Toha, who survived Israeli strikes in Gaza, lost over 100 relatives—most of them children—and still carries physical wounds from a 2009 airstrike, called the letter “deeply shameful.” “How dare you tell a person who survived a genocide that they cannot speak about it?” he wrote. “I never once used the word ‘Jewish’ during the entire event. I refuse to conflate the faith of Judaism with the actions of the state of Israel.” “If anyone told you they felt ‘hurt’ because I used the word genocide,” he wrote, “then I ask you: how should I feel? How should my wife feel after losing her father? How should my three children feel after losing their grandfather?“

Today Israel celebrates its 78th Independence Day. For Palestinians, this day marks 78 years since they were expelled from their homeland and 78 years of being killed for trying to go back. They continue to do the same thing today in Gaza and Lebanon. 1) In 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes. Dozens of massacres were carried out and over 400 villages were destroyed. Many bulldozed specifically so that refugees could never come back. 2) Ben-Gurion authorized the army to establish free-fire zones along the ceasefire lines. In 1949 alone, over 1,000 returning refugees were killed, the majority civilians. They weren't fighters. They were families walking home. 3) Israeli historian Benny Morris documented that this so-called "infiltration" was a direct consequence of the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Refugees sought to reunite with family, tend crops, recover lost possessions and see their homes one last time. 4) A 1951 Israeli military trial revealed what happened when young Palestinians crossed into the town of Majdal (now Ashkelon) just to visit their parents. The court found that soldiers felt they were free to treat Arabs "as they pleased" and that killing them was considered acceptable. 5) In that same trial, a father testified that his son had come back from Gaza to see him. The boy was captured by soldiers and executed. The father described finding his son's body with bullet wounds to the chest, head, and back. 6) Written orders to soldiers after the ceasefire stated: shoot every Arab in the area up to the armistice line. The verdict in one case confirmed that the orders made no distinction between men or women, armed or unarmed, fleeing or surrendering. 7) By 1956, this free-fire policy is estimated to have killed between 2,700 and 5,000 Palestinian refugees. No Israeli soldier, policeman, or civilian was ever tried for killing an unarmed Palestinian refugee. 8) Jaber Shaban, born in the village of Simsim in 1938, testified: "My father owned around 400 dunams of land. Our life used to be peaceful and tranquil, and the produce of our land was our source of sustenance." His family was expelled in 1948. He has lived as a refugee in Gaza ever since. 9) In 2018, when Palestinians in Gaza marched peacefully for the right of return, Israeli snipers shot over 6,100 demonstrators, killing 183. Jaber Shaban, then 80, joined the march. He said: "I participated in the hope of returning to my village with my siblings, children and grandchildren." 10) Since October 2023, Israel has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, destroyed homes and infrastructure, and displaced over 90% of the population. Israeli officials have declared the ethnic cleansing of Gaza as a central objective, with Finance Minister Smotrich saying Gaza will be "completely destroyed." 11) In southern Lebanon, Israel has paved roads over demolished homes, ensuring displaced people can never return. Israel's Defense Minister announced the acceleration of home demolitions "in accordance with the Beit Hanoun and Rafah models in Gaza." In 1949, a Palestinian father found his son's body riddled with bullets because the boy tried to visit his parents. In 2018, an 80-year-old man who was expelled as a child marched to the fence hoping to see his village one last time, and watched as snipers shot the people around him. In 2025, Israel destroyed every home in northern Gaza so no one could return. That is Israel. That is what they are celebrating. A nation built on the destruction of Palestine.

The 7 Senate Democrats who voted against blocking a proposed weapons sale to Israel: Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jacky Rosen (NV) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Chuck Schumer (NY) John Fetterman (PA)

44 Democrats just killed a resolution condemning AIPAC. No roll call. No names. No record. They made sure of it. 80% of Democratic voters hold unfavorable views of Israel. 80%. The party’s own base — by an overwhelming supermajority — wants accountability. These 44 members just told them no. Not in public. Not on the record. In a room in New Orleans where nobody had to put their name on anything. The sponsor called it “an embarrassing display of cowardice.” She’s right. And while they were hiding behind parliamentary procedure, Politico was reporting that two potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates personally called DNC members to kill the resolution before the vote. They don’t want their names on protecting AIPAC. So they made sure nobody’s name would be on anything. This is what donor capture looks like from the inside. 80% of your voters say one thing. Your donors make two phone calls. The donors win. Every single time.