Profile picture
The IMEU @theIMEU
, 5 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
WATCH: Israel closed the Kerem Shalom crossing that brings in goods to Gaza--the latest act of collective punishment targeting the enclave. Gaza is a prison where the inmates are fathers, mothers, & children whose only crime is being born in Gaza. Can you imagine life like this?
Palestinian businessmen say the results of the closure will be the final nail in the coffin of Gaza’s industry and trade haaretz.com/israel-news/.p…
This intensification of the Israeli blockade comes 4 years after Israel launched a devastating assault on Gaza, killing 2,200+ people, including 500 children
97% of Gaza’s water supply is contaminated and undrinkable due largely to the effects of Israel’s siege and blockade and repeated bombings of Gaza’s infrastructure
80% of Palestinians in Gaza are forced to rely on humanitarian aid to survive, while 47% suffer from food insecurity
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to The IMEU
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @theIMEU see all

Profile picture
Palestinian musician Naseem Alatrash just released his latest music video titled Lifta, after the Palestinian village destroyed and depopulated during the 1948 Nakba. The video is shot in what remains of Lifta village today.
In 1947 2,550 Palestinians lived in the town of Lifta. There were coffeehouses, shops, an elementary school, and a social club. But later that year Lifta was targeted by zionist militia and destroyed, its inhabitants displaced. eyewitnesspalestine.org/delegation66-e…
Naseem Alatrash is a globally acclaimed Palestinian cellist. He studied at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music, a Palestinian music conservatory, before coming to the US to broaden his skills and perform on the global stage. berklee.edu/people/naseem-…
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Israeli army checkpoints suffocate, humiliate, and collectively punish millions of Palestinians. Blocking patients from hospitals, children from schools, and workers from jobs. Decade after decade, a population being split into isolated islands, without one day of freedom.
"Ahmad’s alarm went off at 3:00am. That’s what time the 25-year-old from the West Bank village of Yatta needs to get up in order to get through the checkpoint and avoid being late for his construction job, which starts in Jerusalem at 7:00am." abc.net.au/news/2017-06-0…
There are at least 100 Israeli checkpoints in the occupied West Bank: If someone wants to run an errand that should take 10 minutes, it could turn into an hour, and the reason for that is the existence of the checkpoints. aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/i…
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
WATCH: Israeli forces threw stun grenades and pushed and dragged Palestinians who were protesting the demolition of four buildings in the West Bank village of al-Walajeh over the weekend. 10 Palestinians were injured. [Via @nasseratta5]
Israel has demolished over 48,000 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank since 1967, the start of its military occupation of Palestinian land aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/d…
"When Israeli forces routinely and repeatedly demolish homes in occupied territory without showing that it’s necessary for military operations, it appears that the only purpose is to drive families off their land, which is a war crime”--@hrw hrw.org/news/2013/08/2…
Read 3 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Israel reopens Gaza crossing as truce talks progress | @AFP yahoo.com/news/israel-re…
Re-opening of Kerem Shalom crossing met with scepticism in Gaza middleeasteye.net/news/Israel-Ga…
This morning - Israeli naval forces attack & detain Palestinian fishermen working off Gaza coast

english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=L…
Read 3 tweets
Profile picture
1 \ After mediation by Egypt and UN: Israel and Hamas agree to go back to the understandings that ended the 2014 war, Israeli official tells me
2 \ According to the understandings Hamas will stop all attacks against Israel from Gaza and Israel will reopen the border crossings to Gaza to allow transfer of goods and fuel. Israel will also allow Gaza fishermen to fish up to 9 miles from the coast
3 \ The Israeli official told me the understandings came into force today when Israel reopened the Kerem-Shalom crossing completely. The Israeli security cabinet was briefed on the understandings earlier today
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
#IDF officer moderately wounded after #Palestinians threw a grenade towards troops near in northern #GazaStrip during violent riots. IDF troops responded by firing towards Palestinians who threw the grenade. Local media say 15yr old Othman Rami Halas was killed by IDF fire
Unconfirmed reports of #Israel(i) airstrikes near al-Bureij refugee camp in the central #GazaStrip
#BREAKING: Incoming rocket sirens activated in southern #Israel communities surrounding the #GazaStrip
Read 41 tweets
Profile picture
Today's @UN meeting will totally reject this @nikkihaley text: "Condemns Hamas for repeatedly firing rockets into Israel & for inciting violence along the boundary fence, thereby putting civilians at risk, demands that Hamas cease all violent activity and provocative actions..."
"...further condemns the diversion of resources in Gaza to construct military infrastructure, including tunnels to infiltrate Israel and equipment to launch rockets into civilian areas, when such resources could have addressed the critical needs of the civilian population..."
"...and expresses grave concern about the destruction of the Kerem Shalom crossing by actors in Gaza, which has severely hindered deliveries of food and fuel for the people of Gaza."
Read 5 tweets
Profile picture
Today is the 7th Friday of the #GreatReturnMarch & the last 1 before #Nakba70 day. Last week was the 1st time Friday's protests w no deaths.
According to @ochaopt, 50 people died since March 30, 40 of them during the protests.
Not a single Israeli was hurt & not 1 rocket launched
Here is my #thread from yesterday about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict & the state of the "only democracy in the Middle East"
And here is my #thread about what happened last Friday
Read 44 tweets
Profile picture
Today is the 6th Friday of the #GreatReturnMarch. Last Friday there was a more organized attempt to reach the #GazaFence & Israeli army promised to respond harsher. Israel also declared human rights laws do not apply to the protesters. 48 killed & ~7,000 wounded so far in Gaza
Meanwhile, Giro d'Italia 2018, the biggest sporting event in Israeli history, begins today (& Israelis bitch about the traffic)
haaretz.com/israel-news/gi…
#normalization
Read 73 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Gaza #PARC #Israel #Iran #Egypt #GolanHeights #JohnDugard #DameVivienDuffield #2StateIllusion #ConcentrationCamp #War #BDS #Russia #Occupation #normalization #US #Qassam #GreaterJewishJerusalem #SouthAfrica #AlanDuncan #Lebanon #Holocaust #IDF #CaliforniaFires #Palestine

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!