Thread by @theIMEU

THREAD: This year, Palestinians endured unbearable atrocities at the hands of Israel and emerged—with unprecedented international solidarity—ready as ever to resist Israeli colonization and ethnic cleansing.

In 2021 Israel:

- Took the lives of hundreds of Palestinians.
- Illegally refused to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians.
- Illegally demolished Palestinian homes as part of an ethnic cleansing effort in East Jerusalem neighborhoods like Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan.

- Criminalized 6 of the most prominent human rights organizations in Palestine.
- Created a database of every Palestinian in the West Bank via mass facial recognition surveillance.
- Effectively encouraged a sharp rise in violent Israeli settler attacks.

Most alarmingly, in May, Israel carried out a massacre in Gaza, killing more than 260 Palestinians—over 60 of whom were children.

As they grieved these immeasurable losses, Palestinians stood brave in their fight for liberation:

- Several Palestinian political prisoners obtained their freedom through disciplined hunger strikes.
- Farmers across Palestine guarded their land despite violent settler attacks.

- Residents in Sheikh Jarrah rejected court orders that would designate them as “tenants” in their own land.
- Twins Muna & Mohammed El-Kurd emerged as revolutionary voices against Israeli ethnic cleansing.
- Palestinians inspired several boycotts against Israeli occupation.

As Israel massacred families in Gaza, Palestinians ensured that the world could not look away this time.

What followed was a break in the status quo: an outpouring of solidarity from across the globe demanding freedom for Palestinians.

As we enter 2022, it is time to harness this energy and demand a free Palestine until Palestine is free.