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Historian of Palestine | Ph.D @Princeton | Palestine Newsletter ↓

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Zachary Foster
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6 🧵s to make sense of Israel/Palestine: 1) A history Palestinian non-violent resistance 2) A history of Hamas 3) A history of Israel's ethnic cleansing Palestinians 4) A history of Israel's wars on Gaza 5) A history of Gaza 6) A history of Israel’s use of disproportionate force
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German police arrest Jews protesting a genocide. You can’t make this shit up.
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Amro Ali
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Nothing to see here, just the German police arresting the third Jew today. Activist Udi Raz.
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In 2014, Israelis camped out, clapping and cheering as bombs wiped out entire Palestinian families and as the Israeli military slaughter thousands of innocent Palestinians. Just in case you heard someone say this attack was unprovoked
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Allan Sørensen
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Sderot cinema. Israelis bringing chairs 2 hilltop in sderot 2 watch latest from Gaza. Clapping when blasts are heard. http://t.co/WYZquV62O7
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If you are Israel & you kill 23,000 Palestinians in 3 months, the US will fund you, provide you diplomatic cover & unconditional military aid. If you are Yemen & kill 0 people & block a shipping route to try to stop this mass murder, the US will drop 100 bombs on you. Unreal.
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When Palestinians make maps of Palestine w/out Israel, it is claimed they are antisemitic & seek to "push Jews into the Sea." When Israelis produce maps of Israel w/out Palestine, they are invited to give lectures around the world. This is how genocides are justified.
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Hananya Naftali
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This is the two-state solution. The majority of Jordanians are Palestinian.
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Why don't Palestinians embrace non-violent resistence? You've probably heard this question asked a lot over the past 2 weeks. A short response. A🧵.
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Judaism is a 3,000+ year old anti-fragile religion. Israel is 75-year old state carrying out a plausible genocide. My Jewish identity never has had & never will have any connection to a state run by fascists carrying out a plausible genocide. Thank you & have a nice day.
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Blake Flayton
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Your Jewish identity is entirely connected to Israel, even if you “refute it.” In fact, it depends on Israel. Without the lowly, icky Jews to compare yourself to, you oh Enlightened Jew, who finds meaning in our deaths rather than our lives, would have little Jewishness at all.
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Dear Joe Biden, I was going to vote for you in 2024. Not anymore. You have dehumanized Palestinians by assuming their death counts are false. You are supporting what genocide scholars (e.g. Raz Segal) have called "a textbook case of genocide." Am I the only one? Comment ⤵️
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Many genocide scholars have said: Never have we seen a case where the perpetrators declare their intent so directly & frequently & openly & clearly. It speaks to the total impunity that Israeli leaders feel about committing war crimes.
@NTarnopolsky
Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي💙
6 months
💥Speaking of the devil: Netanyahu NatSecMinister Itamar Ben Gvir screams "To be clear, when we say that Hamas should be destroyed, it also means those who celebrate, those who support & those who hand out candy– they're all terrorists, and they should also be destroyed!"
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"Welcome to Israel-Palestine" - AirFrance pilot, 2002 "Welcome to Palestine" -Alitalia pilot, 2003 "Welcome to Palestine" -Iberia pilot, 2015 "Welcome to Palestine" -Ryanair pilot, yesterday A 🧵on pilots saying welcome to "Palestine" & getting punished
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How did we get a point where people are more worried that Jewish students at Columbia feel uncomfortable by chants to end Israel's genocide in Gaza than they are worried about the safety of the people facing a genocide? Absolutely unreal.
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A brief history of Israel's ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, 1890-present. A 🧵
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If you are Palestinian & you call for an "uprising," you are accused of calling for genocide. If you are Israeli & you say, "The enemy is Amalek," (i.e. kill every man, woman, child & ox) in Gaza & then you kill 16,000 Palestinians in 2 months, u "have a right to self-defense."
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If this is Israel’s 9/11, then how many 9/11s has Gaza had in the past 16 years?
@ianbremmer
ian bremmer
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over 600 dead israelis in a country of less than 10 million. in terms of size of population, that’s the equivalent of 21,000 americans. and that’s not even considering all the hostages. this is israel’s 9/11, with far greater impact on the nation.
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The untold history of Hamas, a 🧵
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In 2010, there was a non-violent attempt to break the siege on Gaza. A Turkish human rights organization sent a ship carrying aid to break the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza. In response, Israel murdered 11 Turkish citizens on onboard the ship carrying humanitarian aid ⤵️
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Jews are taking over public squares. They are demanding a ceasefire. You’re asking why aren’t there more Jews calling for ethnic cleansing & mass slaughter in public squares? The holocaust taught a lot us that never again means never again
@SaraHirschhorn1
Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn
6 months
Watching the Palestine demo gather in DC and wondering why Jews & Zionists are ceding the public square...where is our March on Washington? Are we too scared to have our voices heard? And doesn't the right to freedom of assembly (with police protection if necessary) apply to us?
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On 3 Nov 1956, Israeli forces entered Khan Yunis (in Gaza Strip) to eradicate fighters. They rounded up all men 15+, lined them against a wall, & executed them. An 8-year boy, Abdulaziz Rantissi, bore witness to the incident. He co-founded Hamas. This is what happened:
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Genocide apologists be like: "Never forget Oct 7th"*** ***but forget every single day before Oct.7th & every single day after
@SaraHirschhorn1
Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn
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NEVER FORGET October 7:
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Zachary Foster
4 months
The role of journalism is to monitor the centers of power, not regurgitate misinformation coming out of the centers of power.
@Lowkey0nline
Lowkey
4 months
"Karim, you've had your say..." A BBC presenter cuts off a Palestinian describing the situation in Gaza.
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This person is still a Dean at a university FYI.
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"It's time that Gaza Ends. The 2 million people who live there, they are clever assassins. They need to be removed from that land. That land needs to be turned into a national park." @MicheleBachmann Dean at @RegentU . How is this person a dean at a university? & why no outrage?
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Israeli apartheid, explained in 36 seconds. Not so complicated after all.
@yuval_abraham
Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם
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Our film “No Other Land” on occupied Masafer Yatta’s brutal expulsion won best documentary in Berlinale. Israel’s channel 11 aired this 30 second segment from my speech, insanely called it “anti semitic” - and I’ve been receiving death threats since. I stand behind every word.
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Dear journalists, Never trust video evidence produced by the @IDF . Ever again.
@MaenHouseh
Dr. Maen K Househ
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Same video repeated twice proving it is staged 1st time he holds weapon in right, check below holding it with his right hand
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"ceasefire now" @UNICEF "ceasefire now" @WHO "ceasefire now" @WFP "ceasefire now" @Pontifex "ceasefire now" @Oxfam "ceasefire now" @save_children "ceasefire now" @NRC_Norway "ceasefire now" @antonioguterres "ceasefire now" @WarChildUK "ceasefire now" @IRWorldwide "ceasefire now"…
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Rohan Talbot
6 months
Some politicians continue to argue that it is 'not the time' for a ceasefire in #Gaza , even with thousands dead. So here's a thread of major organisations, statespersons and other notables showing leadership and calling for a #CeasefireNOW . I'll try to update regularly. 🧵👇
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The Israeli military is taking Palestinians in groups of 3-10 people at a time, and executing them, inside of a hospital. This is exactly what happened to my grandfather’s family, slaughtered by Polish police collaborating w the Nazis.
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2.3 million human beings in Gaza have begun to face death from an unfamiliar source. It’s not the barrel of a gun or a hellfire missile, those they are familiar with. It’s thirst from no water & hunger from no food. Here are some of the latest reports:
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Dear journalists covering Gaza, The Israeli military has a history of intentionally spreading misinformation to journalists as a war strategy. Be very very careful reporting Israeli military sources w/out independent confirmation or w/out understanding the possible motives ⤵️
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Hamas has 3 co-founders #1 Ibrahim Yazuri Born in 1941 in Beit Dras, near Ashdod. On 21 May 1948, Israeli forces entered his village & indiscriminately slaughtered many women & children trying to flee the violence. Yazuri survived. source: Jawad, "Zionist Massacres," p.113
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Should Palestinians in Gaza condemn Hamas before or after they are wiped off the face of the earth?
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@Eve_Barlow Weird. Many (most?) of my closest friends are Jewish. I love them all. My whole family is Jewish, I love them all too. My community is Jewish. Love them all. Zionism was an ideology that said -- let's create a Jewish state in a country that's 90%+ non-Jewish. That project led…
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From late 1987-1988, Palestinians in Gaza rose up in a series of non-violent demonstrations, strikes, boycotts & protests. They killed 0 Israelis. They were unarmed. In response, Israel killed 142 Palestinians in Gaza. Source: Jean-Pierre Filiu, Gaza: A History (2014), 206.
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The Israeli government has been holding Palestinian human rights lawyer Diala Ayesh hostage for 2 months. She was kidnapped on 17 January 2024. Her crime: she was a lawyer defending the rights of other Palestinians hostages, known as "administrative detainees" by Israel.…
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In 2021, Israel FALSELY labeled 6 Palestinians NGOs dedicated to human rights as "terrorist" organizations. After failing to provide any evidence to back up the claim, 9 EU states rejected the argument. But now we are supposed to accept Israel's claim w/out seeing the evidence?
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Israel is holding 3,484 Palestinians hostage, known as "administrative detainees." They have not been told why they were taken. They have not been charged w/anything. Their imprisonment is renewable, indefinitely. Israel is holding 32X as many hostages as Hamas.
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95% of Jewish Israelis are pro-genocide. Let that sink in.
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A mid-January poll found that 95% of Jewish Israelis thought the Israeli military was using either the "appropriate" amount of force or "too little" force in Gaza. To repeat, 95% of Jewish people in Israel support a plausibly genocidal war ( @CIJ_ICJ ).
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Meet Saleem Elrayes, Gaza's #1 antique dealer. For 30yrs+, Saleem has collected private papers, rare books, manuscripts & historical documents from the people of Gaza relating to the history of Palestine. Shortly before Oct 7, I was fortunate enough to visit his shop in Gaza…
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An Israeli soldier murdered Taha Mahamid, an innocent Palestinian kid, in cold blood. The chances that the murderer will face any consequences round down to 0.
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From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free. A 🧵
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More people have discovered my Ph.D research on twitter than anywhere else. Here are 6 threads summarizing my dissertation, "The Invention of Palestine", a study of origins and development of 'Palestine' and 'the Palestinians' from ancient times to the present, a 🧵
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"If one attack, as barbaric as it was...pushes so many Israelis to become inhuman...imagine what it does to Palestinians who live under those attacks for decades. And we always wonder: how come they hate us? How come they became those monsters? how come they are so…
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Five months ago, Hamas agreed to release all their hostages in exchange for all Palestinian hostages & prisoners. Instead of an all-for-all deal, Israel chose to carry out a genocide against the people of Gaza, killing many of its own civilians in the process. I dream of a day…
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if you say, "between the river & the sea, there will be only Jewish sovereignty," (Likud Charter) you get $3.8B/yr in military aid from the US. if you say, "between the river & the sea, Palestine will be free," you are censured from congress, fired from CNN or banned from X.
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Was there a ceasefire on Oct. 6th 2023? A 🧵
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Beginning in March 2018, tens of thousands of Gazans marched to the fence, unarmed, demanding the right of return. Israel killed 223 Palestinians & Israeli snipers left 6,106 Palestinians with life-changing wounds. Not a single Israeli experienced any major physical harm.
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In 2005, Palestinians organized a non-violent movement, Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) In response, Israel: 1. said the movement's true goal is to destroy Israel 2. called BDS supporters antisemitic 3. Punished its founder w/threat of displacement
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@RubinReport "it's apartheid" ( @ICAHD , 2010) "it's apartheid" ( @UNESCWA , 2017) "it's apartheid" ( @YeshDin 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @AdalahCenter 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @btselem 2021) “it's apartheid" ( @hrw 2021) "it's apartheid" ( @fidh_en 2021) "it's apartheid" ( @YeshDin , 2020) "it's…
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This tweet didn’t age well.
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"It's time that Gaza Ends. The 2 million people who live there, they are clever assassins. They need to be removed from that land. That land needs to be turned into a national park." @MicheleBachmann Dean at @RegentU . How is this person a dean at a university? & why no outrage?
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Israel has been killing 75 Palestinian children every day for nearly 6 months.
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These incidents represent a tiny fraction of Palestinian non-violent resistance. In the vast majority of cases of Palestinian non-violent resistance, Israel responds w/ lethal & disproportionate violence. And you wonder why a tiny number of Palestinians have turned to violence?
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A brief history of the Israeli military's use of Palestinians as human shields. A 🧵
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“People knew about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine [in 1948]. You cannot kick out almost 1 million people & the world not knowing. But there was a conscious decision that Israel should be allowed to do it as compensation for the holocaust, antisemitism, or as one American…
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@ShaiDavidai @drdivine @Columbia Given your ongoing support for a genocide, your opinion about what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate forms of violence is not relevant
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Voices critical of the slaughter of Palestinians are being censored, fired & silenced. So why do writers like @Bariweiss , who have made a career out of advocating for free speech, care so little when the victims of cancel culture speak up on behalf of the Palestinians? A 🧵:
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A Jewish baby born on Bab al-Zahra street in Jerusalem is given Israeli citizenship when born, while a Palestinian baby born on Bab al-Zahra street in Jerusalem is not & will likely never be given citizenship. It's not that complicated after all. It's called apartheid.
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In 2008 & 2009, the residents of Ni'lin, in the West Bank, protested non-violently every week against the expansion of the separation barrier that was confiscating their land. In response, Israel killed Ahmed Moussa on 29 July 2008; Israel killed Yousef Aqel Srour on 5 June 2009
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If u are Palestinian & you say, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free,” you’ll be accused of antisemitism & genocidal language. If u are the Prime Minster of Israel & say it, you get unlimited US financial, military & diplomatic aid to murder 23,000 Palestinians.
@disclosetv
Disclose.tv
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NOW - Netanyahu: "In the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea."
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60% of Jewish Israelis oppose allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. A super majority of Jewish Israelis think the 2.3M people in Gaza should die of dehydration and starvation.
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Israel may be a democracy if you’re Jewish. But it’s an Orwellian police state if you are Palestinian ⬇️
@ytirawi
Younis Tirawi | يونس
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Sour Baher, East Jerusalem | “Supporting Gaza? Think twice.” Israeli occupation forces raid a Palestinian shop, orders the accountant to unlock his phone to check for any posts supporting Gaza on his Facebook. Subsequently, they proceed to arrest him.
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Genocide is all about intent. Here's the evidence (cc: @ICJ_org ):
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Heba Zagout was one of the most talented artists in Gaza Strip. Here is her work ⤵️ I just found out she was killed, along with children. May her memory be a blessing
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@DrEliDavid thanks for the publicity. Owe you one. Maybe I should also put “Dr.” in my name out of my deep insecurity that I have nothing interesting to say? 😝
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The head of the @ADL just said I’m a fake Jew. This guy is supposed to protect us Jews from the horrors of antisemitism & instead he is denying my identity as a Jew? He is a raging antisemite. Please ban this hate speech from the platform @elonmusk . I’m speechless.
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"We're looking at one of the biggest media scandals of our time...one journalist after another at august enlightened liberal publications were led into publishing one fabrication after another by a government that had curated witnesses to present a story in order to justify…
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Israeli government ministers are now using the word "terrorist" to describe a grieving mother whose innocent child was slaughtered. Absolutely f----ing insane.
@RamAbdu
Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده
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Horrible! "Get out of here, you terrorist," said Israeli minister of security Itamar Ben-Gvir, to the mother of a Palestinian autistic boy who was shot dead intentionally by Israeli forces. Yesterday, an Israeli court acquitted the killer of all charges after fully endorsing…
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Zionists have been trying to ‘ctrl-alt-delete’ the Palestinian people from the historical record for more than a century. In this thread, I document usages of the term, “Palestinians,” from its earliest appearances in the late 19th century to the late 1940s. A 🧵
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In case you were wondering what colonialism looks like ⬇️
@VerminusM
Uri Kurlianchik
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Someone posted a video from al-Rashid street, the former gem of Gaza. I don't think Tel Aviv on independence day has that many Israeli flags!
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If a Jew living in Hebron is arrested, Israeli law requires they be bought before a judge within 24 hours. If a Palestinian living in Hebron is arrested, Israeli law requires they be brought before a judge within 192 hours. Not so complicated after all. It's called Apartheid.
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It's strange so many liberal Zionists are angry that @netanyahu would so openly embrace @elonmusk despite his anti-Jewish tendencies. It's strange b/c Zionists have long embraced anti-Jewish tendencies. In fact, many of Zionism's champions were deeply anti-Jewish. A 🧵
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Can you imagine a group of White Americans chanting "I hate all the Blacks" on a public train in the United States? And yet here you have a group of Jewish Israelis proudly chanting in unison "I hate all the Arabs" on a train in Jerusalem. Welcome to Israel.
@uri_blau
Uri Blau
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“I hate all the Arabs”; “This is a Jewish State”. Israeli Youth chants on a Jerusalem train this afternoon, ahead of a soccer match. This is what have become of Israel. I feel sick.
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In March 2018, tens of thousands of Gazans marched to the fence, unarmed, demanding the right of return. Israel killed 223 Palestinians & Israeli snipers left 6,106 Palestinians with life-changing wounds. Not a single Israeli experienced any major physical harm.
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@VerminusM You really are totally clueless are you?
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I never thought I'd say this, but my people are on the verge of experiencing another genocide. Only this time, we are not going to be the victims, we are going to be the perpetrators 😢 Please, for the sake of the the Holy One, blessed be He, end the madness.
@Rrrrnessa
Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura
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Today I spoke to several distinguished genocide scholars & educators. We discussed the situation & focused specifically on this statement & the many others like it coming out of Israel’s govt. All 6 of us agreed that this fully espousing genocidal intent.
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In 2003, unarmed Palestinians in Bil'in organized weekly protests against the separation barrier that was confiscating their land. In 2009, Israel killed Bassem Abu Rahmah w/a shot in the chest; in 2010, it killed Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who died from tear gas inhalation.
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A brief history of Israel's wars on Gaza, 2008-2023, a 🧵.
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10 months
absolutely epic
@TadhgHickey
Tadhg
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Israel, Palestine & the media
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"Palestinians do not get called on the BBC or CNN to be interviewed. They are called on to be interrogated ... all I'm asked to do is show off my bruises & the blood & the stains. I'm robbed of the opportunity to present analysis, to frame the situation" @m7mdkurd
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People are talking about Holocaust denial at a time when Israel is currently committing a “textbook case of genocide” (see Raz Segal’s comments) and that genocide is being denied by the very people talking about Holocaust denial. Absolutely insane.
@bariweiss
Bari Weiss
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This is Holocaust denial in real time at @yaledailynews .
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When Palestinians show maps of Palestine that erase Israel, they are accused of wanting to "push Jews into the sea." When Israelis show maps of Israel that erase Palestine, they are crying, in agony, showing love for their homeland ⤵️
@HananyaNaftali
Hananya Naftali
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We in Israel have a secret weapon - we have no place to go. We are to stay. 🇮🇱
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Zachary Foster
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"Hamas is not going to be eradicated no matter what Israel does in Gaza. Even if Israel defeats Hamas's entire military network, even if it kills every Hamas fighter, Hamas continues as a political movement, Hamas continues to have support, not a majority, but a certain amount of…
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Zachary Foster
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"When you impose tremendous violence on people, you are going to bring violence upon yourself. That doesn't mean I justify Palestinian acts of violence...but that's what happens. That's why the IRA was blowing up department stores in London, it's why the ANC [African National…
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Zachary Foster
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@AIPAC If you’re curious if was a ceasefire before Oct. 7, happy reading!
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Zachary Foster
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Was there a ceasefire on Oct. 6th 2023? A 🧵
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Zachary Foster
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In 1948, 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes & 800 were massacred. It was a Nakba. In the past week, the UN says 1 million Palestinians have been displaced & at least 2,200 killed. Over the past years, some Israeli leaders promised a 2nd Nakba. Here we are.
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Zachary Foster
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"it's apartheid" ( @ICAHD 2010) “It’s apartheid” ( @YWCAPalestine 2014) "it's apartheid" ( @UNESCWA 2017) "it's apartheid" ( @YeshDin 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @AdalahCenter 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @btselem 2021) “it's apartheid" ( @hrw 2021) "I live on Mars" (German Czar, today)
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Zachary Foster
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According to human rights organizations.... "it's apartheid" ( @YeshDin , 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @btselem , 2021) "it's apartheid" ( @hrw , 2021) "it's apartheid" ( @UN , 2022) "it's apartheid" ( @amnesty , 2022) "We live on planet Mars" ( @POTUS , 2023) #FreePalestine
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Zachary Foster
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@HeidiBachram I am Jewish. My whole family is Jewish. I love them all. Many of my friends are Jewish. I love them too. In fact, I'm hosting a shabbat dinner tonight, you are welcome to come Heidi. But I am not a Zionist. Zionism was an ideology that said -- how do you create a Jewish state…
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Zachary Foster
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A segment from @democracynow 's powerful interview w/ Annelle Sheline, who resigned from the State Department over the US's pro-genocide policy in Gaza: Amy Goodman: "You said you're haunted by the final social media post of Aaron Bushnell the 25-year-old US Air Force serviceman…
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Zachary Foster
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@EFischberger There is a special place in hell for people who smear the bravest people on planet earth — Gazan journalists, who are both victims of a genocide and specifically targeted by the Israeli military for execution
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Zachary Foster
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"it's apartheid" ( @ICAHD 2010) "it's apartheid" ( @UNESCWA , 2017) "it's apartheid" ( @YeshDin 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @AdalahCenter 2020) "it's apartheid" ( @btselem 2021) “it's apartheid" ( @hrw 2021) "it's apartheid" ( @fidh_en 2021) "We live on planet Mars" (@ US Congress 2023) ⤵️
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Zachary Foster
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The former US ambassador to Israel says “you can’t exit Zionism and remain Jewish.” Hello world, I’m a proud Jew and I proudly exited Zionism almost 2 decades ago. It turns out you do not have a monopoly of what Judaism is and who can be Jewish.
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David M Friedman
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You are welcome to exit Judaism, but you can’t exit Zionism and remain Jewish. God’s covenants to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Prophets all validate the Jewish people living freely in their Biblical homeland. This is immutable and the essence of our faith
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Zachary Foster
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I'm broken. My heart and prayers go out to the Woll family 💔
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Zachary Foster
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According to international law, it is an act of war to impose a blockade. So, no, Hamas did not start this war. Israel started the war in June 2007 & has been waging a war every minute of every day of every year for 16 years on all people living in Gaza
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Zachary Foster
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The idea that Jewish people need a Jewish state b/c of antisemitism can finally be put to rest. The Jewish State, through its policies of occupation, apartheid & ethnic cleansing, is leading to more dead Jews in Israel and more anti-Jewish hate abroad than any other force today.
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Julia Jassey 🕊
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I’ve been working on campus antisemitism for 3 years, and I’ve never seen anything like I’m seeing right now. It’s coming from everywhere.
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Zachary Foster
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"Bodies with heads and limbs severed were discovered both inside the hospital and in the surrounding area. Surgeons had been tied up and executed." -courtesy of the most moral army in the world. Article by Seraj Assi @Srjassi
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Zachary Foster
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First they take your land & country. Then they tell you what words you are & are not allowed to use to describe your resistance to the take over. Insanity.
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Zachary Foster
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In 1989, the Israeli military forced the founder of Hamas, Ahmed Yassin, to listen to his son Abdul Hamid get tortured by Israeli authorities for days on end. A year later, Hamas carried out its first attack on Israeli civilians. #blowback Source: Chehab, Inside Hamas, p.15
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Zachary Foster
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@DouglasKMurray You were fundraising to send money to an army carrying out a probable genocide? You are a disgrace of a human being
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Zachary Foster
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More people seem to be angry about this than genocide. How did we get here?
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Jonathan Harounoff
2 months
#Breaking - Pro-Palestine protester defaces and slashes a historic 1914 painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Awful scenes to see at my alma mater.
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Zachary Foster
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Israel's awkward relationship w/ Hamas. A short 🧵
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Zachary Foster
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There are 2 types of 1 state solutions in Israel-Palestine. 1) The one in which Jews & Palestinians are equal. 2) The one in which you have a single apartheid state, where Jews are supreme (i.e. the status quo) Weird that the US & Europe thinks #1 is a crazy idea and #2 is ok.
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