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The most Philly way to say Free Palestine:
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Israel is testing robot dogs in Gaza. These robots, manufactured by Ghost Robotics, were made by the University of Pennsylvania’s Engineering program. They were previously given a “trial” to surveil the US-Mexico border and now they’re being used in Israel’s genocidal campaign 🧵
A group of community members are concerned about tech companies connected to UPenn here in Philly manufacturing robotic dogs for the IDF. Join us to shut it down Thursday April 4 12-1pm 34th & Locust.
*Not a JVP-Philly led action
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BREAKING: Hundreds of American Jews with
@jvplive
and
@rodfeishalom
are holding an emergency Passover seder at the University of Pennsylvania’s Gaza solidarity encampment, demanding the University stop arming the Israeli government as it carries out a genocide.
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Zionism has damaged the American Jewish community so much that now, under the guise of “Jewish safety,” our rabbis are being targeted for daring to stand for Palestinian freedom. Our safety is bound up with the safety of Palestinians, and Zionism harms us all.
Woke up to this sticker on my house.
I speak for me. I speak with Jews who know that our tradition demands we act to save lives. I speak as loud as I can to reject vengeful violence. I speak for a future of freedom, dignity and safety for us all. I do speak for Jews.
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UPenn students redecorated the Benjamin Franklin statue!
University of Pennsylvania just declared their encampment 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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Students at the University of Pennsylvania
@pao_upenn
, a week after their SJP was shut down by UPenn, just started their encampment in solidarity with Gaza, chanting “the more you try to silence us the louder we will be” ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🇵🇸🇵🇸
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100+ Philly Jews and allies gather to say no fundraiser for genocide in our city. “Friends of the IDF” is raising money for the Israeli military just blocks away. Not in our name, not in our city, not on our dime, not ever!
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of Pennsylvanians Demand State Stop Investing Public Funds in Israel and Invest in Our Community! No more $$ for genocide. Invest in PA!
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Jewish Voice for Peace-Philly is heartbroken and outraged to learn that Masjid Al-Jamia Mosque was vandalized in a hate crime with graffiti depicting a Star of David and “give peace a chance”. We extend our care and solidarity to the Al-Jamia community. (1/7)
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HAPPENING NOW: Jews and allies in the struggle for Palestinian freedom shut down Philly traffic. Jewish people are rising up to say: CEASEFIRE NOW, Palestinians should be free. Philly is joining JVP protests across the country: On the 8th night of Hanukkah, 8 cities, 8 bridges.
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As Pennsylvanians, we work hard every day to invest in our communities and improve the lives of our families and neighbors–and our government should do the same.
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of Pennsylvanians Demand State Stop Investing Public Funds in Israel and Invest in Our Community! No more $$ for genocide. Invest in PA!
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Philly Jews & allies are holding a vigil and calling for lasting ceasefire in Gaza. Just blocks away, the
@FIDF
are fundraising for the Israeli military. The difference is stark we’re gathering for hope, they’re raising money for war. We say no funding of genocide in our city! 🧵
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HAPPENING NOW: activists blocking entry road at Elbit Systems-owned Aydin Displays in Birdsboro, PA while faith leaders hold a “Memorial Service for the Dead”, reading of names of those killed in Gaza & displaying children’s shoes. Elbit is Israel’s largest military manufacturer
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8,000+ in the streets tonight in Philadelphia saying - hands off Rafah, let Gaza live
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goodnight from upenn’s liberated zone 🇵🇸
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Today we held a shabbat service at the encampment at UPenn. At the same time there was a public Maghreb prayer at the encampment. We pray together, we protest together, and we will get free together.
#FreePalestine
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We are here in Philly with a message to Congress and President Biden: The whole world is watching. Ceasefire is the moral choice.
"We celebrate Hanukkah this year by disrupting daily life until there is a ceasefire. We celebrate Hanukkah with the chant of LET GAZA LIVE"!
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Powerful letter to the editor ♥️ "I am a Jewish woman, pleading for an immediate end to the bombing of Gaza...to continue Israel's massacre in Gaza... will destroy our souls and may eventually bury us all. 'Never again' means never again, against anyone."
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The Israeli government is counting on us to be too tired and too weary to go on. But the people of Gaza refuse to give up, and so do we. This Hanukkah, we rekindle our own commitment to struggling for a ceasefire, to struggling for full Palestinian freedom.
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The incredible students at
@swarthmore
are on day 3 of their encampment for Gaza: the People’s College for the Liberation of Palestine! The students are leading the way, and we’re proud to be in solidarity with them.
@SwarthmoreSJP
@SwarthmoreJVP
@NationalSJP
@jvplive
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Chag Pesach Sameach from the liberated zone! Right now hundreds of American Jews are holding an emergency Passover seder at the University of Pennsylvania’s Gaza solidarity encampment, demanding the University stop arming the Israeli government as it carries out a genocide
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Today 12+ organizations from across Pennsylvania descended on the capitol in Harrisburg. 3,000 effigies were placed on the capitol steps, representing just a fraction of the Palestinians killed by Israel in the last two months. From Philly to Pittsburgh, PA says: CEASEFIRE NOW!
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Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson pretends to be on the phone and walks away as constituents ask him to call for a ceasefire to stop the genocide in Gaza. How many more Palestinians have to die before Kenyatta Johnson will call for a ceasefire?
@CouncilmemberKJ
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The same day, we held Shabbat services at the University of Pennsylvania encampment. We unequivocally reject the claims in this article that the encampment somehow infringes on Penn’s vibrant Jewish student life.
A Chabad Rabbi yesterday was caught alongside a student agitator at University of Pennsylvania trying to put up fliers reportedly referencing Mein Kampf, and upon being intercepted by protestors attempted to physically force his was into the encampment before being stopped.
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Today Habonim alum disrupted an Israeli wine tasting event in Philadelphia cosponsored by Habonim and the Jewish Federation. We know Israeli wine is made on stolen Palestinian land, and we say no more! While you sip Israeli wine, people die in Palestine.
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A group of community members are concerned about tech companies connected to UPenn here in Philly manufacturing robotic dogs for the IDF. Join us to shut it down Thursday April 4 12-1pm 34th & Locust.
*Not a JVP-Philly led action
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Last night
@FIDF
held a fundraiser at a synagogue in Philadelphia. Ezra Nepon, whose great-great grandfather was the second rabbi of this congregation, wrote an op-ed about the fundraiser: “Like my rabbinic ancestor, I’m a longtime anti-Zionist.” 🧵
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Rabbi
@AlissaShira
speaking about hannukah and a tangible way to stand in solidarity with Palestine by supporting google and Amazon workers refusing Project Nimbus
#NoTechForApartheid
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This Hanukkah, our action is our hope. We are building a future where everyone – Palestinians, Israelis and all people – live in safety, freedom and dignity.
HAPPENING NOW: Jews and allies in the struggle for Palestinian freedom shut down Philly traffic. Jewish people are rising up to say: CEASEFIRE NOW, Palestinians should be free. Philly is joining JVP protests across the country: On the 8th night of Hanukkah, 8 cities, 8 bridges.
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Yesterday in Philly, Families for Ceasefire disrupted the Macy’s holiday light show by calling for a ceasefire. We cannot celebrate the holidays without thinking of the 8,000 Palestinian children murdered by Israel who will never get to celebrate with their families again.
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Glad to be a part of today’s day of solidarity with Palestinian people! Thanks
@PhillyMayor
for being a part of it!
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TODAY: 7 arrested in Pennsylvania as activists block entry road at Elbit Systems-owned Aydin Displays. They held a “Memorial Service for the Dead,” read names of ppl killed in Gaza & displayed children’s shoes in memory. Elbit is Israel’s largest military manufacturer.
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Tonight in PA protesters held a vigil outside John Fetterman’s home for the 30,000 Palestinians killed by Israel so far in Gaza. John Fetterman responded by waving the Israeli flag, cheering on Israel’s genocidal campaign. How does he sleep at night?
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On the last night of Hanukkah we shut down the Schuylkill Expressway and the Spring Garden Bridge calling for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and full freedom for Palestinians. There will be no business as usual while there’s a genocide of Palestinians.
#CeasefireNow
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Philly for Palestine: March Against Israeli Apartheid yesterday was a beautiful and spirited gathering! Big appreciation to all the organizers and all who came out!📷: Joe Piette
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32 protesters arrested for blocking traffic on I-76 in Philly; Spring Garden Street Bridge closed
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3,000 effigies on the steps of the Pennsylvania capitol in Harrisburg. This represents just a fraction of the Palestinians killed by Israel. Never Again means never again — for anyone. Never Again includes Palestinians. Never Again is right now.
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Jewish poet Grace Paley said, "the only recognizable feature of hope is action." With the Israeli government killing hundreds of Palestinians every day, the crisis has never been more severe – and we refuse to stop taking action.
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As Jews and as Philadelphians, we stand with them as our neighbors, our friends, and our community. Everyone deserves a safe space to worship, and no one should fear gathering in prayer. For the last three months, while the Israeli government wages a genocidal campaign on (2/7)
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Israeli tanks fly the Israeli flag with the Star of David on it as they invade and destroy Palestinian neighborhoods, conflating Judaism and Zionism. We reject this conflation, which endangers Jews and Muslims alike, and we condemn the weaponization of Jewish symbolism to (4/7)
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.
@BNYMellon
is footing the bill for genocide in Palestine. Since Oct. 2023 they have increased their holdings with weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems to $13mil. BNY, Divest from Elbit or we divest from you!
No business as usual for genocide profiteers!
Photos
@pastpostal65
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Our safety is bound together with the safety of all people, and none of us are free until all of us are free. We remain committed to dismantling all forms of oppression and building a world where all people can live with freedom and dignity. (7/7)
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@PATreasurer
@CAIRNational
@CAIRPhilly
Surrounded by hundreds of PA residents inside the state capital,
@RepRabb
from Germantown attempts to persuade the police to refrain from making arrests.
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Palestinians in Gaza, Islamophobic incidents have increased locally. We stand firmly against Islamophobia in all forms and with our Muslim neighbors in Philly. The Israeli state uses Jewish symbols, like the Star of David, as it perpetuates violence against Palestinians. (3/7)
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We find safety through solidarity with our neighbors, not a genocidal settler colonial state that weaponizes our religious symbolism as it carries out violence against others. The rising specter of far right violence endangers all marginalized people. (6/7)
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intimidate Palestinian and Muslim communities in Palestine and here in Philadelphia. JVP fights Islamophobia as part of our broader struggle against oppression and for collective liberation. (5/7)
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These robots cost thousands of dollars each to operate. While the Israeli government wages a genocide in Gaza, killing thousands, war profiteers like Ghost Robotics sign new military contracts and make more money.
Did you know that Israel is testing robot dogs in Gaza? Ghost Robotics say that robodogs keep "fighters, workers & K9s out of harm's way". But what about the robotic dog's targets?
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ISRAELI APARTHEID FUNDED HERE. JEWS SAY FREE PALESTINE.
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JVP-Philly stands in solidarity with Dr. Hill and denounces CNN’s decision to fire him, any punitive action by Temple University against him, and the media campaign currently being waged to discredit and silence him.
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Today Philly City Councilmember Rue Landau - the only Jewish member of our City Council - called for a ceasefire. Thank you
@Rue_Landau
for setting an example of moral leadership for our city and our local Jewish community!
A statement from Councilmember Rue Landau:
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Rep Rabb makes a really important point here about the lineage of nonviolent civil disobedience, its role in the Civil Rights Movement, and Black History Month. Thank you for you courageous moral leadership
@RepRabb
!
@PATreasurer
@CAIRNational
@CAIRPhilly
Surrounded by hundreds of PA residents inside the state capital,
@RepRabb
from Germantown attempts to persuade the police to refrain from making arrests.
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After October 7,
@PATreasurer
Garrity bought an add'l $20 mil. Israel Bonds using state funds, bringing PA’s total lending to the Israeli Treasury to $56 mil. This investment of public funds came shortly after Garrity joined a financial advisory board for the Israel Bonds corp
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We mourn the deaths of all the Palestinians who have been murdered by the IDF since the beginning of the
#GreatReturnMarch
.
#Gaza
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No rest until we divest.
Pennsylvanians want the general assembly to invest in our communities–not genocide and war.
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Over 200 PA residents from across the state disrupt the 1st day of session of the PA Senate, calling for the state to DIVEST the $56 million in Israeli Bonds and INVEST in our communities, families & neighbors.
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Our seder in the streets tomorrow will be held at the UPenn encampment! Enter on 34th and Walnut - everyone is welcome!
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES: We will be sitting on the ground for much of the action. There will be limited seating for those needing chairs (cont.)
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"Palestine, my friend, you do not walk alone"
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Philadelphia City Councilmember Cindy Bass just called for a ceasefire! She is the third member of
@PHLCouncil
to do so. Thank you Councilmember Bass!When will City Council pass a resolution for a ceasefire?
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Today at the University of Pennsylvania’s Gaza solidarity encampment we learned this same song. The world can’t take our strength away!
This Black student singing gospel (which emerged from the souls and spirits of slaves) while the Black police (who likely heard the same song in church but are doing work descended from slave patrols) is truly something to behold.
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The Philadelphia Film Society is hosting an Israeli Film Festival — sponsored by Israel Bonds. These projects whitewash Israel’s gross human rights violations and genocide of Palestinians. 🧵
Sign/share this petition asking them to cancel it:
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We call on
@POTUS
, and our local representatives –
@SenBobCasey
@JohnFetterman
, and
@RepDwightEvans
– to sign a resolution calling for an IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.
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PHILADELPHIA ALL OUT FOR RAFAH TOMORROW!
Join the JVP contingent in PPC’s emergency rally for Rafah tomorrow, rain or shine. We’ll meet up at 5pm at LOVE Park and walk over together.
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"I am father and I am Jewish and I would much rather be home right now with my son celebrating the 8th day of Hanukkah, but I know there are fathers in Gaza that will never get to celebrate another holiday with their children." Read more at CBS coverage:
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And Ghost Robotics comes right out of the University of Pennsylvania
@UofPenn
’s Engineering program. “Pennovation” at its best:
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.
@PHLCouncil
, your turn!
BREAKING!!!
San Francisco just became the largest city in the country to pass a ceasefire resolution, voting 8-3 in favor
HUNDREDS of people have come out to city hall over several weeks pushing for this, this was a huge, huge effort
And we’re not done
#CeasefireNOW
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.
@CouncilmemberJG
thinks there should be a ceasefire but won’t call for one. She says local government doesn’t matter here, yet co-sponsored a resolution condemning Hamas in October. We’re confused by her vocal support of Palestine coupled with disappointing inaction.
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We are here
#TogetherOnFifth
because
#BlackLivesMatter
#NoPrideinApartheid
#CelebrateEndingApartheid
@jvplive
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PHILADELPHIA: JAM KENYATTA JOHNSON’S PHONE LINES TO DEMAND A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION
(215) 686-2070, (215) 686-3412, (215) 687-3413
We want to make sure council president KJ has no choice but to pay attention. Make these calls, then forward to your friends, neighbors, etc. 🧵
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BREAKING:
@JVPPhilly
returns to hedgefund billionaire Jeff Yass' lawn to demand he stop funding the Israeli apartheid, complete with sukkah in honor of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot!
#AllEyesOnYass
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This multiracial, interfaith action was led by us, the Philly Palestine Coalition, and
@CAIRPhilly
to demand PA divests its $56 million held in Israel bonds!
More than 100 members of a Jewish activist group in the US were arrested for protesting inside Pennsylvania’s state capitol building.
They were advocating for the state to stop investments in Israeli companies in solidarity with Palestine.
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This year is different from all other years.
This Passover, after six months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, funded and armed by the US, we call on all Jewish people of conscience to take action. Save the date for our Seder in the Streets for Gaza on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00pm. 🧵
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"We celebrate Hanukkah this year by disrupting daily life until there is a ceasefire. We celebrate Hanukkah with the chant of LET GAZA LIVE"!
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.
@PATreasurer
unilaterally made the decision to invest an additional $20 million in genocide and war via Israel Bonds, shortly after joining a financial advisory board for the Israel Bonds corporation–bringing the total amount invested to $56 million.
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Tonight we marched with the Philly Palestine Coalition, ending our march at the University City Townhomes vigil. 70+ low income West Philly families were displaced from the Townhomes in 2022.
From West Philly to Palestine, forced displacement is a crime!
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Disappointed that NY City Council is marching in support of apartheid
#CelebrateEndingApartheid
#TogetherOnFifth
@jvplive
@jvpliveNY
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From Philadelphia to Palestine, military violence doesn’t keep us safe. Our tax dollars fund these military trucks terrorizing residential streets - in Kensington, just like in Gaza. It’s time to stop spending our money on military violence and start investing in our communities.
Anyone know why there seem to be heavily militarized units operating in tandem with police in Kensington in Philadelphia today?
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Refat Alareer - may his memory be a blessing and a revolution
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Blocking the doors of ICE - because teshuva is ABOLISH ICE
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Shame on
@BilldeBlasio
for standing with 50 years of occupation
#TogetherOnFifth
#CelebrateEndingApartheid
@jvplive
@jvpliveNY
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The ADL claims to fight hate, but sends police, ICE agents, FBI, etc. to train with the Israeli police and military- end this
#DeadlyExchange
@ADLPhiladelphia
@ADL_National
@jvplive
#WalkAgainstHate2018
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Genocide Joe is in Philly today and we’re giving him a warm welcome from the city of brotherly love. History will recall Joe Biden did NOTHING AT ALL!
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Our seder in the streets this year will begin at Dilworth Park / the WEST side of City Hall. We, Families for Ceasefire, and
@rodfeishalom
invite everyone to join, regardless of faith.
Ooptional RSVP to give an idea of how many to accommodate:
This year is different from all other years.
This Passover, after six months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, funded and armed by the US, we call on all Jewish people of conscience to take action. Save the date for our Seder in the Streets for Gaza on Sunday, April 28 at 3:00pm. 🧵
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PHILLY CALL TO ACTION: defend pro-Palestine students facing censorship. Recently Philly public school students created a video for an assembly for Black History Month and included content about Palestine. The school board has now removed the video from future assemblies, (1/2)
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While hundreds of PA residents protested inside the state capital, outside the building, community members constructed a massive installation illustrating what they hoped the
@PATreasurer
would invest in instead of investing in Israel.
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What if the entire population of Philadelphia was forced into West Philly? This is similar to the population density in Rafah, a “safe zone” where the Israeli government is bombing 1.5 million Palestinians who have nowhere to go. This is genocide.
Video by Mikey Rios.
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Rabbi
@AlissaShira
demands Jeffrey Yass stop funding Israeli apartheid and the dispossession of Palestinians through his funding of the rightwing Kohelet Policy Forum
#AllEyesOnYass
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@PhillyInquirer
: Rabbis who graduated from
@TempleUniv
are standing up for
@marclamonthill
. Whatever position one takes on Palestine, it is NOT antisemitic to speak out for oppressed people.
#IStandWithMLH
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Tonight we are saying to those in power: no business as usual as long as people are dying. The U.S. must join other countries around the world in calling for an IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE – after all, it’s what most American voters want.
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Shabbat Shalom from Philadelphia to Palestine!
📷: Rachael Warriner
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After two months of relentless bombing by the Israeli army, the Palestinian death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 18,000 people and 1.9 million people have been displaced.
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Instead of investing in improving our communities, PA elected officials are giving into special interests by investing our tax dollars in genocide and war by irresponsibly investing millions in Israel Bonds.
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Last night dozens of JVP Philly members joined HUNDREDS in shutting down traffic in DC and blocking main streets to the White House ahead of the State of the Union. We know what Biden’s legacy will be: genocide.
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What are we willing to risk to transform this place into a world where we embody the truth of Torah: "Thou shalt not oppress anyone" - Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari
@koltzedek
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This includes the bombing of 339 education facilities, 26 hospitals, 56 health care facilities, 88 mosques and three churches in a place that is the same square miles as Philadelphia.
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ALL OUT IN HARRISBURG ON FEB. 5:
Join
@CAIRPhilly
, PPC, and JVP as we head to Harrisburg on the first day State Senate is back in session to say NO MONEY FOR ISRAEL BONDS IN OUR STATE!
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@PATreasurer
@CAIRNational
@CAIRPhilly
.
@PATreasurer
should invest taxpayer money in our communities–not in genocide of Palestinians and war.
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"My thoughts go to Palestine, where children are often unable to go to school because of the Israeli military. This is NOT happening by chance. The conditions in our Philly schools are NOT happening by chance. It's being paid for by billionaries like Jeffrey Yass"
#AllEyesOnYass
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While hundreds of PA residents protested inside the state capital, outside the building, community members constructed a massive installation illustrating what they hoped the
@PATreasurer
would invest in instead of investing in Israel.
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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. The Hanukkah story centers on a miracle and this year, we are refusing to give up. Our commitment to advocating for a permanent ceasefire and full Palestinian freedom is only growing. We won’t stop until Palestine is free!
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Jewish Voice for Peace activists are detained after blocking Spring Garden Street Bridge, part of I-76
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