Thread by @JustWorldEd

Starting now! Peled: We must recognize the long history of political prisoners in America, from the Black Panthers to Sacco & Vanzetti #hlf5

.@mikopeled: It’s very clear, the #HolyLandFoundationFive would not be in jail if they were not Muslim. #HLF #HLF5 #FreeHLF5

.@mikopeled: There was a long campaign through the ‘90s to try to associate the Holy Land Foundation with terrorism in the public mind.

.@mikopeled: After 9/11 the Bush administration shut down the Holy Land Foundation and seized it’s assets without evidence of wrongdoing because there was a political need to appear to be cracking down on terrorism.

.@mikopeled: This was the first time in the history of the United States that anonymous foreign nationals were permitted to testify in court (in violation of the Sixth Amendment). @PalestineCenter

.@mikopeled: Contact your congressperson and ask them to support Betty McCollum’s bill HR 4391 protecting the rights of Palestinian children against Israeli detention policies.

.@mikopeled: AIPAC is very good at what they do-their lobbyists could convince Congress that the world is flat.

.@mikopeled: The Israeli government wants to maintain Jewish fear of Palestinians because that’s how they maintain the oppression.

@mikopeled Missed Miko Peled’s great talk at the @PalestineCenter yesterday? Watch it here!
#FreeHLF5 #HLF5 #HLF #CivilLiberties #Islamophobia