Nova Scotia teacher, proud union member, founding member @esjnovascotia. I *heart* public education. You can't be neutral on a moving train.
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Ben Sichel retweeted
On these nights of Hanukkah, let us light the candles with a commitment to justice and liberation. This holiday teaches us about the endurance of light and the power of collective resistance against oppression.
In a world where its message has been distorted to justify harm, we reclaim Hanukkah as a celebration of resilience and the fight for freedom.
Ben Sichel retweeted
Last 7 days:
-HRW said Israel is committing genocide
-Oxfam said Israel still deliberately blocking aid
-Doctors Without Borders said Israel willingly obliterated Gaza’s medical capacity
-UNICEF said Israel killed children in “safe zone”
-Israel assassinated 5 journalists
-Targeted hospitals killing medial staff
-Almost killed the head of the WHO
-Babies froze to death in Gaza
All paid for by American taxpayers.
Ben Sichel retweeted
I will never forget how a fabricated story of beheaded Israeli babies moved journalists like @abbydphillip and @sarasidnerCNN to tears while real Palestinian babies dying of cold, starvation, under the rubble, burned alive, is met with silence and callous indifference.
Ben Sichel retweeted
On Christmas in Gaza, three babies froze to death and five journalists were assassinated in a press van while waiting for the birth of one’s child. 14 months of global inaction while bearing witness to humanity’s worst possible crimes
Ben Sichel retweeted
The miracle of Hanukkah was that, against all odds, the light endured—it was never extinguished. Hanukkah teaches us to persist, even in the darkest of moments. Inspired by our ancestors and out of a commitment to justice—we keep going.
Ben Sichel retweeted
A chilling read from @haaretzcom
As we continue to see more and more horrifying images coming out of Gaza, Canadians must be united in standing up against the ethnic cleansing of the people of Gaza.
haaretz.com/opinion/2024-12-…
Ben Sichel retweeted
The ghoulish & depraved unresponse of Canada’s political class & media to #Israel’s now routine attacks on hospitals in #Gaza,indiscriminate slaughter of #Palestinian civilians-toddlers/teens/grandmothers- massacred & starved on an industrial scale, is a stain that won’t go away.
Ben Sichel retweeted
It took 400 days but seems like Canadian news outlets can now call the genocide a genocide
Human Rights Watch says Israel's restriction of water supply in Gaza amounts to acts of genocide ctvnews.ca/world/human-right…
Ben Sichel retweeted
CIJA & Federations are losing it because the Canadian public is seeing through their claims to represent Canadian Jews, when really what they care about is defending Israel — even as it carries out genocide.
While they obsess over labeling us 'token Jews,' they weaponize antisemitism to silence Palestine solidarity, deny anti-Palestinian racism, and lobby for unwavering support of Israeli apartheid and genocide. We see through it — and we won't be silenced.
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Ben Sichel retweeted
May we all take inspiration from the life & work of Rabbi @Mivasair, a lifelong human rights champion who fearlessly challenges, in the great prophetic tradition, those who support & sustain the systems of apartheid & genocide. Equally important, he walks with and accompanies
Ben Sichel retweeted
Important thread from Independent Jewish Voices (@IndJewishVoices) on the ceasefire which has been reached between Israel & Hezbollah, following Israel destroying entire villages in Lebanon, carpet bombing neighbourhoods.
#Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #ceasefire #Gaza #Palestine
Ben Sichel retweeted
I want y’all to sit with this and really truly understand what the targeting & murdering of 215 medics in less than 2 months looks like.
Beirut & Houston have almost the same populations. HFD has about 400 paramedics. Imagine killing half the paramedics in Houston in 52 days.
Even if this "tokenization" and "fringe" nonsense were true, I'd rather be a fringe token than an outspoken supporter of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Proud to be a member of @IndJewishVoices
Ben Sichel retweeted
CIJA’s own board members are guilty of inciting the same crimes against humanity that Netanyahu & Gallant have been issued arrest warrants for by the ICC.
It’s long past due for CIJA to be prosecuted for its full-throated support for the Gaza genocide.
By issuing arrest warrants against the leader of a Western-backed apartheid state for the first time, the ICC has finally acknowledged the universality of international law. It has refused to give solace to Israeli terrorists in their war of extermination against Palestinians.
We call on the government of Canada to respect the arrest warrants and to prosecute @CIJAinfo for hate speech and incitement to genocide.
This was a shameful moment as @mattgallowaycbc tried to "gotcha" his guest who is the victim of an ongoing genocide
Listening to @mattgallowaycbc ask @RajiSourani about gangs of Palestinians in Gaza stealing aid from other Palestinians.
I'm reminded of the reflexive argument that African people were the ones who sold other Africans into slavery. A total refusal to engage the larger point
Ben Sichel retweeted
So..do I have this right?
@TimHoustonNS now knows about Moore explaining away the use of a swastika in the "freedom convoy" and is doing nothing...and Moore doesn't give a shit about @IndJewishVoices concerns.
#nspoli
