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Co-Author: Except for Palestine; Pres of ReThinking Foreign Policy; writer; policy analyst Tweets are strictly my personal views Follow my Substack ๐Ÿ‘‡

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@MJPlitnick
Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 months
This is unprecedented as far as I know. It is, in fact, historic. Biden staffers organized a vigil outside the #WhiteHouse calling on their boss to call for a ceasefire. Wow! And to the staffers, thank you so much!
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 months
#MelissaBarrera , who was already fired from the Scream series for daring to support #Palestinian rights, has now been dropped by her reps and is being attacked viciously for posting a link to donate to #UNRWA She deserves all of our support.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
#Israel has used the October 7 attack by #Hamas to destroy many norms. The biggest ones have gotten the most notice, those that are part of genocide and ethnic cleansing. But there's more, and it's going to have profound effects on warfare going forward. 1/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
Let's be clear. This guy is saying that the very existence of #Palestinians is a threat to Jews. That's not only anti-Palestinian hate, it's also profoundly #antisemitic to suggest that our safety depends on the erasure of another people. It's a lie and it's #Antisemitism .
@mishtal
David Collier
11 months
Just walked out of Brussels train station from the Eurostar. This is what greeted me. Nice way to make the Jews feel uncomfortable. We are clearly not wanted here. Sorry I came.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
... the already widely held view that there are no rules, just what the US will allow its friends and forbid others. The US and #Israel have struck what could be a mortal blow to the fledgling effort to establish international laws that protect civilians. Congratulations. END
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
Israel has intentionally targeted civilians, hospitals, ambulances, schools, journalists, UN shelters, humanitarian workers, and civilian infrastructure of all kinds. They've done these things before but never on this scale and never so openly. 2/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
Israel has made no effort to hide these acts. On the contrary, they have tried to justify them as intentional acts. They've been supported in this by the US and EU. In the future, other countries will do the same and opposition will only reinforce... 3/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
After what happened to him, and especially to #BreonnaTaylor the fact that Kenneth Walker had this hanging over his head for this long is an atrocity. It's barbaric, cruel and yet another signal that our policing and judicial system is rotten to the core.
@thehill
The Hill
3 years
Charges permanently dropped against Breonna Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
This will be how history remembers @JoeBiden This is his legacy. But it's also the legacy of every hypocrite American liberal who has either nodded at or stayed silent in the face of #Israel 's genocide.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 months
With much fanfare, the IDF and its amen chorus in the US and around the world said they had evidence that hostages had been held at Nasser Hospital. More quietly, they now admit the truth: there is no such evidence. Israel's dissembling never stops.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 months
This is pure #Antisemitism . Calling a Hebrew University professor who is one of the world's leading Holocaust scholars a "token Jew, just because you want to deny his expert opinion. Pure antisemitism.
@wolfejosh
Josh Wolfe
2 months
@mehdirhasan Token Jew saying something that serves your point does not change fact it is not genocide. It is war. The war will end. Palestinians will not be eradicated. And there is only one party outwardly calling for genocide of jewsโ€”Hamas et al
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
This is a university. #Israel detonated 315 mines to blow it up. By definition, that means it was not a legitimate military target, as Israel would have to have full control to plant so many mines. This is a clear example of a #warcrime and destruction for the fun of it.
@PeruginiNic
Nicola Perugini
6 months
The Israeli military just blew up the University of Palestine in Gaza City with 315 mines. All the universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. We need a full academic boycott.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
The authors of the greatest #genocide of the 20th century passionately support the greatest genocide of the 21st century (so far). History will not be kind to #Germany .
@GermanyDiplo
GermanForeignOffice
6 months
#Israel can count on our staunch solidarity in the fight against blind terrorism. Rockets from Gaza continue to fly towards Israel. People continue worry about the fate of the hostages โ€“ they must all be released immediately. @ABaerbock in Israel. 1/2
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
#Palestinian journalist Said Arikat is a permanent fixture at State Dept. briefings, a widely respected journalist. As a recent @JNS_org article shows, far-right supporters of #Israel hate him and can't come up with anything substantial against him. 1/2
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
This is ridiculous. This is a clear anti fascist and anti Nazi bit that has been part of the act since The Wall came out more than 40 years ago. Anyone who's seen the film or even the album cover knows it.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 months
#Israel has jammed 1.5 million #Palestinians into #Rafah The fish are all in the barrel and are being bombed now. So much for the obvious nonsense about #Israel letting civilians escape. #GenocideJoe and Netanyahu lied to us all again.
@GazaMartyrs
โ€Martyrs of Gaza
5 months
NOW | Please don't leave us. Witness what is happening now in the most densely populated area in the world, where 1.5 million people reside. We are facing annihilation in Rafah๐Ÿ˜”
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
Some points about the contemptible op-ed by #GenocideJoe in the @washingtonpost today. 1. Biden calls for the int'l community to govern Gaza temporarily until he can install the PA there. No mention of even considering, much less asking, the #Palestinian people what they want 1/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
So, given that Tlaib introduced a bill just this summer accusing Assad of crimes against humanity, we are left with the question: which is greatest, @RabbiShmuley 's stupidity, dishonesty, or racism?
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@RabbiShmuley
Rabbi Shmuley
6 months
Thatโ€™s pretty rich coming from a woman who never once condemned but Bahar Al Assad as a genocidal maniac even after he murdered 600,000 Arabs. @rashidatlaib is American Taliban and is an American abomination. She has no concern whatsoever for Palestinian life. She is simply a
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 years
Outstanding and important rebuttal to the campaign of falsehoods and character assassination directed against @marclamonthill for his speech yesterday at the UN.
@OmarBaddar
Omar Baddar ุนู…ุฑ ุจุฏู‘ุงุฑ
6 years
Quick thread on the manufactured controversy (i.e. smear campaign) regarding @marclamonthill โ€™s UN speech. Let me start by addressing the competing visions of the one-state solution (1/8)
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
Those criticizing #KyrieIrving need to sit down. He's been playing great and if he is - when off the court even in front of media - more concerned about #Gaza than basketball, that means, unlike his critics, he has his priorities straight. We need more Kyrie in sports, not less.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 months
๐ŸšจALERT! ๐Ÿšจ House passes H.Res.894 a dangerous and, in fact deeply #antisemitic bill that equates opposition to Zionism with #antisemitism . 95 #Democrats voted for this bill. Names forthcoming.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 months
I've criticized Clapton a lot over the past few years. I don't regret any of it, but I damn sure feel obligated to give him a happy shout out when he does something good and right.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 months
One more time. There is no way to claim this is legitimate warfare, self defense, or even an attempt to eliminate #Hamas . This is, and has been from the start, a war on the people of #Palestine . #Israel makes no secret of this. They just count on people continuing to ignore it.
@UNRWA
UNRWA
7 months
Over 60% of the infrastructure in๐Ÿ“ #Gaza has been destroyed or damaged. More than 90% of the Gazan population have been displaced. This is a staggering and unprecedented level of destruction and forced displacement, taking place in front of our eyes.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
An Israeli sniper was critically injured when #Palestinians defended themselves by trying to stop him from shooting into the crowd of civilians at which he was aiming. Fixed it for you.
@IDF
Israel Defense Forces
3 years
3/ An Israeli Border Police soldier was critically injured by live fire from Gaza and is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital. As of right now, all the rioters have been dispersed.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
This is a straight up obscenity. To compare what #Israel is doing in #Gaza to the Holocaust and D-day is spitting in the face of six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis and every WWII veteran involved in turning the tide of that war. This is, in fact, #Antisemitism .
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
#GenocideJoe also uses the most condescending, white man's burden kind of language claiming a ceasefire would "deny Palestinians the chance to build something better." Biden has earned his place among the worst, most murderous racists in all of history. END
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 months
. @yanisvaroufakis is mostly right until he says "the West fell for it." The US did not fall for it, they pounced on the opportunity to destroy @UNWRA knowing full well the Israelis were lying. Maybe some in Europe followed the US, but this wasn't a mistake in Washington
@yanisvaroufakis
Yanis Varoufakis
4 months
It is now official. After starving Palestinians intentionally, Israel lied about the only agency able to feed some of them to prevent it from doing so. And the West fell for it, deepening its complicity in this war crime.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 months
Just a thought, but maybe we should be urging Israel not to attack other countries' sovereign territory, including their consulates and embassies? Maybe that is the best way to avoid escalation? Ya think?
@StateDeptSpox
Matthew Miller
3 months
We continue to work to prevent escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. Escalation is not in anyone's interest and countries should urge Iran not to escalate.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
#Senegal is leading in fighting #COVID19 , keeping the spread down to one of the world's lowest rates and developing a cheap, effective test that can be mass produced and globally distributed. Maybe we should be paying attention.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
79 years old. Leading infectious disease expert during a pandemic, acknowledged as such by many conservatives. But he now needs a security detail because the cult of the current president of the United States, who's also his boss, has threatened his life for doing his job.
@60Minutes
60 Minutes
4 years
Once an avid runner, Dr. Anthony Fauci, now 79, power walks. Since receiving death threats, he is now accompanied by a security detail.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 months
Could it be clearer? This is from @haaretzcom today. Between confirmed deaths and those missing presumed dead, the death rate in #Gaza is around 43,000, including 12K children. And even #Israel 's own claims of the combatants killed has been falsely inflated. This. Is. Genocide!
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
Several years ago, @btselem joined other #Israeli human rights groups in refusing to cooperate with government investigation of military crimes and human rights violations because #Israel was using their cooperation to help whitewash insincere investigations. 1/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
Despicable statement by CUNY, as they throw a student-selected speaker at their graduation under the bus for speaking out in defense of human rights and calling out those who commit and support violations of them. #Israel gets its own standard. #Palestine #apartheid
@CUNY
The City University of New York
1 year
Please read the full statement from the CUNY Board of Trustees and @ChancellorCUNY .
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
There is ALWAYS a tweet! From 10/2014.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
10 years
The Ebola doctor who just flew to N.Y. from West Africa and went on the subway, bowling and dining is a very SELFISH man-should have known!
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
Insane. This guy would have described the Trail of Tears as Indians moving west under the protection of the US army. The racism is so thick, so twisted, and just abominable. And this time, the Israelis are even bombing the places they're forcing Palestinians into.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
How propaganda works. 1. #Palestinians object to Israelis in a future state, not Jews, because those Israelis would be settlers. 2. This sign was posted by #Israel . 3. The sign reflects an #Israeli , not Palestinian, law But don't let facts get in the way of defending #apartheid
@ShimonLevit
Shimon Levit
11 months
Apartheid? Where? Its funny how people who claim Israel is "apartheid", are perfectly ok with the concept of a Judenrein Palestinian state.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
Absolutely disgusting. This is the leader of House #Democrats gazing more lovingly at a brutal, racist, corrupt, authoritarian criminal than Juliet ever did at Romeo. We deserve better. We desperately need a better alternative to the fascist GOP.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
Let's be VERY clear. Invoking Amalek means calling for the total erasure of every adult, every child, every pet and livestock, indeed every trace of the nation. @netanyahu is making it absolutely clear that the aim is the annihilation not of #Hamas but of the #Palestinian people.
@mtracey
Michael Tracey
8 months
Netanyahu declaring invasion: "You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible" 1 Samuel 15:3 "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass"
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
9 months
Blinken and Biden have now ordered the executive branch not to discuss the manner of American deaths in #Palestine . They were happy to do it when the killers were #Hamas . Now that it's #Israel they don't want to mention it. That's how you cover up genocide.
@John_Hudson
John Hudson
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The last time Blinken provided an update on the US death count, he attributed the deaths to "Hamasโ€™s heinous attacks.โ€ Now, as the death count rises to 29 & the war escalates, the State Dept. says "We are not commenting further on the circumstances of the U.S. citizen deaths."
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 months
List of cowardly #Democrats who voted yes on this #antisemitic and anti-free speech bill that stigmatizes many Jews and others who oppose the political ideology of Zionism.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
So, according to @giladerdan1 , we Jews, who were expelled or fled between 2K and 2600 years ago have a right of return, but #Palestinian refugees, many of whom are still in #Palestine and the rest of whom were expelled no more than 76 years ago don't. That's #apartheid thought.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
10 months
The worst is how much of this hateful, murderous, racist bile is coming from children. That's what happens when rabbis & yeshivas teach the dehumanization of others. Every bit of this is enabled with our American tax dollars and political support. We can stop it. We choose not to
@rulajebreal
Rula Jebreal
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โ€œDeath to Arabs" "The 2nd Nakba is on the way" โ€œA good Arab is an Arab in a grave" โ€œMay your village burn" As Netanyahuโ€™s base/ministers shout from the rooftops & implement their genocidal agenda, the US is adamant on enabling them w unconditional support.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
Terrific letter here from the CUNY Jewish Law Students Association pushing back hard against the anti #Palestinian hate, #Islamophobia , and, indeed, #antisemitism of the CUNY Trustees and Chancellor expressed in their shameful attack on Fatima Mohammed.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
Trump phone log gap, lack of urgency around #ClarenceThomas , many state laws robbing #LGBTQIA folks of their rights, attacks on abortion rights, silence on voting rights....all this and more have received less attention than #TheSlap Here's one piece addressing it from @ElieNYC
@thenation
The Nation
2 years
"There are still a lot of people who can remember when this country ground to a halt over an 18-minute gap in Richard Nixonโ€™s recordings of his taped conversations. Here, we have 457 minutes... but for some reason this was a one-day story."
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 years
I really am in awe of #DonaldTrump 's ability to talk so much without ever coming close to saying anything #GOPTownHall
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
At least the leak of the Alito opinion gives me the opportunity to plug the fantastic book, "Allow Me To Retort" by @ElieNYC which demolishes Alito's opinion even before Alito wrote it. It also does a brilliant job on so many other issues. Buy it here:
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
. @mehdirhasan nails it and we need some way to address this. All politicians lie, and Biden stretched the truth a few times too. But what #Trump does is different. He does pretty close to nothing BUT lying, and the things he says are always pernicious, vicious, and dangerous.
@MehdiHasanShow
The Mehdi Hasan Show
4 years
. @mehdirhasan : "The president of the United States has told more than 20,000 lies, untruths and falsehoods since coming to office nearly 4 years ago. And tonight he added to the list; oh, he added to it big time."
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8 months
Biden repeats the misleading line about "Palestinians deserving a future free from #Hamas ." No mention at all that it was the US that put together the scheme, with #Israel and Fatah, to launch the coup that failed and left Hamas... 2/2
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
This is from today's @nytimes . My story about this very same thing was published on October 27. If you're getting news from the Times, you're not getting news. My piece here:
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
When #Trump talks about being the "least #racist person in the room," we all know that it's nonsense, but if you want a tweet for that...
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
11 years
Sadly, the overwhelming amount of violent crime in our major cities is committed by blacks and hispanics-a tough subject-must be discussed.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 month
Folks, seriously, if this is all you can say, it's best to just shut up.
@jstreetdotorg
J Street
1 month
We are extremely distressed by images and reports emerging from a displaced persons camp in Rafah tonight. Operations in Rafah cannot continue without adequate protection for civilians sheltering there, and those forced to flee.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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...in sole control of #Gaza , splitting the #Palestinian political structure, such as it can exist at all under permanent occupation, in two, a split that lasts to this day. #GenocideJoe doubles down again on his absolute opposition to a ceasefire... 3/
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
I can vouch for the translation here. Israeli soldiers celebrating the destruction of a town of 13,000 former inhabitants who they call "Nazis." #Israel keeps telling us what they're doing, plainly and openly. Denying it is simply denying reality.
@muhammadshehad2
Muhammad Shehada
6 months
๐ŸšจIsraeli soldiers brag about "annihilating" an entire town, Khuzaa in Khan Younis, home to over 13,000 people: "We went joyous... to annihilate the village... We blew up the ENTIRE village" Not a single headline or even passing mention in US/EU mainstream media! NOT ONE!
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 years
Report of what Iraqi PM said to Parliament. Not only did #Iraq vote to kick us out, PM said #Suleimani was carrying a diplomatic response after PM had been lyingly asked by #Trump to mediate a toning down between #iran and #SaudiArabia . So our leaders lied to us too. Again.
@Mustafa_salimb
Mustafa Salim
5 years
The assassination of Soleimani and Muhandus was a political assassination that cannot be accepted. Said Iraqi PM
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 months
I've studied the history of Zionism for more than 30 years, in and outside of academia. This thread is as good a summation of Zionism's relationship with #Antisemitism as you can find in so brief a context.
@MouinRabbani
Mouin Rabbani
7 months
THREAD: The relationship between Zionism and anti-Semitism is often misunderstood, and just as often deliberately distorted.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
6 months
Yet another targeted assassination of a #Palestinian journalist. This has reached epidemic proportions. Yet somehow it has apparently completely escaped the notice of #GenocideJoe and his thug henchman @SecBlinken
@QudsNen
Quds News Network
6 months
BREAKING| Israel kills journalist Hiba Abadleh and her daughter in an airstrike that targeted their house in Gaza.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
#Israeli security spraying foul smelling water, which lingers for a long time, in the neighborhood of #Silwan in East #Jerusalem tonight. For no reason other than to make the lives of #Palestinians there even more miserable. This is occupation. This is apartheid.
@nirhasson
ู†ูŠุฑ ุญุณูˆู† Nir Hasson ื ื™ืจ ื—ืกื•ืŸ
3 years
ื”ื‘ื•ืืฉ ื‘ืขื ื™ืฉื” ืกื‘ื™ื‘ืชื™ืช ื•ืงื•ืœืงื˜ื™ื‘ื™ืช ื‘ืกื™ืœื•ื•ืืŸ ื”ืœื™ืœื”.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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The unmitigated gall of @RitchieTorres to appropriate the history of our Jewish suffering to appease his campaign financiers and defend #Israeli practices that routinely cause the deaths of children, even toddlers, for which they show no remorse. Shame on you, Congressman.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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Settlers have taken over a chunk of the Armenian Quarter in #Jerusalem . Armenians are under direct attack. And, my fellow Americans, we are funding it. Speak up!
@ArmenianQuarter
Armenian Patriarchate Of Jerusalem
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
This is a remarkably well-written letter from @SenSanders @ewarren @SenatorCarper @SenSherrodBrown and @SenJeffMerkley to @SecBlinken making a powerful point that #Israel must ensure #Palestinian vaccination against #COVID19 @mattduss
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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UAW, the American Postal Workers Union, and the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers led a protest against @aipac as well as some of the NY reps it supports most, including @RepJeffries @SenGillibrand and @SenSchumer . 1000s were there, but apparently few reporters.
@WorldNewsGb
World News Global
7 months
๐Ÿšจ #Breaking : Mass protest at AIPAC in NYC demands Gaza ceasefire. Thousands led by unions and activists criticize AIPAC's influence on U.S. politicians. #NewYork #Gaza #AIPAC #Israel #Hamas #ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
It's not worth detailing the falsehoods and misleading bits in this article. But the more the GOP waves the #Israel banner and lashes out at @IlhanMN and anyone else who speaks out for human rights, esp for #Palestinians the more they prove how much their case is based on #racism
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New York Post
3 years
House GOP members to push for censure of 'The Squad' over Israel comments
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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"Bโ€™Tselemโ€™s investigations have found that, like in this case, soldiers and police routinely shoot and kill Palestinians even when they pose no danger."
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B'Tselem ื‘ืฆืœื ุจุชุณูŠู„ู…
2 years
Israelโ€™s Border Police spokesperson claimed that 17-year-old Palestinian Fayez Damdum hurled a Molotov cocktail during โ€œviolent rioting.โ€ Our investigation found that Damdum was riding a motorbike with a friend, while some Border Police officers were driving ahead of them. >
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This is sheer genocide denial. Congratulations, @aipac , you've managed to top David Irving.
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AIPAC
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โ€œHereโ€™s the problem with this data: The numbers are not real. That much is obvious to anyone who understands how naturally occurring numbers work. The casualties are not overwhelmingly women and children, and the majority may be Hamas fighters.โ€
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1. State Dept panel finds human rights abuses by IDF units 2. Blinken tries to smother report. 3. Report leaks anyway. 4. Blinken suggests maybe he'll do something. 5. Headlines make it seem like Blinken will act. 6. Blinken quietly buries the report again with no action.
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ToI ALERTS
2 months
Live update: US wonโ€™t sanction IDF units for alleged West Bank rights abuses โ€“ report
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
One bigoted dissembler after another is tweeting that @IlhanMN is not supporting the protesting women in #Iran . Actually she made her support clear before these cynical phonies knew what was going on, but why let facts get in the way of your expressions of hate?
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
Denying the Nakba, an abhorrent practice on par with claims that the slave trade was beneficial for slaves or Holocaust denial is woven into pro-Israel activism. What does that mean for US policy? How is it used to defend #Apartheid ? Answers here.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
The IHRA definition of #antisemitism is intended to stifle and criminalize support for Palestinian rights as a new report makes clear. This piece examines that report and the impact of IHRA on the struggles for Palestinian rights and against antisemitism
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
There's a really simple way to avoid being painted as an #Apartheid state. Stop being one. Works every time. Lapid: 2022 will see intense effort to paint #Israel as apartheid state
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1 year
Right on cue, #Israel passes a blatantly #apartheid bill, expanding a blatantly apartheid law. That lawl was actually designed to circumvent a High Court ruling in 2010, and it worked. The Court would likely not have blocked this expansion of it anyway.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
Point by point defense of #FatimaMousaMohammed who has faced death threats and intense harassment, not to mention vicious attacks from cynical politicians and her own school for...telling the truth about what #Palestinians face from #Israel . Every point below is correct.
@BigM33sh
Big Meesh
1 year
Fatima Mohammed is being called an antisemite for the following speech at @CUNY . Let's break down each of her statements and see if what she said is justified...
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 months
. @Matisyahu claims it was #antisemitism that led staff to refuse to work his NM show. Consider, perhaps that it could have been that they don't want to work a show by a man who thinks people should be killed because they are not Zionists, as I and many Jews are not. His words:
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
9 months
This is madness. We have a president who doesn't know what he's doing giving the green light to genocide. This man literally holds tens of millions of lives in his hands and he makes this kind of mistake? How can we tolerate this?
@BarakRavid
Barak Ravid
9 months
A senior U.S. official told me that in his comments the President was referring to Israeli public reports
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
This is what happens in countries, whether India or Israel, whose leaders are feted by joint sessions of Congress. It's caused by leaders that Joe Biden loves. It's not just that we have no principles, or that we abandon those we do have. Our leader stand with violent racism.
@ashoswai
Ashok
11 months
More Muslim-owned shops are being burned by Hindu supremacists in Gurgaon-This is not happening in any corner of the country, it is only a few kilometers from Modiโ€™s official residence!
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
11 months
The alleged attack on Jewish diners in LA last year turns out was more likely a group of Jewish diners, upset at seeing a #Palestinian flag, throwing glass and other objects at the car. False equivalence of anti-Zionism and antisemitism harms us all.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
This is an American being brutally assaulted by a pack of #Isareli soldiers. Do @POTUS @SecBlinken or most members of #Congress care? Will anyone outside of the few progressive voices speak out about this? or does being #Palestinian cancel out his rights as a US citizen?
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CAIR National
1 year
A Palestinian-American from Tennessee was brutally assaulted by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday in the village of Turmusayya. Our government must take immediate action. The @FBI and @StateDept should launch a full & transparent investigation. 1/
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1 year
Show me one example of @aipac or any of its fellow anti-Palestinian hate groups demanding such statements in response to #Israel killing #Palestinian mothers, children, and hundreds of innocent civilians. I'll wait.
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AIPAC
1 year
Surely @RepCori and @justicedems will condemn the terror attack on this Israeli womanโ€ฆ. Or mourn her lost unborn childโ€ฆ Or speak out against the Palestinian Authority paying the family of the terroristโ€ฆ No? Why not? Itโ€™s not pro-Palestinian, itโ€™s pure anti-Israel hate.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
@JNS_org Arikat's suspension from Twitter passed with nary a comment from any media until JNS mentioned it in passing and @Mondoweiss publicized it. It's actually MORE egregious than the others, because it is not personal for Musk, it's blatantly political. END
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
2 years
You celebrate the rioting of extremists, assaulting of #Palestinian civilians, the intentional desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, chants of "Death to Arabs" and of burning Arab villages... This is what @AIPAC celebrates. That's who they are.
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AIPAC
2 years
A 3,000-year connection to the Jewish people. The capital of the State of Israel. Today we celebrate our steadfast ally, Israel. Happy #JerusalemDay !
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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From day 1 of this genocide, I and many others, incl so many Palestinians who are routinely ignored and denigrated, have said that this was #Israel 's plan. We were called all kinds of names for saying it. Now Netanyahu has declared it. This is on all of you who refused to listen.
@EpshtainItay
Itay Epshtain
5 months
BREAKING: Speaking at a presser this evening, #Israel 's Netanyahu confirmed ground operations in #Rafah will coincide with the forcible transfer of already displaced #Palestinians . He did not divulge as to whether, but I suspect his former National Security Advisor and close
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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How Americans don't have a problem with the Minority Leader making a statement like this is beyond explanation.
@jacobkornbluh
Jacob N. Kornbluh
11 months
๐Ÿ“นJeffries on why heโ€™s taken this many trips to Israel: โ€œUnderstand something. Iโ€™m from Brooklyn where we consider Jerusalem to be the 6th borough [of NYC]. So Iโ€™m just starting to catch up.โ€
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
3 years
This tweet from last week shows an IDF spokesperson flat-out saying they're bombing Gaza indiscriminately, "making Gaza shake" as he puts it. They're just not admitting it in English. This is what @JoeBiden is defending, providing cover for AND preparing to re-arm w $735 million
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ื›ืืŸ ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช
3 years
ื“ื•ื‘ืจ ืฆื”"ืœ ื”ื“ื™ ื–ื™ืœื‘ืจืžืŸ: "ื”ืคืขื™ืœื•ืช ืฉืœื ื• ื”ื™ื•ื ื”ื›ื™ ืจื—ื•ืงื” ืžืคื™ื ืฆื˜ื” ืฉื™ืฉ, ื”ื™ื ืžืจืขื™ื“ื” ืืช ื”ืขื™ืจ ืขื–ื”. ื”ืฆื‘ื ืชื•ืงืฃ ืžื˜ืจื•ืช ืฆื‘ืื™ื•ืช ืฉืœ ืืจื’ื•ื ื™ ื˜ืจื•ืจ - ื’ื ื‘ืžื—ื™ืจ ืฉืœ ืคื’ื™ืขื” ื‘ื‘ืœืชื™-ืžืขื•ืจื‘ื™ื, ืฉื—ืžืืก ื•ื”ื’'ื™ื”ืื“ ื”ืื™ืกืœืืžื™ ื‘ื—ืจื• ืœืฉื’ืจ ืจืงื˜ื•ืช ืžืชื•ืš ืฉื›ื•ื ื•ืชื™ื”ื ื”ืฆืคื•ืคื•ืช ื•ื”ืžืื•ื›ืœืกื•ืช" @DoriaLampel #ื—ื“ืฉื•ืชื”ืขืจื‘
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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Targeting of Fatima Mohammed with death threats and epithets, incited by @NYCMayor @RitchieTorres & other politicians and anti- #Palestinian hate leaders is opposed by we #Jews of conscience and all those who believe in academic freedom and free speech.
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Here's all you need to know the next time #GenocideJoe tells you he wants #Israel to please kill a few less #Palestinian civilians. He's lying.
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Not that long ago, people argued with me, often with the typical insults pro #Israel types so commonly use, when I said Im Tirzu were fascists. Well, the shirt, which reads Im Tirzu at the bottom says "Dictatorship now" So you tell me...
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To be clear, this location was designated a "humanitarian safe zone" by #Israel . It was a place people from #Rafah were told to flee to by Israel. They then dropped several 1 ton bombs on it. If you believe this was a #Hamas target, you're either willfully blind or supremely
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Barak Ravid
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The IDF confirms it conducted an air strike in Rafah earlier this evening and claims it was directed at a Hamas target
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
8 months
The fact that Anderson Cooper does not respond at all to the claim that there are no civilians in #Gaza - which would mean everyone is a legitimate target, just as #Israel has been doing - tells you all you need to know about coverage of all this in the US.
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Read Jackson Rising
8 months
Anderson Cooper's guest tonight, former Israeli intelligence chief: "The noncombatant population in the Gaza strip is really a nonexistent term because all of the Gazans voted for Hamas, and as we have seen on 7th of October most of the population in the Gaza strip are Hamas."
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3 years
Very much looking forward to this event at @RUCSRR on April 19 with @marclamonthill and myself discussing our book, "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics." Register at Thanks to @saharazizlaw
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
This is not in any way unique to #Netanyahu , the far right, or even the merely right wing in #Israel . This kind of theft of water and using water as a weapon to harm every #Palestinian man, woman, and child, is a hallmark of EVERY Israeli government in the country's history.
@QudsNen
Quds News Network
1 year
Watch: The Israeli occupation pours cement into the water springs in the Al-Hijrah area, south of Hebron, to block them and prevent Palestinians from using them in agriculture.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
5 years
This image PRECISELY encapsulates the insane conflation of progressive voices with the white supremacist murder of Jews.
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Eli Valley
5 years
Feels relevant this week
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
4 years
The top two recipients BY A HUGE MARGIN of "pro #Israel " contributions in congressional races were @RepEliotEngel and Anton Melton-Meaux, who lost to @IlhanMN tonight. Just love seeing that $$$ spent on denying #Palestinians basic rights flushed down the drain. Keep it up!
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I had the pleasure of meeting Rabbi @Mivasair recently. This sort of spurious harrassment that he's facing is typical of blind supporters of #Israel these days. They have nothing left but bullying tactics. David deserves everyone's support.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
1 year
There is no "pro #Israel " source more scurrilous and dishonest than @HonestReporting I'm proud that the site I write the most for, @Mondoweiss is #2 on their list of targets. It's a high spot, but leaves us more to strive for to bring you the accurate info these guys hate so much
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HonestReporting
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@novaramedia 2) @Mondoweiss has been described as a "one-stop shopping for anti-Israel news."
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
7 years
Do you really want to get into a discussion on sexual assault?
@DefendAssange
Defend Assange Campaign
7 years
America's leading fake feminist, @HillaryClinton , still silent on Harvey Weinstein.
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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This is stunning. The desperation to maintain #Israel as an ethnocracy is so intense that an imaginary and impossible scenario is elaborately drawn out here, one that almost totally removes #Palestinians from #Palestine . Anything to avoid #democracy
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Mitchell Plitnick ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•Ž
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And then he said, "But if you just can't help it, I'll give you all the weapons you could ever dream of to kill as many #Palestinian civilians as possible."
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Barak Ravid
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BREAKING: Biden: I warned the Israeli government not to be blinded by rage
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