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Mark Goldfeder
@MarkGoldfeder
Director, National Jewish Advocacy Center
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Dec 5 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Follow up for those who do not understand why @amnesty's 'justification' for changing the definition of genocide here is both stupid and circular- not to mention invalid: First- they refer to their new definition as a 'broad' reading. Actually, it is an entirely incorrect reading, and even though they quote opinions that agree with them, those opinions are dissents not decisions and are included only to fool those who do not know how law works.
Dec 5 • 30 tweets • 4 min read
.@amnesty international literally redefined the legal term of genocide to suit their accusation, stripping the term of its actual meaning in the process. The craziest part? They admit this in their report, correctly assuming that most people won't read all the way to p. 101: 🧵 @amnesty This is not just a failure of factual accuracy; it is a willful misrepresentation of international law.
Nov 20 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Dear @SenatorWarnock,
You told the press that you are considering voting in favor of @BernieSanders' hateful resolution which would block arms to Israel as it fights for its existence. Please bear these three important points in mind before you make such a terrible mistake: @SenatorWarnock @BernieSanders 1) The resolutions are based on a mountain of demonstrable lies and libels. Sanders claims that Israel has violated US and international law and used weapons both indiscriminately and disproportionately. And yet...
Sep 23 • 25 tweets • 5 min read
Dear @TheJusticeDept:
Your letter re: the scope of @UNRWA's immunity makes a lot of assumptions. Some are big, some are small, but most are unfortunately wrong. I hope that you correct them because they can have very dangerous consequences. Here, let me explain: 1) Even absolute immunity is not actually absolute.
In international law, a peremptory norm (jus cogens) is a fundamental principle of international law that is accepted by the international community of states as a norm from which no derogation is permitted.
Sep 18 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
Dear @aoc and other useful idiots who only discover IHL if they think it hurts Israel:

No, Israel's attack did not violate international law, including your newfound darling 'AP II Article 7' rules against booby traps (which I bet you never heard of until today).

Here is why: @AOC 1) Communication devices issued by terrorists to terrorists for terrorist purposes do not count as civilian objects. Period.
Jul 19 • 28 tweets • 5 min read
No surprises in today's non-binding ICJ opinion about Israeli settlements:
The question (What are the legal consequences arising from the ongoing violation by Israel ...) presupposed the answer, and the answer was a restatement of its 2004 Wall opinion. And yet... 🧵 I am always surprised when the Court takes the time to give ahistorical lessons, especially when it does so as a way of avoiding important legal issues. For example:
Jun 6 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
Dear @macklemore,
Do you even know what the term apartheid means? Bc it genuinely seems like you don't, and aren't sure what crimes against humanity you are supposed to be accusing the Jews of committing while engaging in Holocaust inversion (in Germany no less!).
Let me help: @macklemore There are two generally accepted definitions of apartheid under international law.
May 22 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
Dear @Femi_Sorry,
I don't know you, and won't automatically call you an antisemite. But what you keep saying is actually a dangerously antisemitic form of victim blaming. Let me explain: @Femi_Sorry Do you blame black people for racism?
May 17 • 24 tweets • 5 min read
Dear @RepRashida,
The Nakba never ended because the Nakba never started. Enough with your falsified Middle East narrative. The modern history of Israel is not lost in the shrouds of time, and there are clear contemporaneous records that give lie to your words. Let me explain: @RepRashida In 1922, the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine officially established an area in the Middle East to be a national home for the Jewish People and entrusted it to Great Britain.
Apr 22 • 26 tweets • 4 min read
Dear President Shafik,

Last week in the @WSJ you made the assertion/excuse that drawing First Amendment lines is "difficult" and no one should expect Universities to know how to do this properly.

That is absurd and a complete abdication of your responsibility. Let me explain: @WSJ There is nothing incredibly complicated about enforcing the First Amendment on campus or anywhere else, and we should absolutely expect Universities, like Columbia, to understand its limits.
Apr 16 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Tomorrow Congress votes on H. Res. 883, which
expresses the sense of the House that the slogan "from the river to the sea" is antisemitic and should be condemned. The bipartisan effort, led by @RepDesposito and joined by @RepJoshG and @JaredEMoskowitz is important. Here's why: Image Ever since October 7, debates have been raging about whether the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” should or should not always be considered a call for the extermination of Israel and the murder of all the Jews who live there—
Apr 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Representative Anthony D'Esposito has introduced the Define to Defeat Act, which clarifies civil rights protections for the Jewish community. It is a crucial tool for fighting back against the rise of anti-Jewish hate, and we cannot thank @RepDesposito enough for his leadership. @RepDesposito The bill builds on the wonderful momentum that has been generated by the Antisemitism Awareness Act introduced by the great @RepMikeLawler, which does this in Title VI and has wide bipartisan support.
Nov 29, 2023 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
Tomorrow is the UN's Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians, commemorating Resolution 181 which called for two states. Odd but unfortunately telling that none of their statements even mention the very relevant fact that on Nov. 29, 1947, the Arabs rejected the Partition Plan. Rather than declare a peaceful Palestinian state, the Arabs chose to instead declare a genocidal war—which they then lost. The rejection of the Partition Plan (and the ensuing decision to attack) is one of the main reasons why the Palestinian question remains unresolved.
Nov 26, 2023 • 45 tweets • 8 min read
Dear @POTUS,
No, the Palestinian Authority cannot govern Gaza once this war is over. Palestinians and Israelis both deserve better, and allowing the PA to come in would only reflect the bigotry of low expectations.
A 🧵 with some suggestions: To be fair, it is accurate to say that the President of the PA (aka Fatah) Mahmoud Abbas is a moderate as compared to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, an organization whose founding charter calls for the genocidal extermination of Jewish people across the globe.
Nov 23, 2023 • 35 tweets • 7 min read
Lots of talk about @AIPAC recently, so let me say this: Even amidst the overt hate we are seeing everyhere, this latest wave of “acceptable” antisemitism, which involves demonizing AIPAC for the heinous crime of participating in the political process, stands out.
Here's why: @AIPAC The American Israel Public Affairs Committee openly supports candidates who are in favor of a strong US-Israel relationship, and opposes candidates who are not. While the attacks against them have varied in form, the underlying message is the same:
Nov 5, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
These "college educated idiots" (CEI) and Hamas shilling politicians like @SenSanders and @RashidaTlaib and @AOC must be so frustrating for Hamas. A thread: @SenSanders @RashidaTlaib @AOC Hamas -we raped and murdered and pillaged- look we filmed it for you!

College educated idiots- no, silly, that’s Israeli propaganda!
Oct 29, 2023 • 19 tweets • 2 min read
I've always loved Jeff Foxworthy, so with apologies to @foxoutdoors , here's my list of people who just might be antisemites. Feel free to add your own!
#youmightbeanantisemite @foxoutdoors If you see a decapitated Jewish baby murdered in cold blood, and think well, this needs some context, #youmightbeanantisemite
Oct 27, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A quick history lesson for anyone still surprised by UN condemnations: The raid on Entebbe. In 1975 terrorists hijacked Air France Flight 139 and held 100+ Jewish and/or Israeli hostages captive in Entebbe, Uganda. The Ugandan government was fully complicit.
Oct 20, 2023 • 27 tweets • 6 min read
Dear @Penn Faculty Senate Tri-Chairs,
Your statement displays a fundamental misunderstanding of the very values you claim to hold dear, i.e. freedom of thought, inquiry, and speech, as well as academic freedom.
Let me explain: When it comes to the First Amendment, the freedom of speech—even offensive speech—must be cherished and protected. But others are allowed to speak to, including with their money. It is entirely absurd for you to think that it is 'intimidation' to hold a school accountable for what it does and does not say and do.
Oct 17, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Never too soon for a puff piece about the plight of the Palestinian refugees.
Ok, let's discuss the international legal term you are using. Warning- you are not gonna like it. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). was founded in 1949 through U.N. General Assembly Resolution 302 at the conclusion of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948, for the very noble purpose of “the alleviation of the conditions of starvation and distress among the Palestine refugees” from that conflict.
Oct 13, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Dear @aoc, @IlhanMN, @PeterBeinart and other 'experts' concerned about the war crimes of 'forcible transfer' and 'deportation' as Israel tries to save innocent Palestinian civilians by warning them to leave Hamas strongholds. Here is a very short primer on international law and why you are, once again, woefully and dangerously wrong:
@AOC @IlhanMN @PeterBeinart Saving civilian lives is not a war crime.

Terms matter, and there is a difference between an evacuation and a forcible transfer. Saving innocent people is what any army is supposed to do and literally the opposite of what Hamas has done and continues to do.