Somebody explain to me why Ann Arbor City Council and the AAATA can't give us free public transport. You know it would increase ridership. It would reduce car crashes, air pollution, energy consumption, and the cost of living. It would be an example for many cities. x.com/persianseren... #a2council

Mother of detained Gaza flotilla activist Thiago Ávila dies without seeing her son freed Teresa Regina de Ávila e Silva, the mother of detained activist Thiago Ávila, has passed away while her son remains held by the occupation following his abduction in international waters.

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

God I hate this genre. These kids who protested Gaza got arrested, expelled, beaten up, doxxed, lives ruined by outside agitators and were utterly betrayed by the administrations that should have protected them at any cost. Shut the fuck up.

Prof. Derek Peterson, U of Michigan historian & MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, thanked “pro-Palestinian student activists” during a grad speech today, for “opening our hearts to the injustices and inhumanity of Israel’s war in Gaza.” His words, and the cheers that followed made my heart sing.

"The AAUP and AFT strongly defend the academic freedom of Professor Derek Peterson and condemn the escalating campaign of political pressure and public intimidation directed at him following his remarks at the University of Michigan’s commencement ceremony."

"We thank Professor Peterson for his care and insight. We call on President Grasso to withdraw his statement, republish the ceremony recording, and pledge to protect and uphold the University’s own professed principles of free expression, free speech, and neutrality."

"Our students are not wilting flowers. They can handle controversy. They do not need sentimental, cloying nostalgia. They need encouragement to face a flawed and unjust world head on, using the tools we've given them: critical reasoning, careful research, sympathy for the oppressed."

Once again, "Palestinians are not really people" is the default operating assumption of Western elites.

Professor *briefly* lists pro-Palestine protestors amid a long list of student and faculty activities and milestones for equity and social justice. Cowardly loser uni president takes the bait and PUBLICLY APOLOGIZES. Infuriating. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The context: Peterson first called on the audience to “sing for” a suffragist who fought for women’s admission; the first Jewish professor at the school; and members of the Black Action Movement—THEN mentioned pro-Palestine protestors *to applause*.

Hind Rajab would've turned 8 this week. But Israel killed her. @premthakker.bsky.social spent a year demanding answers. Without justice, here we are now: the US-Israel War on Iran starting with the murder of 100 kids just like Hind. Watch and share: zeteo.com/p/hind-rajab...

Met police chief condemned for claiming pro-Palestine protests intended to go past synagogues - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/met-police-chief-condemned-stating-pro-palestine-protests-intended-march-past-synagogues

I am quite certain @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a better guardian of my Jewish values than Keir Starmer who said it was appropriate to cut off water from a people subject to genocide.

In 942 days Israel has killed 363 journalists across Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran and Syria. That’s roughly one journalist killed every three days across 5 countries. stopmurderingjournalists.com

Israeli fascists literally went to southern Tel Aviv to search for African refugees to harass and threaten them “It could have ended up in a lynching” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Read the winning investigations here: www.972mag.com/microsoft-az... www.972mag.com/cloud-israel... www.972mag.com/tunnels-hama...

"This is a double violation of International Law: First, Israel abducted them illegally at sea. Second, Israel is now transporting them, violently, illegally, to one of its notorious prisons."

See Dr. Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, my wife, speaking today from Tehran. You can see her demand that Ann Arbor City Council approve her resolution: "We are against military aid to Israel." She has seen too much genocide to just let it go. I hope you have too, #a2council. youtube.com/shorts/UH07M...

To Ann Arbor City Council, a/k/a #a2council: Israel, the Genocide State, is incinerating the Middle East. Because you & other politicians keep signaling that Israel has your blessing to kill millions of Arabs and Iranians, and that you'll never vote on ANY resolution against military aid to Israel.

DOJ arrested a U.S. Army special forces soldier that participated in the operation to abduct President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. He allegedly placed $33K in bets on a prediction market relating to Maduro being removed from office by 1/31/26 & on an invasion of Venezuela. He profited over $400K.

"Years of Israeli bombardment, displacement & poverty have made repairs costly and replacements nearly impossible to obtain, with prices far beyond what most families can afford leaving vulnerable people isolated in tents... continue enduring extreme hardship..." m.youtube.com/watch?v=83KB... #Gaza

Day as usual makes a beautiful case for universal child care and other public benefits: They are much simpler to administer and harder to build a natural constituency for repealing. jacobin.com/2026/04/publ...

Lebanese francophone outlet L’Orient Le-Jour: the Nakba of South Lebanon. We Lebanese are calling it for what it is: a continuation of the 1948 Nakba. The photo shows a Lebanese village with an Israeli flag on it, planted by the genocidal army.

Li Jingjing youtube.com/shorts/7a2dF...

Photo below: My talk at Ann Arbor City Council a few hours ago. They must know that 80% of Democrats have swung against Israel -- the Genocide State. Time for them to approve a city resolution against military aid to Israel. Tell #a2council.

Chris Hedges interviews Professor John Mearsheimer youtu.be/GMg6_jGfjzM

From Gaza to now Iran and Lebanon, Israel is expanding its testing ground for AI-enabled military technology in terrifying ways. Read my latest piece in Zeteo about how big tech is powering Israel’s AI war machine 👇

"Al Mayadeen English correspondent Ali Jezzini takes us on a tour of South Lebanon, documenting the return of residents to Nabatieh, Debbin, and Khiam." m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHB...

To Ann Arbor City Council ( #a2council ) - *The Michigan candidates AGAINST arming genocide just won big at the Democratic convention: michiganchronicle.com/boos-erupt-f... *And last week, 85% of Democratic Senators voted to stop a shipment of military equipment to Israel. Stand against genocide!

We should be learning from other countries...

You have to wonder how anyone can occupy a place of public trust, like a seat on #a2council, and not even allow a vote on the resolution against military aid to Israel. That resolution is the expression of public revulsion against funding genocide. Stand publicly against genocide, or lose my vote.

Why does City Council ( #a2council) fight so hard to help Israel in its genocide? No sane person can deny that Israel is committing a genocide. And 80% of Democrats are unfavorable to Israel. So we request a resolution by the Ann Arbor City Council to say: "We are against military aid to Israel".

Waiting for the Ann Arbor City Council - #a2council - to publicly throw off their embrace of Israel and Trump's wars on Gaza, #Lebanon, and Iran (population: 92 million). City Council: Listen to your progressive base and approve the resolution against military aid to Israel -- the Genocide State.

"The UK flew a drone over Baalbek, Lebanon as Israel massacred 18 people and injured 28 others there on Wednesday, flight data shows. The General Atomics Protector RG1 drone circled in the sky near Baalbek for hours, data from AirNav Radar shows. The model is equipped with missiles and bombs..."

Spent the morning at my kids' school and my reaction to these videos of strikes on Iranian schools...best not shared. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Continuing to supply such materiel, or to engage militarily, despite a documented record of violations, increases the legal exposure of the states concerned and risks making them complicit in facilitating or sustaining these crimes.”

“Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor calls for an immediate halt to the export and transfer of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment to Israel…” euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7...

"Palestinians bid emotional farewell to the Palestinian journalist Muhammad Washah, who was killed in an #Israeli strike targeting his vehicle in Sheikh Ajlin, west of #Gaza. #Israel " www.threads.com/@aljarmaq_ne... (2/2) #GazaNews #IsraelNews #News #Palestine #PalestineNews #WorldNews

"Israel has killed Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza. He is among at least 262 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since October 2023, including 11 other Al Jazeera staff." www.threads.com/@ajplus/post... (1/2)

the idea that this ceasefire is going to hold more than a day or two when Israeli is bombing Lebanon and breaching Iranian airspace is a bad joke and assumes that we believe, for a second, that either the U.S. or Israel is actually interested in peace

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"As a result, medical staff are working under extreme pressure, trying to provide care with very limited resources, while patients endure delays and uncertainty in receiving the regular dialysis sessions they depend on to survive." (3/3)

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US: Lebanon included in ceasefire agreement Rizwan Saeed Sheikh confirmed in a live CNN interview that Lebanon is explicitly part of the US-Iran ceasefire, despite Trump & Netanyahu’s claims. “Lebanon’s inclusion is fully agreed upon and clear to all parties,” he said.

While killing dozens of people in Lebanon (MOPH says 112, civil defense counts 250+, until now), Israel still found time to kill another one of our colleagues in Gaza.

⚠️ Speaker of Iran parliament says that POTUS affirmed the Iran 10-point proposal was a workable basis for negotiations but there have been three violations of that understanding so far: “In such situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiations is unreasonable.”

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿