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Video: "Obama and Netanyahu are war criminals," says Dr. Cornel West in Washington | The Electronic Intifada

Video: "Obama and Netanyahu are war criminals," says Dr. Cornel West in Washington | The Electronic Intifada Thousands of protesters from cities all over the world gathered on 9 and 10 August to protest Israel’s continued attacks on Palestinians and call for an end to the siege on Gaza. The Bethlehem-based International Middle East Media Center reports that “Hundreds of thousands of people participated in marches and rallies Saturday in hundreds of cities around the world, including Washington DC, Cape Town South Africa, Birmingham and Dublin, with an estimated 150,000 people protesting in London alone.”

Migrant rights group on US-Mexico border urges boycott of Israel | The Electronic Intifada

Migrant rights group on US-Mexico border urges boycott of Israel | The Electronic Intifada (Wissam Nassar / Maan Images) Migrant rights group on US-Mexico border urges boycott of Israel Submitted by Jimmy Johnson on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 11:14 chickenfarm.jpg A chicken farm was destroyed by Israel shortly before the current 72-hour “truce” came into effect; the US is a key supplier of military aid to Israel’s forces of occupation. ( Abed Rahim Khatib / APA images ) The Arizona -based migrant justice and humanitarian group No More Deaths/No Más Muertes  has endorsed the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The group has also condemned Israel’s attacks on civilians, while connecting the militarization of the US-Mexico border to Israeli repression of Palestinians. In a statement, No More Deaths/No Más Muertes notes that, “Although the Israel-Palestine conflict may seem remote from the Sonoran desert borderlands, there are many southern Ar