Palestine/Gaza Awareness

[toastykitten]

Hi, it's been a while. I'm going to try to post like once a month on Palestine stuff so there's some more awareness of things that are going on. Because there's a lot.

• Israel continues to bomb multiple Arab nations and threaten them; they last struck Qatar attempting to assassinate Hamas leaders who were there at the invitation of the US to discuss a ceasefire with Israel. The result of that is now Arab nations are rethinking their relationships with the US. They are also continuing to bomb Gaza daily and round up people in the West Bank.
• Laura Loomer got the US to stop issuing travel visas to Palestinian children traveling for humanitarian and medical treatment. 
• Meanwhile, in the US, the House just passed a Lauren Boebert amendment to the Pentagon budget that would target the BDS movement. 
• Rep Brian Mast just introduced a new bill that would allow Marco Rubio to revoke US passports, including US citizens, at his whim, but basically if you criticize Israel. 
• Earlier this week, progressive House Reps and others like Mahmoud Khalil and Cynthia Nixon did a big push for HR 3565 Block the Bombs Act, which would block the President from selling certain munitions to Israel, except under specific conditions. There are now 46 cosponsors, all of them Democratic. 7 joined this month. Although Reps Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene have both made statements opposing Israel, they have not joined as cosponsors. 

Orgs and places to donate to:

• PCRF
• Heal Palestine
• The Sameer Project
• Gaza Soup Kitchen
• Gaza Funds

Comments

[gingicat]

Some links about Jews (like me) also being horrified:

Gift link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/opinion/israel-defense-forces-reservists-gaza-refusal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.EuTW.QTsmYxgI4pC9&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Also:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/yosef-blau-author-of-an-orthodox-rabbis-letter-calling-out-israel-responds-to-his-critics/ar-AA1LqVRz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-08-22/ty-article-opinion/.premium/antisemitism-is-netanyahus-secret-weapon/00000198-ce2a-d1e9-abf9-df7ea5420000

https://www.jta.org/2025/08/17/ideas/jew-vs-jew-rhetoric-breaks-hearts-in-a-bitter-internal-debate-about-the-gaza-war

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/israeli-conductor-condemns-his-country-in-extraordinary-proms-outburst/

[toastykitten]

FYI this is the specific bill the Rep Mast introduced that would allow the Secretary of State to revoke US passports for anyone, including US citizens: https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20250917/118618/BILLS-1195300ih.pdf