{"id":6811,"date":"2024-04-29T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T11:51:30","slug":"gaza-international-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2024\/04\/29\/gaza-international-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza International Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple campus protests have received substantial airtime and attention. Responses from authorities have been dramatic at times. Only selected clips\/coverage are below. Opinions follow. Disclaimer applies, as always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei and Co. tweeting supportive comments to U.S. university students is PEAK hypocrisy. <br><br>This regime has assaulted, terrorized, and KILLED Iranian university students for peaceful protest over the last few decades. <br><br>Don\u2019t fall for the bait and switch. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ap88boQAP\">pic.twitter.com\/1ap88boQAP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nazanin Nour (@NazaninNour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NazaninNour\/status\/1784780078813172152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some students in the US are calling the surging college protests against Israel&#39;s war on Gaza, &#39;their Vietnam.\u2019 <br><br>But can these mass rallies stop a war? Al Jazeera&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/soraya_lennie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@soraya_lennie<\/a> explains \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQJl0tlseh\">pic.twitter.com\/KQJl0tlseh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\/status\/1783898613338259764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Campus revolt over Gaza spreads in Europe as London students protest <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mlVLj5iAeJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/mlVLj5iAeJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The National (@TheNationalNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNationalNews\/status\/1783910226149699652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE: Pro-Palestinian protests at George Washington University <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0j0XBLq0K5\">https:\/\/t.co\/0j0XBLq0K5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1783899585129128083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: German police are using extreme violence to evict the pro-Palestine camp outside the German parliament. The brutal eviction of the non-violent activists comes as police have banned the two-week-long camp with no legal basis. The activists are calling on Berliners to leave\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ebUUFg2dc7\">pic.twitter.com\/ebUUFg2dc7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; red. (@redstreamnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redstreamnet\/status\/1783832900988698709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters:<br><br>This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza &amp; conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism.<br><br>Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDCH0NTO6m\">pic.twitter.com\/IDCH0NTO6m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Double Down News (@DoubleDownNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoubleDownNews\/status\/1783270524388294756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The student uprisings for Palestine have gone global.<br><br>Students in Paris occupied the campus building at Elite Paris University, launching a major Palestine solidarity protest after a wave of antiwar protests have swept college campuses across the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WY48hUqc4j\">pic.twitter.com\/WY48hUqc4j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTnewsroom\/status\/1783882974292791439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this father supporting his daughter\u2019s protest at USC is worth more than all the left wing politicians currently in power. I love this man <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LFHHf0xtyh\">pic.twitter.com\/LFHHf0xtyh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ali A Olomi (@aaolomi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaolomi\/status\/1783635000694628836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am a Holocaust survivor. I experienced as a child every single thing a Gazan child is experiencing on a daily basis. There\u2019s no excuse 4 the slaughter of 15K children. I am proud to be here with you.\u201d<br><br>Amazing Jewish solidarity at encampment at GWU <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreePalestine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreePalestine<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Occupy4Gaza?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Occupy4Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m8doLYW0ci\">pic.twitter.com\/m8doLYW0ci<\/a><\/p>&mdash; #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckModi1\/status\/1783596183090270624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s hard to understand why an economics professor showing concern for a student would be thrown to the ground and arrested. This is not an obvious way to defuse a crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mcILwUKxcn\">https:\/\/t.co\/mcILwUKxcn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickKristof\/status\/1783730122182582541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Oliver on Gaza protests: \u201cProtest is meant to be disruptive\u202634,000 people have been killed, most of them women &amp; children\u2026the US continues to supply Israel funding &amp; arms for all of this, even as Gaza sinks into famine. If that\u2019s not worth protesting, I\u2019m not sure what is\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aUHCjdJLG8\">pic.twitter.com\/aUHCjdJLG8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Assal Rad (@AssalRad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AssalRad\/status\/1782811370653958571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple campus protests have received substantial airtime and attention. Responses from authorities have been dramatic at times. Only selected clips\/coverage are below. Opinions follow. 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