THREAD: Israel is destroying the entire Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta. Here's what you need to know:
What is Masafer Yatta and what’s happening there?
Masafer Yatta is a rural community of Palestinian towns where Israel is currently forcing over 1,000 Palestinian families out of their homes in order to steal their land.
Masafer Yatta is a rural community of Palestinian towns where Israel is currently forcing over 1,000 Palestinian families out of their homes in order to steal their land.
Where is Masafer Yatta?
Masafer Yatta is in the southern West Bank, which is Palestinian land that Israel is illegally ruling over with brutal military force.
Masafer Yatta is in the southern West Bank, which is Palestinian land that Israel is illegally ruling over with brutal military force.
Who are the Palestinians who live there?
The Palestinian families who call Masafer Yatta home have been farming and shepherding in their towns since before the state of Israel existed.
Israel is stealing the very land that has sustained Palestinians there for generations.
The Palestinian families who call Masafer Yatta home have been farming and shepherding in their towns since before the state of Israel existed.
Israel is stealing the very land that has sustained Palestinians there for generations.
How is Israel kicking entire towns of Palestinians out of their homes?
Right now, Israel is sending heavily armed soldiers to invade the homes of Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta, using brutal violence to force Palestinians to flee before destroying their homes.
Right now, Israel is sending heavily armed soldiers to invade the homes of Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta, using brutal violence to force Palestinians to flee before destroying their homes.
Why is Israel trying to get rid of entire Palestinian towns?
Destroying Masafer Yatta is the latest in Israel’s attempt to steal Palestinian land.
Violently forcing Palestinians out of their homes is how Israel has stolen land from Palestinians for decades.
Destroying Masafer Yatta is the latest in Israel’s attempt to steal Palestinian land.
Violently forcing Palestinians out of their homes is how Israel has stolen land from Palestinians for decades.
Isn’t this illegal?
Yes. Forcing communities to flee their homes through violence is illegal under international law.
But with countries like the US ignoring Israeli war crimes, there is no one to enforce the law.
Yes. Forcing communities to flee their homes through violence is illegal under international law.
But with countries like the US ignoring Israeli war crimes, there is no one to enforce the law.
What would you do if a foreign army was violently attacking your loved ones and neighbors in order to destroy your entire community?
#SaveMasaferYatta
#SaveMasaferYatta
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