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20 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Guess who’s left out of the conversation about reopening the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem? 🧐
Discussing Palestinians without Palestinians is the equivalent of an all-white task force on racial justice. Laughable. Absurd. Dangerous.
Jerusalem is an occupied city under international law, and Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy there should be seen for what it is: a flagrant attempt to deny Palestinians the right to the city they call home.
Trump also shutdown the Jerusalem consulate which handled U.S. relations with and services for Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank, and @POTUS had vowed to reopen it.
But once again, Palestinians are being denied the freedom to decide their own futures. One-sided Trump era policies shouldn’t be blocking vital services for Palestinians, including assistance with travel, education, and more.

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19 Oct
THREAD: The lives of six Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike are in grave danger.

The six imprisoned Palestinians are on a lengthy hunger strike—between 51 and 90 days each—protesting their administrative detention by Israel.
Administrative detention—meaning indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial—is commonly used by Israel to torment Palestinians in custody and punish their families on the outside.
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THREAD: Israel is moving to further expropriate vast swaths of Jerusalem, all while the U.S. provides diplomatic cover.
Yesterday, while Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid was meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Israel approved plans to move forward with thousands of housing units in occupied East Jerusalem.
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28 Sep
Today marks the 21st anniversary of the start of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising against Israel's illegal occupation & apartheid.

Here is what happened 21 years ago:
Former Israeli "Defense" Minister & war criminal Ariel Sharon (who, according to an Israeli commission, bears "personal responsibility" for the 1982 massacres of Sabra & Shatila), intruded on Al-Aqsa, Palestinians' holiest Muslim site in Jerusalem, w/1,000 heavily armed soldiers.
The intrusion led to a confrontation with unarmed Palestinian demonstrators at the Noble Sanctuary, and resulted in several unarmed Palestinians being killed, triggering the 2nd intifada. But that was only the last straw after years of Israeli brutality and land theft.
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28 Sep
THREAD: Last week, after voting to send another $1 billion to the Israeli military, Congress also passed the “National Defense Authorization Act,” a bill that contains alarming provisions for supporters of human rights for Palestinians.
But before all the bad, @RepRashida, @repmarkpocan, and @RepAOC introduced an amendment to block the $735 million weapons deal between Boeing and the Israeli military. Unfortunately, the amendment was ruled out of the final bill.
The following concerning amendments were passed with bipartisan support, once again showing Congress’ hostility to Palestinian rights despite growing support from voters across the political spectrum. For a complete list check out @LaraFriedmanDC:
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23 Sep
THREAD: After progressives in Congress knocked down an additional $1 billion in military funding to Israel from a larger spending bill, conservative Democrats are introducing a new stand-alone bill to send an additional $1 billion to Israel to further fund its “Iron Dome.”
The #IronDome is a missile interceptor system developed by Israel and funded by U.S. taxpayers. It works to enforce Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza.
In addition to the $3.8 billion in military funding that the U.S. provides Israel each year, the U.S. has already given approximately $1.7 billion to Israel for its Iron Dome.
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22 Sep
THREAD: 6 Things to Know About the Iron Dome Funding Controversy

The efforts of progressives in Congress to stop Democratic and Republican leaders from giving another $1 billion in military funding to Israel have triggered an avalanche of misinformation and misdirection.
1) No Blank Check: Israel already receives $3.8 billion in U.S. military funding every year (more than any other country on the planet), and Israel’s “Iron Dome” is already funded to the tune of $1.7 billion.
Progressives are saying NO to a major increase of $1 billion in the already unjustifiable military funding to Israel.
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