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The Palestinian Youth Movement is a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of Palestinian & Arab youth struggling for the liberation of our homeland
Sep 23 16 tweets 4 min read
ALL OUT FOR LEBANON TOMORROW, SEPT. 24. 🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧🇱🇧

In the wake of Lebanon’s deadliest day since 1989, we take the streets tomorrow in support of the Lebanese people, and to demand an arms embargo and sanctions on Israel now.

🧵SCROLL THROUGH TO FIND AN ACTION NEAR YOU 🇱🇧🇵🇸⬇️ Image Today, Israel launched a massive aerial bombing campaign across Lebanon, attacking from the Southern territories to the Beqaa Valley and Beirut, killing at least 384 people and injuring thousands.
Jul 27 16 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Following the initiation of the Palestine movement’s boycott of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in 2022, 26 DSA chapters have passed strong and enforceable commitments to defend Palestinian liberation and reject Zionism within their organization. 🚨 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSED MOTION TO "MAKE DSA AN ANTI-ZIONIST ORGANIZATION" AND IN RECOGNTION OF LOCAL DSA CHAPTERS WHO HAVE PASSED STRONG, ENFORCEABLE COMMITMENTS TO PALESTINIAN LIBERATION Last Saturday, members of the DSA have now introduced a national motion — “Make DSA an Anti-Zionist Organization” — to commit the organization and its elected officials to Palestine.
Oct 22, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
The Palestinian Youth Movement has created a resource list that provides an introductory level breakdown of the events of October 2023 and the history that birthed it.

The list includes four sections that are detailed below. Share widely:
docs.google.com/document/d/1ol… 1) Accessible primers and analysis, such as interviews, podcasts, videos, and short articles;
docs.google.com/document/d/1ol…
Oct 12, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
🧵THREAD

PYM is participating in demonstrations in cities across North America in support of our people in Gaza as the Zionist occupation continues its relentless attacks. Here’s a thread of actions, happening between Friday Oct 13 - Sunday Oct 15 👇🏼👇🏼 CITY: NEW YORK
🗓️: Friday, October 13
📍Times Square
🕐 3:00pm Image
Oct 7, 2023 12 tweets 3 min read
ALL OUT FOR THE RESISTANCE, ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

🧵 Thread 🧵of local protests and actions for Palestine in the wake of the latest unprecedented wave of resistance. SCROLL to find your city ⬇️: NYC ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Times Square
Broadway & 42nd St
1 PM, October 8 Image
Aug 5, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
GAZA IS UNDER ATTACK! In the past hour, at least 8 Palestinians have been killed and 44 injured, including 5-year-old child Alaa Qadoum, in Zionist airstrikes on several locations throughout Occupied Gaza. (1/6) The Zionist entity bears full responsibility for the escalation against Gaza, which it is carrying out in an attempt to undo the rebuilding efforts and political reunification that have taken place since the popular uprisings of May 2021 and the Sword of Jerusalem Battle. (2/6)
Jun 2, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Yesterday, Zionist forces murdered Ghufran Warasneh, a 31 year old journalist from Al-Arroub camp near Hebron. She was the eldest in her family and the main support for her younger siblings. Image Ghufran was going to her first day of work at a new job at a local radio station when she was shot in the chest.

“We were waiting for her to be the first to go on air as our new voice, but instead we received the news of her killing." The station said.
Jun 1, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Salah Hammouri is a Palestinian-French lawyer & activist who's played a central role in the struggle for justice for Jerusalem's residents. Bcuz of this, he's been harassed by Israeli authorities for 20 years & now faces expulsion.

The next 2 days are crucial for him!

Thread🧵 For years he's been separated from his French wife–who is barred from entering the country to visit–& kids, has spent more than 7 years inside Israeli jail as a political prisoner after multiple arrests and was even stripped of his residence card, restricting his freedom of mvmt
May 28, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
FUSAKO SHIGENOBU IS FINALLY FREE!

Japanese freedom fighter Fusako Shigenobu was released from prison in Japan today after 20 years in detention. She is lifelong comrade of the Palestinian people and struggle. Shigenobu was born in Tokyo in 1945 & first became radicalized as part of the ‘60s student movement in Japan, where she led organizing efforts against US imperialism in Japan & globally. Shigenobu eventually joined Palestinians in Lebanon to fight alongside them for over 30 years
May 13, 2022 20 tweets 5 min read
A list of Nakba Day actions taking place this weekend across North America 🇵🇸 Bay Area — May 14
Mar 6, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the martyrdom of intellectual and resistance fighter Basel al-Araj by zionist forces. Basel was a community organizer who engaged Palestinian youth in popular education about the history of Palestinian resistance. In 2016, Basel, along with 5 of his comrades, was arrested, tortured, and interrogated by Palestinian Authority police for his powerful political writing and agitation against the PA’s normalization with the zionist state.
Oct 24, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
THREAD: Yesterday, Zionist “defense” minister Benny Gantz announced the designation of six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organizations.” #ResistanceIsNotACrime #FreePalestine Image Forcing civil society orgs to carry on their work underground is a tactic used not only by Israel but historically by the US to quash the Black liberation movement through COINTELPRO and similar surveillance programs aimed at destroying the Black Panthers, MOVE, etc.
May 10, 2021 15 tweets 3 min read
‼️‼️‼️ Thread of upcoming Palestine protests/actions in different cities 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 ‼️‼️‼️ CHICAGO:
May 10, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
This Mother’s Day, we are thinking of the Palestinian Mothers who are fighting on the frontlines in Sheikh Jarrah against evictions by Israeli settlers. ✊🏼🇵🇸 #MothersDay #SaveSheikhJarrah This Mother’s Day, we remember the late Rifqa Al-Kurd, 103-year-old Palestinian Grandmother from #SheikhJarrah, who resisted her home being evicted by Israeli settlers for over 10 years. She paved the way of resistance for the movement behind #SaveSheikhJarrah today.
Apr 19, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
THREAD 1/9

April marks the start of what is known as the 1936 Great Revolt in Palestine, a national uprising led by Palestinians against the colonial admin of the British Mandate + the expansion of the Zionist colonial project in Palestine For three years, Palestinians struggled against this using various forms of resistance.

What started off as a general strike on April 19, quickly spread to all major Palestinian cities, affecting all business, communications, and government services.