Jehad Abusalim

People do not grasp the scale of the reactionary measures Israel and its supporters are unleashing to salvage their genocidal project. Opposition to Israel in academia? Crush academia. Opposition to Israel in the streets or public discourse? Silence it. Strip away freedom of speech. Opposition to Israel in the media? Murder journalists. Arrest them. Discredit the profession entirely. Opposition to Israel in the medical field? Smear doctors and healthcare workers as liars and fabricators. Opposition to Israel through protest? Break protest movements. Restrict the right of people to gather and demonstrate. Opposition to Israel through boycott or other non-violent means? Weaponize the legal system. Make it illegal to boycott. Opposition to Israel in international courts? Undermine them. Punish them. Destroy the post–World War II system of accountability and atrocity prevention. These precedents are not about Palestinians alone. If you think this ends with Palestinians, you are wrong. What is being built is a regime of global tyranny. And everyone will pay the price for their inaction.

Israel assassinated Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues. This was a deliberate, targeted assassination carried out with the full knowledge and intention of its perpetrators. Israel killed Al Jazeera’s team on purpose to impose a blackout on Gaza City ahead of the upcoming massacre. Do not, in any shape or form, entertain claims like “we didn’t do it,” “we did it but it was a mistake,” “Hamas bombed them,” “they bombed themselves,” “we don't know who did it,” or any other such LIES. Israel assassinated Anas Al Sharif and his colleagues with premeditation and malice aforethought.