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Blockout 2024 (stylized as the hashtag #Blockout2024), variously referred to as Operation Blockout or Celebrity Block Party or Blockout Campaign, [1] was an online movement to block the social media accounts of celebrities and organizations related to their silence over or support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war.
The Free Palestine Movement was founded by Yasser Qashlaq, a Syria-born Palestinian businessman of considerable wealth [2] who heads several organizations including the Lebanese Institute of International Studies, the Syrian-Palestinian Investment House, the Palestinian Businessmen's Club, and also owns a small Lebanese newspaper. [4]
"All Eyes on Rafah" is a pro-Palestinian political slogan during the Israel–Hamas war and Rafah offensive, mostly used on social media. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The phrase derives from a comment made by Richard "Rik" Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization 's representative for Gaza and the West Bank , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] when he told journalists at ...
The Chinese-owned video app has galvanised a new wave of activism while making a few people’s fortunes. Four TikTokkers tell Io Dodds what a ban would mean for them and their causes
After 10 consecutive days of violence, the renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict is already considered the worst clash since 2014. For a film community known to be fiercely opposed to the politics ...
Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them by prohibiting pro-Palestinian events.
Social media played a significant role in facilitating communication and interaction among participants of political protests. Protesters utilized social media, to organize demonstrations (both pro-governmental and anti-governmental), disseminate information about their activities, and raise local and global awareness of ongoing events. [3]
Media coverage of the protests has been criticized as sensationalized and failing to focus on the protesters' demands and grievances. [423] Dana Bash was criticized for likening college protests to the rise of antisemitism in the 1930s in Europe. [186] The lack of student protesters' voices in most national media coverage has also been ...