US tax dollars help prop up Israel’s blockade on Gaza. The corona pandemic is highlighting the cruelty of investing in militarism instead of healthcare and edcation. Activists are demanding the US gov #DefundGazaBlockade and fund #healthcareforall instead. [1/7]
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THREAD: Israel has already violated the ceasefire in Gaza. The international community must ensure Israel abides by the ceasefire going forward.
The day after the Gaza ceasefire went into effect, an Israeli sniper shot and killed a Palestinian child named Zakaria as he was returning to his home in Rafah. The Israeli soldier then shot at a man who tried to reach Zakaria’s body.
Israel has a history of violating ceasefire agreements in Gaza. These violations often receive little coverage in mainstream US media, allowing Israel to keep killing Palestinians with impunity.
THREAD: The Human Toll of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Cannot be Overstated
With the backing of the US, Israel has unleashed horror after horror on the people of Gaza, where nearly half of the population are children, for over 15 months.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
In 15 months of committing genocide in Gaza, Israeli soldiers have killed over 70,000 Palestinians through traumatic injury alone, according to estimates from medical journal @TheLancet.
Nearly 60% of the Palestinians Israel has killed were children, women, and the elderly.
Israel has also killed thousands of Palestinians through deliberate starvation, destroying medical facilities & blocking necessities—including food, medicine, and water—from entering Gaza.
THREAD: @Columbia University pushed law professor Katherine Franke to resign after 25 years of teaching at the university because she showed solidarity with students who opposed Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
She’s not alone.
In an appalling violation of the principles of academic freedom, faculty and students across the country have been targeted, harassed, and even assaulted for standing against genocide.
Universities should be promoting academic freedom by allowing students and professors the freedom to express their ideas without retaliation.
THREAD: Over 12,000 Palestinians need an urgent medical evacuation from Gaza to save their lives, but between May and December 2024, Israel approved just 400 evacuations.
Source: @WHO
Israel’s genocide and mass starvation of Palestinians has left countless people with life-altering injuries, illnesses, amputations, and medical complications in need of urgent attention.
But Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza’s healthcare system, bombing hospitals and killing and abducting medical professionals.