enhanced_deficit
Member
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2013
- Messages
- 28,575
Durham, NC votes for nation’s first ban on police exchanges with Israel
This is somewhat shocking development regarding our closest ally and the only Non Racist Democracy (NRD) in mideast:
Durham, NC votes for nation’s first ban on police exchanges with Israel
US Politics Jewish Voice for Peace on April 17, 2018
Activists with the Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine coalition. (Photo: Jewish Voice for Peace)
Late Monday evening, Durham voted unanimously to become the first city in the U.S. to prohibit police exchanges with Israel, after broad community pressure and popular petition by the Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine coalition, an affiliate of the Deadly Exchange Campaign. The policy, which states that, “the Council opposes international exchanges with any country in which Durham officers receive military-style training,” was voted into official policy of the City of Durham during heated debate at City Council.
In a time of increasing concern about policing and police violence, in particular for communities of color, the city of Durham is leading the way in declaring that safety for all means de-militarizing the police force.
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/durham-nations-exchanges/
Five arrested, as Jewish protesters block Senator Cardin’s office over his silence on Gaza killings
on April 17, 2018
Jewish activists with the group IfNotNow protest at Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)'s office in Washington DC. Demonstrators demanded he condemn Israel's shooting at Palestinian marchers in Gaza. (Photo: IfNotNow/Facebook)
Jewish activists storm senator’s office as lawmakers sound off on Gaza
WASHINGTON (Haaretz) by Amir Tibon — A group of around 30 demonstrators from the left-wing Jewish group “If Not Now” gathered Monday in front of the office of Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) to protest Israel’s use of deadly force against thousands of Palestinian demonstrators on the Israel-Gaza border in recent weeks. The demonstrators called on Cardin, one of the most senior Democratic Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to denounce Israel’s response, specifically its use of live ammunition to keep Palestinian protesters away from the border fence between Israel and Gaza. The protesters blocked the entrance to Cardin’s office and asked: “How many more lives need to be lost until you will speak up about the violence in Gaza?” Cardin was slated to speak before the annual J Street conference in Washington later on Monday afternoon. Five participants were briefly detained during the demonstration, which took place as an increasing number of Democratic legislators in Washington have spoken out against Israel’s handling of the events on the Gaza border….
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jew...fice-as-lawmakers-sound-off-on-gaza-1.6008583
[Senator Bernie Sanders later praised the group, If Not Now, in his own speech to the J Street conference. –Editor]
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/arrested-protesters-killings/
Related
Poll: Do you think Nikki Haley should discuss killing of 32 Palestinian protesters by Israel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK9LWhsd3QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdKk00Uj5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adfArZ5wpd0
US blocks UN call for independent probe of Gaza protests
16h ago
US taxpayers paid more to Israeli military budget than Israelis
Billboards calling for cutting aid to Israel springing up across Montana
Canada's largest Church joins boycott Israel campaign
LewRockwell.com: U.S. Senators Are Nearly All Stooges for Israel
This is somewhat shocking development regarding our closest ally and the only Non Racist Democracy (NRD) in mideast:
Durham, NC votes for nation’s first ban on police exchanges with Israel
US Politics Jewish Voice for Peace on April 17, 2018
Activists with the Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine coalition. (Photo: Jewish Voice for Peace)
Late Monday evening, Durham voted unanimously to become the first city in the U.S. to prohibit police exchanges with Israel, after broad community pressure and popular petition by the Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine coalition, an affiliate of the Deadly Exchange Campaign. The policy, which states that, “the Council opposes international exchanges with any country in which Durham officers receive military-style training,” was voted into official policy of the City of Durham during heated debate at City Council.
In a time of increasing concern about policing and police violence, in particular for communities of color, the city of Durham is leading the way in declaring that safety for all means de-militarizing the police force.
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/durham-nations-exchanges/
Five arrested, as Jewish protesters block Senator Cardin’s office over his silence on Gaza killings
on April 17, 2018
Jewish activists with the group IfNotNow protest at Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD)'s office in Washington DC. Demonstrators demanded he condemn Israel's shooting at Palestinian marchers in Gaza. (Photo: IfNotNow/Facebook)
Jewish activists storm senator’s office as lawmakers sound off on Gaza
WASHINGTON (Haaretz) by Amir Tibon — A group of around 30 demonstrators from the left-wing Jewish group “If Not Now” gathered Monday in front of the office of Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) to protest Israel’s use of deadly force against thousands of Palestinian demonstrators on the Israel-Gaza border in recent weeks. The demonstrators called on Cardin, one of the most senior Democratic Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to denounce Israel’s response, specifically its use of live ammunition to keep Palestinian protesters away from the border fence between Israel and Gaza. The protesters blocked the entrance to Cardin’s office and asked: “How many more lives need to be lost until you will speak up about the violence in Gaza?” Cardin was slated to speak before the annual J Street conference in Washington later on Monday afternoon. Five participants were briefly detained during the demonstration, which took place as an increasing number of Democratic legislators in Washington have spoken out against Israel’s handling of the events on the Gaza border….
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/jew...fice-as-lawmakers-sound-off-on-gaza-1.6008583
[Senator Bernie Sanders later praised the group, If Not Now, in his own speech to the J Street conference. –Editor]
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/arrested-protesters-killings/
Related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK9LWhsd3QI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdKk00Uj5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adfArZ5wpd0
US blocks UN call for independent probe of Gaza protests
16h ago
US taxpayers paid more to Israeli military budget than Israelis
Billboards calling for cutting aid to Israel springing up across Montana
Canada's largest Church joins boycott Israel campaign
LewRockwell.com: U.S. Senators Are Nearly All Stooges for Israel
