CovertAction Bulletin As Rafah Invasion Looms, Students and Workers Boost Solidarity & Resistance
Hamas on Monday accepted a ceasefire deal that Israel has effectively rejected, instead moving forward with their invasion plans for Rafah, taking control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah gate that separates Palestine from Egypt, and making incursions into Rafah with tanks and shelling from the air. Over 100,000 Palestinians have been told to evacuate from Rafah, but are left with very few places to go.
Student encampments and protests in the US continue, and have been recognized by Palestinian resistance groups and civil society members. Videos of Palestinian school children holding up signs thanking university students across the US have gone viral online, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has put out a statement supporting the student movement. Despite it being the end of the semester for many, and in the face of heavy police repression from UCONN to the University of California, that movement is growing, with highschool students initiating walkouts and solidarity events.
Meanwhile, the US elections are just 6 months away. The Biden administration is reportedly cautioning Netanyahu about a full-scale invasion of Rafah, and has canceled one ammunition transfer to Israel - but on the whole, US empire’s diehard support for Zionism is on full display. We’ll talk about all this and more.