Palestinians are just like the rest of us... flawed, imperfect, often emotional, and also quite rightly furious and angry.

Israel advocacy uses various methods to dehumanise, delegitimise, and defame Palestinians and pro-Palestine activists. It is totally racist to expect or demand that Palestinians behave as 'perfect victims'.

It's also totally ludicrous and even malicious to try convince others that Palestinians shouldn't have the same rights, protections, and access to justice because they once did a bad thing.

Today's shameful scenes in Jerusalem will go largely unreported around the world.

Israeli forces turned the Old City of Jerusalem into a militarised zone, humiliating those trying to attend Easter ceremonies and celebrations.

This violence and aggression must be condemned. Palestinian Christians usually face the brunt of these direct attacks, which occur frequently on days of religious significance such as Holy Saturday - Sabt Al Noor - and are clearly systematic.

The restrictions and brutal measures used are designed to intimidate & humiliate.

עפ״י מקורות בכנסת ובמשרד החוץ, גדעון סער נמצא בביקור חשאי בבריטניה, שם הוא אמור להיפגש היום או מחר עם שר החוץ הבריטי דייוויד לאמי. middleeasteye.net/news/israel-fo… כתב עת בריטי שפרסם את הידיעה קיבל דרישה מאיימת מממשלת ישראל להסיר אותה. עפ״י שמועות, יש בישראל צו איסור פרסום המונע את סיקור ביקורו החשאי של סער.

I'm being told by a number of sources that @gidonsaar is already in the UK, having landed earlier today and that he is meeting this evening or tomorrow with @DavidLammy.

Note that this visit is being done while Parliament is in recess for the spring break.

Zero accountability.

https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1912123888101740783

According to Israeli investigative journalist Uri Misgav it is believed @gidonsaar will be visiting the United Kingdom until Saturday. There is no confirmation found anywhere of who it is he is meeting on this secretive visit to the UK.

https://x.com/thelitt80824365/status/1911866783398789498

Israel's refusal to grant entry to @Abtisam_Mohamed & @YuanfenYang so they can visit the Occupied Palestinian Territory is part of a wider policy explicitly designed to weaken the social, cultural, and humanitarian ties that Palestinians try to maintain with the rest of the world Something that is little-known about the entry of foreigners to the Occupied Palestinian Territory is that, despite in practice being virtually impossible to achieve without first being permitted entry to Israel, theres supposed to be a separate system for entry to the OPT alone.

Israel advocacy is making a highly coordinated effort to spread some significant disinformation regarding Israel's provision of electricity and water to the palestinian population.

All we can do is provide the facts in the hope that such detail reaches a much wider audience. 🧵

https://twitter.com/toddrichman/status/1898817807774622107

Israel is going to great lengths to redefine the legal status of the Gaza Strip so as to obscure and avoid the reality of its responsibilities to the Palestinian population as an occupying power - such duties and obligations are clearly set out in international humanitarian law

Deeply disturbing to learn that undercover Israeli intelligence forces have taken my friends Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna hostage and raided both branches of the Educational Bookshop, a well-respected Palestinian institution in occupied Jerusalem. During this raid, the Shabak confiscated both English and Arabic books from the store over the course of a few hours.

Nobody has heard from either Ahmad or Mahmoud Muna since they were taken hostage by the Israeli intelligence forces.

David Miller is NOT worthy of anyone's support - be it financial or otherwise - in his legal case.

He is not the right person to be bringing legal challenges on these subjects, and his 'victories' are categorically NOT our victories as anti-Zionists and Palestine advocates. 🧵 The first thing to understand about the supposed 'landmark' legal case of Dr David Miller v University of Bristol () is that, contrary to Miller's own publicly stated claims and many headlines, the tribunal did NOT determine >judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

It needs to become more widely known that our Prime Minister, @Keir_Starmer, who outrageously just this week denied that Israel is conducting a genocide of the Palestinian people, represented Croatia during the merits phase of the genocide hearings at the @CIJ_ICJ in 2014 > But it isn't simply that he represented Croatia in the hearings; Look closer at the argument he made regarding the motivation (i.e. intent) of the Serbian leadership in it's acquisition of territory by eradicating the Croation population (source: ) balkaninsight.com/2014/03/07/ser…

An outrageous things about the new UK government under @Keir_Starmer, and particularly the @FCDOGovUK under @DavidLammy, continues repeating the same line as the previous Tory government regarding Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people as part of an avoidance strategy.

A 🧵 Our government responds to any query about their policy regarding Genocide with the same sentence in various formats: "It is for a competent court to determine that there is a genocide" or "UK policy is that genocide can only be determined by a credible international court."

Key questions for the Labour Party in relation to Luke Akehurst's candidacy:

1. Why have they not taken immediate action in response to complaints that have been raised regarding his offensive social media posts (which he has been frantically deleting in recent weeks). We are led to believe that Labour Party complaints processes and procedures are meant to be robust and swift acting but this only seems to be the case where those who aren't in line with the current ideology of the leadership are concerned. If a left-wing candidate had made remarks about Jews being politically black they'd be suspended under investigation for antisemitism and they'd have a slew of articles in the press written about them with condemnation from the JLM and other organisations. The fact is Akehurst has made numerous offensive comments and remarks. It appears that Labour are okay with antisemitism so long as it comes from someone that is pro-Israel. Akehurst gets a pass for making offensive remarks about Jews and about Palestinians because he is right-wing, pro-Israel and aligned with the leadership of Labour. 2. Why was Akehurst parachuted into the seat of North Durham despite the fact the local Labour Party at least THREE local candidates ready to stand for selection in this constituency? Is it not grossly offensive to Labour Party members to parachute an Israel lobbyist from Oxford into the seat of North Durham?

Outrageous that Labour Friends of Israel, under Christian Wakeford MP, is hosting an event in Parliament on 7th May 2024 entitled 'UNRWA, antisemitism and a better future for Gaza'.

This is despicable at a time where Gaza is utterly destroyed & unliveable. According to information, the event due to be held in Parliament, will feature Knesset member @SharrenHaskel, David Hirsh, and Prof. Rosa Freedman.

The event is focusing on UNRWA with allegations that the UN agency for Palestine Refugees 'perpetuates the conflict'.

It is clear that the UK government is doing everything it can to avoid either confirming or denying that Israel is violating international humanitarian law.

This done in such a way that the UK can continue support for Israel while avoiding legal repercussions in the future. That is why the UK government's line has been that Israel has the 'capability and commitment' to act within International Humanitarian Law.

Such a statement is carefully crafted to avoid taking a position on whether Israel *has* or *has not* violated IHL.

Shoshanna, I feel that you're being deliberately misleading when it comes to this topic and the convention on Genocide.

It isn't about the casualty numbers or 'rate' as you put it.

Read the Genocide convention it explicitly discusses the act (Actus Reus) and intent (Mens Rea)..

https://twitter.com/skjask/status/1769392245940060633

.. I strongly suggest those engaging with @skjask (a well known anti-Palestinian activist) numbers argument pause for a moment and read the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide which lists a number of acts in context of their intent.

On UNRWA allegations, it's important to set out what we do know and weed out the fictions from the facts.

There's a clear timeline of events that has to be understood in order of how they unfolded, as well as the lack of evidence presented for scrutiny and oversight. Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly wasn't prepared for the fact UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini went away from a meeting with an Israeli official in Tel Aviv and reported to both the UN and US that allegations had been made against UNRWA staff regarding 7th October...

Document containing the UNRWA allegations is absolutely scandalous for multiple reasons - but the most striking is that if this is the 'dossier' that various governments used to justify suspending funds then it should make waves politically speaking because there is NO evidence.. ..not a single piece of evidence is presented in the entirety of the document. It contains allegations and a political statement attacking UNRWA and the staff identified.

Nome of the claims can be independently verified because the evidence is not contained in the document.

Firstly, people really need to stop tossing the very serious and traumatic issue of rape around.

Sexual violence that did occur on 7th October horrific & to be condemned.

Portraying Palestinian resistance as 'raping of Jews' is however a racist anti-Palestinian trope.

https://twitter.com/lilydayton_/status/1753614041891647884

Furthermore, the opposite position to that placard in Israeli society is where it is shouted: You don't get to decide how Israel defends itself... all while Israel wipes out entire families in its devastation and vengeful destruction in Gaza.

Three points regarding pro-Palestinian demonstrations that I think are important:

1. Those attending who carrying antisemitic placards/imagery are in a tiny minority and do not represent the movement

2. Behaviour of non-Palestinian activists doesn't negate palestinian rights 3. Palestinians themselves have spoken out on numerous occasions on what they rightly demand from activists in international arenas in terms of solidarity, consistency, commitment to human rights & social justice principles. Palestinian activists also often condemn antisemitism.

Responses from Parliamentary questions asked by @DanCardenMP & @RichardBurgon published today providing insight into the @FCDOGovUK ministers position on Israel, the legal advice regarding compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Arms export licenses🧵 UK Government continues to regard the @CIJ_ICJ case brought by South Africa against Israel as "wrong and provocative" and that "Israel's actions in Gaza cannot be described as a genocide".

This doesn't address the question asked by @DanCardenMP - more on that below >

We should not simply dismiss the allegations made in the WSJ piece alleging that 10% of UNRWA employees have links to militants. However, it is right to scrutinise the background of one of the authors of the article in terms of their links to the IDF & the IDF spokesperson unit.



It is evident that it is not appropriate for Carrie Keller-Lynn to be part of the journalistic team reporting on these allegations in the WSJ. Her past close relationship w/ Aliza Landes, who was assigned to the IDF Spokesperson Unit, is an important matter not the be overlooked

Let's be clear about Palestinian resistance:

When Palestinians demonstrate for their rights face-to-face with Israeli soldiers while being shot at, tear gassed and brutalised. That is resistance.

A Palestinian mother protecting her child from abduction. That is resistance.

https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1749015812910747781

A Palestinian protecting their home and land from violent armed Israeli settlers (backed up by the Israeli military). That is resistance.

Palestinians going on strike and calling for boycotts & sanctions. That is resistance.

Palestinian artwork & graffiti. That is resistance.