(1) We read Harvard faculty member Salma Abu Ayyash’s response to Harvard’s new president’s recent message on Gaza, which falsely accuses critics of Israel’s genocide in Gaza of anti-Semitism and blames Gazans for triggering the genocide;
(2) Al Jazeera conducted a thorough interview with Craig Mokhiber, longtime UN high commissioner who resigned. Mokhiber resigned because of the UN’s failure to adequately address Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gazan civilians, hospitals, schools, and even UN facilities. ;
(3) A lawsuit has been filed by CCR attorneys to stop US aid and hold Israel responsible for its war crimes. With it, an emergency motion calls for this result. Emergency or not, the motion is scheduled for argument in early January.
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This Week in Palestine 11-19-2023
(1) Harvard faculty member responds to Harvard’s new president’s statement on Gaza; (2) Interview with Craig Mokhiber, UN commissioner who resigned; (3) Lawsuit to stop US aid and hold Israel responsible