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That film has just won the 2025 Online Journalism Award for Digital Video Storytelling. We urge you to watch this and share it widely. It has now been 19 months since Israel killed Hind. No one has been held accountable.
For a full year, @premthakker.bsky.social pressed the US to investigate the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab. We document his yearlong reporting and investigation in our film “One Year Since Israel Killed Hind Rajab. Why Has the US Ignored the Murder of a 6-Year-Old Child?” youtu.be/roVy5IeuHpM
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NEW figures show that 61,226 people are currently in ICE detention — the highest number ever in US history. According to ICE data, 70% of these people have no criminal conviction.
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Agents snatched this person out of his Uber ride this morning in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC. Per source, officers followed his Uber for a few minutes, and then swarmed the vehicle and dragged him out.
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We just won our first ‘Online Journalism Award.’ Prem Thakker spent over a year pressing the US State Department on its disregard for Palestinian life, including six-year-old Hind Rajab, as it continues to send weapons to Israel. Watch our award-winning coverage here: zeteo.com/p/hind-killi...
Board Chair of Ben and Jerry's Anuradha Mittal was arrested yesterday during a protest at California Senator Alex Padilla’s office. At the protest, hundreds of people demanded Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff stop arming Israel.
Update — Likely future Democratic member of Congress Adelita Grijalva of Arizona calls Israel’s genocide of Gaza a genocide
"Pro-family" Republicans today: —"Thoughts & prayers" for kids shot as they prayed —Support masked agents kidnapping people, separating families —Unconditionally back Israel's genocide of Gaza, making thousands of orphans —Push out CDC officials trying to honor decades of science to protect kids
“This is not the first time the Israeli government has committed a live-streamed war crime and then told all of you that it was just a mistake.” @premthakker.bsky.social lists 10 times that Israel has attacked civilians, journalists and health workers and brushed it aside with an apology.
Here are the 14 Democrats and 1 Republican calling Israel's genocide a genocide:
UPDATE: With Reps. Mark Pocan and Lateefah Simon, 15 members of Congress are now calling Israel's genocide of Gaza a "genocide." A new poll shows 50% of US voters think Israel is committing genocide. 15 of 531 members of Congress agree.
New Quinnipiac Poll: 50% of voters say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Which politicians, experts, and rights groups are catching up to public opinion and finally using the G-word? @premthakker.bsky.social reports. READ IT HERE: zeteo.com/p/who-says-i...
The gap between the average Democratic voter and average Democratic politician on Palestine is almost incomprehensible at this point— to the extent that I really don't know what will finally break this dynamic
In other words, half of America now believes the country that all their politicians demand they support is committing genocide. But as of today, just 14 members of Congress have called Israel's genocide a genocide. 13 Democrats. 1 Republican. Out of 531 members. zeteo.com/p/who-says-i...
New poll also finds more US voters sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis regarding "the situation." Majority of Democrats & plurality of Independents. 40% of voters say US is too supportive of Israel. Includes 63% of Democrats, 42% of independents, 15% of Republicans.
New Quinnipiac Poll — 50% of voters say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Includes *77%* of Democrats, 51% of Independents, and 20% of Republicans. 60% of voters oppose sending more military aid to Israel. Includes 75% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 37% of Republicans.
Going on Facebook . com and seeing all my free-thinking acquaintances post Pray For Minneapolis 🙏 in response to kids who were shot while praying
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
NEW: A group of DNC members are pushing to bring Resolution 18 to a full DNC vote. The DNC Resolutions Committee killed it earlier today. It calls for a ceasefire, arms embargo to Israel, and recognition of Palestine. Just 8% of Democrats approve of Israel's military action in Gaza.
Ken Martin announced he'd withdraw the weaker Gaza resolution & form a task force to address the issue. In one sense, it's good he responded to other members' concerns. But was it a mystery that the party overwhelmingly opposes US support for Israel's violence? Couldn't this have gone differently?
The DNC had 2 Gaza resolutions: A status quo one A stronger one (arms embargo, suspend military aid, recognize Palestine). Proponents even offered a version only on "offensive" arms Still, the DNC voted for former & against latter. …And then it withdrew the resolution, to open a Task Force instead.
New — 100+ groups are demanding Marco Rubio act to release 16-year-old & fellow Floridian Muhammad Ibrahim from Israeli detention. Signers include: Jewish Voice for Peace Action; Veterans for Peace; and the family of Aysenur Eygi, the 26-year-old American peace activist killed by Israeli soldiers.
Think about this: 14% of all the people who have died of starvation in Gaza over the past 22 months have died in *the past week.*
Pritzker makes a crucial point here: Members of the National Guard have full-time jobs outside of their service and responsibilities. By frivolously calling them up, Trump is upending their lives just to weaponize them against their own neighbors and fellow Americans. It's appalling.
NEW: Norway's $2 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, said on Monday it has divested from U.S. construction equipment group Caterpillar (CAT.N), as well as five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds due to repeat violations of intl law in occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank & Gaza.
The DOGE AI account slams the Trump admin spending millions on new ICE SUVs. It says that since crime in DC has actually decreased, the SUVs serve to "intimidate residents, not protect them."
Spotted in Columbia Heights, DC yesterday: one of the 25 new decked-out ICE SUVs the Trump admin spent millions on
Genuinely unreal. Not only do your taxes fund bombing a hospital, and then waiting until more journalists and rescuers rush to the scene to bomb it again — they also fund the perpetrator telling you to your face that it was all just a “tragic mishap.”
Last week, the second most powerful Democrat in the House *walked back* her comments calling this a genocide:
If not morally shocked, are you not at least insulted? Israel bombs a hospital. Kills several people, including a journalist. Rescuers & journalists rush to the scene. And then Israel bombs them. On live TV. And then Israel tells you they never target civilians, and were just trying to hit a camera.
“Muhammad is a U.S. citizen, you know, and the only thing we're getting from U.S. embassy is, ‘we're working on it.’” @premthakker.bsky.social interviews Zaher Ibrahim, father of Muhammad Ibrahim — the Palestinian-American 16-year-old locked in Israeli prison. Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...
6 months ago, in the shadow of the night, Israeli soldiers took 16-year-old American Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim from his family. He’s been imprisoned ever since. He’s suffered from scabies & lost 25 pounds. Remember Sayfollah Musallet, the young American killed by settlers last month? They’re cousins.
“First it’s DC, next it might be Baltimore, next it might be New York.” Prem Thakker reports live from DC as protesters rail against Trump's deployment of hundreds of federal agents to the city. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more.
Imagine you're a single parent because your partner was bombed and your son tries to help out by looking for food since your whole family is starving and then he goes missing so now you have to go to the morgue every day to see if his body is there
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🚨 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops roaming the streets of Washington DC to be armed with their service weapons
“I've never in my 37 years experienced the amount of hatred, racism, and bigotry than my few days in captivity over there in Israel.” Activist and labor union organizer Chris Smalls talk to @premthakker.bsky.social about the racism he experienced after getting arrested by the Israeli military.
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These five Palestinian boys have gone missing while searching for aid in Gaza, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine. Their families have searched hospitals and morgues for their sons to no avail. They fear their sons have been abducted and disappeared by Israeli forces.
this is so farcical what a Coen Bros-ass occupation we have going on
“Even with all of what happened, I only received just a fraction of what Palestinians have to go through.” Chris Smalls tells @premthakker.bsky.social about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and how he was brutally arrested by the Israeli military while trying to deliver aid to starving Palestinians.
Incredible 30 seconds
"Is there a reason of going up and down the escalator repeatedly?" Zeteo's @premthakker.bsky.social follows HSI and FBI agents as they go after... fare evaders in DC. And gets into a bit of a debate with a police sergeant. Watch/share/subscribe:
Watch what happens when we ask police why FBI and Homeland Security is responding to fare evasion:
American doctor Mimi Syed says she was just denied entry back into Gaza for what would've been her third medical mission. She was carrying protein, baby formula, and life-saving equipment. She says another doctor denied with her had been to Gaza before too. zeteo.com/subscribe
“This is now the second time we’re going down the escalator [to the Columbia Heights metro station]. If there’s a directive for going up and down the stairs they’re doing a very good job here today in Washington DC.”
American doctor Mimi Syed says she was just denied entry back to Gaza for her third medical mission. She was carrying food, baby formula, and life-saving equipment. She had been to Gaza twice before already. Another doctor denied with her had been before as well.
What a “federal purpose”! What a “mission”! Anyway watch the video. It really is a reminder of many things so wrong about this “surge” of federales to and in DC, especially its public demonstration of true waste, fraud, and abuse.
"It's fine to call it a stunt. What isn't fine is to use that as a minimizing tactic, to be like, 'this doesn't matter.' In DC, it certainly matters to the delivery driver who is jumped by 14 heavily armed ICE agents," says @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/1992...
Public opinion shift continues — A plurality of Americans, 43-28, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, per new YouGov poll. A majority of Americans, 58-33, believe every country in the UN should recognize Palestine as a nation, per new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
“Is there a reason for going up and down the escalator repeatedly?” “Why is the FBI here for fare evasion?” “Why is Homeland Security here for fare evasion?”
"why is the FBI here for a fare evasion" broke this guy's brain
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Watch DC residents chase federal agents out of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Meanwhile, we spotted FBI and Homeland Security agents appear to respond to… an alleged *fare evader.* @zeteo.com
NEWS: 40-year-old veteran & oysterman Graham Platner demands corporations pay for climate change. He believes the US should fund universal healthcare instead of endless war. And he says the genocide in Gaza is the “ultimate moral test of our time.” And he's running to beat Susan Collins in Maine.
This candidate told me quite plainly: “There is a genocide that is occurring in Gaza and is being funded by the United States of America. And at some point in the not-so-distant future, we are all going to be looking around and realizing that we failed the ultimate moral test of our time.”
Watch Graham Platner's campaign announcement here:
"Everywhere I've gone, it seems like the fabric of what holds us together is being ripped apart by billionaires and corrupt politicians profiting off of destroying our environment, driving our families into poverty, and crushing the middle class…the enemy is the oligarchy."
"I'm not fooled by this fake charade of Collins' deliberations and moderation. The difference between Susan Collins and Ted Cruz is at least Ted Cruz is honest about selling us out and not giving a damn."
NEW Vet & oysterman vying to beat Susan Collins "Why can't we have universal healthcare like every other first-world country? Why can't we take care of our Vets when they come home? Why are we funding endless wars & bombing children? Why are CEOs more powerful than unions?" zeteo.com/p/meet-the-d...
NEWS: 40-year-old veteran & oysterman Graham Platner demands corporations pay for climate change. He believes the US should fund universal healthcare instead of endless war. And he says the genocide in Gaza is the “ultimate moral test of our time.” And he's running to beat Susan Collins in Maine.
At least 177 people were killed and 955 were injured in Gaza just in the *3 days* since Katherine Clark called Israel’s war a genocide. And now she’s backtracking:
“Genocide” is not a word you can just “take back.” The leaders of the Democratic Party are trying to do that right in front of you. This your opposition party?
NEW — Days after saying we have to “take action” to stop the “starvation, and genocide, and destruction of Gaza,” top Democrat Katherine Clark BACKTRACKS, says she wants to be “clear that I am not accusing Israel of genocide.”
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Will be doing a tour of DC to help show folks exactly what's going on — do you have any recs or tips? Any places we should go? Sound off in the replies, or feel free to Signal me premthakker.35 or email prem@zeteonews.com Thank you! And please, if you can, boost this so others can see it too :)
So just to keep track: Trump justified detaining students who protested & wrote op-eds because they're "flight risks." And then he lets a top Israeli official facing felony charges for child sex crimes just fly back to Israel. All while still refusing to release the Epstein files
This was near the Trinity AME Zion Church in NW DC. Events took place ~12:30 – 12:50
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Agents amass in DC, unclear why or which agency. Some masked. Residents: “You’re in a church parking lot—get out!” “We don’t want you kidnapping our neighbors!” Agents start recording too. Soon decide to leave, some mockingly wave their phones. They zoom down the 25mph road, skimming by our feet.
MORE from Katherine Clark, the top Democrat behind Hakeem Jeffries. She condemns the Israeli blockade & US-Israeli so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” aid sites: “People who are starving and desperate being shot trying to feed their families is something that none of us can be silent about.”
NEW — With Katherine Clark, the second-most powerful House Democrat, there are now 14 members of Congress calling Israel's genocide of Gaza a "genocide." Others on the list: Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Garamendi, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Not only is Clark the second most powerful House Democrat, her photo is also featured on AIPAC's website, with the caption: "We stand with those who stand with Israel." And now Clark just admitted Israel is committing genocide.
Katherine Clark, the second-most powerful Democrat in the House of Representatives behind Hakeem Jeffries, just admitted Israel is committing "genocide" in Gaza: zeteo.com/p/second-mos...
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On one hand: Stern Letter On other hand, just in last few weeks: —Gallego & Buttigieg announce support for conditioning aid —One of smallest groups of freshman Dems on Israel trip —Two Dems who AIPAC spent millions on want to block arms —Majority Senate Dems oppose arm sales to Israel for first time
"EXCLUSIVE: Centrist Ruben Gallego Circulating Letter Pushing Trump to Investigate Israeli Settler Violence" The effort comes after Gallego and other Democrats have faced criticism for their responses to the US-backed Gaza genocide, writes @premthakker.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Gallego leading this letter to sanction Israeli settlers comes as he faced backlash for comments he made during a visit in Iowa. The move underscores how much Democrats are being pulled to shift on Israel in response to public opinion.
Didn't think Gaza would matter? Two more moderate contenders for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination just announced support for conditioning aid to Israel:
NEW: Ruben Gallego is leading a letter pushing Trump to sanction Israeli settlers blocking aid into Gaza & attacking Palestinians and Americans. This week, amid mass backlash for their prior stances on US-Israel policy, he and Pete Buttigieg both announced support for conditioning aid to Israel.
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