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Joining thousands of others we will shortly be suspending our Twitter activity for 48 hours in protest at the ongoing tolerance of hate speech in this platform.

@jack @Twitter #NoSafeSpaceforJewHate

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In recent weeks, we have looked on with dismay as Jews displaying a Jewish symbol have been locked out of their accounts while actual hatred has been allowed to proliferate.
We have seen how antisemites such as Louis Farrakhan have a platform on Twitter, and how celebrities share his clips to an audience of millions.
We have seen how attacks on Israel frequently turn into attacks on Jews.
And we have seen a reluctance on the part of the traditional broadcast media to report on these outbursts of hatred.
We are now saying #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate and walking out of ⁦@Twitter until 9am UK time on Wednesday.

It's now up to Twitter to make a change for the better, and to the media to fully cover this story. Enough is enough. Image

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May 28
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Meet Erin Cunningham, the incoming Jerusalem news director at @AP.

Her professional record - from her tenure at The Washington Post to her public statements and social media activity - raises serious questions about the impartiality expected on one of journalism’s most sensitive beats. 🧵Image
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As @washingtonpost's Middle East news editor, Cunningham oversaw coverage marked by:

▪️ Loaded anti-Israel framing
▪️ Euphemistic language that softened terrorism
▪️ False moral equivalence
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This wasn’t incidental. It reflected a newsroom culture problem.
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Before entering media, she worked for an NGO in the West Bank - an advocacy background that raises legitimate questions about the perspective she brings to reporting.

And in a 2014 podcast appearance, she made her emotional attachment to Gaza unmistakably clear 👇
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May 25
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Meet Ahmad Hariri. According to The New York Times, he was "a paramedic and photojournalist who was killed in Deir Qanoun an-Nahr on Friday" in an Israeli airstrike.

Don't let the press vest fool you. Was Ahmad Hariri targeted for his medical or media work? Five minutes looking at his Facebook told us everything the NYTimes didn't. 🧵Image
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Here's the terrorist org and Hezbollah ally Amal mourning Hariri's "martyrdom."

Check out the Amal flags amongst the ambulances. Hariri was a member of a terrorist organization.
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So when you hear from @nytimes about Ahmad's funeral and about how he was "everything that is beautiful in this life," think again.

Israel isn't targeting journalists or paramedics for doing their jobs. Period.

But it is targeting terrorists. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-lebanon-medics.html
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May 22
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The @nytimes’ new defense of Nicholas Kristof’s column on alleged sexual abuse of Palestinians – including the “rape dogs” claim – even drags in Oct 7 and Islamophobia to protect it.

Here’s what they still aren’t telling you 🧵
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Opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury says they “stand by” the piece, boasting of “rigorous vetting” and claiming editors “found no errors.” But if the original reporting were as solid as they say, the NYT wouldn’t be scrambling to issue multiple follow‑ups, stretching evidence and hiding key facts to avoid taking any accountability.Image
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In 2025, there were 6,800 documented antisemitic incidents, nearly 20 attacks on Jews every single day. Despite some of the strictest gun laws in the world, Jewish schools, synagogues, and businesses are repeatedly shot at while perpetrators face little to no consequences.

Israel raised Canada to Threat Level 2 for Jews, and stated that the Canadian government has failed to protect its Jewish community. When Jews are no longer safe in their home and communities, the entire country is at fault.

This is a national crisis that can no longer be ignored by Canadians.

#Canada #Jews #Antisemitism #JewHateImage
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May 20
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After the @nytimes “dog rape” story, we examined “human stories” Nick Kristof has published on Gaza.

What we found is alarming.

Sources presented as credible and apolitical supporting terrorism, don’t match descriptions – or may not exist.

Did Kristof verify any of this? Image
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Take Mohamed Abu Jafar.

In one column, Kristof holds him up as the kind of Palestinian who preserves a shared humanity, citing him as an example of those “who press for reconciliation and peace,” and in another calling him a “wise” Palestinian from Jenin whose 16‑year‑old brother was shot dead by Israeli forces – and even has him saying “the only practical option… is working for peace.”

A tragic story – and a quote Kristof reuses as his moral anchor. But Abu Jafar’s own Facebook tells a very different story: glorifying “martyrs,” posts about armed terrorists and “resistance,” praising attacks and celebrating jihad and martyrdom.

This is the man readers are told embodies wisdom and is “working for peace.”Image
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Kristof never tells readers one crucial fact: Abu Jafar’s brother was not killed in the current war.

In another NYT piece, the brother’s death date is given as 2002. Abu Jafar also appears to post his grave on Facebook, identifying him as a “martyr” of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

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Most claim there were 750,000 Palestinian refugees after the war. But in 1948, the @UN recorded only 472,000 Arab refugees.

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The UNHCR, which deals with every other refugee group in the world, seeks to resettle and find permanent solutions. UNRWA, which was created solely to handle the Palestinian refugee problem, refuses to remove that status. Again, unique to them.

The result? A conflict kept alive for 78 years.

#Nakba #UNRWA #MiddleEastImage
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