Thread by @NerdeenKiswani

🧵 ICE targeting Palestinians is nothing new — it adopted its tactics tested through israel’s oppression of Palestinians. From training with israeli occupation forces to deploying israeli surveillance tech, U.S. border violence is deeply tied to zionist colonialism. Here’s how ⬇️

After 9/11, the U.S. launched its so-called “War on Terror,” expanding surveillance, policing, and militarization. Agencies like ICE and DHS emerged with a clear target: immigrant communities. But their strategies & technologies were imported from israel.

Students are directly impacted. israeli companies like Elbit Systems profit from contracts with U.S. universities, providing surveillance technologies used to spy on U.S. student protests and activism — targeting those who speak out for Palestine.
➡️ truthout.org/articles/campu…

Students mobilizing for Palestine have faced surveillance, intimidation, academic repression, and now even detention & deportation. These tactics mirror how Palestinian youth are criminalized under occupation
➡️ theintercept.com/2025/02/06/bet…

The U.S. has long viewed israel as a model for militarized security. DHS agents routinely visit the zionist state for counterterrorism training, learning tactics the IDF has perfected through its brutal occupation of Palestinians.
➡️ aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/12…

One example: The GILEE program (Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange) sends U.S. law enforcement—including ICE agents—to train with occupation forces. They learn surveillance techniques, interrogation methods, and crowd control strategies.
➡️ therealnews.com/deadly-exchang…

Israeli defense companies, many profiting from surveillance technology used against Palestinians, sell their tools to ICE and DHS. For example, Elbit Systems, which built Israel’s apartheid wall, secured contracts to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border.
➡️ prismreports.org/2024/07/22/elb…

Elbit’s towers—first tested on Palestinians—now loom over Indigenous lands in Arizona, equipped with sensors and cameras to detect human movement. The U.S. border has become an extension of Israel’s occupation tactics.
➡️ popularmechanics.com/technology/sec…

The partnership also extends to information-sharing. The U.S. and israel coordinate intelligence gathering, and zionist companies are embedded in U.S. surveillance infrastructure. Palestinians and immigrants alike are treated as security threats.
➡️ aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/12…

These collaborations reinforce systems of displacement and control. Palestinian refugees forced from their lands, and migrant families torn apart by ICE raids, are victims of the same militarized logic. Palestinians refugees doubly face this as they are targeted by ICE.

The violence Palestinians face in Hebron & Jenin echo the surveillance, checkpoints, and brutality that immigrant communities endure across the U.S. The struggles are linked—and the fight against colonialism must confront these global networks of repression.

U.S. tax dollars fund the displacement of Palestinians abroad and the criminalization of immigrants at home—all while israeli companies profit. It’s not security; it’s colonial control. No to ICE. No to the IDF. No to militarized borders—sanctuary cities & campuses for ALL!