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Boston: Palestinian terrorist flag waved at Israeli dance troupe protest
Pro-Palestinian activists waved the flag of a terrorist organization and praised violent action in a Friday protest against the Israeli Vertigo Dance Company at the Boston Boch Center Shubert Theatre.
The red flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism, can be seen waved prominently by marchers in videos posted on social media by Palestinian Youth Movement Boston, Party for Socialism & Liberation Boston and the Boston Coalition for Palestine.
One marcher waving the flag wore a keffiyeh with a matching PFLP headband. Later during the protest, a woman draped in a Palestinian flag can be seen carrying the flag.
“Glory to the martyrs and glory to the Palestinian resistance,” said one protest speaker.
As part of a chant, demonstrators called out “Long live the Intifada.”
“Long live the Intifada”
“Reject all forms of normalization wherever you see it. Glory to all our martyrs. Glory to the Resistance!” said promotional images for the protest, which were posted by PYM, PSL, BCP, Students for Justice in Palestine Emerson, Boston South Asian Coalition, BDS Boston, and Students for Justice in Palestine Suffolk University.
In the promotional posts, the red triangle used in terrorist propaganda to denote targeting for an attack is placed above a Vertigo dancer. The red triangle also appears above the name Vertigo.
“Reject Zionism in all spheres. Zionists out of dance. Zionists out of Palestine,” the advertisement demands with red triangles above the words “Zionism” and “Zionists,” except for the last which was crossed out with a blood smear.
Some of the protest advertisement slides also cross out the face of the dancer with a blood smear, who faces black garbed figures carrying rocks and shields.
The activist groups explained that they organized the Iranian Al Quds Day protest against the troupe in part because “Vertigo Dance Company is based in occupied Al Quds [Jerusalem].” The company is based in the Gerard Behar Center in the western side of Jerusalem. As noted on the advertisement and chanted by activists, “no peace for settlers on stolen land.”
“On top of dancing on stolen land, they work with the genocidal IOF [sic] and provide ‘rehab’ for soldiers after they commit genocide in Gaza,” claimed the activist groups.
The company operates the Resilience Farm project at the Vertigo Eco-Art Village, offering regular and reserve soldiers who have experienced trauma an isolated location where they can undergo therapeutic sessions, body and mind workshops, Qigong, Feldenkrais, meditation, and other programs.
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Miami Heat And Boston Celtics Game 5 Injury Reports
On Wednesday evening, the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will play Game 5 of their first-round playoff series in Massachusetts.
For the game, both teams have announced their injury reports (updated as of 4:30 Eastern Time).
The Heat have ruled out Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Josh Richardson and Terry Rozier.
Haywood Highsmith and Duncan Robinson are both listed as available.
Meanwhile, the Celtics will be without 2018 NBA All-Star Kristaps Porzingis, and no one else is on their injury report for the game.
The Celtics have a 3-1 in the lead, so they can end the series with a victory on Wednesday.
Most recently, they beat the Heat (in Game 4) by a score of 102-88.
Derrick White led the way with 38 points, four rebounds, three assists and three blocks while shooting 15/26 from the field and 8/15 from the three-point range in 41 minutes of playing time.
The Heat are the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference and had a 46-36 record.
They have made the NBA Finals in two of the previous four seasons, and are coming off a year where they beat the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals (in seven games).
As for the Celtics, they are the first seed in the Eastern Conference with a 64-18 record.
If the Heat stay alive, Game 6 will be on Friday evening in Miami, Florida.
Whoever wins the series will advance to the second to face off against either the Orlando Magic or the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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To-go cocktails are now permanently legal in Massachusetts
BOSTON – You can once again grab a cocktail to go in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey has signed a supplemental bill that makes to-go cocktails a permanent fixture at restaurants in the state.
Customers can buy up to 64 ounces of a mixed cocktail alongside a food purchase. The drinks must be kept in a sealed container and transported in the trunk of a car or a place “that is not considered the passenger area,” legislation says
Pandemic-era legislation becomes permanent
Cocktails to go were first legalized in Massachusetts in 2020, months after the COVID pandemic began, but only on a temporary basis. A temporary measure allowing their sale had expired on April 1.
“Massachusetts consumers, restaurants and bars can all toast to the fact that cocktails to-go are here to stay,” Andy Deloney of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States said in a statement. “During the pandemic, cocktails to-go were a critical source of revenue for many businesses, and now, the increased convenience and stability they offer is permanent.”
There are 27 states that have made to-go cocktails permanent, including Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine.
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The Maxey Game, T-Wolves Fans, Underrated NFL Teams, and a Boston Sports Check-In With Sean Fennessey, Nate Tice, and Bill’s Dad
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Sean Fennessey to discuss the way Tyrese Maxey and the 76ers pulled out an incredible Game 5 win over the Knicks and where that game ranks among the most improbable playoff losses in NBA history (2:36). Then Bill is joined by Nate Tice of The Athletic and Yahoo Sports to discuss Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves (27:41), why he was so high on Drake Maye, and post-draft underrated NFL teams (42:00). Finally, Bill is joined by his dad for a Boston sports check-in, mostly focused on the Celtics and the Patriots (1:18:16).
Host: Bill Simmons
Guests: Sean Fennessey, Nate Tice, and Bill’s Dad
Producer: Kyle Crichton
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