Columbia University sicced NYPD on peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters to protect'campus safety '
The day after Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified about antisemitism on campus before a House congressional committee, New York City Police Department officers descended on university grounds and arrested more than 108 peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters. It was a huge…#columbiauniversity #propalestinian #israel #gaza #hamas #nypd #johnchell #columbiaspectator #shafik #barnarduniversity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Google to employees: " We are a workplace "
Google's firing of 28 protesting employees Wednesday sends the clearest signal yet that the tech giant — whose founders pledged it was "not a conventional company" — has become just that. The big picture: Silicon Valley's leading firms have long told talented employees to think of the office like…#google #siliconvalley #newyorkcity #googlecloud #israeli #projectnimbus #palestinians #gaza #sundarpichai #nimbus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Palestine President Slams US After Washington Vetoes Bid For Full UN Membership:'Unfair, Unethical And Unjustified '
The United States has rejected a United Nations Security Council resolution that aimed to grant Palestine full UN membership, effectively halting the recognition of a Palestinian state. What Happened: A draft resolution recommending the “State of Palestine be admitted to membership” of the UN was…#palestine #palestinian #securitycouncil #switzerland #robertwood #mahmoudabbas #elizabethwarren #israel #hamas #gazastrip (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S. vetoes UN membership for Palestine after 12 out of 15 on Security Council vote in favor
The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for Palestine, a goal the Palestinians have long sought and Israel has worked to prevent. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 in favor, the United States…#unitednations #palestine #palestinians #israel #securitycouncil #unitedkingdom #switzerland #gaza #ungeneralassembly #194th (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Six Months Later, Hamas Is in Control
While the world focuses on the brewing cycle of Israel-Iran retaliation, the war in Gaza lingers on. In fact, it's becoming increasingly clear that Hamas is dictating ceasefire terms from beneath the rubble of Gaza and the bodies of its own people. The terrorist group has rejected the most recent…#israel #iran #gaza #hamas #israeli #israelis #palestinian #palestinians #unitednations #palestine (Source: Reuters: Health)
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NYPD Arrest 108 at Pro-Palestine Protest at Columbia University
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NYPD Arrests Over 100 Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbia University
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NEC hears of another Supreme Court win for UNISON
UNISON’s national executive council, meeting yesterday, heard that the union had just won the case of Fiona Mercer in the Supreme Court. General secretary Christina McAnea said that it means that, “today, the court has agreed that the (UK) law is incompatible with international law, because it does not protect workers from ongoing victimisation by employers if they have taken legal industrial action”.
The case had been won in the employment appeal tribunal, but the then business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng intervened and took the case to the Court of Appeal, which subsequently decided to reverse that decision in March 2...
Source: UNISON Health care news - April 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Amanda Kendal Tags: Article News Christina McAnea Gaza general secretary MAP NEC Palestine UN Source Type: news
Google just fired 28 employees who protested its contract with Israel
SAN FRANCISCO — Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday who were involved in a protest against a contract with the Israeli government the cloud-computing giant shares with its competitor, Amazon. The firings came after nine employees were arrested Tuesday while participating in sit-in protests at…#google #israeli #amazon #sunnyvale #newyorkcity #israel #nimbus #palestinians #apartheid #googles (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Yves here. Our Colonel Smithers, a regular commentor who is UK power politics adjacent, recommending republishing a comment by reader vao on how Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide of Gazans has many colonial antecedents. We are also hoisting a second comment of his in this thread, how Lord…#readervao #israel #gazans #jewish #middleeast #palestinians #gaza #vietnam #vietnamwar #portuguese (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel
Google fired twenty-eight employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. Workers at both companies have claimed the deal makes advanced technology available to Israel’s security…#google #projectnimbus #israel #amazon #palestinians #gaza #westbank #intercept #israeldefenceforces #googlecloud (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood
Friday will witness another Gaza-related showdown in a very divided United Nations Security Council, as council member Algeria has prepared a draft resolution for the body recognize a Palestinian state. It would require nine…#unsecuritycouncil #palestinianstatehood #gaza #algeria #palestinian #israel #palestine #gettyimageslooking #securitycouncil #israelis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Google employees stage sit-ins to protest company's contract with Israel
Employees take part in a sit-in at the Google’s New York office to protest the tech giant’s work with Israel. Dozens of Google employees held sit-ins Tuesday at the tech giant’s New York City and Sunnyvale, Calif., offices to protest the company’s work with Israel. Google and Amazon have a cloud…#israel #google #newyorkcity #sunnyvale #amazon #israeli #projectnimbus #dropprojectnimbus #thomaskurian #palestinian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News Wrap: Biden calls for higher tariffs on Chinese metal products
In our news wrap Wednesday, President Biden is calling for sharply higher tariffs on Chinese metal products, the Navy flew a patrol aircraft over the Taiwan Strait a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held talks for the first time since 2022 and the United Nations agency for Palestinian…#navy #taiwanstrait #unitednations #palestinian #israeli #gaza (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s attack on Israel worsened the already difficult situation in the Middle East. Escalation could also lead to new frictions in the Strait of Hormuz. The war between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Middle East is joined by an escalation between Israel and Iran, with the first…#iran #israel #middleeast #straitofhormuz #palestinian #hamas #iranian #israeli #yemen #babelmandeb (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
