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May 15, 2022 • 8 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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Palestinians are commemorating the #Nakba, a program of ethnic cleansing that saw 750,000 Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes during Israel's creation.

Between 1947-49, Zionist forces killed 15,000 Palestinians and destroyed 500+ Palestinian villages and cities.
No Palestinians displaced by the #Nakba were allowed to return home.

Today, there are over 5 million Palestinian refugees.

1/3 live in camps, some in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, in what groups call "abysmal" conditions without regular access to water, food or electricity.
74 years after the #Nakba, Palestinians are still being forcibly displaced.

▪️ Since 2020, Israel demolished homes of over 2,500 Palestinians.
▪️ Israel has over 200 illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, cutting Palestinians off from vital services and their own land.
Occupied Gaza has been under blockade by Israel since 2007.

Rights groups call it an "open air prison."

▪️ 56% of Palestinians there are food insecure
▪️ Israel often blocks supply of essential aid, medicine
▪️ 1,500+ homes destroyed by Israeli strikes in 2021 still not rebuilt
On #NakbaDay, Palestinians carried images of journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces last week.

At her funeral on Friday, Israeli police clubbed pallbearers and ripped away Palestinian flags — Israel bans use of the flag in occupied East Jerusalem.
.@hrw and @amnesty accuse Israel of apartheid, and treating Palestinians "as an inferior racial group."

Even Palestinians with Israeli citizenship (19% of its population) are subject to "inferior status by law" — including land confiscation and being concentrated in townships.
@hrw @amnesty Palestinians make up almost 20% of Israel's citizens, but:

▪️ Are denied nationality
▪️ Concentrated in townships (3% of land)
▪️ Got just 1.7% of state COVID funding
▪️ Denied right to bring Palestinian family into Israel, while foreign spouses of Jews get automatic citizenship
Police arrested #NakbaDay protesters in Berlin gathered to commemorate the forced displacement of Palestinians 74 years ago.

German authorities banned many pro-Palestinian demonstrations in recent days, including a vigil for slain Al Jazeera journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh.

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Chagossians were never paid reparations or significant compensation. A new @hrw report accuses both countries of crimes against humanity. 🧵
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