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May 1 • 4 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Left: Al-Majdal, a thriving agricultural & industrial Palestinian village

Right: Al-Majdal today as a Jewish-only #Israeli city

After Israel's founding, the military spent 2 years depopulating the village. They locked up the residents in a Ghetto, then shuttled them on trucks.. ImageImage
2\ Al-Majdal's Palestinian population refused to leave their coastal village after #Israel's founding on May 14, 1948.

174 days later, the Israeli military invaded them, expelled 1,000 residents. General Yigal Allon ordered the expulsion of the rest, but they refused to leave... Image
3\ The #Israeli military locked up al-Majdal's 2,500 remaining residents in a confined Ghetto surrounded by barbed wire, raided them repeatedly at night to "cause panic" & offered them bribes to leave, but they didn't...

Israel's gov eventually forced residents on trucks to Gaza Image
4\ The Sec. General of #Israel's national trade union had proposed making Majdal an example of equality & co-existence...

Israel's PM didn't like that & opted to put the residents on trucks to Gaza, shattering any trust in "the sincerity of [Israel] on democracy & civil rights". Image

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May 2
Quick🧵debunking the #Israeli myth of the 5 Arab armies' unprovoked aggression to annihilate Israel:

Arab regimes were forced in ONLY after Israel committed the Deir Yassin Massacre. The Arab armies goals were to stop the flood of refugees to their states, secure their borders.. Image
2\ Jordan's king, who had the strongest of the 5 armies, met with Zionist leaders regularly & had promised to endorse Jewish statehood & partition

After Deir Yassin, he proposed a Jewish canton in an expanded Jordan. His troops refrained from attacking Israel's own territories👇 Benny Morris
3\ Egypt's king went to war to prevent a flood of refugees; protect his borders; gain territory in South Palestine & prevent Jordan's king from claiming leadership of the Arabs.

His army were told they were "merely a punitive expedition against the Zionist gangs" NOT liberation Image
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May 2
Khader Adnan was NOT a militant & wasn't involved in any attacks

#Israel detained him 10 times without trial or charges for ~9 years

His only way to out was hunger strikes

Israeli gov was alerted he was about to die after 86 days of hunger but refused to send him to a hospital Image
2\ #Israel accuses Adnan of being a PIJ spokesman but has never put him on trial or charged him!

Ironically, Israel's Security Minister Ben-Gvir, who's in charge of the prison where Adnan died, was the spokesman of the terrorist Kach movement & was convicted of terror support! Image
3\ Khader Adnan's "imminent death" was made clear to the Israeli gov. They refused to transfer him to a hospital.

Ever if he was a PIJ combatant, this cruel & deliberate medical neglect is unjustifiable as well as his detention without trial or charges for ~9 years in total. Image
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Apr 30
My ancestral village, Hamama, was violently depopulated by #Israel's army 167 days AFTER Israel's founding when its residents refused to leave!

The ~1,600-year-old village was literally obliterated from existence.

IDF did the same to 22 Palestinian villages in Operation Yoav🧵 ImageImage
2\ Hamama (dove) was a thriving agricultural village known for producing citrus, bananas, cereals & fishing.

5,000 Palestinians Muslims lived alongside 60 Jewish Palestinians in peace until a settlement "Nitzanim" was built by the Jewish National Fund in 1942. Then terrorism... Image
3\ In early 1948, before the Nakba, Zionist settlers from Nitzanim launched multiple terror attacks on the village to frighten its residents; wounding 17 & killing one.

The residents refused to leave even after Israel was founded in May 1948 & opened their homes to refugees... Image
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Mar 14
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"
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Mar 10
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 Image
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! ImageDescription New House: The ...
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). Image
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Feb 22
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
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