HISTORIC BRAVERY ON #PALESTINE IN CONGRESS: w/ #GazaUnderAttack Israel's military invades Gaza with force like what killed 480 kids in 2014
Rep. @RashidaTlaib faced brutality w/"We must condition aid to Israel on compliance with international human rights & ending apartheid"
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As #Israeli police-supported lynch mobs attacked #Palestinian neighbors in Haifa,
@RashidaTlaib spoke solidarity & said her Black neighbors who know what it's like to be killed & displaced: "The freedom of Palestinians is connected to the fight of people all over the world."
@RashidaTlaib spoke truth: "Life under apartheid rips Palestinians of their dignity. How would you feel if you had to go through dehumanizing checkpoints two blocks from your home to go to the doctor"
@RashidaTlaib on the House floor condemned the root, the Nakba: "The catastrophe of displacement and dehumanization in their homeland has been going on since 1948"
@RashidaTlaib read the testimony of @SometimesPooh, a mother in Gaza, and said: "We all deserve freedom, liberty and justice. No child, whoever they are, should have to worry that death will rain from the sky."
"If there is one thing that Detroit instilled in this Palestinian girl it is: you speak to power, even if your voice waivers" - @RashidaTlaib, we send gratitude.
Watch her whole speech. @RashidaTlaib is so powerful:
"I am a reminder to colleagues that Palestinians do indeed exist... We are justice seekers… Palestinians aren't going anywhere no matter how much money we send to Israel's apartheid regime."
.@RepCori rose in solidarity w/ @RashidaTlaib to honor Bassem Masri and the solidarity of Palestinian & Black organizers fighting intertwined US-Israeli systems of oppression. Instead of apartheid, we can #InvestInJustice for our communities #FreePalestine
U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell self-immolated at the Israeli embassy in DC yesterday, sacrificing his life in an act of protest against the 38,000+ Palestinians killed in the U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza.
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Aaron's decision to bear the unimaginable to raise awareness Gaza does not go unnoticed. We mourn and honor his memory.
We also honor the woman who self-immolated with a Palestinian flag at the Israeli consulate in Atlanta on Dec. 1, 2023. The media buried her story so deeply that we do not even know her name.
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of protesters are blocking 5 major roadways in DC & rallying at Union Station to end the genocide.
They’re stopping US gov't war criminals from getting to work. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL! SHUT IT DOWN!
This is 23rd & Constitution near the State Dept.
Power to local activists through @palyouthmvmt, @OFDC_Campaign, DMV @wearedissenters, @md2palestine, @harrietsdreams, @pslnational who are taking a stand today to demand:
Every US gov't war criminal coming to work today will have their commute disrupted. They are enabling Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, including the murder of 33,000+ Palestinians, which is only possible at this scale with full US backing.
Nearly 2 years ago, a U.S. federal judge rightfully dismissed a meritless lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund against USCPR.
Now as plaintiffs appeal, our legal representation presented Oral Arguments today asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold this dismissal.
It’s important to recognize this lawsuit for what it is: a lawfare attempt.
Right-wing forces use such baseless lawsuits to harass & scare human rights defenders fighting to protect the most vulnerable.
This attack is part of a broader effort, led by the Israeli government and its network of NGO allies, to silence those who document Israel’s human rights abuses & demand accountability.
The Palestinian people in Masafer Yatta refuse to be ethnically cleansed from their homeland. #DefendMasaferYatta
Today, Israel began the year by destroying 4 Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta, forcing out native Palestinian families who've existed on this land for generations
While the new increasingly fascist right-wing Israeli government is now in place, Israel has been brutally killing Palestinian people and stealing their land for decades.
Now, Israel is planning to accelerate ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta & expel 1,000+ Palestinian people.
The lack of international pressure, as the U.S. continually fails to hold Israel accountable, is only further enabling Israel's war crimes.
Remember: Our U.S. tax dollars—$3.8+ billion a year—fund Israel's colonial violence, like today's demolitions.
🧵 ALL EYES ON PALESTINE
The Israeli military & armed Israeli settlers are attacking Palestinian communities across Palestine. News from Palestine isn't getting out amid censorship & Israel’s targeting of journalists. Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening right now:
Shu’afat, a Palestinian refugee camp in Jerusalem, has been under Israeli military siege for 6 days.
Over 100,000 Palestinian people are affected as Israel blocks food & medical supplies from reaching them.
Palestinian people across Jerusalem declared a general strike in protest of Israel’s siege on Shu’afat after its residents announced civil disobedience.