Azad Essa

India's attack on Pakistan is a declaration of Israel-style expansionism Delhi has modelled its assault on Pakistan on Israel's aggression in Palestine - testing the world's tolerance for Hindu nationalist militarism and the erasure of international law

India is modelling its assault on Pakistan on Israel’s aggression in Palestine, testing the world’s tolerance for Hindu nationalist militarism and the erasure of international law - @azadessa.bsky.social

The western media, like India’s media, are framing India’s attack as a response to Pahalgam.That India is run by an authoritarian, anti-Muslim, Hindu right wing govt with expansionist ambitions, which has military/diplomatically supported Israel’s genocide is not seen as relevant

Malcolm in Gaza. Coming soon.

‘Let’s replicate the genocide’

On the grotesque response from Indian politicians and media elites to the attack in Pahalgam.

1. Dehumanization of Kashmiris, Muslims and Pakistanis
2. A call for no red lines/a final solution
3. The reinforcement of a Hindu imagination over Kashmir

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I have been receiving some messages asking for book recommendations on Kashmir. Here is a fantastic list compiled by Stand With Kashmir -- a diaspora-led group which seeks to raise awareness about the occupation. Check out their site for more resources. standwithkashmir.org/books-films-on

The largest.

On 'academic freedom' in a time of genocide 'Freedom for whom?'

Grateful to @azadessa.bsky.social for publishing my comments on how there’s no such thing as academic freedom in this time of genocide

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How my support for Palestine made me a ‘traitor’ to India” - a stunning reflection by an Indian American on the opposition she faced from her community over her participation in the pro-Palestine encampments at Harvard. azadessa.substack.com/p/how-my-suppo…

Grateful to @azadessa.bsky.social and the Middle East Eye team for covering the insanity at Princeton and its ongoing prejudicial witch hunt of pro-Palestine students www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-pri...

India plans on building “the highest train station” in the world in Kashmir. Delhi says it’s about economic growth & development. Kashmiris know it means land dispossession, ecocide and forcing integration with India.

A burning press truck

Say their names: Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed Al-Ladah
Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan and Ayman Al-Jadi. On Christmas Night, US-backed-Israel murdered 5 journalists, bring the number to an even 200 journalists killed in the genocide. They were killed in a broadcast van at Al Awda hospital.

Why Kashmiris are railing against 'the world's highest train station' India is coming for the land.

New Delhi says the project will improve infrastructure and benefit the local economy. But Kashmiris know what the rail network is really about: land dispossession, ecocide and further integration with India.

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When it comes to racism, xenophobia and moral panics, there is very little separating the mainstream Indian media from their right wing counterparts in the US.

'If I must die': An anthology of a stubborn, brilliant life in Gaza New book pays tribute to Refaat Alareer, a literary icon who looked to elevate the power of storytelling as a means to engineer a vision of Palestinian liberation

My Latest: A review of Refaat Alareer’s book ‘If I must die’

The book pays tribute to a literary icon who looked to elevate the power of storytelling as a means to engineer a vision of Palestinian liberation

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India doubles down on pro-Israel policy saying 'national interest' drives arms transfers India has been under scrutiny recently after reports that Indian weapons, ammunition and technology were making their way into Israel's army

India doubles down on pro-Israel policy saying 'national interest' drives arms transfers

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The hate is really out of control.

The butcher of Gujarat and the man wanted by the ICC for war crimes.

News of ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders was welcomed, but several expressed it was just a single step on a long road ahead

India is a postcolonial power. Its rule in Kashmir is colonial | Aeon Essays India’s ongoing subjugation of Kashmir holds portentous lessons about the nature of contemporary colonialism

Colonies of former colonies: India’s ongoing subjugation of Kashmir holds portentous lessons about the nature of contemporary colonialism

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'We want an arrest warrant for Biden': Activists call for wider accountability for Gaza war News of ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders was welcomed, but several expressed it was just a single step on a long road ahead

“We want an arrest warrant for Biden."

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War on Gaza: Have UK protests made a difference? Although Israel's genocide of Palestinians has not stopped, demonstrators are ramping up pressure on governments and providing hope to the oppressed

The protest movement has shown Palestinians that they are supported in their fight to resist oppression, pursue justice, work towards liberation, and reclaim their dignity.

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Democrats & establishment Muslims spent the last year gaslighting Muslims, Arabs & Palestinians as Biden/Kamala funded a genocide. Now they talk about “holding each other” tightly and fighting back against Trump as if they aren’t architects of murderer, deportation, nepotism and racism themselves.

Do you remember the horrifying images from Deir al-Balah? Every time we think we've hit the rock bottom of Israeli depravity, it just seems to get worse.

It’s been a month since Shaban al-Dalou was burned alive inside a refugee camp in central Gaza following an Israeli airstrike.

Never forget what Israel has done to the people of Gaza.

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Blood mixed with flour as Israeli kills Palestinians seeking food in Gaza Air strikes hit civilians seeking aid in so-called 'humanitarian zone'

Absolutely horrific scenes emerging from Gaza as Israeli forces kill several Palestinians seeking food supplies.

Disturbing images from the scene show victims’ blood mixed with flour on the floor.

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Very little talk or discussion or concern about Gaza on these streets.

Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs Nizam Mamode, a retired NHS doctor who recently returned after working at Nasser Hospital, said he had 'never seen anything on this scale ever'

Israeli drones shooting children in Gaza deliberately 'day after day', UK surgeon tells MPs - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-war-british-surgeon-tells-mps-account-nasser-hospital

NYC activists join international hunger strike for an end to Gaza genocide Activists in New York City have started a hunger strike for Gaza outside the United Nations in solidarity with hunger strikers in Jordan. Organizers say that the strike will continue until the siege on...

Activists in New York City have started a hunger strike for Gaza outside the United Nations in solidarity with hunger strikers in Jordan. Organizers say that the strike will continue until the siege on Gaza is lifted.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/nyc-activists-join-international-hunger-strike-fo…

#Gaza: On Nov. 13 at around 11am, an airstrike hit the densely populated zone of Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, South #Gaza, with casualties reported. MSF only had a few minutes to evacuate its healthcare clinic located around 250m away from the place of the attack.

Muslim and Arab Americans deride 'liberal tears' after Trump's election win Democrats have started expressing concerns about future of minorities and others after Trump's re-election, with few acknowledging their complicity in Gaza

Americans are “worried about protecting their democracy and freedoms" while Palestinians were being exterminated in Gaza with American blessings.

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