Notices by Qasim Rashid, Esq. (qasimrashid@mastodon.social), page 11

Why I enjoy the month of June and it’s critical message about intersectionality. A short essay.

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/june-is-an-important-reminder-about

Who is igniting antisemitism in America?

I looked up the ADL data on antisemitic hate crimes in America. The ADL H.E.A.T. Map data goes back to 2002. If you had to guess what percentage of antisemitic hate crimes were from Muslims vs Leftists vs Right over the past 22 years, what would you guess? Hold that thought & look at the receipts first.

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/who-is-igniting-antisemitism-in-america-e2b

In Summary:

Israel: Our siege will end when Hamas accepts permanent ceasefire & releases all hostages

USA: We agree & support a binding UN resolution

UNSC: We agree & pass a binding UN resolution

Hamas: We agree & are ready to comply

Israel: This is unacceptable. We refuse!

BREAKING: UN Security Council passes permanent ceasefire resolution that requires release of all hostages: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-calls-un-security-council-vote-cease-fire-proposal-gaza-rcna156373

Israel has already said they REJECT this ceasefire.
Hamas has said they ACCEPT this ceasefire.

This would be the third time in the last month Israel has rejected a ceasefire resolution, except now its a binding UN Security Council resolution that even the United States voted for.

We Need To Talk About Biden's Executive Order on Asylum: Debunking 6 of the most common asylum myths being used to revive Trump's asylum ban

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-bidens-executive

Biden’s asylum ban is cruel and exactly contrary to what he ran on when he condemned Trump for banning asylum.

I don’t know how to get Democrats in power to understand that embracing Republican policies won’t flip Republican voters. Whether it’s on bloated defense spending, police militarization, gutting social services, or restriction immigration—you cannot out racist elected Republicans.

Did you know that the first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor? It was during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew “a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs & men shot from planes.”

103 years later, we must keep fighting for reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, and bring about meaningful racial justice in America.

https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/103-years-after-the-tulsa-race-massacre

HEADLINE 1: June 2023: Atlanta City Council approves $90M for Cop City

HEADLINe 2: June 2024: Atlanta residents are under boil water orders because of a failed water system

America’s out of control police spending is literally killing us, and police violence is just the tip of that iceberg. Smh.

Think about this. May 31 & June 1 is the 103 year anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre.

Tulsa Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher was born only 1 year after Harriett Tubman died, who herself was 4 when Thomas Jefferson died.

This isn't ancient history. This is contemporary reality.

Democrats should introduce legislation in every State & Federal legislature to permanently ban felon disenfranchisement & automatically restore voting rights to all formerly incarcerated citizens—and force GOP to either support it & protect voting rights or block it & ban Trump.

BREAKING: Israel confirms its military forces are in central Rafah and expanding their offensive

To recap how we got here:
•March 10: Biden warns of Red Line over Rafah & Netanyahu vows to defy Biden's Red Line
•May 23: Biden says Rafah attack doesn't cross Red Line
•May 31: Israel forces are in central Rafah and expanding offensive

As the facts show, there is no Red Line: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/does-a-red-line-for-rafah-even-exist

MAGA Speaker Johnson calls Trump's conviction "a purely political exercise."

For real if blatantly violating FEC laws while running for President by paying off an adult film star while you're married as your wife nurses your newborn child, is a crime—then who among us is safe???

BREAKING: Jury convicts Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts.

Poetic justice that in the state Trump took out a full page ad to falsely accuse 5 Black & brown youth of a crime & called for their death—he’s convicted of 34 counts by a jury of his peers.

Let's be clear.

Trump was NOT convicted by Biden, Clinton, Soros, Big Bird, Target, Wokeness, Disney, pride flag, CRT, or DEI. Trump was convicted by his fellow U.S. citizens under due process—as US Constitution requires

Let justice reign.

By convicting Trump for his clear crimes, the USA joins other developed democracies in ensuring its heads of state are not above the law.

Since 2000 at least 76 nations have jailed/prosecuted leaders after they left office—including allies like France, Israel, Taiwan, & S Korea.

Also, SCOTUS can’t grant Trump immunity from this conviction, nor can a future President, because Trump has been convinced in state court, and if there’s one thing Republicans love, it’s state’s rights.

'We Did the Same Thing,' US Official Says After Israel's Rafah Massacre

The White House appears to be arguing, “George Bush should be prosecuted for committing war crimes in Iraq,” and for the record, I think that’s a great idea.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/john-kirby-press-conference

WOW this is incredible & terrifying.

Israel spent over a decade spying on ICC prosecutors to "retroactively investigate incidents of interest to ICC to prove Israel’s legal system is accountable."

Meanwhile Israel has banned all journalists from Gaza and has killed 100+ journalists. This is totally what you do when you're not guilty of war crimes.

How much longer will the USA, UN, & the world enable this injustice?
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/

Today is the 100 year anniversary that the US Govt enacted the Immigration Act of 1924—banning all immigration from Asia, while allowing effectively open borders for white European migrants.

Make no mistake. The current anti-immigrant movement is inspired by the same white supremacist policies. Allowing them to be successful will set our nation back generations.

My latest: What Will it Take for the USA to Stop Funding Israeli War Crimes?

Israel's latest attack on a displaced person's tent encampment in Rafah has killed 44 innocent Palestinians, 32 of them children

https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/what-will-it-take-for-the-usa-to?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck loudly condemns Israel:

"The famine, the suffering of the Palestinians, the attacks in the Gaza Strip are incompatible with international law. It is indeed the case that Israel has crossed a line there, and it must not do so.”

How much longer will the United States allow itself to become isolated for the sake of Israeli war crimes?
https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-actions-incompatible-with-international-law-says-germanys-habeck/

Today, Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced their recognition of Palestine as an independent state—a decision that will formally take effect on May 28. Two thirds of UN Member States already recognize Palestine as a sovereign state.

The US Govt has claimed to work towards a Palestinian state for 76 years but has failed.

The Israeli Govt is publicly declaring they will never recognize a Palestinian state.

The UN must step in & recognize Palestine for the sake of justice.

It is long past time.