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🇵🇸 From Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA):

This Ramadan make sure you’re not breaking your fast with the taste of apartheid. All you need to do is check the label to avoid buying dates from apartheid Israel. This includes dates labelled from Israel, the West Bank and the Jordan Valley or if the country of origin is not shown. Ramadan is a time of reflection and self-improvement. During this month we are more conscious of our actions and how they affect others. Israel is the world’s largest producer of Medjoul dates. Let's be conscious of not buying dates that support Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine and apartheid regime. * Major UK supermarkets like ASDA, Tesco, Iceland and Waitrose all sell dates from apartheid Israel as well as local grocery stores * The UK is the second-biggest importer of Israeli dates in Europe 50% of Israeli dates are exported to Europe, where the UK, Netherlands, France, Spain and Italy import huge quantities of the dried fruit. In 2020 the UK imported over 3000 tonnes of dates from Israel, worth roughly 7.5 million pounds. There are two peaks of date consumption in Europe. One is during the month of Ramadan and the other is during New Year’s Eve and Christmas. Boycotting Israeli dates in Ramadan is a concerted community effort that can show we are not powerless. It would be brilliant to see all Israeli dates still left on shelves across the UK and Europe at the end of the blessed month. This would reflect our strength as a community to stand together with a very important message: We will not support the oppression of Palestinians and we will not be complicit in Israeli apartheid. So, this Ramadan #CheckTheLabel and boycott Israeli dates.

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If you're in the UK, they also have leaflets available for order on their webpage. These tie into their upcoming campaign #CheckTheLabel, with a national day of action on the 16th of February.

🇵🇸 From Friend of Al-Aqsa (FOA):

What exactly is Coca Cola’s role in Israel's occupation? Coca-Cola has a factory in Atarot, an illegal Israeli settlement built on stolen Palestinian land. Palestinian communities are forcibly removed for illegal Israeli settlements like this to be built. These settlements are illegal under international law. By having an Israeli franchise in the illegal Israeli settlement of Atarot, Coca-Cola is ignoring international law and profiting from the illegal occupation. There are currently up to 750,000 Israeli settlers living in at least 250 illegal Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jeruasalem. By drinking Coca-Cola, we as consumers are turning a blind eye to the illegal occupation of Palestine. In 2022 American food company General Mills announced it was divesting from Atarot as a direct result of pressure from human rights groups, activists and others. Let's keep up the pressure on Coca-Cola to stop operating in Atarot! Join our call to #BoycottCocaCola until it stops operating in Atarot illegal Israeli settlement. Make a pledge to boycott Coca-Cola until it stops operating on stolen Palestinian land.

For more info, check out FOA's webpage.

The news went from saying the perpetrator and one of the victims had dated, only for it to be revealed they had hooked up once and the cop proceeded to stalk and intimidate the couple before eventually killing them.

He used his service weapon to do so. One which had been checked out for use for paid patrol at protests, aka intimidating peace protestors.

He used his position of authority to get a weapon he then proceeded to use to kill a couple and then dump their bodies 2 hours outside city limits. I refuse to even type the killers name but his victims deserve to be heard.

When the local queer community expressed their outrage at the idea of the police still entering their float into the parade this year, and got the Mardi Gras board to uninvite the cops, the NSW police commissioner had the gall to complain about it. The Mardi Gras organisers have now backflipped and allowed cops back in the parade, just not in uniform. Not good enough, cowards. She’s been making disgusting, tone deaf, hurtful comments throughout this entire situation.

The perpetrator should never have been allowed a weapon. He’s had multiple complaints made about him and his behaviour on the job. This was not out of the blue.

Cops do not fucking belong at pride. They are not welcome there.

I would also like to add that one of the complaints about perpetrator was tasering a first nations person at close range in the face.

Why did it take the deaths of 2 white men at the hand of a police officer for Mardi Gras organisers to uninvite the police, when queer First nations people have been asking and begging for years for this to happen?