By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives November 30, 2014
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“Bush added his own perspective: “No matter who you are, what color skin you have, where you live, we are all in this together! This isn’t a Ferguson problem it’s a Global Problem! We need change NOW! What happened to humanity? #JusticeForMikeBrown.” ”In downtown Oakland, meanwhile, a busy intersection was blocked by protesters with a banner reading, “Missouri, Palestine, Justice Now!”The “Ferguson-Palestine” link has been pushed by left-wing activists ever since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown on August 9. A letter from Palestinian activists published on the anti-Semitic Electronic Intifada website – among them Diana Buttu, a legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority, which was funded to the tune of $440 million by the U.S. government in 2013 – ended with the following declaration: “With a Black Power fist in the air, we salute the people of Ferguson and join in your demands for justice.” (Gates of Vienna, Nov. 25, 2014) From the Middle East Eye “Palestinian messages of solidarity with protesters in the American town of Ferguson were tweeted thousands of times overnight on Monday.
“Solidarity with Ferguson from the occupied besieged and bloodied Gaza. Palestinian lives matter. Black lives matter. All lives should matter,” read one. “Another said: “The Palestinian people know what [it] mean[s] to be shot while unarmed because of your ethnicity.” “Hands up, don’t shoot,” crowds chanted, referencing what witnesses said were Brown’s last words before being shot multiple times and killed.() “Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds and some protesters set fire to several buildings. Thousands of other people took part in protests across the country – from Los Angeles to New York and Washington DC."Meanwhile, Palestinians have been tweeting advice on how to deal with tear gas to protesters in the riot-hit city of Ferguson. Mariam Barghouti, a student at Birzeit University in the West Bank, wrote: “Solidarity with #Ferguson. Remember to not touch your face when tear-gassed or put water on it.” There’s a new war now breaking out right on American soil. It’s the Palestinian War destined to find strong support among millions of illegal aliens shielded from deportation by Obama fiat.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.