Drake and Jennifer Lopez are some of the latest artists to sign an open letter calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict.Adam Lambert has also joined the pair in adding his signature to the Artists4Ceasefire letter, which asks US President Joe Biden and Congress to push for the decision that would bring “an end to the bombing of Gaza”, with the aim of securing “the safe release of hostages”.The letter was signed originally by Dua Lipa, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe, Caroline Polachek, Killer Mike, Vic Mensa, Miguel, Kaytranada, Macklemore, as well as actors Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cusack, Lena Waithe and others.Part of the letter, which was published last week, reads: “We urge your administration, and all world leaders, to honour all of the lives in the Holy Land and call for and facilitate a ceasefire without delay – an end to the bombing of Gaza, and the safe release of hostages.“More than 5,000 people have been killed in the last week and a half – a number any person of conscience knows is catastrophic. We believe all life is sacred, no matter faith or ethnicity and we condemn the killing of Palestinian and Israeli civilians.”The letter continued: “Half of Gaza’s two million residents are children, and more than two thirds are refugees and their descendants being forced to flee their homes.
6-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy Stabbed To Death By Landlord In Anti-Muslim Attack Amid Israel War
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Whoa. This is horrific. A 6-year-old boy in Illinois was fatally stabbed by his family’s landlord over the weekend. And the motive? It all allegedly stems from the violent war between Hamas and Israel.
According to a press release from the Will County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba (pictured above, in his mugshot) of Plainfield Township was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for killing the child and injuring his mother. The tragic attack took place on Saturday when deputies were called to the residence by a 32-year-old woman who reported her landlord attacked her with a knife.
When cops arrived at the property, they found Joseph “sitting upright outside on the ground near the driveway of the residence” with “a laceration to his forehead.” He “was later transported to a local area hospital for treatment.” Meanwhile, both victims were discovered in a bedroom with “multiple stab wounds to their chest, torso and upper extremities.” They were taken to the hospital and the child was said to be in critical condition until he “later succumbed to his injuries.”
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Horrifyingly, an autopsy of the boy revealed he was “stabbed 26 times throughout his body.” The knife, which was removed from the victim by the forensic pathologist, was described as a 12-inch serrated military-style weapon with a 7-inch blade. So, so devastating. This senseless act of violence should NEVER have occurred in the first place — let alone to an innocent child! And stabbing him nearly three dozen times?! WTF??
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