Thread by @muhammadshehad2

EVERYTHING #Israel accuses Palestinians of doing (often falsely), it had openly done way worse to establish & maintain the Israeli state:

e.g. blowing up cafes & buses; human shields; celebrating civilians' death; glorifying terrorists; hiding weapons in civilian areas...Quick🧵

2\ Terrorism was a tactic Zionist militias openly used to establish #Israel

Blowing up cafes, buses & crowded markets was 1 of their favorite strategies. This list only shows Irgun terrorist bombings in 1937-39👇

Irgun became part of the IDF & their leader Shamir became PM!

3\ Even 3 decades after #Israel was founded, the Israeli Defense Ministry continued to use terrorism for combat

Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (later Prime Minister) used to blow up cars, bikes & booby-trapped donkeys in crowded civilian areas in Lebanon ONLY to sow chaos & fear!

4\ Human Shields:

#Israelis forces systematically use Palestinian civilians, including children, as human shields. They call it the "neighbor protocol" or "bringing a friend".

Meanwhile, Amnesty NEVER found any evidence of Palestinian militants taking human shields at gunpoint!

5\ Celebrating civilians' death:
#Israel's Security Minister was at this party where settlers literally celebrated the burning of a Palestinian baby (18-months) by a fellow settler

Israelis were handing out wine 2 days ago to celebrate the bombing of Gaza

6\ Recruiting child soldiers:
#Israel's Security Minister brags that his mother was a member of the militant terrorist organization "Irgun" when she was ONLY 14!

Irgun was considered a terrorist org by the US, UN, UK...

Hamas' official recruitment age is 18.

7\ Executing collaborators:
All Israeli militias that formed the IDF regularly executed collaborators with the British, or leaders who were too moderate & wanted reconciliation with the Palestinians;

E.g. Jacob Israël de Haan was executed by the Haganah for turning anti-Zionist!

8\ Glorifying terrorists:
#Israel's gov named 10s of streets after Irgun & Lehi terrorists who killed innocent people (see thread👇)

E.g. Olei Hagardom statu in Ramat Gan commemorates 12 Irgun & Lehi militants convicted by the British of terrorist attacks

9\ Hiding weapons in civilian areas:

All the Zionist militias that formed #Israel's IDF used to hide weapons in cities, towns, farms, homes... There are more than 1,500 known hiding places for their weapons & Israelis continue to discover them until today.

Human shields?

10\ Some #Israeli leaders used to openly advocate for literal terrorism:

Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir:
"Neither Jewish ethics nor Jewish tradition can disqualify terrorism as a means of combat"

He was wanted for the British for terror attacks!