THREAD: The latest on Israel's assault on Gaza: The Israeli army chief of staff is promising an “indefinite” war. That means one thing: continued death and destruction targeting civilians in Gaza.
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 26 Palestinians in two days. Nine of the dead are children.
Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem to Lydd (within Israel) continue to protest Israel’s aggression on Gaza.
A Danish humanitarian organization reported that five children of one of their employees in Gaza were killed after an Israeli military bombing:
Palestinians in Gaza have nowhere to go. They have no system to alert them to Israeli bombs. No country they can flee to.
Israel's devastating air, land and sea blockade of Gaza began in 2007. There hasn't been a day over the last 14 years that Israel wasn't waging a war on Gaza, bringing death and suffering to Palestinian civilians.
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Amidst all the headlines and breaking news, it can be confusing to make sense of what’s happening in #Palestine/#Israel right now. Here are 6 things you need to know to understand what’s going on:
1) Israel has been escalating tensions in #Jerusalem for weeks, including placing new restrictions on Palestinians marking Ramadan, the violent suppression of Palestinians protesting evictions of families in #SheikhJarrah by settlers,
and soldiers assaulting worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque.
THREAD: Last night, Israeli forces terrorized thousands of Palestinian worshipers, unleashing tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and stun grenades inside Al Aqsa Mosque. Over 200 Palestinians were injured, including 88 who were hospitalized. One Palestinian lost an eye.
The armed invasion of Muslims’ holiest site in Jerusalem came towards the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.
Palestinians stayed at Al Aqsa after prayers to protest against Israeli plans to evict Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
2) Why? Because Israeli courts have ruled that Israeli settlers can move into Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem. These Palestinian families have been living here for decades since 1956.
THREAD: During the 1st intifada (Palestinian uprising) against Israel’s cruel & violent occupation, Israel set up military-manned barriers to Palestinian movement within the occupied West Bank & Gaza. These barriers, or military checkpoints, have only increased in number since.
The primary purpose of these checkpoints is to facilitate Israel’s illegal takeover of the occupied Palestinian territories, serving as a tool of control and oppression to deny Palestinians the ability to live freely on their own land.
Since they were first erected by Israel, checkpoints have served to suffocate, humiliate, & collectively punish millions of Palestinians. Currently, there are nearly 600 Israeli military checkpoints & other physical barriers to Palestinian movement in the occupied West Bank.
🚨IN MAY, FOUR PALESTINIAN FAMILIES WILL BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. #SaveSheikhJarrah: Advocates are calling on you to sign this petition & call your elected reps to demand an end to Israel’s settlement expansion in #Jerusalem. @SecBlinken@HadyAmr 👇 bit.ly/StopJerusalemE…
🚨#StopJerusalemExpulsions: In the Silwan neighborhood of Al -Bustan, 105 houses, representing 1550 Palestinians, are facing home demolition as soon as May 11th to make way for King David Park tourist site. Advocates want you to sign this petition: