Starting now! At @BrooklynCommons Miko Peled @mikopeled speaking on #injustice #islamophobia #HLF5 #CivilLiberties #FreeHLF5 #FreeHLF 
Great crowd tonight braving rain on #SuperBowlSunday to learn and discuss the case of the Holy Land Foundation Five w/ @mikopeled
.@mikopeled: The conviction of the #HLF5 was based on the creative conflation of #humanitarian and #charitable work with #terrorism
.@mikopeled: “In America post 9/11 if you’re #Palestinian or #Muslim you’re guilty until proven innocent.” #injustice #islamophobia #HLF5 #CivilLiberties #FreeHLF5 #FreeHLF
.@mikopeled: “None of the zakat committees in #Palestine were ever listed by U.S. gov’t as terrorist organizations.”
Ppl listening closely to @mikopeled talking abt #HLF5. Watch on livestream at thecommonsbrooklyn.org/node/954
.@mikopeled: “There’s a sadness that engulfs you after visiting a family member in prison and having to leave them there.”
.@mikopeled: “The #HLF5 will be free when #palestinian political prisoners are free, when #Palestine is free.”
.@mikopeled: What is needed is for people to mobilize through #BDS and other strategies.
.@mikopeled: Obama declined to commute the #HLF5 despite a substantial campaign for him to do so b/c of the feared political impact
.@mikopeled: Many people suspect that GW Bush shut down the Holy Land Foundation in Dec 2001 at the request of Ariel Sharon shortly after their meeting. No way to prove it but #Israel clearly wanted it shuttered.
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