While Syrians were celebrating the downfall of the brutal Assad regime and political prisoners were reuniting with their families, the Israeli government took advantage of the regime’s fall by invading Syria.
In violation of its 1974 agreement with Syria, the Israeli military invaded and seized more parts of the Golan Heights—territory it illegally annexed in 1967. This marks the Israeli military's largest land grab in Syria in decades. And now, Netanyahu has said that the Golan will remain occupied by the Israeli state “for eternity.”
Over the past two weeks, the Israeli military also launched airstrikes across Syria, targeting weapons depots, an air base, and other targets in Damascus. Last week, it carried out 480 strikes in just 48 hours.
A new report from @humanrightswatch finds the Israeli government guilty of extermination and acts of genocide by deliberately restricting safe water for drinking and sanitation to Palestinians in Gaza. 🧵
Graphic: @democracynow
This comes just two weeks after Amnesty International released its investigation concluding that the Israeli government is perpetrating genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
Human Rights Watch explains how the Israeli military has been using water as a weapon of war in Gaza. By shutting off water supplies from the Israeli government, cutting electricity and fuel required to operate water systems, destroying solar panels at wastewater treatment facilities, and obstructing essential repairs, it has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis it created.
@democracynow reports that, “On average, people in Gaza today have access to as little as 2 liters a day of water. That's well below the 15 liters of daily water that's considered a bare minimum for human survival. Even before the outbreak of war last October, people in Gaza were getting about 83 liters of water a day on average — less than a third of what Israelis use per day.”
Every child deserves to dream of flying—of soaring above the clouds, unburdened by fear.
On November 2nd, @activestills reported how, “amid ongoing Israeli attacks on Khan Yunis and continued displacement, children sought refuge on a large hill where army vehicles were once stationed in Hamad Town… They traveled from distant areas to escape the atmosphere of war, finding a place to play and have fun after a year of being unable to visit amusement parks.”🧵
This week, a Palestinian NGO in Gaza released a new study revealing that 96% of children in Gaza, enduring the horrors of war, believe their death is imminent due to the immense trauma they have experienced. Almost half of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in Gaza are under 18 years old.
The trauma Palestinian children endure is entirely caused by the Israeli government, rooted in its settler-colonial agenda of seizing Palestinian land and erasing the Palestinian people.
The Israeli military shows no signs of slowing its onslaught. Yesterday, Israeli warplanes launched multiple airstrikes on a residential block in Nuseirat sheltering dozens of displaced families, killing more than 71 Palestinians. Over 84 people are injured or still missing.
This comes just one week after Amnesty International confirmed what we’ve long known—that the Israeli military is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza—and still the violence continues unabated.
All people have the right to bodily autonomy: to choose whether to have children and to raise families in safe, supportive communities. Yet right now, as the Israeli military is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Palestinian families are losing this fundamental right.🧵
The Israeli military’s ruthless bombing campaign is forcing pregnant women in Gaza to face unimaginable horrors as hospitals are decimated, prenatal care is obliterated, and women are killed before and after pregnancy because seeking medical help has become a deadly risk.
Two weeks ago, Dr. Areej Hijazi, an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Emirati Hospital in Rafah, wrote in Mondoweiss how, “in many cases, pregnant women who need to undergo a cesarean section are refusing to stay in the hospital even overnight because hospitals and their surroundings have been repeatedly targeted by Israeli aggression. Many chose to attempt to recover in overcrowded schools that lack basic living necessities out of fear for their lives.”
We cannot address the devastating impact on Palestinian reproductive health without confronting Zionism — the political ideology that asserts Jewish safety requires a Jewish-only nation-state, serving as the foundation of the state of Israel and driving the Israeli military's ongoing violence, colonization, and the erasure of Palestinian lives.
Over 400 days into the U.S-backed, Israeli genocide of Palestinians, none of us pictured we’d be here. So if you’re feeling hopeless or uncertain about how we move forward together once Trump takes office — you’re not alone. 🧵
That’s why we’re gathering in one week to understand the shifting terrain, get clear on strategy, and get organized for the next phase of the work.
The place to do that is the quarterly JVP Virtual Mass Meeting on Thursday, December 19 from 7:30-9pm ET. Register at jvp.org/massmembermeet…
These mass meetings only happen four times a year, making them a vital space to connect deeply with one another. This meeting will include:
Political education: Getting clarity on what’s happening in Palestine and the wider region, and the U.S.’s relationship to it.
“How is it possible we are alive until now?” — journalist Eman Shanti in her last post before an Israeli airstrike killed her, her husband Helmi, and their three children Alma, Omar, and Bilal.
This morning, the Israeli military targeted an apartment building where Palestinians in Gaza’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood were sheltering.
Last October, Eman posted a video sharing with viewers her “emergency bag” for what she packs each time the Israeli military bombs her family in Gaza.