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The Center for Jewish Nonviolence strives for a future that honors the full equality & shared humanity of Palestinians and Israelis. We do #solidarity activism.
Oct 18 6 tweets 3 min read
Olive Harvest Day 3: Yesterday the group was in Burin. The day before a few farmers were kicked out of their fields by settler-soldiers who also confiscated their equipment and dumped and dispersed all that day’s harvest. So yesterday we returned with them to their land Image
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Our group brought new equipment and gave them a hand (many hands). They had to harvest quickly and quietly so to not attract attention as the farmer feared that the settler-soldier patrol would notice us, luckily it all got done Image
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Oct 11, 2023 14 tweets 4 min read
A 🧵with updates from our Palestinian partners, all of whom are facing terrifying escalations of settler violence since the Israeli army put them under a severe lockdown days ago. In Gaza & the West Bank, Israel's aim is to expel as many Palestinians from the land as possible. 1/ On Tuesday, Israeli settlers from Carmel donned their reserve duty army uniforms to harass and threaten Palestinians in Umm Al-Khair. They detained Palestinian youth for interrogation, checked IDs, confiscated cell phones, and prevented anyone from documenting what occurred. 2/ Image
Mar 22, 2022 19 tweets 4 min read
Last night at 12:30am, we were woken up in the village of Tuwani (occupied West Bank) to frantic calls from our Palestinian partners announcing that the Israeli army was raiding the village for the third time in three weeks. Israeli soldiers physically assaulted three of us. 🧵 Katie, Maya, @ZakWitus, and our Palestinian host Hamoudi descended the stairs from the family guesthouse into their driveway. Some 20 Israeli soldiers, with assault rifles slung across their chests, marched up from the road into the driveway, crowded us, and yelled..
Mar 21, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Today we met w/ a group of US diplomats on a tour of FiringZone 918.

The meeting went well. The diplomats told us that they've been closely following the case of #MasaferYatta. When we told them about the #SaveMasaferYatta campaign, they said they already knew about it! 🧵 The diplomats asked us thoughtful questions about our solidarity work and what's been happening lately in the South Hebron Hills. They listened attentively as we told them about the night raid in Tuwani last Thursday. They looked concerned when...
Mar 15, 2022 16 tweets 5 min read
The Israeli High Court hearing to decide the fate of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills begins shortly. Hundreds of Palestinians and allies will be rallying outside the Jerusalem courthouse. We will be livetweeting the day’s events… 🧵 “Throughout the tenure of five prime ministers, Israel's top court hasn't managed to reach a ruling on a cluster of Palestinian villages in the arid South Hebron Hills to make way for IDF training grounds” haaretz.com/israel-news/.p…