I have a lot of thoughts on what happened at Ole Miss yesterday— as someone who is both a Black Mississippian and Palestinian, and as someone who has worked every minute of every day since October 2023 on the ongoing situation in Gaza.
We continue to see history repeat itself.
A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.
Is this heart warming? (Video:
@StaceyJSpiehler
)
At least 60,000 Americans are Israeli settlers in illegal settlements and outposts in the West Bank.
They are taking advantage of the refusal to demand ceasefire in Gaza to expand illegal settlements, attempt forcible transfer of Palestinians, and commit crimes against humanity.
30 Israeli orgs issue urgent warning: "Settlers.. exploiting lack of public attention to the West Bank..to escalate their campaign of violent attacks in an attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinians" 13 communities displaced since Oct 7. Israeli army often looks on. World must act
As I sat in the Senate chamber for this vote, I overheard Senator Sinema talking to others about what they were wearing. Others were laughing in casual conversation.
Meanwhile, Israel was using U.S. weaponry to bomb the last functioning hospital in Gaza.
This is necropolitics.
The Senate just voted 72-11 to kill
@SenSanders
resolution to have the State Department report Israel's human rights abuses against Palestinians.
Senators voting not to kill it: Butler, Heinrich, Hirono, Lujan, Markey, Merkley, Paul, Sanders, Van Hollen, Warren, Welch.
This evacuation order would force Palestinians to walk around 1.5 to 4+ hours from the closest and farthest points east of Rafah (red) to north of Khan Younis (yellow).
Along their path is total devastation, confirmed and unknown mass graves, and potential unexploded ordinances.
Receiving & responding to this warning requires capacities many displaced Palestinians lack:
-consistent internet/phone access (+ ability to recharge)
-physical strength to move yet again amid disease, near-starvation
-resources for transport+new shelter
The House of Representatives is considering an amendment to an annual appropriations act that would prohibit funds for the international affairs budget from being used by State Department to cite any number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza.
This is genocide denial.
CSPAN noted people who blocked the route of the presidential motorcade and delayed Biden’s arrival are demanding the U.S. end funding to Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza, as “Biden’s legacy is genocide” is projected on the side of the National Gallery of Art.
To be Black and Palestinian in an anti-Black, anti-Palestinian world that has done everything to eliminate and destroy our people, and continues to do everything to ensure we don’t truly exist, is anguishing, to say the least.
Thanks
@BernieSanders
for highlighting our state’s prison issues, a significant human/civil rights issue.
We must address Mississippi & the Deep South’s prison system as an extension of slavery.
Looking forward to working with Senator Sanders & others on it.
#MSPrisonReformNow
Our system of mass incarceration is racist and must end. In Mississippi prisons there have been 24 deaths in 67 days, overcrowding, medical neglect and inhumane conditions. I stand with the incarcerated, their families and the MS Prison Reform Coalition.
#MSPrisonReformNow
As a Muslim American, who is Black & Palestinian,
@ewarren
’s agenda for the Muslim community is much more than a plan.
It’s a vision that moves away from a single-issue voter monolith (ie national security) that we are always placed in & focuses on the inequities that divide us.
Muslims are one of the most diverse communities in our country, and have always been a vital part of the American story. I will partner with them to tackle generations of racial injustice and discrimination to build a government that works for everyone.
We as Black people in the United States of America must fundamentally change our relationship with and our understanding of the land and the people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
This is exactly what we experienced under Jim Crow and the Black Codes.
You forgot Mississippi, the Blackest state in the nation, legalized medical marijuana and abolished multistep electoral college-like voting system from Jim Crow.
@BernieSanders
Florida passed a $15 minimum wage
Montana, South Dakota, Arizona & New Jersey legalized marijuana
Colorado passed 12 weeks of paid family leave
Arizona increased taxes on the rich to fund education
All over America, voters approved a progressive agenda. Now, Congress must act
Thanks
@ewarren
@TeamWarren
for being one of the only candidates in the field to address the inaugural Muslim Caucus’ Conference on Equitable Democracy. Her proposals and solutions make me wanna join her campaign and focus on foreign policy/national security. Keep it up
@ewarren
Shortly after this speech, the Senator voted yes to advance this legislation to the final stage before it gets sent to the House and then to Biden’s desk to sign it.
These words and actions are as hollow as the soul of this nation and the institution the Senator serves in.
Moments ago,
@ChrisVanHollen
on the Senate floor: “Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food. In addition to the horror of that news, one other thing is true, that is a war crime. It is a textbook war crime. And that makes those who orchestrate it war
Campaigns have often erased Black men completely from policies and issues.
Glad to see
@ewarren
engage us and center our voice along critical issues, with a commitment to learn and listen from us about fighting for what we care about.
She is once again intentional on this.
I'm fighting for justice and opportunity for Black men in America—and I want to make sure we center their voices and experiences in this fight. I'm committed to continue listening and learning, and I'm grateful to
@FredTJoseph
and
@Benny_Starr
for moderating this conversation.
@AymanM
Ismai Mohamed - 1st Muslim in Ohio State House
Salman Bhojani - 1st Muslim in Texas State Legislature
Zaynab Mohamed - 1st Muslim woman to the Minnesota State Senate
Abdelnasser Rashid - 1st Muslim to the Illinois State House
Mana Abdi - 1st Muslim in Maine State Legislature
In the U.S., half a million people don’t have a place to live, millions don’t have enough food, millions are stuck in poverty, and millions are still waiting for reparations.
Yet, the House would rather send $14.3 billion to fund Israel’s atrocities— even against U.S. citizens.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to give Israel $14.3 billion in more weapons to deepen US complicity in Israel's genocidal attacks against Palestinians in Gaza. A shameful day in Congress.
For those who don’t know history, Henry Ford was a Nazi Sympathizer & Anti-Semite. Hitler called Henry Ford an inspiration & kept a photo of the automaker behind his desk. We cannot just use American Exceptionalism to erase the past. The US must deal with its dark past.
.
@IlhanMN
is outlining a historic benchmarck in progressive foreign policy with a platform of legislation that would overhaul antiquated mechanisms and introduce a series of bills that address current global gaps and challenges.
This is truly historic.
I keep seeing people say
@JulianCastro
is a “needed voice” and that we need to “keep him in the race/on the trail.”
He’s much more than that. He’s the first person that some of us in our communities will look to for leading issues.
He deserves to win this cycle. Please donate.
I’m extremely proud of the historic and bold campaign we have built together.
But this is a critical moment— if my campaign can’t raise $800,000 by October 31st, my campaign will be silenced for good. Help us keep up the fight.
DONATE now:
My words in
@theintercept
:
“By preventing any recognition of the number of Palestinians killed since October, this amendment is a clear example of genocide denial and is no different from what was done towards victims of genocides in Rwanda and Armenia.”
Hours after this piece was published in a major American outlet, Israel bombed tents in Rafah— causing the beheading of children who also had their limbs blown and burned off.
The dehumanization of Palestinians is institutionalized and embedded in society unlike any other.
Israel is likely responsible for one of the highest civilian casualty rates in modern history and
@gcaw
decides the salient point to make at this point is that it’s “possible to kill children legally.”
This blackout began the same day as South Africa’s ICJ case on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Like the blackout that followed the 2019 Khartoum Massacre in Sudan, this is an intentional effort by Israel to isolate Palestinians from the world and hide the full scale of destruction.
⚠ Update: Network data show the
#Gaza
Strip has now entered the seventh day of a near-total telecoms blackout, with the incident passing the 144 hour mark; the disruption is the ninth and longest sustained telecoms outage since the onset of the present conflict with Israel 📉
Nearly 1.1 million Palestinians are being told to relocate by the Israeli military, who just got 100,000 rounds of 7.62 ammo and 1,000 SDBs from the U.S.
Biden et al are directly responsible for whatever happens in the next 24-48 hours, likely a deadly ground invasion like Iraq.
This song samples Fairuz’s Ana La Habibi and includes scenes from student encampments, protests, and Gaza.
Glad to see
@macklemore
continue to support Palestinian-led advocacy and forward proceeds to UNRWA. He spoke at the historic November 2023 national march for Gaza in DC.
@tatereeves
@IlhanMN
@ICEgov
Hey
@tatereeves
is this your vision of Mississippi? You leading the resurgence of white nationalism? Sure seems like it when you gave this speech in 2013.
The same people in the reproductive justice movement who don’t care about Palestinians or Gaza also didn’t care about my community in Mississippi, where the SCOTUS case that gutted Roe v Wade originated.
This is an absolute embarrassment for our movement. Why are we shouting down protesters who have valid critique of a president using our taxes to bomb 50k pregnant people who are giving birth without anesthesia, don't have menstrual products, and a 300% miscarriage increase??????
This intentional effort to undermine a UNSC resolution by labeling it non-binding is grossly incompetent, irresponsible, and in direct contradiction of UNSC procedure.
Another dangerous precedent set by USUN at the Security Council.
.
@USAmbUN
Linda Thomas-Greenfield: "We did not agree with everything in the resolution. For that reason we were unfortunately not able to vote yes...we fully support some of the critical objectives in this non-binding resolution."
This was 6 years before Israel restricted freedom of movement on people and goods to and from Gaza— per a 1991 ban on general exit permits for Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
The adults and children from then are the elders and adults being killed by Israel in Gaza now.
scenes from a 1985 report about Gaza, showing the destitution, immiseration, exploitation and daily ritual humiliations that come with the genocidal Israeli occupation. Note that already then they were making the parallel with Apartheid South Africa, all long before October 7
April 25th is also the same day that Zionist paramilitaries in 1948 launched a full scale operation known as Hametz, part of Israel’s Plan Dalet, to capture eight villages surrounding Jaffa to establish a blockade around it during the Nakba.
This is a continuation of the Nakba.
72 U.S. Senators don’t think a report on Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians, including U.S. citizens, is necessary.
Their actions will embolden Israel to continue its ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
Palestinians everywhere will never forget nor forgive.
Excited to announce that I’ve filed to run as a Delegate for
@ewarren
in Maryland 3rd Congressional District.
Looking forward to running & representing the unique perspectives of diverse communities at the Convention.
Early voting: April 16-23
Primary Election Day: April 28
The U.S. Government, from the President to Members of Congress who represent Palestinian-Americans, have abandoned its own citizens to allow Israel to kill, torture, kidnap, and harm U.S. citizens.
Israel’s government, military, settlers, and society must be held accountable.
Palestinian American Samaher Esmail was detained in the West Bank by the Israeli military last week and has been beaten in custody and denied medication.
Hear from her son Suliman, who says Israeli forces raided the family home "in the middle of the night" and "dragged her out."
In middle school, we were forced to walk through metal detectors & be scanned by a handheld metal detector everyday.
If Members of Congress, who defiantly boast carrying a gun in DC or exhibit a rouge persona on the Hill, can’t comply, then that tells you exactly who they are.
.
@ewarren
is the only candidate to have an A rating on
@equity_center
’s scorecard.
Proud to support a candidate who’s open and committed to “listening, learning, and being held accountable” for her promise and actions.
This is what makes her the best candidate in the field.
I’m proud to have
@Equity_Center
’s top rating. I promise to keep fighting for racial justice and to close the racial wealth gap—and I'm committed to keep listening, learning, and being held accountable to my promise.
I hope
@JulianCastro
takes a tour of the Mississippi Delta & other areas across Mississippi & the Deep South that have traditionally been ignored.
If he does, it would be cool to join him on that tour. As a Party, we need to start focusing on & building a base in the Deep South.
Approximately 65 percent of Gaza’s population is under the age of 24 and the median age is about 18.
Majority of that 65 percent is under 15 years old.
Israel is doing to Gaza what was done almost 30 years in the safe zone of Srebrenica, which also saw airdrops of aid and blocking convoys.
As was the case on Rwanda and Srebrenica, the U.S. knew before events happened and failed to prevent genocide. It’s doing the same on Gaza.
NEW INVESTIGATION: Since 7 Oct 23, the Israeli army has weaponised humanitarian measures such as ‘evacuation orders’, ‘safe routes’ & ‘safe zones’ to support their military operations & facilitate the mass displacement of Palestinians.
View the platform:
Today, the last of the 13 founding members, John Conyers Jr., of the
@TheBlackCaucus
passed away.
“The sooner we get organized for group action, the more effective we can become.” - Congressman Charles Diggs, CBC cofounder.
Our community must continue to fight for civil rights.
Not a single mention of Palestinians, Israeli atrocities, or Palestinian U.S. citizens and their families, including own constituents, killed by Israel or entrapped in Gaza by Israel’s ongoing siege.
Senators continue to dehumanize Palestinians and deny their existence.
Scoop: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock led 25 Senators in a letter to President Biden supporting ongoing U.S. efforts to secure the release of hostages for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza: "It is in our urgent national interest that these negotiations succeed"
Many of us, including experts and her constituents, have repeatedly tried to meet with her and her team.
They continue to refuse and deny us any opportunity to do so. This is the only chance to engage them because they deny us a “time and a place” to meet.
Queens Jews 4 Palestine asked
@RepGraceMeng
when she’s going to support a ceasefire.
She remained silent. Staffers tried to usher them out, saying “There’s a time and place for this.”
Every time is the right time to demand a
#CeasefireNOW
. Every place is the right place.
This is not a ceasefire. This is the facilitation of Israel’s forcible transfer of Palestinians from northern Gaza to southern Gaza.
The U.S. has refused to use its leverage to end hostilities to instead aid and abet war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other atrocities.
Israel will begin to implement four-hour "humanitarian pauses" in northern Gaza each day to allow people to flee, the White House has said.
US President Joe Biden has been speaking about the pause to reporters.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube
The forced evacuation of Palestinians in eastern areas of Rafah appears to coincide with the plan that Israel provided Biden Administration officials a few days ago.
This move to surround Rafah with personnel and alleged checkpoints suggests an Israeli invasion is imminent.
This map published by the IDF shows the zones in eastern Rafah that are to be evacuated ahead of an operation in the area.
The yellow zone is the new expanded humanitarian zone.
This is Daniella Weiss, a settler leader and reflection of Israel’s founders. Here she calls for imposing conditions of life that would force serious bodily harm, prevent births, and destroy a group in whole.
Her father was born in the U.S., so she likely has U.S. citizenship.
“If we don’t give them food, they will leave.” Genocide is agnostic on the end goal. Destroying part of a national group to make them leave is genocide
@brianschatz
Hey
@brianschatz
, can we get this same energy for Mike Espy (
@MikeEspyMS
), who’s running for US Senate against Hyde-Smith in Mississippi?
If elected, he would be the first Black person from Mississippi elected to US Senate since Hiram Revels in 1870.
This Friday, we engaged our Muslim community in Northern Virginia. After learning about her proposals and positions, many actually either shifted to support Warren or were no longer undecided.
The diversity of our community showed the need to understand complexities and issues.
Jumuah Mubarak! A wonderful day in Northern Virginia engaging with my Muslim community on issues that impact us most.
From her policy plans to priorities, it’s clear that
@ewarren
is the best for our community.
A lot of new supporters and fresh energy ahead of Super Tuesday!!
As Biden talked about unions, it is important to remember that more than 10 national unions, 200 local unions, and countless union members like his guest
@ShawnFainUAW
have called for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Biden can’t ignore unions and their demands.
Congrats
@Billbrowder
, who was a key influence in our work on Sudan and other conflicts using tools like Magnitsky Sanctions to ensure accountability and such. Hope to have the chance to sit down with him and talk about foreign affairs.
2019 Lantos Human Rights Prize to be Awarded to Bill Browder - Father of Magnitsky Sanctions Honored for Dedication to Human Rights Enforcement
#LantosPrize
@Billbrowder
@ruffoamy2
Yes, Mississippi has been impacted by gerrymandering & Jim Crow for decades.
On gerrymandering, it impacts local, state, & federal races, especially congressional seats.
Also, voters just passed a ballot measure to end a Jim Crow-era system that determined statewide elections.
Israel killed or harmed Shireen Abu Akleh, Omar Assad, Tawfiq Arjaq, Rachel Corrie, the Dawabshehs, Tristan Anderson, Tariq Khdeir, Furkan Dogan, Mahmoud Shaalan, 34 on USS Liberty and many others.
Will the U.S. end its unconditional support and respond militarily to Israel?
I appreciate
@JulianCastro
because politicians often paint our communities as monoliths, but Julián understands the internal complexities within respective communities.
Julián is by far the most thorough candidate in this cycle, and he should be our nominee.
There isn't one Black vote, Latinx vote, Indigenous vote, or Asian vote.
People of color, like all voters, care about the issues that impact our families and our communities. On this campaign, everyone counts.
This comprehensive scorecard from
@USCPR_Action
ranks and grades Members of Congress based on their legislative activity towards the issue area of Palestine and Israel.
Congress remains far behind in its support for Palestinians and Palestinian rights.
Every Member of Congress on the Meeks-McCaul resolution, every elected official who dehumanizes Palestinians, every administration and congressional staffer who writes polarizing statements, every person who refuses to listen to Palestinians.
You all are responsible for this.
JOE BIDEN
@POTUS
YOU DID THIS.
A CHILD AND HIS MOTHER WERE STABBED IN CHICAGO BY THEIR LANDLORD.
Wadea Al-Fayoume was SIX YEARS OLD. He was Palestinian-American. His mother is in critical condition. Biden, YOU incited this hate crime.
See
@CAIRNational
for updates.
Anti-Palestinian special interest groups and Hill staffers with little knowledge of Palestine and Palestinians develop these bills to advance the interests of a foreign government.
These non-binding resolutions weaken the First Amendment and show everything wrong with Congress.
377-44-1: House passed a resolution that the "slogan, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic and its use must be condemned."
Any Senator who votes no on this resolution, which simply requests a report on Israel’s human rights violations using U.S. resources, does not believe their Palestinian constituents matter or are important enough to use a basic oversight tool.
This vote is the bare minimum.
The Senate will soon vote on my resolution directing the State Department to report on any human rights violations that may have occurred using U.S. equipment in the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
It should not be controversial to ask how U.S. weapons are used.
Anti-Blackness is one of the most prominent issues in the progressive area that hasn’t been adequately addressed.
Terrible to see a Congressional candidate spread lies against a friend and very important member of the
@TheBlackCaucus
in
@repcleaver
Maite, Rep. Cleaver does not have a photo of Bill Cosby under his desk.
That’s a photo of the late Al Jarreau taken by KC Jazz Musician Groovy Grant when he visited KC.
Not all Black people look the same — get proof before spreading lies.
Not a good look for your campaign.
Black/Afro-Palestinians are erased from our people’s multifaceted identity, yet experience compounded issues like anti-Blackness under occupation and apartheid.
It’s devastating to see an elder murdered in cold blood in the same place another elder was taken from us months ago.
This is the direct outcome of Biden, his administration, and the overwhelming majority of Congress that have continued to dehumanize Palestinians, advance war in the region, and promote denialism of Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians.
We should all be concerned about this.
A 23-year-old Palestinian American was stabbed last night in Texas—the latest hate crime against Palestinian Americans. The constant dehumanization of Palestinians, Arab & Muslim Americans has real, dangerous consequences.
@TheJusticeDept
must investigate this as a hate crime.
Israel is preparing to force Palestinians out of Rafah, where it forcibly transferred 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million population since October 2023.
As it did between 1947 and 1949, Israel’s objective is to force Palestinians beyond a door of no return to never return again.
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah.
Follow live updates:
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Gantz is a literal representation of Israel’s military since the 1970s— participating either as a soldier or leader in Israel’s sieges of Lebanon and the occupied West Bank, Golan Heights, and Gaza.
He’s no better than Netanyahu, regardless of his support and award from the U.S.
NEW: War Cabinet member Benny Gantz says that his party is leaving the government coalition.
Gantz is calling for new elections, and says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “preventing Israel from reaching true victory.”
As a Black man, supporting
@ewarren
was a choice that took a long & arduous process, but her effort to show up, be held accountable, & learn has gone a long way.
From her attendance in Selma today to her continued engagement with the Black community, it has all been noticed.
Campaigns have often erased Black men completely from policies and issues.
Glad to see
@ewarren
engage us and center our voice along critical issues, with a commitment to learn and listen from us about fighting for what we care about.
She is once again intentional on this.
46 Democrats and 206 Republicans in the House voted to give Israel, one of the world’s largest arms exporters, $17.6 billion (4.6x its yearly amount) in weapons as it commits atrocities.
Not a single dollar for Palestinians.
The bill failed, but anti-Palestinian racism remains.
State Department’s statement on Gaza, asserting that only one thing is “standing in the way” of Biden’s ceasefire proposal.
No mention of the 210+ Palestinians killed, 400+ Palestinians injured, or the U.S. pier or humanitarian convoy used by Israel to conduct this massacre.
Had a chance to speak with speak with Samah and one of her cousins last year or so.
Black communities in the U.S. and globally need to stand in solidarity with Black/Afro-Palestinians, especially during moments like these, because our struggles have always been interconnected.
Here's my cousins and I happier than ever to be together when I visited them in Gaza in 1999. It was less than a year before the 2nd intifada and the last time I was able to visit them there. Free Palestine always and forever 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Thanks for going to Jackson and highlighting our prison system’s issues. As a Mississippian, it means a lot.
@iPhilSomething
Many of our issues and systems are an extension of slavery and Jim Crow.
Looking forward to working with y’all to address this.
#MSPrisonReformNow
incarcerated people, their families, and organizers in mississippi have worked for years to shed light and give voice to the cruel treatment of our people behind bars. this will end. in our lifetime.
Three weeks ago, we remembered the Rwandan Genocide. Today, we remember the Armenian Genocide. In three weeks, we will remember the beginning of the Nakba— which continues today in Gaza.
Communities who endure these atrocities never forget what the world is forced to remember.
As a Black Palestinian, I am urging my Black peers and community to sign this statement and be vocal in support of Palestinians.
Black/Afro-Palestinians are directly affected by Israel’s actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem.
Add your name here:
Allen is a Methodist. His church’s leadership, the Council of Bishops and the General Board of Church and Society, is calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
The United Methodist Church, citing Biblical scripture, also opposes Israeli occupation, settlements, and annexation.
In today's Congressional hearing, Representative Allen suggested that Columbia should host a Bible course for students "who are having problems with all of this" (aka anti-war protestors) so that they can understand "what will happen under the wrath of God" 😭 so unserious
If that’s the case
@Alyssa_Milano
, then we all need to support
@MikeEspyMS
who’s running for US Senate in Mississippi against sn incumbent, who’s openly embraced our state’s dark past and maintained racist positions.
Our state has historically been a failure for investing in infrastructure, from roads to disaster management.
Our historic flooding is one of the many issues we are facing in Mississippi.
Thankful for
@ewarren
highlight what’s happening in Mississippi, from our prisons to this.
My heart goes out to all of those affected by historic flooding in Mississippi.
This is one more example of the devastating effects of the climate crisis. We must act now so that severe flooding and extreme storms don't become our new normal.
I’ve been continuously impressed by
@JulianCastro
on a range of issues, but he’s truly won my support with this answer.
This approach would create an equitable solution to the conflict, while restoring the rights and abilities of Palestinians.
Sec. Castro should be our nominee.
“We need to re-establish a US consulate in East Jerusalem & make clear that that - in a 2state approach - it would be the embassy under a Palestinian state. And we need to ensure that they have the opportunity to restart their mission here in the US.” -
@JulianCastro
at
#JSt2019
If you’re in San Antonio, make sure to go and support my guy
@Castro4Congress
as he announces his re-election campaign for Congress.
He’s an important voice on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, especially in such times we are in.
Also, I heard he has a decent beard...
George W. Bush’s flyover of New Orleans in the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Joe Biden’s flight to Israel as it commits the most significant atrocities since the 20th century resonates with Black Americans and Palestinians the same.
We will never forget nor forgive.
Americans are more likely than any group (1 of 10 or 10%) to be Israeli settlers in illegal settlements and outposts in the West Bank.
Several NYS-based nonprofits fund settlement expansion and settlers. That’s also why 2021 saw the most Americans settle in Israel since 1973.
Israeli settlers et al continue to murder and inflict violence against U.S. citizens— this time a teenager from New Orleans, a constituent of
@RepTroyCarter
@SenBillCassidy
@SenJohnKennedy
Will the U.S. continue to allow Israel to violate U.S. laws, murder U.S. citizens, etc.?
Tawfiq Hafez Tawfiq Ajaq, 17, a U.S. citizen, was killed yesterday as an Israeli settler and Israeli forces opened fire on his car in the occupied West Bank. It remains unclear whether the settler or a soldier fired the bullet that struck him in the head.
On December 28, my grandpa passed away after being rushed to the hospital & discharged without proper care.
His funeral will be this Friday, January 3rd, in Mississippi & I have to raise $2,000 to afford travel for my family.
Please share/donate.
The Senate supplemental would permanently end UNRWA and effectively eliminate the status of Palestinian refugees.
This is one of the most violent attacks on Palestinians and Palestinian rights that directly does what Netanyahu and every Israeli Government has sought since 1948.
State Department confirms that the new Senate funding bill would eliminate aid to UNRWA.
Spokesperson Vedant Patel says the US will "redirect funding to UNRWA to other partners" like the World Food Programme & UNICEF.
(Note: Both those "partners" have called for a ceasefire).
Congress has spent more time passing non-binding legislation that emboldens xenophobes and denialists than it has passing binding legislative action to prevent a regional war or improve the material condition of millions of people in the U.S. and globally.
This is reckless.
This week: the House will be voting on a resolution to condemn the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and to deem it as antisemitic.
The resolution is led by Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito & Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Jared Moskowitz.
Tawfiq was a U.S. citizen from New Orleans from
@RepTroyCarter
’s district.
The U.S. Government must fully investigate his murder— not a regime that murders U.S. citizens and that State Department has found “rarely found members of the security forces to have committed abuses.”
Kirby calls on Israel to conduct a full, thorough, transparent investigation of the killing of 17 year old Palestinian American in the West Bank last week. Says we have every expectation that those responsible for it will be held properly accountable.
Israel is not a member of the UN Security Council. It should not be attempting to influence a permanent member to do its business.
It’s past time for states to do what is long overdue and force an end to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza and petulance in the international community.
Israel's Amb to UN Gilad Erdan informed US counterpart Linda Thomas-Greenfield earlier today that Jerusalem opposes the Security Council resolution being advanced by the US, which expresses support for latest Israeli ceasefire proposal, Israeli official tells
@TimesofIsrael
(1/7)
Glad to see Center for American Progress, Center for International Policy, Indivisible, NAE, Next Gen America, MoveOn, SEIU, Win Without War, Working Families Party, etc are pushing Biden on these demands.
Palestinian-led organizations have been pushing on this for a long time.
Wow—big Democratic-aligned groups urge Biden to end military aid to Israel, to pressure for ceasefire & hostage return
"US law is unequivocal: countries that obstruct US humanitarian aid cannot receive US military aid…"
Groups include Center for American Progress & Indivisible
Stop donating millions of dollars to “flip the Senate” funds that explicitly exclude candidates like
@MikeEspyMS
, who’s running for US Senate in Mississippi — the state with the largest percentage of Black people (37%) in the US.
Espy is within 5 points of flipping his seat.
We have warned that this day will come for some time now, and yet there has been little to no action taken to stop the warring parties from their atrocities on civilians.
Sudan, Gaza, et al have become the graveyards of international law and platitudes of the rules-based order.
🚨The RSF militia continues to shell neighbourhoods of Al Fashir it knows are purely civilian as well as deliberately targeting the few functioning hospitals remaining in the city.
#Sudan
Even after the U.S. abstained from this vote, the U.S. ambassador delivered an inflammatory statement that claims it is leading ceasefire efforts despite blocking previous efforts and regurgitated Israeli talking points verbatim.
A very shameful display of diplomacy by USUN.
#BREAKING
Security Council ADOPTS resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate, unconditional release of all hostages
IN FAVOR: 14
AGAINST: 0
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If you care about getting progressive policies passed & flipping the US Senate in states like Georgia, Kentucky, or South Carolina, then you should really care about
@MikeEspyMS
running for US Senate in Mississippi.
In 2018, he narrowly lost to Hyde-Smith. In 2020, he can win.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is too extreme for Mississippi. She's hurting our progress and our reputation. We must replace her.
That’s why I’m running for Senate. Let’s meet our potential as a state we can all be proud of.
Always good to see
@MomsDemand
advocating and engaging state and local officials.
@CobyJOwens
joined the advocacy group today in Dover and we support the work of
@MomsDemand
in Delaware.
As a candidate for Wilmington City Council, gun violence is a priority for us.
If your Member of Congress voted no the Israel Supplemental (H.R.8034), please tag them on social media and contact their offices to thank them for voting no a bill that sends weapons to Israel, prohibits UNRWA funding, and disregards Palestinian lives.
This is very significant.
Black/Afro-Palestinians are burying an elder, 61-year-old Majida Obeid, murdered in cold blood by the occupation’s indiscriminate live fire.
To be Black, in the US or under the occupation’s apartheid, is like walking through a minefield— one wrong move could be a person’s last.
▶️ Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral procession Thursday for Palestinians killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. (Reuters)
Will any Mississippi publications call for the resignation of our Congressional Representatives— Guest, Palazzo, Hyde-Smith, Kelley— who supported/advocated for the pretext of an attempted armed insurrection/overthrowal?
cc:
@clarionledger
@MSTODAYnews
@JxnFreePress
@MSFreePress
Reminds me of the reception by Ole Miss students to James Meredith in 1962.
These students standing in solidarity with Palestinians deserve full support.
@SecPompeo
@statedeptspox
Thanks for endangering the lives of billions of people, including half of the US who will face the impact of inaction on climate change, like rising sea levels, corporate greed/malpractice, & environmental degradation.
I mean, “withdrawing from the Paris Agreement” I worked on.
It’s clear why
@ewarren
was rated 1st for her Agenda for Black America (who represents the largest plurality of American Muslims) by
@TheRoot
and the only candidate with an A ranking on racial justice by
@equity_center