Ongoing Israeli airstrikes have reportedly killed 20 people so far in Gaza, nine of them children. So far, one Israeli citizen has been killed by Hamas rocket fire. This latest escalation follows Israeli forces storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday for a third consecutive day, firing rubber-coated steel bullets and setting off stun grenades and tear gas. Palestinian worshippers had gathered inside in the final days of the holy month of Ramadan.This stream is part of our emergency coverage on Palestine and was streamed live on May 11th, 2021.
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Eugene Puryear is a longtime journalist and community organizer currently-based in New York City. Eugene helped to organize a number of the large-scale demonstrations that took place against the continuing U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, he was a key leader In the struggle to free the Jena Six in 2007, and a founder of the anti-gentrification group Justice First, the Jobs Not Jails coalition, DC Ferguson Movement and Stop Police Terror Project-D.C. Puryear is the author of the book Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America, and spent five years in radio prior to helping found BT News.
