🧵THREAD: The Israeli regime is carrying out a massive operation in Jenin. At least 10 Palestinians have been killed & over 3000 people were forced to leave their homes at gunpoint. #JeninUnderAttack
In light of the brutal assault, we highlight some commentary by our analysts:
"This operation is about mowing the grass...an Israeli military doctrine that basically means wreaking havoc on Palestinian areas. In other words, cause so much death & destruction...it is sick, inhumane, and criminal" - @yarahawari
In his latest analysis, Al-Shabaka's @aj_iraqi argues that Palestinians in West Bank cities are fast discovering that if their expulsion won’t be possible, Gazafication will be their future 972mag.com/israel-aparthe…
The military operations in several cities in the West Bank suggest a shift in policy toward the Palestinian Authority in line with the Israeli "strategic doctrine of establishing 'Jewish sovereignty' over the entire land of Palestine," argues @AmeerMakhoul middleeasteye.net/opinion/palest…
“The Biden administration has leaned into its role as a complicit enabler of the Israeli occupation to the point it has all but abandoned even symbolic talking points of ‘supporting a two-state solution’; or calls for calm”
- @tksshawa told @Harbpeace aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/3/…
"What we are seeing is a joining of forces betwn Israeli settlers in uniform...& Israeli settlers in civilian clothing...attacking Palestinians under the false, manipulated discourse this is a response to a Palestinian militant operation"- @MariamBarghouti democracynow.org/2023/6/23/isra…
This 2017 piece by @alaatartir provides important context on the PA's criminalization of Palestinian resistance in Jenin over the past 20 years & how this Israeli assault is an attempt at destroying it once & for all after the PA repeatedly failed to do so palestine-studies.org/en/node/212121
Last year, our analysts Mariam Barghouti & Ibrahim Fraihat joined Rethinking Palestine host @yarahawari to discuss how Israeli attacks & assassinations in Jenin, Gaza & Nablus are part of a wider Israeli strategy to crush Palestinian armed resistance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fro…
In this 2022 report from Jenin, @MariamBarghouti provides important context for the strategic importance of the Jenin refugee camp, a model of resistance for other cities in the West Bank which the Israeli regime has been seeking to destroy for years mondoweiss.net/2022/11/inside…
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#THREAD: This morning @amnesty published a comprehensive report accusing Israel of committing the crime of #apartheid against Palestinians across historic Palestine.
This latest report confirms yet again what Palestinian orgs, including Al-Shabaka, have been saying for decades:
Our latest publication by @muna_d covers the underreported topic of climate apartheid & the ways in which Israeli settler colonialism greenwashes its ethnic cleansing in the Naqab, the West Bank & other parts of histroic Palestine al-shabaka.org/memos/challeng…
As other rights groups called Israel an apartheid state in 2021, Al-Shabaka's @Lana_Tatour joined @yarahawari for a podcast episode to discuss the importance of both the apartheid & the settler-colonial frameworks in the fight for Palestinian liberation podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lim…
THREAD: The US support to Israel, summed up in the "Israel has the right to defend itself" statements by US officials, faces heavy scrutiny after #SaveSheikhJarrah & #GazaUnderAttack
Here are a few pieces by our analysts exposing US complicity in violating Palestinian rights:
In this podcast episode just after Biden's election win, Al-Shabaka's @alaatartir warned of the new president's track record of support toward Israel (he's a self-proclaimed Zionist) & his promotion of the antiquated process of "economic peace" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bid…
As the US presidential election campaign was in full swing last year, our analyst @HalahAhmad argued that "Democratic candidates’ views on Palestine and human rights often reflect an inconsistency in their commitment to tackling inequality and racism" al-shabaka.org/commentaries/t…
THREAD: As Gaza returns to the public eye amid the latest #GazaUnderAttack, it's noteworthy that it's been under Israeli blockade for 14 years & has suffered 3 major assaults.
Over the years our policy experts have provided valuable analysis on the Palestinian plight there:
Earlier this year our Gaza-based analyst Ali Abdel-Wahab discussed how the consequences of Israeli occupation, political division & the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a heavy toll on the foundations of perseverance amongst Palestinians in Gaza al-shabaka.org/commentaries/g…
In this 2018 piece, our Gaza-based analyst @haidareid argued that the Great March of Return "has the potential to revive the concepts of national liberation & self-determination by addressing the new facts on the ground that Israel created" al-shabaka.org/commentaries/b…
THREAD: In light of the rapidly unfolding events across Palestine that were sparked by the #SaveSheikhJarrah movement, it's important to amplify the voices & points of view of Palestinians.
So here are a few articles published by Al-Shabaka analysts over the past few days:
In this @Independent piece, Al-Shabaka's Muna Dajani (@muna_d) spoke of her deep connection to the unfolding events as her own family is one of those facing expulsion in #SheikhJarrah
"This is our city. These are our homes. We refuse to be erased" bit.ly/3vYBEKh
#ثريد:
في الوقت الذي تتجه فيه كل الأنظار إلى القدس وسط الحملة الإسرائيلية المستمرة ضد حراك #انقذوا_حي_الشيخ_جراح وهجمات اليوم على مصلين في #الاقصى نشارك هذه المقالات المختارة باقلام محللينا على مر السنين لفهم السياق التاريخي والسياسي للأحداث الجارية:
في هذا التحليل من عام 2011 ، يتناول سليم تماري الجذور التاريخية لتقديس مدينة القدس ويرى بأن المقترحات بشأن مستقبل القدس تتجاهل جوهر الصراع على المدينة في آليات القهر الاستعماري وهو الأمر الذي يجب معالجته وإيجاد حلٍّ منصف وعادل له bit.ly/3uBzeky
تعليقًا على احتجاجات مماثلة في القدس عام 2015 ، حذرت نور عرفة من تأطير هذه الأحداث بإطار الحرب الدينية الذي يتجاهل واقع انعدام توازن القوى بين المستعمِر والمستعمَر، ولا يراعي التاريخ والسياق للأحداث الأخيرة bit.ly/2Qa5A7e
THREAD: As all eyes turn to Jerusalem amid the ongoing Israeli crackdown on the #SaveSheikhJarrah movement & today's attacks on #AlAqsaMosque worshippers, we share these pieces by our analysts over the years to give some historical & political context to the unfolding events:
In one of our early pieces in 2011, Al-Shabaka analyst Salim Tamari argues that proposals for the future of Jerusalem ignore the fact that at its core the conflict over the city is a case of colonial subjugation which must be addressed & resolved equitably ow.ly/rIcZ50EICo6
Reflecting on similar protests in Jerusalem in 2015, Nur Arafeh warned against framing such them as a religious war because that ignores the reality of the power imbalance between the colonizer & the colonized and fails to address the conext of the events ow.ly/Y9Ls50EICmR