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Scientific writing in the real world. Democracy for all from the river to the sea. Former @Haaretz, @StayLabs. Personal account. He/him
Apr 4 4 tweets 2 min read
Our army is holding Palestinian hostages & captives from Gaza with their hands & legs tied & face covered for weeks on end. A doctor who served in that concentration camp testified: leg amputations as a result of wounds caused by those conditions are routine
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Meanwhile is the Knesset,
a bill to lock up Palestinian children under the age of 14 is advancing
Jan 28 12 tweets 4 min read
12 Israeli ministers and 15 MKs participate tonight in an event demanding the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza & the establishment of Jewish settlements on the Palestinian lands
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@CIJ_ICJ @IntlCrimCourt Here is the plan presented in the event tonight for building Jewish settlements in Gaza
Jan 18 8 tweets 3 min read
"No school today" - a "journalist" *celebrating* the demolition of a university building, as our army continues erasing the Palestinian social fabric in Gaza as part of the ethnic cleansing of the Strip In case it wasn't clear, this pro-genocidal attitude is rather common in the Israeli media, although it became a little more subtle since the @CIJ_ICJ process started
Jan 1 34 tweets 8 min read
The best news I read in a while: South Africa's genocide case against our actions in Gaza is really worrying our government & army leaders - with the huge number of civilian deaths in Gaza & the clearly genocidal statements by so many israelis as the main sources of concern Here are some examples of the genocidal rhetoric & mentality since 7.10 from my feed:
Dec 25, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
And today, @netanyahu publicly acknowledges that his government is working to advance the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza. He says the problem is to find where to send them. "We are working on it. It's the direction we are heading"
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Dec 16, 2023 14 tweets 5 min read
Insane: the 3 hostages were shirtless & waving a white flag when they were shot. One of them managed to escape while shouting for help in Hebrew but our soldiers still chased & executed him
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Dec 8, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
The systematic destruction of Palestinian cultural symbols and institutions is a clear sign of the genocidal intentions of our army's attack in Gaza
Dec 2, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
A pro-Netanyahu Israeli newspaper confirms: @netanyahu's people are working on a plan for ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
They call it "population dillution" & believe they can do it w/o the world stopping them
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Nov 21, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Today in the bizzare and sick statements by our government: the Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi wants the army to collect all the *foreskins* of Hamas members in Gaza😵
Oct 28, 2023 27 tweets 7 min read
As our army is slowly moving into Gaza, any attempt to guess what'll happen next (other than a lot more bloodshed) gets even harder. Many commentators still don't believe in the prospect of ethnic cleansing of Gaza, or large swaths of it. I'm less certain.
The dehumanizing rhetoric by officials & the media, the public sentiment, the complete disregard for Palestinians lives in the attacks so far, and the international backing for every Israeli action, all support the possibility of a genuine 2nd Nakba in Gaza.
May 13, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
It's about time to find a name to this round of violence. I suppose that the "Eid al-Fitr clashes" is appropriate.
It might soon become the Eid al-Fitr war, because there is only one man who can stop the violence before Hamas uses all his arsenal of long range rockets >>> Towards Tel Aviv, & @netanyahu won't stop the attack on Gaza before the fire towards Tel Aviv stops. Netanyahu also knows nothing good will come out of a ground invasion into Gaza. He just needs @JoeBiden to twist his arm publicly enough so he'll have an excuse to stop >>>
May 13, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
Another barrage towards Tel Aviv. Many explosions. Some louder than others I have family history of hearing problems & some damage to the ears (apparently from the bus exposion). But turns out the damage is not in the war-related frequencies. Turns out I can now recognize the sound of the Iron Dome interceptor missiles launching
May 12, 2021 16 tweets 3 min read
Barrage of rockets towards central Israel. Large explosion but no sirens Same explosion w no sirens is reported in many areas around Tel Aviv and nearby cities
May 12, 2021 17 tweets 5 min read
Tomer Appelbaum is a news photographer in Israel for about 20 years. He describes the footage of the attack on a passing scooter rider in Bat Yam as the worst footage he ever took
May 12, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
Not long after an arson attempt against a synagogue around the corner from my house, a group of young Israeli teenagers who are clearly not from here walked past the street. They weren't paying much attention to me Took the dogs for a walk. Some burned trash cans & such & a bit of vandalism against the light-rail construction site. Grocery store owner says it was local Palestinians. Lots of police & fire trucks driving against traffic & police roadblocks checking cars
May 12, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
Sounds like action is getting nearer. Shouts and at least one stun grenade a few blocks away at most. Sorry but I'm not in the mood to go see what's exactly going on Reports of Israeli protesters who entered Jaffa from Bat Yam. Maybe that's the reason for the noise
May 12, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
Last night, 2 Israeli restaurants & a hotel in the mixed city of Acre were burned. Owner of 1 of the restaurants: Palestinian neighbors helped him & his workers escape when the "knife carrying & molotov cocktail throwing" protesters arrived. The @IL_police was nowhere to be seen And @JananBsoul1 gives an explanation to why what Israelis thought were "symbols of co-existence" in mixed cities became targets of Palestinian rage: they also symbolize & fascilitate the ethnic gentrification & expulsion of Palestinians from those mixed cities
May 11, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Palestinian media report 3 more killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza
May 11, 2021 16 tweets 3 min read
More Israeli airstrikes are reported in Gaza right now. Going to sleep soon. I feel like I'll wake up to the sound of sirens in a few hours. Hope I'm wrong That's it for me tonight. Hope tomorrow will be better
May 11, 2021 22 tweets 6 min read
Meanwhile, another night of protests in & around Palestinian & mixed towns in Israel. In Jaffa & Haifa, @IL_police brutally dispersed the protests. In other places, police is nowhere to be seen. A police station in Acre was torched by protesters there One of the best restaurants in Acre was also torched
May 11, 2021 13 tweets 3 min read
Israeli authorities say at least 1 Israeli wounded in the rocket attack on Tel Aviv