Still retweeting occasionally, still scrolling, but barely posting anymore as I wean myself off this thing…
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It's been a long and painful year since my aunt, Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier. My family and I are heartbroken but we are steadfast in our calls for accountability and #JusticeForShireen. Our family statement:
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It is beyond shameful for the ADL - which still pretends to be a civil rights organization - to so work so hard stop Palestinian Americans from telling their own histories and lived experiences of displacement and oppression. Truly, it’s horrifying.
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It is disgraceful that @SenSanders allowed this event by @RepRashida to be held in our nation’s Capitol. Real conversations are needed around a path to peace, but not with groups & individuals who espouse antisemitism. We call on the Senate to condemn this event. twitter.com/marcrod97/stat…
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Let the headlines read “McCarthy tries to erase Palestine but fails.”
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This event in the US Capitol is canceled.
Instead, I will host a bipartisan discussion to honor the 75th anniversary of the US-Israel relationship. twitter.com/freebeacon/sta…
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The real disgrace here is you Greenblatt. We end antisemitism when we build coalition and extend solidarity to others. Suppressing Palestinian voices, experiences, and history is not how we get there. Deeply shameful of you to call yourself a leader of a “civil rights” org.
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It is disgraceful that @SenSanders allowed this event by @RepRashida to be held in our nation’s Capitol. Real conversations are needed around a path to peace, but not with groups & individuals who espouse antisemitism. We call on the Senate to condemn this event. twitter.com/marcrod97/stat…
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Israel carries out massacre of Palestinian civilians.
Headlines dishonestly only mention “militants killed”.
The occupation then provokes a fresh war to distract from its internal politics.
Multiple civilians are killed (almost all Palestinian).
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Some protestors arrested at last night’s #JordanNeely vigil were held until 6:30am. Split between 2 pcts. Once again, multiple hospitalized before released. Most charges discon, oga - misdemeanors that typically aren’t prosecuted.
It was just candles & a speaker on the sidewalk.
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Palestinian Health Ministry says 10 of the 13 people killed in Israel's overnight airstrikes in #Gaza were civilians, including four women and four children. 20 other people were wounded
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💔”homeless, hungry, thirsty, tired…behaving erratically…their comportment might disturb others. So: Who is vulnerable here? Who is in the greatest need of help? What is the actual problem? How might this small ad hoc instantiation of community solve it?”
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The subway is the greatest democratic institution we have in NYC, and New Yorkers know you don’t MURDER someone for preaching/screaming/dancing/melting down on the train. How on earth this is complicated for our political leaders to state plainly is appalling.
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Still processing the death of popular Palestinian leader Khader Adnan, 45, who was found dead in his cell this morning after 86 days of hunger strike in Israeli prison. This is going to be a long thread, and I know Twitter is an echo chamber but bear with me.
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“illegally kept” is the doing its best to avoid saying Marriott stole from its own employees & actively misled its customers for over 5 years. The media regularly uses language to downplay wage theft while creating hysteria around shoplifting.
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Very late but still: kudos to for this epi, for reading , for casually accepting convo of non-Zionism, apartheid & pogroms. Huge kudos to for constantly bringing the convo back to occupation, apartheid, equality, & liberation
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A resolution for ‘end Jew hatred day’ just passed in . The resolution’s name is set up to make it impossible to oppose—after all, who wouldn’t oppose anti-Jewish hate? But there’s more to the story here…so let’s talk about the org & people behind the resolution...
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The NYPD costs New Yorkers $29 million PER DAY.
If you agree that those dollars could be better invested to lift up New York City and improve lives, join us at the Museum of Broken Windows at 216 Lafayette St starting tomorrow until May 6.
museumofbrokenwindows.org
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"What [DeSantis] wants for Florida, & indeed for the U.S. ....is what Israel’s leaders are also committed to: further cementing an authoritarian, anti-democratic, repressive government that has absolutely no regard for human rights, international law, or justice."
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DeSantis’ brutal, repressive vision for America is a perfect partner for Netanyahu's vision for Israel and the Palestinians | Donna Nevel | Opinion
haaretz.com/opinion/2023-0
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"Its not enough for them to get the harmful bills through. When someone stands up and calls out their bills for the harm they cause, for the deaths they cause, they want silence. And we will not be complicit in our eradication."
Rep. Zephyr responds.
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Among Democrats who follow Israel-Palestine, nearly half say Israel is a state with "segregation similar to apartheid." Never thought I'd see this brookings.edu/blog/order-fro
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100+ orgs have now signed onto call on UN not to adopt IHRA antisemitism definition. The breadth of signatories—now including & —underscore extent of civil society concern about threat IHRA poses to human rights hrw.org/news/2023/04/2
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Breaking: 60 Israeli, Palestinian & global rights orgs— including @btselem, @alhaq_org, @hrw & @aclu—pen joint call on UNSG @antonioguterres to not adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has been used to suppress criticism of Israel & advocacy for Palestinian rights. twitter.com/hrw/status/164…
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This is a transparently dishonest smear and a clear attempt to intimidate a UN official with false accusations in order to distract attention from ongoing human rights abuses.
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Today's @Jerusalem_Post editorial calling on UN Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres to fire @FranceskAlbs, whose deep anti-Israel bias, justification of Palestinian terror, and employment of antisemitic tropes make her unfit to serve as a UN official. jpost.com/opinion/articl
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A new Jewish anti-Zionist theology anthology is in the works! We are raising $$ to compensate the contributors -- please donate what you can! Will be a rad collection reimagining halacha, mussar, ritual, Torah, Talmud, and all that good stuff.
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Reminder: SpaceX received $3,000,000,000 in taxpayer dollars.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
SpaceX has a multi-billion dollar contract for creating a moon lander that will ride on this rocket. It is not a handout, rather a purchase order by NASA. The test launch was not ordered or funded by NASA.
nasa.gov/press-release/…
Context is written by people who use Twitter, and appears when rated helpful by others. Find out more.
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The DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office has officially ruled the police murder of Tortugita a homicide.
There is no such thing as justice for Tortugita, but the least can do is #StopCopCity.
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"complications" sure doing a lot of work here
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As we leave so much more to process about Israel’s complications..
Spent the last three days in Tel Aviv- in meetings, demonstrating, Shabbat services & more . Meetings with Histadrut, with Rami Hod and
Education activists, with Ha’aretz ,the American Ambassador, CBST members
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New Yorkers—this is going to be fascinating! At the Goethe Institute starting May 3rd, with all star lineup of , Rasha Nahas, Zizek, Haviva Pedaya and more goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/
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This is the most forceful statement from Congress since Netanyahu’s extremist coalition government came into power. and are calling for a basic and common sense approach: the US should not fund Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians
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.@SenSanders and I sent a letter to @POTUS and @SecBlinken on the escalating violence in Palestine and the alarming actions of the new extreme right-wing Israeli government.
To achieve peace, we must ensure U.S. funding is not used to violate human rights.
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Can’t wait for all the hot takes from tech bros about the dangers of the tech sector on the people of San Francisco….that’ll happen now right?
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BREAKING: Mission Local has learned that San Francisco police this morning traveled to Emeryville to make an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech exec Bob Lee.
The alleged killer also works in tech and purportedly knew Lee.
From @esksf
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This was first reported by Mission Local, but goes uncredited here. We are a small, non-profit newsroom, and we work hard to break news.
This is bad form.
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Breaking News: The police arrested a tech consultant in connection with the fatal stabbing of the Cash App creator Bob Lee in San Francisco earlier this month. nyti.ms/3o6fTtv
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such a useful/infuriating visual to illustrate how anti-Boycott bills to protect Israel from accountability were the canary in the coal mine template for protecting fossil fuels, guns, etc
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Don't miss this important film screening and discussion on VP's visual: The Rise of Anti-Boycott Legislation.
Register here:
bit.ly/vp-boycott
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What AIPAC's truly afraid of is if Democratic members of Congress accurately represented their constituents' opinions on foreign policy grounded in human rights.
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Hey , keep your business clean and reject Israeli pinkwashing! We call on you to stand for Palestinian freedom and cancel your show in Tel Aviv!
Learn more: bdsmovement.net/sam-smith
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As Palestinians we are calling on to keep inspiring those struggling against all forms of discrimination by canceling their performance in apartheid Israel until Palestinians are free to be who we are and enjoy freedom, justice and equal rights.
loom.ly/exeeTrE
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Very exciting not to mention timely! Check it out!
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“AIPAC…is spending millions precisely because it’s losing the generational & partisan battle to progressive Democrats….Progressives should [like Summer Lee] coordinate our own network of anti-occupation donors, operatives, and local community members”
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every day the ADL finds an even worse hill to die on than the last one twitter.com/adlisrael/stat
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NYers want to #TaxTheRich & #InvestInOurNY. Instead, is rigging the budget to lock up more people, raise CUNY tuition + funnel $ to charter schools!
Tell Hochul, + : NY says NO to #BillionaireBudget!
taxtherichny.com/contact
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