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#HR9495 could cripple #NonProfits like the #GazaSoupKitchen! #StopHR9495, #StopArmingIsrael, #FreeGaza!

Hot meals 4 Starved #Palestinian Kids in #NorthGaza

Update on November 22, 2024 by #HaniAlmadhoun, Organizer

"Hello and warm greetings to all of you,

"I'm honored to share an update on the ongoing operations of the Gaza Soup Kitchen throughout the Gaza Strip. Here’s what's been happening:

North Gaza—Mashrou Bait Lahia and Kamal Adwan Hospital

"Due to severe safety concerns, the family in Mashrou Bait Lahia can no longer cook for Kamal Adwan Hospital. With many staff members fleeing, Chef Mahmoud, his family, and my parents are among the last five families still in the area. In response, Chef Mahmoud made a bold decision—he moved everything from our Gaza Soup Kitchen warehouse into the hospital. This included over four tons of food and supplies: canned goods, flour, rice, pasta, lentils, cooking oil, tomato paste, diapers, wipes, baby formula, blankets, children's clothes, and more. This crucial delivery will allow the hospital to feed its patients for the next few weeks.

"The hospital staff was deeply moved by the support; it was their first in-kind donation in 40 days. The head of the hospital, Dr. Husam, embraced Mahmoud, who has a special connection to this place—his baby daughter was born there just four days ago. A miracle amidst the chaos, though there's no official place to register her birth or even give her a name. To continue supporting, our crew will likely start cooking directly from inside the hospital. Meanwhile, my parents remain steadfast, even as we mourn the loss of 60 neighbors from a recent airstrike, including our own relatives.

Beach Camp—A New Location in North Gaza

"After relocating west of Gaza City, Chef Faten has set up a new operating kitchen in the Beach Camp area. Today marked the inaugural day, and it was heartwarming to see Chef Om Ahmad and others from our original location come together to help. They managed to cook for 200 families. It’s bittersweet—children lined up the moment they smelled the food. Thanks to the facilities at this new site, Chef Faten can act quickly and provide meals to those in need. Your support gives us the courage to open new locations and scale up existing ones. We are also expanding operations in the Al Shaikh Radwan neighborhood, which has now been running for two months, constantly increasing capacity.

"Al Zawaydah—Increasing Demand
In Al Zawaydah, the team is facing growing demand; about 50 more people show up daily. They currently serve 80% of those who come, and the situation is dire, with many families relying on our meals. Due to theft of aid by forces linked to the Israeli army (as reported by reputable sources like the Financial Times yesterday), we're making every effort to meet the increased needs. We've instructed the crew to hire more hands, acquire additional cooking pots, and aim to serve up to 90% of those seeking food by next week.

Khan Younes—Providing Essential Support

"In Khan Younes, our crew is distributing drinking water each morning, alongside delivering baby clothes for newborns—a small but impactful gesture. A sister charity has hired our team to cook for them in the coming days, providing some financial support. Additionally, Ms. Fatma's class in Khan Younes continues to run strong, offering some semblance of normalcy to the children. It's one of the coolest things we can do for the kids.

"Our drinking water distributions remain a priority, covering four areas throughout the Gaza Strip.

"For those asking how to help, donations are always welcome through this Gofundme community or our website. Every contribution goes directly to sustaining and expanding our work in Gaza for our Palestinian brothers and sisters.

"Thank you for standing with us. Your support keeps hope alive.

"Warm regards,
Hani
Gaza Soup Kitchen Team

"P. S. Down with the regimes that support this genocide, lie about it, and create these criminal conditions."

gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-ga

#NorthGaza #IsraeliWarCrimes #Starvation #GazaAid #GazaFundraisers #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #GoFundMe #IsraelHumanRightsViolations
#StopArmingIsrael #WorldWarBibi #BeitLahiya #BaitLahiya #BibiIsAWarCriminal #Genocide #GoFundMe #KhanYounes #Palestine #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #NorthernGaza #Gaza #AlZawaydah #KamalAdwan #KamalAdwanHospital

gofundme.comDonate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani AlmadhounDo you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do. My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza

#ICC issues arrest warrant for #Israeli PM #Netanyahu for ‘war crimes’ in #Gaza

Court also issues warrants for former Israeli Defence Minister #YoavGallant and #Hamas military commander #MohammedDeif.

November 21, 2024

"The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence minister and a Hamas military commander for alleged #WarCrimes.

"Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant were accused of 'crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024', a statement from the court said on Thursday."

aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/

Al Jazeera · ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu for ‘war crimes’ in GazaBy Al Jazeera

Analysis: Palestinian security forces killed at least 20 gang members accused of looting Gaza aid trucks in cooperation with Israeli forces.

The ambush came after nearly 100 trucks were violently looted in one of the biggest raids of its kind since the start of the war.

dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-securi

#GazaGenocide #israeliWarCrimes #AidLooting ..

Drop Site News · Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli SupportBy Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Sigh. This just goes to show that Harris might have won if she had taken a firm stand against #IsraeliWarCrimes . And yeah, so much for believing #DonTheCon -- a known liar and friend of #BibiIsAWarCriminal.

Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 12:22 PM EST, November 18, 2024

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — "Just a week after winning several of the nation’s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to #Israel who has claimed 'there is no such thing as #Palestinians. '

"Meanwhile, the two Trump advisers who led his outreach to Arab Americans have not secured positions in the administration yet.

"The selections have prompted mixed reactions among Arab Americans and Muslims in Michigan, which went for Trump along with all six other battleground states. Some noted Trump’s longstanding support for Israel and said their vote against Vice President Kamala Harris was not necessarily an endorsement of him. Others who openly supported him say he will be the final decisionmaker on policy and hope he will keep his promise of achieving an end to the conflicts in the Middle East."

apnews.com/article/arab-americ

From Campus to the Courts, the “#PalestineException” Rules #University #Crackdowns

by Akela Lacy, Yazan Mohammad
November 18 2024, 2:04 p.m.

"With #Israel’s war on #Gaza entering its second year, Khalaf is among thousands of students and faculty members still being targeted in universities’ battles over harsh #ProtestCrackdowns, #FreeSpeech, academic independence, and discrimination.

"The fights are playing out online, in campus quads, internal disciplinary proceedings, and in the courts. Organizers among the students and faculty say universities are retaliating against them for their #activism and restricting their #CiviLiberties and #FreedomOfExpression while claiming to uphold both.

"As campus protests reached their height in May, Dahlia Saba, a second-year Palestinian American graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote an op-ed supporting the demonstrators’ demands. She called on the school to address calls to #divest from industries that profit from Israel’s war. She and her co-author Vignesh Ramachandran, another graduate student, were met with student nonacademic disciplinary investigations that relied solely on the op-ed for evidence.

"'The university is threatening us with sanctions that could jeopardize our academic careers if we choose to speak out again,' Saba said. 'They’re low-level sanctions to begin with, but the university is pursuing sanctions against many people on very little evidence.'

"The issue is not so much the severity of the sanctions, Saba said, but using punishments to chill students’ speech. The disciplinary actions become a tool, she said, to help universities keep track of people involved in protests for #Palestine."

theintercept.com/2024/11/18/ga

The Intercept · From Campus to the Courts, the “Palestine Exception” Rules University CrackdownsBy Akela Lacy

#IsraeliWarCrimes
#gaza
@palestine

Together with Hind Rajab's murder, Adnan al Bursh's murder is one of the most horrific crimes committed by the IOF, and there's tons of them.
IMO they punished him for refusing to leave the hospital where he was operating. And no, no HHHHamas was found in that hospital or in any other for that matter. We should keep talking about these crimes, lest they get forgotten.

trtworld.com/middle-east/sicke

Thousands March in #London to Demand End of #FossilFuels and #GazaGenocide

'We won't stop until political leaders #divest from #war and destruction—and invest in a just, #ecological, and equitable transition,' said one campaigner.

Brett Wilkins
Nov 16, 2024

"Thousands of #ClimateJustice advocates took to the streets of London on Saturday to demand the U.K. government 'end its reliance on fossil fuels, commit to paying #ClimateReparations, and end its complicity in the #genocide in #Gaza.'

"Organizers said more than 60 groups—including #ExtinctionRebellion, Friends of the Earth [#FOE], #Greenpeace, #AmnestyInternational U.K., #PalestineSolidarity Campaign, #WarOnWant, and #JustStopOil — took part in the March for Global Climate Justice. The demonstration took place amid yet another shambolic United Nations #ClimateChange Conference and as #Israeli forces continue a war on Gaza that U.N. experts this week called 'consistent with the characteristics of genocide.'

"More than two dozen associated #protests were held in cities and towns across #Britain and #Ireland, including #Dublin, #Edinburgh, #Manchester, and #Sheffield. Over 150 actions around the world are planned for what organizers are calling a #GlobalDayOfAction for Climate Justice on Saturday.

"'Thousands of us united today in a historic mobilization on the streets of London, across #GreatBritain, and worldwide to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels and an end to the genocide in Gaza,' Climate Justice Coalition national coordinator Angus O'Brien said in a statement."

Read more:
commondreams.org/news/london-m

Common Dreams · Thousands March in London to Demand End of Fossil Fuels and Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams"We won't stop until political leaders divest from war and destruction—and invest in a just, ecological, and equitable transition," said one campaigner.

Panel: A new UN report says Israel is intentionally causing the death of civilians & aid workers, using starvation as a weapon of war, & inflicting collective punishment on Palestinians - actions "consistent with genocide".

Tamara Alrifai, UNRWA

Hassan Barari, Qatar University

Nadia Hardman, Human Rights Watch

aljazeera.com/program/inside-s

#USPol #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes .

Al JazeeraWhy isn’t the US holding Israel to account?A United Nations special committee says Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza are consistent with genocide.