HATE ON DISPLAY IN DOWNTOWN
As we reported yesterday, the groups El Paso for Palestine and Students for Socialism-NMSU protested against Israel in San Jacinto Plaza today. The crowd peaked at around 75 people, which…
ESCOBAR ABSTAINS FROM VOTE CONDEMNING RISE OF ANTISEMITISM WORLDWIDE
On December 5, the United States House of Representatives voted 311-14 on House resolution 894, “strongly condemning and denouncing the drastic rise of antisemitism in the United States and around…
WHAT DOES GAZA HAVE TO DO WITH SERVING AS CITY REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT 2?
https://elpasonews.org/2023/11/29/el-paso-district-2-election-veronica-carbajal-instagram-post-accuses-israel-of-genocide-in-gaza/
PRESIDENT OF WESTSIDE DEMOCRATS RESIGNS
We recently reported that Victor Vasquez, President of the Westside Democrats of El Paso, posted this anti-Semitic cartoon on his group’s official Facebook page on November 2: The image depicts…
INTERFAITH VIGIL IN SUPPORT OF THE 240 HOSTAGES HELD BY TERRORISTS
Today in San Jacinto Plaza, more than 200 El Pasoans peacefully gathered to express their support for the 240 hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Several…
REP. VERONICA ESCOBAR VOTES AGAINST CENSURING REP. RASHIDA TLAIB
This past Tuesday, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar voted NAY on House Resolution 845, “Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for promoting false narratives regarding the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and…
WESTSIDE DEMOCRATS OF EL PASO POST IMAGE COMPARING ISRAELIS TO NAZIS, THEN ISSUE “APOLOGY”
The Westside Democrats are one of the major political groups of El Paso. Victor Vasquez is their President and the administrator of their Facebook page, which currently has 739 followers.…
MEDIA REPORTING OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST FAILS
Yesterday more than 300 protesters gathered in downtown El Paso to support the Palestinian “resistance” against Israeli “apartheid, colonization, and genocide.” None of their signs or slogans cited the massacre…
300 PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO
Today more than 300 El Pasoans voiced their support of Palestinian “resistance” against what they perceive as Israeli “apartheid, colonization, and genocide.” None of the signs or slogans cited the…
GROUP CALLING FOR “PALESTINIAN LIBERATION” TO PROTEST TOMORROW, 200 HOSTAGES STILL HELD IN GAZA
More than 1,500 Hamas gunmen crossed into Israel on October 7 and butchered more than 1,400 Jews, including women, the elderly and babies, torturing many of their victims before murdering…