Editor’s Note: Tina Bernstein is a citizen of Beacon and is Jewish. She was one of the first Beacon Jews to openly speak about Israel’s response to the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. She did so on a podcast episode with A Little Beacon Blog. Since then, many more Jewish people in Beacon have come out in opposition to Israel’s response and the ongoing genocide. Many have signed an Open Letter, and spoke at the podium during the push for a Ceasefire Resolution in Beacon, which did get passed.

From Tina Bernstein-Camins:

We live in a country that is more intent on attacking its own students than standing for humanity.

Students who are standing for an end to genocide and divestment from perpetrators of the mass murder of 34,000.

This, while mass graves are discovered, and while people are intentionally being starved and bombed in Raffah.

To top it off, our House of Representatives and 133 spineless Democrats have fallen in line with right wing conservatives by making it illegal to condemn the fascist government of Israel by conflating that criticism with antisemitism.

How shameful! What a disservice to Jews all over who are upholding the principles of "Never Again To Anyone." And what total disregard for the lives of Palestinians.

Related Links:

“Gaza’s seventh mass grave discovered at al-Shifa Hospital” - Al Jazeera

“Mass graves found at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel prompt demands for independent investigation” - NBC News

“Reports mount of mass graves at Gaza hospitals, some bodies found ‘without heads’” - The Hill