WATCH! The groom hysterically dancing with 2 knives pretending to stab Palestinians is now the #Israeli Security Minister's Chief of Staff, Chanamel Dorfman, who now has dangerous power over police!
The bride's dad says if they spot an Arab "he'd be seeking the nearest hospital"
2\ Israeli media reports that Chanamel Dorfman, a Hilltop Youth leader (extremist settler group), has a very dangerous influence inside the Security Ministry.
He was once banned from entering the West Bank & monitored by the Shin Bet division dealing with Jewish terrorism.
3\ “My only problem with the Nazis is that I was on the losing side,” said #Israel's Security Minister's Chief of Staff.
He also calls Israel's police “the most antisemitic in the world” for occasionally arresting settler terrorists
Now he has enormous influence over the police
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Quick 🧵on how #Israel reacted when the Palestinian leadership recognized its right to exist, accepted a 2-state-solution & renounced violence in 1988:
Israel's gov went into full panic mood; rejected the statement; tried to bury the news; & pressed the US to deny Arafat a visa
2\ Israel's Prime Minister Rabin immediately rejected Arafat's move deeming it "crazy & dangerous." He vowed that Israel "will never permit the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the occupied territories."
Defense Minister pledged to use “an iron fist” to crush it.
3\ Israeli journalist, David Grossman, was sacked for refusing to bury the news that the PLO accepted peace!
"They were so nasty to me. It was a little scary. I found myself in the middle of this very public affair, my name on the front pages. It was talked about in the Knesset"
Quick🧵debunking #Israel's talking points on Apartheid:
1\ "Israel's nothing like South Africa's Apartheid"
That's IRRELEVANT! Apartheid is a well-defined crime under int. law that Israeli practices meet, namely: 1- Intent to dominate 2- Systematic oppression 3- Inhuman acts
2\ "What apartheid? #Israel has an Arab supreme court judge & Arab MKs"
So what? South Africa's Apartheid had colored & Indian ministers & reps in the Tricameral Parliament for a decade (1984-1994). They were tokens in the system of white-domination & systematic oppression!
3\ "The Apartheid label singles #Israel out for criticism. That's antisemitic"
No it doesn't! Human rights groups accused Myanmar of committing the crime of apartheid as well after it fulfilled the criteria of the Rome Statute & the Apartheid Convention (like Israel does).
An armored #Israeli vehicle deliberately rams into a Palestinian crowd who were posing ZERO threat, during an army raid on #Nablus.
IDF's been teargassing the area at random.
5 Palestinians have been injured by live fire.
In 2023, Israel killed 49 Palestinians, per @EuroMedHR
2\ The Israeli army has been randomly throwing tear gas canisters in crowded areas in Nablus.
The raid is still ongoing!
3\ 2 days ago, #Israel promised that it'd significantly reduce its raids on Palestinian towns if the PA drops the UN Security Council Resolution condemning settlements.
Today, Israel sends an army battalion into the most densely populated part of Nablus
An #Israeli Knesset member put herself in front of a bulldozer to prevent the evacuation of an illegal Israeli farm build on privately owned Palestinian land
Israel's Security & Finance Ministers & dozens of MKs are voicing unequivocal support for the settlers who stole the land
2\ The #Israeli farm was built on stolen private Palestinian land 15 years ago.
The settlers made fortunes in profit while it took the owner a decade of litigation to get an Israeli court ruling that the farm is illegal!
Settlers climbed on trees today to prevent the evacuation
3\ Israeli ministers, Knesset members & public figures are condemning in the strongest terms the evacuation of a farm that Israel's own law considers illegal.
"An injustice that screams to heaven," says the Finance Minister.
Vile! #Israeli soldiers violently assaulted a Palestinian *child* who refused to take off his pants for a security check at the Shu'fat checkpoint today.
Then they assaulted a Palestinian woman when she dared talk to them or film the incident!
Occupation with ZERO consequences!
2\ The #Israeli soldiers forced the Palestinian child to STRIP NAKED at gunpoint for a "security check."
He told them it was too cold to take off his pants (6 C°/41 F), so they assaulted & arrested him, then assaulted & arrested a woman who dared talk to them & tried to film
3\ Israeli soldiers have been subjecting Palestinians to humiliating searches & arrests this morning at the Shu'fat checkpoint in #Jerusalem, while Israelis pass through unchecked.
Left: Khalil Sakakini's home in 1934 Jerusalem; which he put everything he had into building.
Zionist Haganah militants took his home in 1948.
Right: #Israel gave the house to the Women's International Zionist Org.
Sakakini became a penniless refugee & died of a broken heart🧵
2\ In 1934, Khalil Sakakini sent a jubilant letter to his son Sari, who was studying in the US, telling him that they finally have a place to call home. He described his relief that he can retire peacefully & his wife's excitement of not having to move between rented places...
3\Khalil Sakakini (1878 – 1953), who was one of the most influential Palestinian intellectuals, named each room in his house after an Arab capital: Cairo, Damascus, Sanaa, Baghdad
His home had a rich library & was a meeting place for artists, poets & leaders from the MENA region