As much as I’d like to pretend none of this horrifying stuff is happening, I feel obligated to share the latest from Jewish Voice for Peace’s THE WIRE. The article starts with this:

Yesterday, Trump hosted his first foreign leader: war criminal and international fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu. 

As Netanyahu beamed, Trump made the shocking announcement that he expected the 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza would leave permanently (or be removed) — “ending the death and destruction and, frankly, bad luck.” His reference to 15 months of genocide as “bad luck” revealed his posture of humanitarian concern as an obvious farce. 

Please take 5 minutes to read the entire article that outlines the far-Right’s faux concern about antisemitism, including this:

In reality, the far-Right is weaponizing false accusations of antisemitism as a cudgel to both defend Israel’s genocide and lay the groundwork for trampling on all of our fundamental rights and freedoms.

Just look at Trump’s sham executive order to “combat antisemitism,” which would lay the groundwork for deportations of non citizen student activists.

This executive order is pulled directly from the pages of “Project Esther”: the far-Right’s plan to destroy the Palestine solidarity movement. It is a scare tactic: a transparent attempt to shut down criticism of the Israeli government, and does nothing to keep Jews safe.

Criminalizing criticism of Israel — an aim the far-Right shares with Israel’s extremist government and its backers — is the entryway for the Right to completely dismantle fundamental rights and freedoms.

Again, you can read the article in its entirety here. When you’re finished, please go here to personalize a message to your electeds, demanding they oppose Trump’s billion dollar weapons shipment to Israel during a supposed ceasefire. ARMS EMBARGO NOW!

I know they haven’t listened to us thus far, but we cannot stop demanding an end to the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Solidarity! ✊🏾