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1 Jul, 13 tweets, 6 min read
Nizar Banat, a Palestinian journalist and activist, was killed last week while in the Palestinian Authority’s custody. PA forces then violently repressed popular protests. Here’s what Palestinians have said about the PA and its role in upholding Israeli occupation and apartheid:
.@BDSmovement offers guidelines for supporting Palestinian civil society’s struggle against PA repression

.@Barahmeh

.@AdalahJustice

.@AlShabaka asks "At What Price Palestine's Security?"

.@Lana_Tatour

.@m7mdkurd

.@alaatartir's thread on the evolution of Palestinian security forces

.@JehadAbusalim

.@alhaq_org

.@7amleh

.@yarahawari

.@InesAbdelrazek

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29 Jun
In recent months, there has been an increase in Israeli settler violence towards Palestinians. In the media, these horrific and racist attacks are often attributed to “violent mobs." This term fails to capture these attacks organized + premeditated nature

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21 Jun
Starting in the 1950s, Israel abducted up to 5,000 Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan children and gave them to Ashkenazi parents. This systematic kidnapping, which the separated families protest annually on this day, is one of Zionism’s crimes against Jews of marginalized ethnicities.
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17 Jun
HAPPY 91st BIRTHDAY to JVP's oldest member: Shatzi Weisberger, the @peoplesbubbie!

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"I grew up very Zionist, but I've come a long way, baby," Shatzi says. She joined the movement for Palestinian freedom in 1983, after she started to educate herself about Palestine and feel a profound “anguish over what Zionists were doing to the Palestinians.”

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Unlearning Zionist “brainwashing” was a “process that took time” and effort, but it was well worth it: she made powerful contributions to movement, forged deep connections with her partners in struggle, and built Judaism and Jewish community beyond Zionism.

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15 May
This #NakbaDay, 100s of our members sent photos opposing the #OngoingNakba in Jerusalem.

Our Jewish solidarity shows that Israel's expulsions are not about religion but about land theft, ethnic cleansing, and ethnic supremacy — just as they were in 1948.

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In Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, 1,500 Palestinians face the threat of forced displacement and home demolitions by Israeli settlers working in collusion with the Israeli government and military.

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Most families in these neighborhoods are refugees from the beginning of the Nakba in 1948, when Zionist militas violently expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. For them, their impending forced displacement in 2021 is especially painful.

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14 May
This Shabbat, we invite you to talk to your family, your friends, and your community about the atrocities that the Israeli government, military, and civilians are perpetrating against Palestinians — from Sheikh Jarrah, to Gaza, to the West Bank, to inside ’48 borders.

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We know that misinformation and indoctrination runs deep in our community, and that talking about Palestine and Israel is an emotional minefield for so many. Talking with our people may be difficult, and changing their hearts and minds may take time, effort, and commitment.

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ALL OUT TOMORROW MAY 15! Boycott, divest, and sanction Israel until Palestinians are free.

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