@elgindy_ :“They aren’t hands-off in underwriting the occupation; they’re hands-off in terms of things that could help Palestinians or mitigate conflict…"
@elgindy_@elgindy_ : "It’s selectively hands-off; it’s hands-on when it comes to aid to Israel and all the mantras of 'unbreakable and unshakable” U.S.-Israeli ties"
@elgindy_@elgindy_ : "They keep talking about human rights and rules-based order, and ‘equal measures of security, prosperity and freedom for Israelis and Palestinians.’ What does that even mean?"
@elgindy_@elgindy_ : "We have never seen a greater asymmetry over the past 100 years,..When you pursue a policy where you support equal measures, you’re not talking about in a final-status situation; you’re talking about now.”
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New thread ft. Members of Congress who've been silent re Israeli actions related to Sheikh Jarrah & Haram a-Sharif/Temple Mt, but who are now moved to speak on missiles being fired into Israel (which, to be clear, is a war crime - but the selective empathy/outrage is striking):
"Hundreds of Israeli soldiers age 19 to 21 are deployed every night on missions of state terror when they break into Palestinian homes in the West Bank, without a judge’s warrant or oversight of a body that is not an interested party (there is no such body)…”
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"The authority is a military order from 54 years ago, when we thought the occupation was temporary…”
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The groups "endorse the use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance "Working Definition of Antisemitism" (IHRA) as a tool for monitoring and raising awareness.”
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ICYMI, Janet Yellen’s response to Senate Finance Committee for the record re: BDS (page 40) does not sound like support for First Amendment rights of Americans or of free speech as a value around the world
"President Biden has led efforts to oppose the delegitimization of Israel, whether in international organizations or by the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in the United States…"
“...I support President Biden’s approach of opposing such efforts and ifconfirmed, ***will work as Treasury Secretary to oppose BDS activities directed at Israel.***"
Israelis have long had no issue ignoring terrorist past of fellow Israelis, while they impose 6-degrees-of-terrorist-contamination standard on Palestinians. Shurat HaDin exemplifies this, but Exhibit A has to be political commentator/journo Haggai Segal
“In 1980, while part of the group Jewish Underground, Segal planted and planted a bomb that blew off the leg of a Palestinian mayor. He served a prison sentence and later wrote about his experiences in the book Dear Brothers: The West Bank Jewish Underground.”
Wilders “has right-wing fans the world over...Netanyahu’s eldest son, Yair, has called Wilders a ‘true friend’ of the Jewish people, & wished him success ahead of the 2019 European parliamentary elections. Netanyahu Sr. didn’t distance himself from his son’s endorsement.”
“He reiterates to Haaretz that the Netherlands ‘should learn from Israel when it comes to dealing with radical Islamism. We should adopt administrative detention...’ The practice is widely criticized by human rights organizations...”