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"My grandmother was expelled from Haifa in 1948 when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced..She resettled in Jerusalem in 1956 after the UN [UNRWA] + Jordan built a housing project in Sheikh Jarrah, promising that the 28 refugee families wld receive legal title...
"...promising that the 28 refugee families would receive legal title to the property within three years. Those three years passed, then several more. The 1967 war erupted before those titles ever materialized. Still my grandmother remained. She raised + buried her daughters...
"...in Sheikh Jarrah. My parents married in our house.
We planted pomegranates, apples, oranges, figs"...

Mohammed El-Kurd was 9 in 2009, when the front half
of his home was seized per Israeli court order.
His story in The Nation is also posted here =
palresponds.com/tomorrow-my-fa…

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21 Nov
Opinion | Dear Ambassador Friedman, farewell,
I’m not shedding a tear: "Who gave you the right
to determine the 'rights' of a sovereign country
such as ours?" haaretz.com/opinion/.premi…
"The international Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations specifically forbids ambassadors + members
of the diplomatic staff to interfere in the internal affairs
of the countries where they serve..
Whereas you, from your first day as ambassador,
never ceased taking a stand
"...regarding internal affairs, even those that are
the subject of a bitter national dispute. This is with reference mainly to the West Bank, or Judea & Samaria,
or the occupied territories – depending on
whom you ask...
Read 9 tweets
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21 Nov
"Many lawyers in the Trump camp" have acknowledged
in court that here's "no evidence of fraud — [however]
the Trump side’s legislature theory has some basis in fact...
[But] It would be difficult to convince lawmakers to overturn the will of voters in even one state...
And "For Trump to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, he would need to pull that trick off in three states."
propublica.org/article/the-lo…
"Article II of the U.S. Constitution holds that 'each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors' to vote for president as a member of the Electoral College...
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20 Nov
"It’s Time to Hunker Down"

"...a devastating surge is now under way...
Almost every day, America is breaking new records in confirmed cases: They are up 40% from just one week ago...the whole nation is in the midst of a terrible surge. So, too, is much of Europe"
"The US is also experiencing a steep increase in hospitalizations, as well as about 1,500 reported
deaths/day..Trevor Bedford, a scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, calculates that more than 2,000 deaths a day may already be baked in for early Dec
"...public-health experts knew a fall + winter wave
was a high likelihood, and urged us to get ready.
But we did not. The best way to prepare wld've been
to enter this phase with as few cases as possible. In exponential processes like epidemic, the baseline matters a great deal
Read 9 tweets
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19 Nov
So: 
"all producers within areas where Israel exercises
the relevant authorities – most notably Area C  under
the Oslo Accords – will be required to mark goods as 'Israel', 'Product of Israel', or 'Made in Israel'
when exporting to the United States."
The USA @StateDept under @SecPompeo determination issued today: "This approach recognizes that Area C producers operate within the economic and administrative framework of Israel and their goods should be treated accordingly"...
State Dept: "This update will also eliminate confusion
by recognizing that producers in other parts of the West Bank are for all practical purposes administratively separate 
and that their goods should be marked accordingly"...
Read 6 tweets
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9 Nov
Now, "The General Services Administration
is tasked with formally recognizing Biden as president-elect, which begins the transition. But the agency’s Trump-appointed administrator, Emily Murphy, hasn't started the process"... apnews.com/article/electi…
"That lack of clarity is fueling questions about whether Trump, who has not publicly recognized Biden’s victory + has falsely claimed the election was stolen, will
impede Democrats as they try to establish
a government."
"There is little precedent in the modern era of a president erecting such hurdles for his successor. The stakes are especially high this year because Biden will take office amid
a raging pandemic, which will require a comprehensive government response."
apnews.com/article/electi…
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9 Nov
Israel Antiquities Authority today: "Pottery jug containing four 1,000-year-old gold coins unearthed"...
Israel Antiquities Authority’s coin expert, Dr. Robert Kool: “The coins date from a relatively brief period, from the late 940s to the 970s CE..when control over Eretz Israel
"...when control over Eretz Israel passed from
the Sunni Abbasid caliphate, whose capital was Baghdad, Iraq, into the hands of ​​its Shiite rivals—the Fatimid dynasty of North Africa, who conquered Egypt"...
"...Syria + Eretz Israel in those years...
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