The "Israel Democracy Institute" just released a new poll tracking Israeli citizens' responses to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Here's a quick breakdown about the numbers and what they reveal. 🧵 Among Jewish Israeli citizens, support for the US-Israeli aggression is at 93%. From those who identify as belonging to the right there is 97% support, 93% support from the self-identified center, and 76% from the so-called Israeli left support this joint attack on Iran. 2/13

The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture documented $1,305,394 in agricultural damages across the West Bank only, Feb 19–27. Here's what happened, governorate by governorate. 🧵


In Hebron, settlers killed a lambs, a donkies, and stole 63 sheep in Bani Na'im. In Masafer Yatta, 80 dunams of wheat and barley were completely destroyed by forced grazing. 75 sheep and 50 chickens were burned alive in Khallit Niyas. Losses: $153,154. (2)

Here is JVP’s "restructuring”. They're transferring the name "Jewish Voice for Peace" a liberal brand built over decades to their 501(c)(4) electoral arm designed to serve the democrats. This is a strategic capture of movement infrastructure for liberal democrats. Follow this 🧵

https://twitter.com/jvplive/status/2024205847790748013

Let's talk money. Per their 990s, JVP's c3 revenue TRIPLED durning this genocide, from $3.3M to $11M. They raised $11M directly from Palestinian suffering. But…they only spent $5.2M. They pocketed $5.8m in net income. Net assets ballooned from $3.8M to nearly $9M in a year. /2

⚠️ ⚠️⚠️ Defense Minister Katz and Finance Minister Smotrich are behind a package of sweeping measures that will fundamentally change land ownership, construction, and governance in the West Bank. ⚠️⚠️⚠️

A thread 🧵 West Bank land records will be declassified. They were previously confidential and will now be made public. Potential buyers can identify Palestinian landowners and contact them directly to purchase their land. No more needing collaborators. /2

Two years ago today, the International Court of Justice ruled it is "plausible" that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The world's highest court ordered Israel to stop. The hype of that conversation has died. But it's worth revisiting. A little thread 🧵 South Africa filed the case on December 29, invoking the Genocide Convention. It argued Israel's assault on Gaza, the mass killing, the starvation, the destruction, was a deliberate attempt to destroy the Palestinian people of Gaza. ( ) /2icj-cij.org/case/192

On this day, in 1950, Israel declared Jerusalem its capital in direct defiance of the UN. The Partition Plan designated Jerusalem as corpus separatum, under international administration. Israel ignored this, as it ignored other aspects of the plan it accepted. A thread 🧵 Israel controlled only West Jerusalem in 1950. East Jerusalem and the Old City were under Jordan. The declaration was a claim to territory not fully possessed, sovereignty not recognized. It was aspirational, setting the stage for the 1967 conquest. /2

🚨 Israel’s Knesset is advancing a bill to execute Palestinian prisoners, led by Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The final text has been published. Here’s what it contains: 🧵 2/ The bill mandates execution within 90 days of sentencing — with NO possibility of appeal or pardon.
Ben Gvir celebrated the passing of the first reading by handing out sweets in the Knesset. He wore a yellow noose pin during hearings.

On this day, Dec 23, 1920: Britain & France drew the borders of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, & Iraq. The modern Middle East was carved up for profit & strategic control by European capitalists in European capitals. The Yellow Line in Gaza is simply history repeating itself. A🧵 The borders followed the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, by which capitalist powers divided Ottoman spoils. /2

Israeli authorities intend to establish a new settlement in the Tarusa area in Dura, by reactivating an old settlement plan that began more than four decades ago. 🧵 The new settlement project is not limited to a single outpost, but rather forms part of an interconnected chain of settlements & outposts between the towns of Dura & Idhna, aimed at fragmenting the Palestinian geographic space and expanding the circle of pressure & displacement.

Over the last two weeks, Israeli forces killed nearly 500 people across over 600 documented attacks. Palestine, in particular, Gaza bore the heaviest toll with over 500 deaths. Israeli forces also struck Lebanon (12 killed), while conducting operations across Syria. A thread 🧵 Israeli forces killed 25 Palestinians waiting for aid near Zakim on Aug 5. Aid workers were among the dead, with 50+ injured when Israeli troops opened fire on the crowd.

📍 Beit Lahiya: gsc.to/Rq5NAp

93 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on July 22 across throughout the years. Most victims from Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (2014) - which killed 2,251 Palestinians including 551 children, destroyed 18,000+ homes & causes over $6b in damages. A thread of martyrs 🧵 In 2014 Israeli fired missiles & killed Muna Rami 'Adel Ekhrawat, 1 year old, with her pregnant mother Suha in Beit Hanoun. Baby Ahmad born by C-section after mother's death, died 2 hours later. Israeli forces also killed Ibtehal Ibrahim a-Ramahi, 4, in a farming shed.

Last week one of our members had to leave Bethlehem to attend a wedding. She spent 2.5 hours searching for an unblocked way out of Beit Sahour, Bethlehem, and Beit Jala. Aside from one path beside a military base, Israeli forces had shut down every road in/out of the area. 🧵 She didn't make it to the wedding in the end, as the line to exit the area stretched from the top of Beit Jala almost to the end of the town.

A couple days later, two of us found Israeli forces closing the entrances to Beit Sahour on our way from Jerusalem.

Israeli forces plan to demolish over 100 homes in Jenin refugee camp, which could begin within 72 hours. 🧵 This comes after previous demolitions in March, when 66 homes were destroyed. More than 600 homes and structures have been partially or fully damaged since the assault on Jenin began over five months ago. /2

As the meaning of normalization & decolonization is being parsed out during this Oscar discourse, it’s essential to understand that while the BNC “should” help guide this conversation, they can’t. A thread 🪡 Structurally & ideologically reliant on western NGOs, the BNC is bound to a liberal praxis to secure access to the public domain & financing. Its posture on the Mapping Project, student encampments, other BDS groups, & the Jamaal Bowman Jstreet trip are examples of this reality.

These orgs articulate a version of zionism by which the settler maintains control of the political structures, land & resources through a discourse of “equal rights”. Their demand for equal rights enshrines the rights of the settler, realized at the expense of Palestinians. 🧵

https://twitter.com/nerdeenkiswani/status/1892632588805648480

This article here demonstrates how French settlers tried to deploy the rhetoric of “equal rights” to take control of the land from the Kanaks.

blackagendareport.com/new-caledonia-…

Had a conversation with a friend today, and we touched upon how foreigners, Americans & Europeans specifically, view Palestine and Palestinians. This friend expressed disgust at the idea that Palestinians are simply passive victims. This friend once joined an American group that went to Nablus, they went around his university asking him & other students questions. "What do you think of Trump?" "How do you envision peace?" "How does the occupation affect the day-to-day life?"

This is such a wild mask-off moment because actually, many who’ve studied the Holocaust always understood the Jewish specificity of this claim by zionists. For example, many Holocaust museums have a “Never Again” center that leaves out many genocides and always Palestine. 🪡 We see it in the erasure of every other group of people who were systematically slaughtered during the Holocaust, including Roma, disabled people, political dissidents. We see it in the selective application of “Never Again” over time.

For the past three days as it escalated its assault on Jenin, the zionist forces enforced the largest scale of road closures and checkpoints in the West Bank since the second Intifada 🧵 Reports from Palestinians across the West Bank indicate that in some instances soldiers are checking a car every 30 mins then closing the checkpoint. Others reported soldiers chatting, laughing, and taking selfies while thousands of vehicles remained stuck for hours.

Reports from Northern Gaza this morning:
1) Israeli forces' drones continue to target the main gate of Kamal Adwan Hospital, opening fire on it after repeated attacks on the hospital and the surrounding area. 2) Israeli forces struck Abu Tammam school in Beit Lahiya, resulting in casualties. Displaced families taking shelter in Beit Lahiya schools endured a long night of bombardment by drones and shells. Explosions detonated near these schools, sending shrapnel into them.

While we generally don't waste our time commenting on the mealy-mouthed garbage that +972/Local Call Magazine usually produces, some pieces cross the line and must be addressed. After a year of parroting zionist propaganda, Haggai Matar has found a new way to recenter Israelis.🧵
Before we get into the piece itself and the many, MANY sickening elements it presents (and misrepresents), do the following:

Close your eyes and imagine reading a piece about Nazi fears and rights during the Holocaust.

Hold onto that feeling, because it's not going anywhere.

On the 400th day of Israel's Gaza genocide, Saturday Nov 9, the Government Media Office released a summary of some of the most relevant statistics from the Gaza Strip. 🧵 - 400 days of genocide.
-⁠ ⁠3,798 massacres committed by Israel.
- ⁠53,552 known martyrs and missing persons.
- ⁠10,000 known missing individuals.
- ⁠43,552 martyrs who reached hospitals (Ministry of Health).
- ⁠17,385 known child martyrs. 1/15