THREAD: The US should be enforcing the ceasefire in Gaza—not giving Israel the green light to kill and ethnically cleanse Palestinians.

Learn the facts ⬇️ After over 15 months of genocide, during which Israel killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and starved Gaza’s entire population, Palestinians have finally begun to rebuild their lives.

THREAD: How Trump is Making It Easier for Israel to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians Israel was founded with one main goal: forcing Palestinians out in order to steal Palestinian land.

Its founders were very clear: “We have come to conquer a country from people inhabiting it,” said Moshe Sharett, Israel’s second prime minister.

THREAD: On Tuesday, Trump doubled down on forcing all Palestinians out of Gaza. Now, Israel has ordered its military to prepare plans for exactly that.

That's ethnic cleansing. Israel's military is assembling plans to kick at least 1.8 million Palestinians out of Gaza.

Since the ceasefire, amid immense pain & grief, Palestinians have found relief in returning to their destroyed homes across Gaza.

They don't want to leave. They shouldn't have to.

THREAD: Israel has permanently disabled tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.

Experts are calling Israel’s genocide a "Mass Disabling Event." Here's what you need to know ⬇️ Within the first 3 months of Israel’s genocide, @UNICEF reported that already “thousands” of Palestinian children had lost one or more limbs from Israel’s bombing.

THREAD: The Department of Education finds Harvard responsible for failing to protect Palestinian students from rampant racism and harassment on campus.

Here’s what you need to know ⬇️ Palestinian, Arab & Muslim students filed a federal civil rights complaint in Jan. 2024. The DOE investigated & concluded that Harvard intentionally ignored or dismissed nearly all students who sought help facing racism, violence, doxxing & harassment.

thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

THREAD: Trump wants to force Palestinians to leave Gaza and go to other countries. That's ethnic cleansing. On Saturday, Trump said he wanted to “clean out” Gaza by forcing over a million Palestinians who live there into Egypt and Jordan. That’s ethnic cleansing, or the systematic forced removal of an ethnic, racial, or religious group from an area.

THREAD: Israel has already violated the ceasefire in Gaza. The international community must ensure Israel abides by the ceasefire going forward. The day after the Gaza ceasefire went into effect, an Israeli sniper shot and killed a Palestinian child named Zakaria as he was returning to his home in Rafah. The Israeli soldier then shot at a man who tried to reach Zakaria’s body.

THREAD: The Human Toll of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Cannot be Overstated

With the backing of the US, Israel has unleashed horror after horror on the people of Gaza, where nearly half of the population are children, for over 15 months.

Here's what you need to know ⬇️ In 15 months of committing genocide in Gaza, Israeli soldiers have killed over 70,000 Palestinians through traumatic injury alone, according to estimates from medical journal @TheLancet.

Nearly 60% of the Palestinians Israel has killed were children, women, and the elderly.

THREAD: @Columbia University pushed law professor Katherine Franke to resign after 25 years of teaching at the university because she showed solidarity with students who opposed Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

She’s not alone. In an appalling violation of the principles of academic freedom, faculty and students across the country have been targeted, harassed, and even assaulted for standing against genocide.

THREAD: Over 12,000 Palestinians need an urgent medical evacuation from Gaza to save their lives, but between May and December 2024, Israel approved just 400 evacuations.

Source: @WHO Israel’s genocide and mass starvation of Palestinians has left countless people with life-altering injuries, illnesses, amputations, and medical complications in need of urgent attention.

THREAD: Israel has destroyed 69% of buildings in Gaza, leaving countless Palestinian families without a home.

It will take decades to rebuild. With the exception of 4 days in November 2023, Israel has bombed Gaza every day for over 15 months.

Satellite imagery shows that Israel has destroyed at least 69% of all buildings in Gaza.

THREAD: 3 must-watch Palestinian films have made the 2025 Oscars shortlist.

These are the movies: “From Ground Zero” was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best International Feature.

In it, 22 Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza tell their stories of struggle and resilience through Israel’s genocide.

THREAD: In the past 24 hours, Israel has killed at least 60 Palestinian civilians in Gaza, including journalists, civil defense workers and families seeking shelter in schools. Israel’s genocidal assault is destroying Palestinian lives and wiping out entire communities. Yesterday, Israel bombed a UN school in Khan Yunis and killed at least 20 Palestinians forced from their homes by Israel’s relentless attacks.

THREAD: Remembering Naheda and Samar Anton, the Palestinian mother and daughter Israel killed in a church. Naheda Antoun, 70, was the matriarch of Gaza’s largest Christian family.

Her daughter Samar, 50, worked at a Catholic missionary for disabled Palestinian children.

Israel killed them both, one after the other, in the church where they were sheltering for their lives.

THREAD: A California county has divested from Caterpillar Inc. over its complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide, marking the first time a US county has officially divested from a corporation in support of Palestine. Alameda County—a county in California that includes the city of Oakland—will divest $32 million from Caterpillar Inc., the construction equipment manufacturer that supplies heavy machinery to the Israeli military.

THREAD: 5 things to know about the @amnesty report finding Israel Is committing genocide in Gaza 1. Amnesty International’s report provides extensive evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as defined under international law.

🚨 THREAD: Israel’s killing of humanitarian workers is a deliberate part of its genocide. Since it began committing genocide in Gaza, Israel has killed at least 338 humanitarian aid workers.

On Saturday alone, Israel killed humanitarian aid workers from Gaza Soup Kitchen, @WCKitchen, and @SavetheChildren.

THREAD: Talk to your family & friends about Palestine (Part 2)

Our research-backed guide can help. To read part 1 of our research guide, featuring advice on how to start a meaningful conversation about Israel’s oppression of Palestinians, check out this thread:

https://x.com/theIMEU/status/1861431730105708916

THREAD: Talk to your family & friends about Palestine.

Our research-backed guide can help. Israel is still killing Palestinian children and families every day. Having challenging conversations is a small but meaningful way you can advocate for them.

Commit to talking with at least 3 people about why they should support Palestinian freedom.

🚨 THREAD: The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza; White House rejects decision. Here’s what you need to know ⬇️ The @IntlCrimCourt has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, charging them with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

THREAD: As it commits genocide in Gaza and continues to violently steal Palestinian land in the West Bank, Israel’s government is enacting draconian laws that target the rights and freedoms of Palestinian citizens of Israel. A new Israeli law bans flying the Palestinian flag at gatherings.

Palestinian citizens of Israel will be fined thousands and jailed up to a year for flying their flag.

Israel will use the law to repress nonviolent protests