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Jun 21 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The Israeli military trainings that began today in Masafer Yatta are an ethnic cleansing strategy — a way of taking over Palestinian land and making life unlivable for the Palestinians who have inhabited it for centuries. 🧵

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2,400 Palestinians face imminent homelessness in Masafer Yatta after an Israeli high court ruling last month. If this forced expulsion goes through, it will be the largest since 1967.
The Israeli government wants to avoid the bad publicity associated with images of demolished homes and Israeli authorities forcing residents onto trucks. So they are opting for strategies, such as military trainings, that are harder to photograph and explain.
Israel baselessly declared Masafer Yatta a military “firing zone” in the 1980s with *the explicit purpose* of expelling Palestinian residents to colonize their land. Former prime minister Ariel Sharon brazenly discussed this ethnic-cleansing strategy in a 1981 meeting. Image
Today, hundreds of soldiers started doing drills in Masafer Yatta with live fire and tanks right near Palestinian homes, families, and animals. They have placed targets directly on Palestinian property. How can Palestinians live like this?

Tell Congress to stop the Israeli military trainings and the forced expulsions of Palestinians NOW: act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/stop-mass-ex…

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Jun 21
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