{"id":1528987,"date":"2024-03-01T16:08:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/?p=148553"},"modified":"2024-03-01T16:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:08:03","slug":"girl-scouts-threatened-for-supporting-palestinian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/03\/01\/girl-scouts-threatened-for-supporting-palestinian-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Scouts Threatened for Supporting Palestinian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess who threatened them? The Girl Scouts of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stories abound of <\/span>retaliation<\/span><\/span><\/span> against those who express concern <\/span>over<\/span><\/span><\/span> Israeli <\/span>ethnic cleansing<\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2013 from censoring news reports to reprimanding faculty, mass arrests, and suppressing students\u2019 right to protest. A well-orchestrated campaign against Palestine\u2019s right to exist is spreading like Covid across the US. Now, it has hit a new low.<\/span><\/p>\n

The national Girl Scouts are threatening legal action against a St. Louis troop for the crime of making bracelets to raise money for Gaza\u2019s children. <\/span><\/p>\n

A story in the March 25, 2024 <\/span>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span> by Aisha Sultan documents that the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and the Girl Scouts of the United States have written scout leader Nawal Abuhamdeh of her failure to follow proper procedure and \u201csent her instructions on how to leave the organization.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

For four years Abuhamdeh had coordinated the group\u2019s cookie sales. But after witnessing what happened to her parents\u2019 Palestinian homeland she brought the idea of raising money to the diverse group of girls whose families are from Somalia, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not just these countries, but most others around the world are horrified at the Zionist \u201cfinal solution\u201d <\/span>against<\/span><\/span><\/span> Palestinians. <\/span><\/p>\n

With reports of IDF forces summarily killing captive Palestinians, <\/span>Ralph Nader\u2019s question<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span> of the scarcity of reports on Israeli POW camps becomes salient. Has Netanyahu given the order for \u201cNo prisoners\u201d even after Palestinians have surrendered?<\/span><\/p>\n

Though there are now reports of 30,000 Palestinian deaths, Israeli efforts to block food, water and human waste management <\/span>means that<\/span><\/span><\/span> death by starvation, thirst and infectious diseases may vastly exceed <\/span>deaths via<\/span><\/span><\/span> weapon annihilation. <\/span><\/p>\n

As of February 21, <\/span>US<\/span><\/span><\/span> representatives have <\/span>stymied<\/span><\/span><\/span> efforts <\/span>to have<\/span><\/span><\/span> the UN call for a cease-fire four times. While Biden calls for \u201crestraint\u201d by Israel out of one side of his mouth, the other side continues to order that weapons of mass destruction be sent.<\/span><\/p>\n

The targeting of hospitals continues as the deaths of children mount. These facts are consistent with a Zionist goal of obliterating the future of Palestinians as a people.<\/span><\/p>\n

These scenes are not lost on the girls in Abuhamdeh\u2019s troop. Videos of the war crimes are highly disturbing. <\/span><\/p>\n

One video shows a Palestinian father using a shopping bag to collect pieces of his slaughtered children. Another depicts a doctor who must amputate a leg of his 16-year-old niece on <\/span>the dinner<\/span><\/span><\/span> table without anesthesia. In one, viewers see that \u201cA wailing 4-year-old tried to get up and look for his parents \u2014 both of whom were killed, and his own legs amputated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span><\/span><\/span>articularly revealing are the comments published at the bottom of the Sultan article. Though most were supportive of the St. Louis scouts, several <\/span>identified with Zionist disdain for Palestinians. A person self-identifying as \u201ckuuindhater\u201d wrote \u201cHelicopter Mom with an article dripping in victimology.\u201d \u201cmedi8r\u201d added \u201cI fear this sort of one sided propaganda leads to misplaced hate toward Israel and Jews.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One called \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>billikenforever\u201d <\/span>exuded general<\/span><\/span><\/span> dislike: \u201cWhat a crock! The Girl Scouts have partnered with Planned Parenthood for years in promoting the elimination of innocent babies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The St. Louis scout troop had posted on social media that supporters could buy bracelets for $5 or $10, with the <\/span>funds<\/span><\/span><\/span> going to the Palestine Children\u2019s Relief Fund (PCRF). The Girl Scouts of the US then wrote to them that it was impermissible to raise money for \u201cpartisan politics.\u201d Agreeing with them, \u201clucygirl\u201d posted in the comments \u201cDoes the PCRF fund Hamas? The Girls Scouts are correct in not wanting their organization accused of having members donate to an organization that fund terrorist groups.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Interestingly, the Girl Scouts had no problem with raising money for those injured in Ukraine. Abuhamdeh pointed out the similarity and the absence of reprisals for that effort. <\/span>Defending<\/span><\/span><\/span> this double standard, \u201cMOgal2\u201d <\/span>commented<\/span><\/span><\/span> that \u201cThis is a political war unlike Ukraine. Ukraine was invaded by an unprovoked army. They are fighting back on their own land. Israel was attacked in a heinous way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, the propaganda machines control millions of minds in colonizing countries. <\/span>Slicing through the Gordian knot of twisted logic, \u201czap973\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span> simply noted \u201cIt’s obvious that Ukrainians are perceived as white westerners therefore deserving of compassion. Palestinians are not. End of story.\u201d<\/span><\/p>The post Girl Scouts Threatened for Supporting Palestinian Children<\/a> first appeared on Dissident Voice<\/a>.\n

This post was originally published on Dissident Voice<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guess who threatened them? The Girl Scouts of the United States. Stories abound of retaliation against those who express concern over Israeli ethnic cleansing \u2013 from censoring news reports to reprimanding faculty, mass arrests, and suppressing students\u2019 right to protest. A well-orchestrated campaign against Palestine\u2019s right to exist is spreading like Covid across the US. [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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