jamie lauren keiles resigned from the new york times magazine as to jazmine hughes. lauren keiles is a contributor and jazmine was a staff writer for "the new york times magazine." next up, we look at how the united states and other nations are helping to arm israel in its assault on gaza. we will speak with antony loewenstein, author of "the palestine laboratory." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: the irish gaelic song "an phailistin" by sharon shannon. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the weapons israel is using in its assault on gaza have become a major focus of protests calling for a ceasefire. in the united kingdom friday, hundreds of demonstrators blockaded the country's biggest weapons manufacturer, bae systems, to call for the end of weapons sales to israel. >> bae, what do you say? amy: this comes as union members in belgium and spain have refused to handle shipments of military material over the war in gaza. here in the u.s. peace activists , nine were arrested monday for blockading ent

jazmin hughes and jamie lauren kils were forced to resign after signing a letter criticizing the zionist regime. in a letter of the concerned american newspaper, gaza is referred to as the world's largest open prison and the palestinian people are those whose lands have been stolen since 1948 and now they are deprived of their basic rights. before that , the director of the us department of state's arms sales control office and the head of the new york office of the human rights organization the united nations, which had supported palestine, had to. they resigned. referring to naming the 14th of aban as the day of public culture, the head of the judiciary said in the meeting of the supreme judicial council: "reducing the number of cases in the food system depends on the promotion of public culture based on religious and legal standards and observing justice and fairness." pointing out that compliance with the law and fairness is more important for the agents of the system than for the people, he added that compliance with the law of philanthropy and good people should be the priority of

meanwhile, "new york times magazine's" award-winning writer jazmine hughes resigned after signing an open letter condemning israel's genocide in gaza. the move constituted a violation of newsroom policy. "new york times" contributor jamie lauren keiles, who describes himself as a religiously observant jew, also left "the new york times" after signing on to the letter. in california, dozens of protesters demanding a ceasefire in gaza gathered at the port of oakland friday blocking the departure of a u.s. military supply vessels. organizers say the ship carried weapons bound for israel. protesters occupied the berth while others locked themselves to ladders on the side of the ship. after nine hours of occupation, police moved in to forcefully remove protesters from the vessel and the ship began to leave the port as people shouted, "shame on you." organizers in oakland said they've coordinated with partners in tacoma, washington, the vessel's expected next stop, for another peaceful blockade monday. meanwhile, during a palestinian solidarity action in puerto rico saturday, a protester c