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Boston Globe
3 days ago
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New York man called in bomb threats to Brookline hotel flying Palestinian flag, police say
Freundlich faces one felony count of making a bomb or hijacking threat, per court records. No arrests appear to have been made. The man's identity was first reported by Advertisement Reached by phone on Thursday, Freundlich told the Globe he had 'nothing to say' about the charges, adding that 'I don't think it would be helpful.' He declined to confirm whether he had retained an attorney or been in contact with law enforcement. The Iris Hotel drew heated criticism after it flew a Palestinian flag on the weekend of April 12, according to police reports obtained by the Globe. Hotel staff told police they had received numerous phone calls accusing them of supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups. On April 18, staff reported multiple phone calls from the same caller who claimed he wanted to book a room, per the reports. The caller allegedly told the receptionist 'there should be no Jews staying there,' adding that a 'bomb would go off' and that he would 'make sure something blows up' while he was there. Advertisement Police identified Freundlich as the caller after a review of phone provider information, per the reports. Management at the hotel did not return a request for comment on Thursday. Wagner Hospitality Management, which operates the Iris Hotel, said at the time the flag was displayed in honor of US Representative Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, who was staying at the hotel. Tlaib was The management group wrote 'This flag should not be a contentious symbol and we would show the same respect for any dignitary choosing to stay with us regardless of their heritage or ethnicity,' the group wrote. 'We have many Jewish guests staying at our hotel and we respect everyone.' Wagner Hospitality is owned by Anwar Faisal, according to state filings. Faisal, Brookline police said that multiple agencies took part in the investigation. Kristen Setera, an FBI spokesperson, confirmed the agency's involvement. Setera directed further comment to local law enforcement. Camilo Fonseca can be reached at
Memri
22-05-2025
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Party For Socialism And Liberation, Linked To Perpetrator Of Terror Attack On DC Jewish Event For Young Professionals That Killed Two Israeli Embassy Employees, Was Among The Endorsers Of The May 2024
On May 21, 2025, a shooting attack took place outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was holding an event for young professionals. Two employees of the Israeli Embassy were shot dead in the attack. The accused suspect, Elias Rodriguez, who yelled "Free Palestine!" as he was apprehended, has been linked to the anti-U.S. extremist Party for Socialism and Liberation. Against this backdrop, MEMRI is re-releasing its October 29, 2024 Inquiry & Analysis report on the "People's Conference for Palestine," held in Detroit, Michigan on May 24-26, 2024, an event closely tied to U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The conference was endorsed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, among many other pro-jihadi groups, and featured an in-person speech by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), along with a pre-recorded video message by Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. The Party for Socialism and Liberation was listed as an endorser on the conference website.[1] For the full list of endorsers, see Appendix below. The Party for Socialism and Liberation was listed as an endorser on the conference website. Notably, on May 22, the Party for Socialism and Liberation published a post on X denying any connection to the DC shooting.[2] It wrote: "We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it." The following is the MEMRI Inquiry and Analysis report on the conference, originally published on October 29, 2024. Another Jihadi Coverup In Michigan: The 3-Day 'People's Conference For Palestine' In Detroit – Sponsored By Pro-Jihadi U.S. Muslim Groups, Livestreamed, And Widely Shared Online – Where Speakers Openly Praised 'Heroic' October 7 And Called For Escalating Armed Resistance – Is Largely Overlooked By Dearborn And Detroit Media, Despite The Participation Of U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dearborn Mayor Hammoud, High-Profile Jihadi Members Of Designated Terror Groups The "People's Conference for Palestine," held in Detroit, Michigan on May 24-26, 2024, was closely affiliated with the U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It featured an in-person speech by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich), along with a pre-recorded video message by Dearborn, Michigan Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. The conference's keynote speaker was Sana' Daqqa, widow of terrorist Walid Daqqa who died of a terminal illness while serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison.[3] Daqqa was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) cell of Arab Israelis that in 1984 kidnapped IDF soldier Moshe Tamam, gouged out his eyes, and castrated him before shooting him dead. Also speaking at the conference was current PFLP member Wisam Rafidee.[4] Many of the conference speakers openly lauded the Palestinian armed resistance and the "heroic" scenes of October 7, calling for its global escalation to "involve the whole of society on all levels." Taher Herzallah of American Muslims For Palestine (AMP) was cheered loudly when he stated that "some people here today will not be here next year, because liberation struggle requires sacrifices." Another speaker read a poem honoring the slain PFLP spokesman. Although the event was streamed live on YouTube and was widely publicized across social media, it received no local television coverage in Detroit or in Dearborn. This was despite many newsworthy aspects of it: the participation of not only a Member of Congress but also of prominent figures in local government and political activists; its endorsement by dozens of organizations; and the open support for terrorism expressed by the speakers and attendees. Only one print piece focused exclusively on the conference,[5] and a few others briefly mentioned it.[6] This is part of what appears to be a longtime media coverup by Dearborn-area and Detroit media, who gloss over the clearly evident support for terrorist groups in the city. It is only national media coverage that forces the hand of city and state politicians, senators, and Members of Congress to finally take notice of the open support for Hamas, Lebanese Hizbullah, and Iran that is rampant across southern Michigan. Such was the case with the most recent Quds Day rally in Dearborn, where on April 5, 2024 attendees chanted "Death to America!" (See also the MEMRI TV compilation titled "Dearborn And Detroit Imams And Protests Prior To And Following October 7 Hamas Attack: Dearborn Is 'A City Of Resistance,' President Biden Is 'A Cancer In Our Country'; October 7 Is 'One Of The Days Of God'; 'Dismantl[e] The Terrorist Racist State Of Israel'; 'Start Normalizing Jihad'; 'Warmest Congratulations To Our Very Special Leader Imam [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei' For October 7 Attack; The Jews 'Control People's Resources Through Tricks And Deception.'" Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the People's Conference For Palestine In Detroit Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud Addresses The Conference In Pre-Recorded Message: "Greetings From The Capital Of Arab America... We Are With You And Are Always Fighting For A Free Palestine" Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud addressed the conference in a pre-recorded video message.[7] In it, he said: "Hello and As-salamu alaykum. This is Abdullah Hammoud, mayor for the city of Dearborn, Michigan. I want to welcome you all here to the great state of Michigan and I hope you take the time to come out to the city of Dearborn, Michigan – the capital of Arab America – where we are home to the largest per capita Arab population across our country. This is a beautifully diverse community. A community that's currently grieving because of the conflict that is unfolding overseas. And so, although I could not be there with you in person, I want to extend this heartfelt greeting to let you know that we are with you and always we are fighting for a free Palestine." Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud pre-recorded a message addressing the conference. Click below to view Hammoud's message: The keynote speaker at the conference was Sana' Daqqa, widow of "martyr" Walid Daqqa, who was part of a PFLP cell who kidnapped IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984, gouged out his eyes, and castrated him before shooting him dead.[8] The conference website listed the following groups as part of its steering committee: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), The People's Forum, Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Palestinian Feminist Collective, ANSWER Coalition, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), International Jewish Anti Zionist Network, Writers Against the War on Gaza, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Palestine Popular University, Palestinian American Women's Association, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression.[9] Among the conference endorsers listed on the website are: American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); Code Pink; Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran; Dearborn Blog; Doctors Against Genocide; Feminists For Justice In/For Palestine; Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network; Students For Justice In Palestine branches: UT Dallas, BMCC, Santa Cruz, Michigan Dearborn, Wayne State University.[10] See Appendix for full list of endorsers. Conference Website Raises Funds For 'Palestinian Youth Movement' (PYM) – One Of Its Sponsors The conference website's "Donate" page allows visitors to donate to the Palestinian Youth Movement via credit card, Google Pay, or Apple Pay.[11] The page notes that it also accepts checks, explaining: "Payable to 'Honor the Earth' and mailed to 1430 Haines Ave STE 108 #225, Rapid City, SD, 57701. Please indicate PYM in the memo line." The Palestinian Youth Movement's website, which does not appear to have been updated since 2022, highlights opening chapters in the U.S., U.K. Sweden, and Italy.[12] Screenshots from the Palestinian Youth Movement website's landing page. The site does not appear to have been updated since 2022. The "Donate" page on the website allows visitors to donate funds to one of the conference sponsors, Palestinian Youth Movement. The following are MEMRI TV clips of statements made at the conference. U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib At People's Conference For Palestine: By Attacking The Authority Of The ICC U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) Addressed President Biden in her May 25, 2024 talk at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit. Mohammed Nabulsi, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, introduced Tlaib. Later in the program, he said that the chief target of the pro-Palestinian organizations should be President Biden and his administration. He said that their short-term goal should be to get the Biden administration and the Democratic Party to stop their support of "this genocide." Nabulsi said: "I believe our fundamental role is to generate political and social crisis within the American ruling class." Mohammad Nabulsi: "We will be joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib" Rashida Tlaib: "I love you" [...] "President Biden, I hope you hear us loud and clear. Attacking the authority of the International Criminal Court and interfering in their legal processes is nothing more – nothing more – than an attempt to prevent the genocidal maniac Netanyahu and his senior Israeli officials from being held accountable for those crimes against humanity. "You are an enabler, President Biden. The International Court of Justice just ruled that the Israeli government must stop its invasion of Rafah, but President Biden says what's happening in Rafah is not a genocide. "Where's your red line, President Biden? This is not even consistent with his own views on international law in the past. For he would sit there on a call and said, 'Putin must be held accountable at the ICC.' But he shields the murderous war criminal Netanyahu and the Israeli government." [...] Nabulsi: "So, I think we need to be clear. The chief target has been the Biden administration. "Because ultimately, the Biden administration – and to extent the Democratic party – is the primary vessel that controls the policies and the decisions that actually impact our people. [...] "The short term, most immediate goal, is to get the Biden administration and the Democratic party to end its trajectory in support of this genocide. And we don't do this because we have faith in them, we don't do this because we believe there is some way we can alter their conscious, make them more moral actors, appeal to their moral sensibilities, that's not why. We do this because, ultimately, they control the levers of power, and we need those levers to be lifted off our people and eyes. "Now, for me what does that mean? How are these tactics tied to targeting the Biden administration and the Democratic party? I believe our fundamental role is to generate political and social crisis within the American ruling class. Thank you." Sara Kershnar Of The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Speaking To The People's Conference For Palestine In Detroit: We Support The Armed Struggle; For The Future Of Humanity And The Survival Of This Planet, Israel Must Be Dismantled Radical anti-Zionist activist Sara Kershnar of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network was met with cheers and applause at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit when she said that "it is crucial" for the future survival of humanity that Israel and Zionism are dismantled. The crowd cheered in response to her statement that Zionism is the most antisemitic movement and booed Christian Zionists. Kershnar described Zionism as a "ruling class white movement of European Jews who wanted access to power and capital." She expressed her support of Palestinian armed struggle, and she continued to say that Zionism and the State of Israel have nothing to do with Jewish safety, valuing Jewish life, or any life, or the survival of this planet. Sara Kershnar spoke on the third day of the conference on May 26, 2024. To view the clip click below: Sara Kershnar: "This has been a marathon of eight months, but for many of us, a lifelong struggle to dismantle Zionism and the State of Israel. The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network approaches the work first and foremost following the demands for the full liberation of Palestine, from the River to the Sea. And we stand in our own history when we do that. We stand in our own history of resistance to genocide, including the right to resist, and armed resistance as part of that history. And in that way, we are unequivocally with the resistance in Palestine. [...] "It is crucial to the future of humanity and the very survival of the planet that we dismantle Zionism. [...] "There is no going back. From here Israel is going to fall. [...] "Zionism is really the most antisemitic movement, and partners with the most antisemitic regimes and parties. That includes white supremacist organizations in this country. Proud Boys, Steve Bannon, the Trump regime. It also includes Christian Zionists, who are the largest Zionist population in the United States. [...] "It goes back to the character of the Zionist movement which was very much a ruling class, white movement of European Jews who wanted State power. Who wanted access to that power and capital. And so, for our movement, it feels very important that we recognize that it has never had... for the Zionists, for the U.S. and its allies, it has never had anything to do with Jewish safety. Has never had anything to do with valuing Jewish life and of course it has nothing to do with valuing any life or the actual survival of this planet. [...] "And then I wanted to speak to anti-Zionist Jews who are here or elsewhere. We have to keep decentering the conversation of Jewish safety. We have a responsibility to stop the weaponization of antisemitism. It is a betrayal of our history. It is itself antisemitism, because it allows these governments to claim Jewish safety when all they care about is their own agenda. But that is not the center of anti-Zionist struggle. The center of anti-Zionist struggle is the dismantling of it. [...] "And so, as Jewish people who are committed to collective liberation, there is one choice. And we invite you to join us in dismantling Zionism before it continues to do so much damage not only in Palestine, but all over the world. That is not our legacy. And what we need to do is come together and create a different legacy in solidarity with out anti-Zionist brothers and sisters. Thank you." Speakers Laud 'Scenes Of Our Heroic People Breaking Down The Siege' On October 7, Armed Resistance, Call For Palestinian Struggle To 'Involve The Whole Of Society On All Levels' At Detroit 'People's Conference For Palestine', Attended By Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, And PFLP Member Wisam Rafidee In a panel titled "Palestinian Resistance and the Path to Liberation" held at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit, speakers glorified armed resistance against Israel, the October 7 attacks, smuggling sperm from security prisoners in Israeli jails, and the forced evacuation of Israelis from Northern Israel. Sarah Abdelshamy, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Montreal was the moderator of the session. Abdelshamy described the scenes of October 7 as "scenes of our heroic people breaking down the siege that has suffocated the Gaza Strip." She said that the struggle for Palestinian liberation from the River to the Sea is one that involves the "entire Palestinian society." Abdaljawad Omar, a Palestinian writer and professor of philosophy and culture at Birzeit University said that without the events of October 7, current "political possibilities" like the student movement, the recognition of a Palestinian state and the legal proceedings of the international Criminal Court (ICC) and international Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague would not exist. Ashraf Taher, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement from Britain explained that the Palestinian masses and resistance are "one and the same." He added: "Liberation only comes from armed struggle." He praised Palestinian terrorist Odei Tamimi, who in October 2022 carried out a shooting attack at Shuafat checkpoint in East Jerusalem, killing female soldier Noa Lazar. Tara Alami, a Montreal-based Palestinian writer and activist, lauded Palestinian security prisoners smuggling sperm out of Israeli jails, as in the example of terrorist Walid Daqqa, whose wife was the keynote speaker at the conference. The audience applauded as she discussed the Iranian drone attack against Israel on April 14, the escape of six Palestinian terrorists from Megiddo Prison in 2021, and the forced evacuation of 250,000 (sic) Israeli civilians from northern Israel. Another speaker on the panel was Rajab Abdelhaq, the co-founder of the Quds News Network. Abdelhaq has been a featured speaker at MAS Youth Center in Brooklyn and MAS Staten Island Islamic Center. To view the clip click below: Sarah Abdelshamy: "In the past eight months, we have seen incredible images of victory from witnessing the families of political prisoners reunite with and embrace their loved ones for the first time in years, to scenes of our heroic people breaking down the siege that has suffocated the Gaza Strip for more than 17 years. "At the heart of the strategy for Palestinian liberation is the conviction that in order to be victorious, the struggle must transform and involve the whole of society on all levels, and indeed the story of our struggle is one that has always involved the entirety of Palestinian society. [...] "It has also shown that this is a protracted people's war of liberation and that the only one that is capable of sustaining it is the Palestinian resistance, which will continue to fight until liberation from the River to the Sea." [...] Abdaljawad Omar: "One of the most pervasive attacks against all forms of resistance – especially armed resistance – is the claim that Palestinians' use of armed resistance destroys the possibility of solidarity and tarnishes the image of our people. They say it diminishes our chances for support for our rightful cause. This narrative, echoed even some of our own intellectuals, must be addressed. "Firstly, without the events of October 7th, regardless of our feelings of those events, the political possibilities we now witness would not exist. The rise of the student movement in the United States in North America and Europe, with demands for divestment and boycott of academic institutions, the recognition of the Palestinian state, the moves by the ICC and ICJ, and the significant shift in global opinion, none of these would have come to pass. [...] "No single moment has opened so many doors of political possibility like the events that transpired after October 7th. Secondly, the discourse of human rights and victimhood will only envoke pity. Pity is a fragile and feeble foundation for political movements. Our strength does not lie in eliciting pity, but in inspiring various acts of resistance, through various forms of resistance. [...] "But let's look at the scene after October 7th. Israel has tarnished its image as a democratic and liberal society in the midst of a sea of monsters. In fact, the world has come to recognize Zionism in its horror. [...] "October 7th and the promise for liberation it holds would not have manifested in our conference today, in our gathering today. Without the capacity to resist and its regeneration through time, there would have been no story, hero, hope, or future to dream of." [...] Ashraf Taher: "Another really beautiful example is the example of Odei Tamimi. Odei was a young Palestinian from the Shuafat Refugee Camp in Jerusalem, who performed what we would call a 'low lying operation' in October 2022. [...] "He was embraced by the community, hidden, and kept away from the occupation's grasp. [...] "And while the masses relies on the resistance, and the resistance relies on the masses, it is also important to understand that the resistance and the masses are one in the same. Actually, to bring you to the current moment, Gaza is where the popular cradle is the strongest, and it is precisely for this reason that Gaza is placed under siege. [...] "We know from the history of Haiti, from Vietnam, and Algeria, that liberation only comes from armed struggle." [...] Tara Alami: "Sperm smuggling is a revolutionary process through which people within the Zionist dungeon are able to transgress the literal walls of these colonial dungeons, and conceive a child with their partner on the outside. Right now, there are over a hundred Palestinian children that have been born through this revolutionary process. One of them, of course, is the daughter of our revolutionary martyr Walid Daqqa, who this room is named after. [...] "A few weeks ago, when Iran had sent drones to the occupied 1948 lands, and, you know... In the same night, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank literally broke through the Beit El apartheid crossline. And it's also how six Palestinian political prisoners were able to dig their way through one of the highest security Zionist prisons, to escape for even just a few days, and to reproduce this revolutionary consciousness among the masses. [...] "And so along with these transformations happening in the Palestinian collective psyche, Zionist settlers dialectically experienced their own collective transformation as well, and it's evidenced most recently by the over 250,000 Zionist settlers who had evacuated the north of occupied Palestine." At Detroit 'People's Conference For Palestine' Moustafa Barghouti, Secretary General Of Palestinian National Initiative And Member Of PLO Central Council Praises October 7 Attacks, Adds: Resistance In All Its Forms Is Our Right, Our Way; Taher Herzallah Of American Muslims For Palestine (AMP): Some People Here Today Will Not Be Here Next Year, Because Liberation Struggle Requires Sacrifices; Other Speaker Quotes Poem Honoring Slain PFLP Spokesman At the People's Conference for Palestine held on May 26, 2024 in Detroit, Taher Herzallah, the associate director for outreach and grassroots organizing for American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) said: "The gloves are off." He explained that some people in the room will not be at the conference the following year, because the liberation struggle requires sacrifices. Herzallah also said that the long tentacles of Zionism have reached deep into the American heartland. AMP is currently under investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability for its ties to Hamas via its financial sponsor, Americans for Justice in Palestine and links to the Holy Land Foundation. Yara Shoufani of the Palestinian Youth Movement and a PhD student at York University, quoted from a poem written in honor of Ghassan Kanafani, spokesman of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who was killed in 1972: "You were the homeland, you were the revolution, you were the pen and the gun." She added: "Welcome to the struggle, we fight until victory." Moustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative and a member of the PLO Central Council said, that in all its forms, resistance is the right, the way, and the guarantee to succeed in the future of the Palestinians. He added that regardless of the sacrifices, what we have seen since October 7 is a return to the root of the Palestinian problem. To view the clip click below: Yara Shoufani: "Our struggle is a long struggle, and one that stands on the shoulders of thousands of martyrs and thousands of fighters who have committed and who are committing their lives to lay the ground for the revolution we see ahead of us today. It is in this tradition that we convene here and commit ourselves to the road ahead. "After the martyrdom of Palestinian intellectual and revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani, a poem written in his honor notes: 'And the homeland, which you were far from, you were the closest of people to it. The homeland in which you should have been living, was living in you. You were the homeland. You were the revolution. You were the pen and the gun. [...] "Welcome to the conference and welcome to the struggle. We fight until victory!" Moustafa Barghouti: "Al Aqsa... Al Aqsa Flood, which came on the seventh of October, actually represented a continuation of true, new kind of uprising that started in 2015 in the occupied territories. [...] "Regardless of how much sacrifices we have to make, in reality, what we have seen since the seventh of October is a return to the roots of the issue. To the roots of the problem. To the roots of why we are suffering as Palestinians. [...] "In all its forms, resistance is our right. Resistance is our way. Resistance is our guarantee to succeed in our future." Taher Herzallah: "We know that Zionism has killed us, has displaced us, has destroyed our lives in Palestine. And the long tentacles of Zionism have always reached deep into the American heartland. Like no other place in the world, Zionism has penetrated the depths of American society, economics, and politics, for decades. But it makes sense though. It makes sense because without America, there would be no Zionist project. At its core, the Zionist settler colonial project is based on the white European settler colonial project of North America. [...] "The world has changed in ways that does not suit them. And they're going crazy realizing that they have spent all these years and billions of dollars to prop up this project of theirs, and they are still losing. They're losing a public narrative battle. They're losing their ability to control us. And this means that now the gloves are off. And quite frankly, anything is possible. "I caution you of the days to come, because they will not be easy. There are people among us today who might not be with us next year at this conference. And this is the reality. Because the liberation struggle requires sacrifice, and I know everybody here is prepared to make that sacrifice." Activists At 'People's Conference For Palestine' In Detroit Emphasize Solidarity Between North Korea And Palestinians: DPKR Has Never Recognized The Zionist Tumor; To Hell With Democracy, We Must Bring Down This Empire With One Million Cuts; Chant: Long Live The Intifada! We Will Return To Haifa, Jaffa, The Galilee At the closing session of the People's Conference for Palestine on May 26, 2024 in Detroit, Nadya Tannous, the general-coordinator of the Palestinian Youth Movement said: "We will not be distracted by […] a tiny concession – because we want the whole thing. It would be a dishonor for our people to accept anything less than that." The crowd chanted that they will return to Safed, Jaffa, Acre, Haifa, the Galilee, Lod, and Ramle. Ju-Hyun Park of Nodutol for Korean Community Development said that "the DPRK has never once recognized the Zionist tumor that goes by the name of Israel." Park, who uses the pronoun 'they,' added that PFLP founder George Habash received training in Pyongyang. Mohammed Nabulsi of the Palestinian Youth Movement said: "They tell us they want us to say democracy. We want to save our people. To hell with their democracy!" Manolo De Santos, the founder and executive-director of The People's Forum Participants, which purportedly has financial ties with the Chinese Communist Party, said: "We have to bring down this empire with one million cuts." To view the clip click below: Mohammed Nabulsi: "They tell us they want us to save democracy. We want to save our people! To hell with their democracy!" [...] Crowd: "With our soul and our blood, we will redeem you, Al-Aqsa! With our soul and our blood, we will redeem you, Al-Aqsa!" [...] "Intifada, Intifada! Long live the Intifada!" [...] Ju-Hyun Park: "Zionism is using a very old playbook, but they have not learned the lesson that America has refused to learn, which is that that playbook doesn't work. After all those bombs, the DPRK – North Korea – is still standing to this day. After all the bombs, after all the massacres in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance is still there, in fact it is stronger. It has never been clearer than now that Zionism is not burying Gaza, they are simply digging their own grave. When we talk about our shared solidarity, what we mean is joint struggle. We don't just mean that we believe the same things. We don't just mean that we feel for each other. The DPRK has never once recognized the Zionist tumor that goes by the name of Israel. Throughout its history, the solidarity between the Korean and the Palestinian people has not only been moral but material. Where did George Habash receive his training? It was in Pyongyang." [...] Manolo De Los Santos: "Regardless of what our enemies say or don't say, we know more than ever that the Palestinian movement in the United States is serving as an anchor for our larger mass anti-imperialism movement." [...] "We have to bring down this empire with one million cuts, and those one million cuts have to come from every sector of struggle in this room." [...] Nadya Tannous: "We don't want recognition for the crimes against our people. We want justice, freedom, liberation, and we will not get distracted by a shortcoming, or a small offer, or a tiny concession – because we want the whole thing. It would be a dishonor to our people to accept anything less than that." [...] Woman: "I will return!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Jaffa and Acre!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Safed and Ramle!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Jerusalem!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Hebron!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To the Galilee!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Lod and Acre!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To the Galilee!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Gaza!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Ramle!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Haifa and Jaffa!" Crowd: "Return!" Woman: "To Ramle!" Crowd: "Return!" Appendix: Endorsers Listed On The Conference Website The conference's website listed the following as endorsers:[13] 18 MILLION RISING 27TH LETTER BOOKS 99 COALITION ACADEMICS FOR PALESTINE-CONCORDIA ACRO PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ACTIONS4PALESTINE AF3IRM AFTER EMPIRE AL FRENTE DE LUCHA AL HUB CHICAGO AL- QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY AL-HADAF KC ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALL-AFRICAN PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY (GC) ALLIANCE OUVRIÈRE AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE (ADC) ANAKBAYAN USA ANARRES NATURAL HEALTH ANIMAL RIGHTS FOR PALESTINE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCIL ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ARAB AND MUSLIM ETHNICITIES AND DIASPORAS STUDIES PROGRAM, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY ARAB STUDENT UNION-CRESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ARIZONA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE ARIZONA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE (APSA) ARMOR COALITION ART FORCES ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID ARTIVISTS OF IOWA ASSOCIATION OF PALESTINIAN ARAB CANADIANS ATHENS AGAINST APARTHEID ATLAS OF BLACKNESS AUSTIN WITH PALESTINE AUTONOMOUS TENANT UNION NETWORK AUTONOMOUS TENANTS UNION NETWORK BANGLADESHI-AMERICANS FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS BAYAN USA BEN DUARTE BUILD/DESIGN BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE BLACK DOG BOOKS AND RECORDS BLACK EDUCATION MATTERS BLACK LIVES MATTER–CANADA BLACK TRANS TRAVEL FUND BLACK WOMEN RADICALS BORDER AGRICULTURAL WORKERS PROJECT BORDERLANDS FOR EQUITY BORICUAS CON PALESTINA BROTHERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB BROWN BRUHA BUTEEKH. CAIRO COFFEE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN PRISONERS CALIFORNIA LATINAS FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE CANADA CHINESE FRIENDSHIP PROMOTION ASSOCIATION CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (CUPE) 1281 CARDS BY DÉ CATALYST PROJECT CATHOLICS 4 PALESTINE CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY LIBERATION COLLECTIVE CEASEFIRE NOW COVINGTON (KY) CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CENTER FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION CENTRAL AMERICAN DISRUPTION CENTRAL FLORIDA QUEERS FOR PALESTINE CENTRO MULTICULTURAL LA FAMILIA CHICAGO YOUTH FOR JUSTICE CHINA-US SOLIDARITY NETWORK CHRISTIANS FOR A FREE PALESTINE CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR PALESTINE CLEVELAND PALESTINE ADVOCACY COMMUNITY CLIMATE MOBILIZATION PROJECT COALITION FOR POLICE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, INTEGRATION & IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY (BAMN) CODEPINK COLECTIVA FEMINISTA EN CONSTRUCCIÓN COLORADO PALESTINE COALITION COMMITTEE OF ANTI-IMPERIALISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN COMMITTEE OF ANTI-IMPERIALISTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN (CASI) COMMUNITY LIBERATION PROGRAMS COOPERATION JACKSON CRAIGAVON TRADES COUNCIK CT PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COALITION DEARBORN BLOG DEARBORN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 681 DECOLONIZING SEXUALITIES NETWORK DEGROWNYC DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DETROIT & MICHIGAN CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD DETROIT CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB DETROIT JERICHO MOVEMENT DETROIT MLK DAY COMMITTEE DETROIT WILL BREATHE DETROIT YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE DIASPORA PA'LANTE COLLECTIVE DISSENTERS DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE ENGINEERS AGAINST APARTHEID ESPACIO MIGRANTE ESPY COFFEE EYEWITNESS PALESTINE FACULTY FOR PALESTINE FEMINISTS FOR JUSTICE IN/FOR PALESTINE FIFTH SUN PROJECT FIRE THIS TIME MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FRANCES M. BEAL, EMERITUS, THIRD WORLD WOMEN'S ALLIANCE FREE DEMOCRATIC PALESTINE MOVEMENT FREEDOM FLOTILLA COALITION FREEDOM ROAD SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION - MICHIGAN FREEPALESTINEKC FRIENDS OF GHASSAN KANAFANI FRIENDS OF SABEEL NORTH AMERICA - MICHIGAN FRIENDS OF SABEEL NORTH AMERICA (FOSNA) FRIENDS OF THE CONGO FURDOSE G-REBLS GABRIELA USA GARAGE CULTURAL GAZA'S CHILDREN GENDER JUSTICE LA GENERAL BAKER INSTITUTE GENERAL STRIKE U.S. MI CHAPTER GENERAL STRIKE US MICHIGAN CHAPTER (GSUS - MI) GENESEE VALLEY CITIZENS FOR PEACE GLOBAL PEACE ALLIANCE BC SOCIETY GLOBAL SOLIDARITY NETWORK SEATTLE GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE GOURMET ISLAND BISTRO GRADUATE EMPLOYEES' ORGANIZATION (GEO3550) AT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GRAN VARONES GRASSROOTS AL-QUDS GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE GROWING LIBERATION HARRIET TUBMAN CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE HEALED HELPING HANDS L.L.C. HEALING OUR HOMELAND HEALTH WORKERS ALLIANCE FOR PALESTINE (HAP) HERE4THEKIDS HINDUS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HITA LITEKYAN HONOR THE EARTH HOSPITALITY FOR HUMANITY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOUNDATION HYDRA MUTUAL AID FUND HYPE ATHLETICS IMAM JAMIL ACTION NETWORK INCITE! PALESTINE FUND INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE INDIGENOUS IDAHO ALLIANCE INDWELL PLLC INSTITUTE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF ZIONISM INTERNATIONAL MANIFESTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL ON US IMPERIALISM: SANCTIONS, BLOCKADES, AND ECONOMIC COERCIVE MEASURES INTERRELIGIOUS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION/PASTORS FOR PEACE INTERRELIGIOUS TASK FORCE ON CENTRAL AMERICA ISLAMIC CONGREGATION OF LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE ISLAMIC HUMANITARIAN SERVICE JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JEWS AGAINST WHITE SUPREMACY UCSC JEWS SAY NO TO GENOCIDE JISOOR JUDGING BY THE COVER: A BOOKSTORE JUSTICE, UNITY, & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION JUSTICE4PALESTINE-LA KAIROS USA KALLPAWAN KASHMIR GULPOSH KEEP BEYOND KOLLECTIV KONA 4 PALESTINE LAAL LABOR FOR PALESTINE LABOR FOR PALESTINE LOS ANGELES LABOUR FOR PALESTINE - CANADA LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY NETWORK LATINAS EN PODER LATINXS FOR PALESTINE LAVENDER PHOENIX LETTERS FOR PALESTINE LIBERATION FARM LITTLE INDIAN GIRL COLLECTIVE LOS RONDEROS DE LAS REDES M5 PRODUCTIONS MAINE COALITION FOR PALESTINE MAINE VOICES FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS MAKING MENSCHES MALAYA MOVEMENT USA MALCOLM X CENTER FOR SELF DETERMINATION MALDEN FOR PALESTINE MAMAS ACTIVATING MOVEMENTS FOR ABOLITION AND SOLIDARITY (MAMAS) MARCH 4 BLACK WOMXN SAN DIEGO MARIÅNAS FOR PALESTINE MARIPOSA HABITAT NURSERY AND STAFF. MASAR BADIL - THE PALESTINIAN ALTERNATIVE REVOLUTIONARY PATH MOVEMENT MATIKA MŌ PARETINIA MCGILL COLLECTIVE FOR GENDER EQUALITY MEDIA DECOMPRESSION COLLECTIVE MERAJ PUBLISHING MICHIGAN ACTION ON CUBA COALITION MICHIGAN DISTRICT COMMUNIST PARTY USA MICHIGAN GENERAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE MICHIGAN PEACE COUNCIL MICHIGAN SOCIAL WORKERS FOR PALESTINE MICHIGAN SOLIDARITY BAIL FUND MIDEAST:JUSTPEACE - TRAVERSE CITY MIGRANT ROOTS MEDIA MINNESOTA ANTI-WAR COMMITTEE MINNESOTA PEACE ACTION COALITION MISSISSIPPI RISING COALITION MISTUDENTSDREAM MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR & OCCUPATION (MAWO) MONDOWEISS MONSOON ASIANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN SOLIDARITY MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOR PALESTINE MORATORIUM NOW! COALITION MOTHERFUL MOTHLIGHT MICROCINEMA MPOWER CHANGE MPOWER CHANGE ACTION FUND MUSLIM ALLIANCE FOR SEXUAL AND GENDER DIVERSITY MASGD MUSLIM COUNTERPUBLICS LAB MUSLIMS FOR JUST FUTURES NATIONAL IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD AT DETROIT MERCY LAW NATIONAL WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION NDN COLLECTIVE NEBRASKANS FOR PEACE: PALESTINIAN RIGHTS TASK FORCE NEVADANS FOR PALESTINIAN LIBERATION NEW ENGLAND MUSLIM CENTER NEW GENERATION FOR PALESTINE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOR SOCIALISM NEW OBSERVATIONS MAGAZINE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR GENDER RIGHTS ADVOCACY NEW YORK EDUCATORS FOR PALESTINE NEW YORK PEACE COUNCIL NODUTDOL FOR KOREAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NOMUNOMU NORTH ALABAMA PEACE NETWORK NORTHWEST OHIO PEACE COALITION NYC NETWORK OF WORKER COOPERATIVES OF—NO NATION OHIO PEACE COUNCIL ORANGE COUNTY FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE ORGANIZACIÓN BORICUÁ DE AGRICULTURA ECOLÓGICA DE PUERTO RICO PAKISTANI STUDENT ASSOCIATION WSU PALESTINE DIASPORA MOVEMENT PALESTINE FOUNDATION INC PALESTINE HURRA COLLECTIVE NASHVILLE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY WORKING GROUP PALESTINEQUEBEC PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER PALESTINIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION OF UTAH PANHANDLE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN PALESTINE PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION PEACE DAY ASHEVILLE PEOPLE FOR PALESTINE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE NETWORK (PRN) PFC PHILADELPHIA IRISH AGAINST OPPRESSION PHILADELPHIA TENANTS UNION PINK FLAMINGO DETROIT PM PRESS PORTUGAL THE MAN PRIMAVERA ZUR PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES ACTION PROJECT 1948 PROJECT SOUTH: INSTITUTE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY & GENOCIDE PROJECT WATERMELON PRUTEHI LITEKYAN SAVE RITIDIAN PUNTOROJO COLLECTIVE QUEER ASIAN SOCIAL CLUB QUEER FOLK®, INC. 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PILGRIM ART FOUNDATION THE PALESTINIAN ASSEMBLY FOR LIBERATION THE PEOPLE'S POTATO THE POLIS PROJECT, INC THE SHIFT THE WELLNESS LIBRARY THERAPIN*Y & DR. THERAPINAY TORONTO FORUM ON CUBA TRACE PRESS TRAUMA INFORMED SAN JOSE TRINOSOPHES U.S. LABOR AGAINST RACISM AND WAR UE LOCAL 256 - MIT GRADUATE STUDENT UNION UNIÓN DEL BARRIO UNION OF PALESTINIAN AMERICAN WOMEN UNITED GRADUATE WORKERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO UE LOCAL 1466 UNITED UNION OF ROOFERS, WATERPROOFERS AND ALLIED WORKERS LOCAL 36 UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY, STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG CENTRE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE USA PALESTINE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK USA-PALESTINE MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK USPCN VEGAN ACTIVIST ALLIANCE VEGANS FOR PALESTINE VETERANS FOR PEACE VIRGINIA DEFENDERS FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE & EQUALITY VISUALIZING PALESTINE W.O.M.A.N., INC. WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY BLACK STUDENT UNION WBAI RADIO, NEW YORK WESPAC FOUNDATION, INC. WHERE THE METALS MEET WILDSEED CENTRE FOR ART & ACTIVISM WILPF WOMAN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM WINCHESTER4PALESTINE WISCONSIN BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE MOVEMENT WOMAN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM (WILPF). WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE WORLD BEYOND WAR XICANX INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING & ORGANIZING YALE LAW STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE YALE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA YALIES4PALESTINE YEMENI LIBERATION MOVEMENT YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE OF CANADA - LIGUE DE LA JEUNESSE COMMUNISTE DU CANADA YOUNG FEMINIST PARTY YSA DEARBORN
Time of India
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
'You RACISTS': U.S. Congresswoman In Tears; BLASTS Republicans, Dems Over 'Gaza Genocide'
In an emotional address to the U.S. House, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemned both Republicans and Democrats, accusing them of being complicit in what she described as a genocide in Gaza. She passionately criticized her colleagues, calling out racism and a lack of humanity in their response to the conflict. Her speech highlighted the suffering of Palestinian civilians and expressed outrage over continued U.S. support for Israel's military actions. Watch. Read More
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Squad liberal trolled for 'crocodile tears' after crying AGAIN on the House floor
Liberal Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib broke down in tears on the floor of the U.S House of Representatives Thursday afternoon while delivering a speech. 'I pray that the ongoing Nakba against the Palestinians will end. That one day they will be free,' Tlaib (D-Mich.) wailed through tears to a nearly empty room. Tlaib took to the floor to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, which her office described as 'the mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homes' between 1947-1949. Tlaib believes that the Nakba is still ongoing. 'Nearly 1.9 Palestinians have been displaced once again. Each year our country sends billions of dollars to maintain this apartheid state, and support the ongoing ethnic cleansing that the Palestinian people,' she cried. 'Our country is complicit, Mr. Speaker because our nation is funding this genocide.' 'The Israeli government will not stop until we place an arms embargo, majority of Americans support it. We must save lives, no matter faith or ethnicity,' Tlaib claimed. Tlaib, along with other members of the far-left 'Squad,'has been a vocal antagonist of the U.S - Israel relationship throughout her tenure in Congress. She is the first Palestinian-American woman to serve in Congress, and was one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. X users, including several from her home state of Michigan reacted to Tlaib's breakdown unsympathetically, with many asking who Tlaib believes she actually represents in Congress. Podcaster James Dickson wrote: 'Rashida Tlaib is almost never seen talking about America, Americans, or Detroiters.' Another added: 'Where were these tears for the 300k missing kids at our own border?' Pro-Republican account 'Red State Updates' slammed her display of 'crocodile tears.' And with Tlaib crying, we are up to 3/6 elected Democrat Congress members from Michigan embarrassing our state in just one week. Scholten, McDonald, or Stevens next?: — Anna Hoffman (@shoesonplease) May 15, 2025 Rashida Tlaib is almost never seen talking about America, Americans, or Detroiters Rashida Tlaib, D-Palestine — James David Dickson (@downi75) May 15, 2025 NEW: Rep. Rashida Tlaib bursts out in tears on the House floor over Palestine not being 'free.' Where were these tears for the 300k missing kids at our own border? What about Americans who've been k*lled by illegals? America Last: Tears for everyone else except their own… — David Medina 🦫🇺🇸 (@davidmedinapdx) May 15, 2025 Rep. Rashida Tlaib just started CRYING about Palestine. Where was she when illegals were k*lling US citizens? — Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) May 15, 2025 Despite it being proven wrong that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, Rep. @RashidaTlaib breaks down in tears at a pro-Hamas rally outside the Capitol repeating the claim Israel bombed a hospital. — Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 18, 2023 Tlaib has previously cried publicly during her tenure, both on the floor of the House of Representatives and during a rally held on Capitol grounds in 2023. The Trump administration has cracked down on pro-Palestinian protests, particularly on college campuses, since the president took office in January. Immigration officials have targeted college students for sympathizing with Hamas, and even detained several individuals including Mahmoud Khalil, a former student at Columbia University in New York. Tlaib has been one of Khalil's most vocal defendants, arguing that his campus organizing is protected under the First Amendment. 'We are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil. We will not let the Trump Administration shred our First Amendment rights. Protesting genocide is not a crime,' Tlaib wrote in a March 25th instagram post. Earlier this week, Tlaib cried while reading a letter that Khalil wrote after missing the birth of his newborn son due to being detained by immigration authorities. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@reprashida) View this post on Instagram
BreakingNews.ie
15-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested after US Capitol Gaza protest
The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's has been arrested after disrupting a US Senate hearing with a pro-Gaza protest. Ben Cohen of the famous ice cream company was one of seven people said to have been arrested at a committee hearing on Wednesday while US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr was speaking, US news outlets are reporting. Advertisement Kennedy came under fire during the hearing from lawmakers who said he has made false statements over vaccine testing and safety since taking the nation's top health job. Some protesters shouting opposition to Kennedy's positions were dragged out by police, including Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. "You're killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting Medicaid for kids here," shouted Cohen, who had attended a pro-Palestine event with Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib earlier on Wednesday, referring to Medicaid cuts proposed in the Republican spending bill and US support for Israel's war in Gaza. Afterwards, Cohen tweeted out a video of the incident, saying: "I told Congress they're killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and they're paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US. Advertisement "This was the authorities' response." The committee hearing was Kennedy's first appearance in the US Congress since his confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary in February, facing questions over everything from his mass layoffs at federal health agencies to his handling of a worsening US measles outbreak. Some of the most heated exchanges centered on his remarks on vaccines. Kennedy has for years sown doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, but pledged to maintain the country's existing vaccine standards to secure his appointment in the Trump administration. Republican US Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician from Louisiana who helped pave the way for Kennedy's confirmation, corrected the secretary's assertion that the Covid-19 vaccine is the only shot tested against a placebo in clinical trials. Advertisement "The Secretary said no vaccines, except for Covid, have been evaluated against placebo. For the record, that's not true," said Cassidy, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, was detained by police. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty "Coronavirus, measles, and HPV vaccines have been, and some vaccines are tested against previous versions, just for the record," said Cassidy, who chairs the Senate HELP Committee. Democratic Senator Christopher Murphy of Connecticut said Kennedy had not lived up to his commitment to Cassidy and the committee during his confirmation hearing. "As soon as you were sworn in, you announced new standards for vaccine approvals that you proudly referred to in your own press release as a radical departure from current practice, and experts say that departure will delay approvals," said Murphy. Advertisement "You also said, specific to the measles vaccine, that you support the measles vaccine, but you have consistently been undermining the measles vaccine," Murphy said. "You told the public that the vaccine wanes very quickly... and said that the measles vaccine was never properly tested for safety. You said there's fetal debris in the measles vaccine." "All true," Kennedy shouted back as Murphy listed his comments. "I'm not going to just tell people everything is safe and effective if I know that there's issues," he said. The measles vaccine has been shown to be safe and highly effective at preventing infection and does not contain fetal debris. Kennedy has drawn condemnation from health officials for what they say is a weak endorsement of measles shots during an outbreak that has infected more than 1,000, mostly unvaccinated, people and killed three. Advertisement Audience members at the HELP hearing wore stickers saying "When Bobby lies, children die," and "anti-vax, anti-science, anti-America" in reference to Kennedy's vaccine views. 'Up to me' Kennedy has said his top priorities as health secretary include identifying the environmental contributors to autism and tackling rising rates of chronic disease. He has vowed to remake the nation's health agencies, including cutting 10,000 jobs at the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Wednesday's Senate hearing and one before a House Appropriations subcommittee earlier in the day were meant to review Kennedy's health-related spending plans under president Donald Trump's budget proposal, including an $18 billion cut to NIH funding and $3.6 billion from the CDC. Democrats and other critics have portrayed the cuts as a gutting of the country's public health infrastructure. Kennedy told the Appropriations Committee they would save taxpayers $1.8 billion per year and make the department more efficient. "Our reductions have focused on aligning HHS staffing levels to reflect the size of HHS prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw around a 15 per cent increase in the number of employees," Kennedy said in his opening statement to the House subcommittee. World 'No way' Israel will halt war in Gaza until Hamas... Read More The cuts and firings were his decision, not edicts from Elon Musk, Kennedy said when asked about the billionaire Trump ally's involvement. Musk is leading the DOGE initiative to cut government funding and reshape the federal bureaucracy. "Elon Musk gave us help in trying and figuring out where there was fraud and abuse in the department," Kennedy testified. "But it was up to me to make the decision, and there are many instances where I pushed back." Kennedy said he was willing to work with Democrats on lowering prescription drug prices in response to a question from Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who votes with Democrats. Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower their prices to align with what other countries pay that analysts and legal experts said would be difficult to implement.
