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Feb 18 5 tweets 2 min read
🧵1/5 Let's talk about the phrase "Globalize the Intifada".

You might have heard it on college campuses recently, but it's not a call for justice.

It's a call for murdering Israelis and Jews.Image 2/5 Intifada refers to violent acts of "resistance" of Palestinians against Israelis including suicide bombings, shooting attacks and kidnappings resulting in thousands of civilian deaths and casualties.Image
Nov 30, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
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850,000.

That's the number of Jewish refugees from Arab countries & Iran who were forced to flee the countries they called home for hundreds (& even thousands of years).

They left behind homes, businesses, synagogues & belongings.

📸Jewish refugees from Yemen,1949 Image For over 2,500 years, Jews continuously lived in North Africa, the Middle East & Gulf region.

In the 1930s, Jews began to experience large waves of discrimination.

The situation for Jews became increasingly dangerous following the adoption of the UN Partition Plan in 1947.
Nov 6, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
(Thread) The devil works hard but Gaza's "film" industry works harder.

Meet Saleh Aljafarawi, Hamas presenter, father, patient, singer, journalist and crisis actor.

He's just one example of how Hamas is using social media to spread misinformation and shape false narratives related to Gaza.

On the left, you can see Saleh cheering on Hamas rockets fired at Israel.

On the right, you can see Saleh recently enjoying a delicious meal "fit for kings".
This “Hamas crisis actor” has become notorious for miraculously appearing in multiple Hamas propaganda videos in different roles and locations across the Gaza Strip.

Individuals across social media are calling Saleh “the man with more lives than a cat”. Image
Oct 27, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Breaking: The @IDF has released visual and audio materials which prove Hamas has stolen and is using humanitarian resources for its terrorist activities.

Let’s start with the Shifa Hospital, one of Gaza’s biggest medical centers, which is being used as a terror operations base by Hamas terrorists.

Listen to a phone call between two Gazans, confirming Hamas headquarters are located in the Shifa hospital.
This is an illustrative video which points out the different locations in and under Shifa hospital which are being used by Hamas terrorists to plan and implement terrorist activities.

You can also see the hospital’s generators which have been taken over by Hamas terrorists.
Oct 23, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
Thread: for those of you new to Hamas, a bloodthirsty and barbaric terrorist organization no different than ISIS, here’s what you need to know. Image Hamas’ goal is not to create better lives for Palestinians.

Their goal is to murder every last Israeli and create an Islamic State. Image
Jun 1, 2023 13 tweets 5 min read
🧵THREAD:

On June 1-June 2, 1941, 180 Iraqi Jews were murdered and 1,000 injured in a horrific pogrom (The Farhud).

The Farhud marked the beginning of the end for Iraq's 150,000 strong Jewish community which included @lindamnu and her family.

This is their story. Image Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin was born in 1950 to an affluent Jewish family in Baghdad, at a time when most Jews had already fled Iraq.

Jewish roots in Iran go back to 586 B.C.

Jews were an integral part of Iraq's tapestry & in the 1920s were 25% of Bagdad's population. Linda (center from left) and her family in Baghdad
May 19, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Today we celebrate #Jerusalem, our capital.

From diversity, to history, to spirituality, Jerusalem is one of a kind.

Here are some facts about this magnificent city: Image Image
May 17, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
1/5 Today Israel joins the international community in marking #IDAHOBIT, The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.

Here are some facts about Israeli efforts to create a better and safer world for its LGBTQ community and all of its citizens. 🌍🤝 Image 2/5 We stand together to reaffirm our commitment to equality, respect, and inclusion for all. Image
Apr 25, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
"Malki my child, your life ended in a crowded pizza restaurant filled with mothers and children and located in the center of Jerusalem." -Arnold Roth

Malki Roth was 15 when she was murdered in a suicide bombing at the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem.

This is her story. Image Malki was an Australian citizen who moved to Israel with her family.

She was a caring and devoted daughter and sister who dedicated herself to helping those with disabilities (including her sister).

She was a talented musician who loved to play the piano and clarinet. Image
Jan 26, 2023 12 tweets 5 min read
🧵80 years ago after suffering unimaginable sickness, starvation, beatings, death and deportation, Jewish fighters rose up against their Nazi captors in a heroic act of resistance known today as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

This is their story:

(Photos: @yadvashem)

#IHRD In 1939, the Nazis began the forced removal of three million Polish Jews from their homes and transferred them to crowded Ghettos across Poland, including Europe's largest, the Warsaw Ghetto.

By November 1940, 380,000 Jews were sealed inside the Warsaw ghetto.
Aug 7, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Important 🧵: Extremist Palestinians are claiming on social media that Israelis are planning on storming the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem today.

This is an OUTRIGHT LIE being used by Palestinian terrorists to encourage attacks on Israelis.

Here's what's really going on. Tisha B’Av (which began yesterday at night & ends at sundown today) is a national day of mourning which marks the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

Jews in Israel & around the world spend the day in fast & prayer, remembering both Holy Temples destroyed on this day.
Mar 30, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
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Jews, Israeli-Arab Christians and Druze.

These are the eleven victims who were murdered in terror attacks by Israeli-Arab and Palestinian terrorists in the last week.

May their Memory be a blessing. Doris Yahbas: Mother of three and resident of Moshav Gilat.

She was stabbed by an Israeli-Arab outside a shop in Beer-Sheva.

She was evacuated to Soroka Medical Center, but the medical teams were unable to save her life. She is survived by her husband and children.
Jan 27, 2022 27 tweets 13 min read
🧵"Hanechka"- That's what my friends & family called me as a young girl in Biala Rawska, Poland.

I was one of two Jewish children from Biala Rawska to survive the #Holocaust nearly 80 years ago.

Today I'm sharing my story on @Israel.

Ask me questions using #HannahsStory.  That's what my friends & family called me as a young girl i I was born Hannah Hershkowitz in Biala Rawska, Poland where Jews & Poles lived together for centuries.

My parents Hershel & Zisel were respected members of our town. My Polish neighbor Marisha was my best friend. I had a wonderful childhood until my life was turned upside down. I was born Hannah Hershkowitz in Biala Rawska, Poland where
Nov 30, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
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850,000.

That's the number of Jewish refugees from Arab countries & Iran who were forced to flee the countries they called home for hundreds (& even thousands of years).

They left behind homes, businesses, synagogues & belongings.

📸Jewish refugees from Yemen,1949 For over 2,500 years, Jews continuously lived in North Africa, the Middle East & Gulf region.

In the 1930's, Jews began to experience large waves of discrimination.

The situation for Jews became increasingly dangerous following the adoption of the UN Partition Plan in 1947.
Nov 29, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
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#Hanukkah isn't the only miracle we're celebrating today.

Today, November 29th marks another miraculous moment in the history of our country 🇮🇱.

On this day in 1947, the @UN voted on establishing what would be become the modern state of #Israel. Image While our modern history begins with the historic General Assembly vote on a wintery #November day, the history of the Jewish people in the land of Israel began 3,000+ years ago.

This was long before the battle of the #Maccabees & the battles that Israel would fight to survive.
Nov 28, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Where in the world are you celebrating #Hanukkah2021?

Let us know & share your pictures with us 👇! Image We're looking for a picture of a menorah lit in the Great Hall.

Anyone from Hogwarts here?
Oct 20, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
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Who's down to play a game (don't worry, it doesn't involve🚦or ⭕️🔺🟥) ?

The rules are simple:

We'll ask a series of multiple choice questions about #Israel. Comment with the answer you think makes the most sense and if you're right we may just RT you.

Here we go: 1) What percentage of Israel is made up of land 🌻🌲?

A. 25%
B. 70%
C. 64%
D. 98%?
Jul 26, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
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@benandjerrys likes to brand itself as a social justice company with flavors like "JusticeReMix'd & "Empower Mint."

But when it comes to promoting social equality and diversity in #Israel, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Here's what we mean ⬇️: Image @BenJerrysIsrael buys the majority of its milk from local Israeli farmers.

Shutting down the factory would hurt the farmers and their families. Image
Jul 25, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
Good news for the environment!

Today Israel approved an unprecedented & historic bill which will reduce carbon emissions by at least 85% by 2050 & help tackle the global climate crisis.

#sustainabledevelopment #SustainableDevelopmentGoals Image The bill initiated by @IsraeliPM , Ministers @yairlapid, @tamarzandberg, @AvigdorLiberman, @KElharrar, @MeravMichaeli, @OrnaBarb & @Ayelet__Shaked outlines a national strategy which will promote clean & efficient technologies & a 27% reduction in emissions by 2030. Image
Jul 15, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
Findings like these coins from the Jewish Great Revolt in 67-68 CE & the Bar Kochba Revolt are a small reminder of our long history in the Land of Israel.

timesofisrael.com/2000-year-old-… There have been quite a few major archeological findings in Jerusalem recently, which we will continue to share.
Jul 4, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
Stranger Things: Israel Edition 🇮🇱

We're about to share some of our favorite ( & strangest facts about Israel) you may not know:

Let's do this: Image The Mount of Olives in #Jerusalem is the world’s OLDEST & continuously used cemetery.

It has been used as a #Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years.

Should we keep going? RT this if you want us to share the next fact. Image