An Israeli sniper fatally shot 16-year-old Loujain Osama Abdulraouf Mosleh through a window today while she was inside her home during an Israeli military incursion into Kafr Dan. She sustained a gunshot wound to the head.
On a Saturday morning just like this 5 weeks ago, 23-year-old Layan Nasir, a Palestinian Christian from Birzeit was kidnapped by Israel from her parents home. We have near zero information about her. She is being held hostage in perpetuity under Israel’s legalized hostage laws
"Competing over whose suffering is worse, which narrative is truer or more just, only prolongs the war. We must instead process our collective and individual traumas together by acknowledging the other’s narrative and psyche"
"Now, in Haifa, food products donated by residents, Jews & Arabs, are being packed for the aid convoy for the residents of Gaza facing severe hunger. Hunger and eternal war do not bring security, do not free the kidnapped & do not promise a better future. We need another way
🟣לא עומדים מנגד. עומדים ביחד🟣
עכשיו בחיפה, אורזים מוצרי מזון שתרמו תושבים, יהודים וערבים, לשיירת הסיוע לתושבי עזה שמתמודדים עם רעב חמור. רעב ומלחמת נצח לא מביאים לאף אחד ביטחון, לא משחררים את החטופים ולא מבטיחים לנו עתיד טוב יותר. חייבים דרך אחרת
#לאתרעיב #מחנההחיים
@IhabHassane
The BDS hierarchy can get on with its agenda and ask for support without insisting on behaving like a cult that polices and doxes at will, and infringes on personal freedoms about whom to talk to or not talk to.
Vivian Silver who was killed on October 7th was one of the founders of Women Wage Peace.
They are demanding the Israeli government accept the current hostage deal.
"I write to Israelis who believe they have no place in their hearts for Gaza, to understand how we got to this terrible war — and how we must get out of it."
Exceptionally humane and moving piece from
@Ha_Matar
Please take a moment to read and share my interview with a surgeon who spent two weeks at the European hospital in Gaza. What he saw: many children shot in head and chest by Israeli snipers, death by malnutrition, epidemics, endless suffering
@judeanceo
@RachelMoiselle
@elicalebon
You should just delete the whole, nasty, factitious post. It is much more likely to have the effect you refer to than anything Ihab could ever say.
Fanatical, weak-thinking broadside against two of the most respected & nuanced Gaza voices in this platform. Yes to plurality and diversity in our debates. No to the cult.
#BREAKING
: The 🇮🇱 cabinet set to approve tonight a series of punitive acts against the Palest Auth, incl legalizing (by 🇮🇱 law) of 4 outposts. This, in a deal w/ FinMin Smotrich, who demands this in exchange for releasing millions of tax funds he ordered withheld from the PA.
Thank you
@Magen_Inon
&
@hamzeAwawde
for bringing some of your combined light for grassroots peace-building to Oxford, and taking questions with such thoughtfulness, and humour, and grace.
An Israeli Jewish family offering dates to Palestinian Muslim worshippers outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem during an evening in Ramadan.
A small yet profoundly meaningful gesture in a time dominated by hatred, dehumanization, and calls for revenge from both sides.
@faniaoz
@AmiDror
Thank you for posting this. It makes a huge difference to hear compassion and truth so publicly acknowledged. And the plight of your hostages is not ignored or unfelt.
@SohiubN
@IDF
@WCKitchen
They didn't even 'see a gun' . The person who 'saw a gun' has now added to the tangle of mystification by offering that it was ' probably a bag'.
Shin Bet finds that Gazans working legally in Israel before Oct. 7 did not provide intel to Hamas– report
After months of damaging investigations
via
@timesofisrael
A legal victory for Peace Now, and a significant step against illegal outposts:
Following Peace Now’s petition, the police will need to investigate illegal construction in settlements for the first time!
🧵👇🏽
@ireallyhateyou
I guess they needed uplift after the awful wait and humiliation. Abu Obeyda a few minutes ago claimed other hostages were killed during the operation, which will have a negative impact on the circumstances of those remaining. I hope they go for a deal
"It's good that the IDF spokesman, and also Netanyahu, admitted that we are responsible for killing innocent civilians. But it's time we do it when it comes to innocent Palestinians, not just when it comes to foreign citizens".
נחמד שדובר צה"ל, וגם נתניהו, הודה שאנחנו אחראים להרג אזרחים חפים מפשע. אבל הגיע הזמן שנעשה את זה גם כשמדובר בפלסטינים חפים מפשע, לא רק כשמדובר באזרחים זרים.
"The police and the army are blocking us! But we are still here, not giving up, and insisting on delivering the aid to the residents of Gaza who are suffering from hunger
Essential 🧵on the dogged incitement against Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, putting police, media and the Hebrew University in a shockingly poor light. Thankfully there are still academics and members of the judiciary who have not been corrupted by the swell of bigotry & fanaticism.
English-language readers are probably aware of the recent arrest and persecution of Palestinian-Israeli Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on suspicion of incitement. This has been framed as an act of "Ben-Gvir's police force", the extreme right Minister of National Security
"Netanyahu seems to be trying to control what American politicians and diplomats hear from Israel — at a time when his government is deeply divided over his war strategy, and relations with the U.S. are growing more tense, the officials said."
🤯🇺🇸🇮🇱Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israel's intelligence and security chiefs from meeting with U.S. officials and lawmakers multiple times since the war in Gaza began. My story on
@axios
Almost three months on and we have no explanation from the IDF for the bombing of
@MedicalAidPal
on 18th January, which fortunately, four British doctors survived.
@afalkhatib
Ahmed, I agree with most of your positions; but please, on what do you base your claim this "would have resulted in the loosening of the blockade and the unification of Gaza with the West Bank, improving the odds of obtaining a Palestinian state and ending the occupation" ?
It's been obvious there's a contingent that believes this the best way to sell the deal; but seeing it graphically spelled out at protest is disheartening.
"Bringing back, then going back"
A big billboard in Tel Aviv by the Hostages' Families Forum. The message seems to be that Israel should bring back the hostages and then resume the genocide in Gaza. Everything's so fucked up.
@DanielBral
Maybe when people stop tearing down American flags and replacing them with Palestinians flags all over the U.S. in violent, pro-terror, antisemitic protests, people won’t feel uncomfortable. Did you consider that?
Of course Palestinians are human, but the PLO flag represents
@PYMundGenealogy
My father was a Jerusalemite. He grew up and worked with Jewish & Muslim neighbours and always believed in the shared city, even after '48. This post made me see Hersh very much part of a long, sane tradition of mutual recognition & accommodation. May his memory be a light always
"It is clear that Netanyahu and Smotrich are determined to fight against the entire world and against the interests of the people of Israel for the benefit of a handful of settlers who receive thousands of dunams as if there were no political conflict to solve or a war to end
🚨 BREAKING: Israeli Govt Declares 8,000 Dunams in Jordan Valley as State Lands 🚨
As Secretary of State Blinken meets with PM Netanyahu, Minister Smotrich announces a significant declaration of state lands.
It's the largest since the Oslo Accords, with 2024 setting a record.
@sevslv
@IntlCrimCourt
Rule of law is in trouble everywhere. If US and EU cannot uphold IJ and their own laws, they're paving the way for everyone else to do what they like.
The international community failing to take effective steps to impede the Taliban's momentous erasure of Afghan women's agency. This piece offers feasible dos and don'ts to help fight for their rights.
This isn’t a dystopian novel. This isn’t a story from history, either. It’s Afghanistan right now, and the Taliban’s crackdown on women and girls is steadily deepening.
“It’s not like an actual written doctrine, but I think we can be very comfortable assessing that bombing civilian centres as a way to compel the enemy is clearly an accepted & shared belief in the IDF & Israeli leadership. We’ve just seen them do it in Gaza for the past 9 months"
.
@UN_Spokesperson
@StephDujarric
says
#Israel
prevented two humanitarian missions to northern
#Gaza
today: "Our colleagues from
@UNOCHA
tell us that we had planned two humanitarian missions to Northern Gaza today but both were denied access by Israeli authorities. One of the
Poor 6-year-old Garam needs urgent medical care. She has to get out of Gaza to receive the treatment she desperately needs. So far, as you can see, her GFM campaign is barely making it off the ground.
Please please please donate and share 🙏🙏🙏
🧵I was actually shaking with horror & disbelief when I saw this. It's not just on TikTok anymore, it's now presented proudly on national TV - the public humiliation of Palestinian abductees, kidnapped from Khan Younis, while they were fleeing out of town, trying to find safety.
"We call on them to break new ground on multilateral support for a peace-building process that centers civil society actors."
This is absolutely crucial, and the step that has systematically been ignored in every previous stab at resolution.
On behalf of 250 civil society organizations from around the globe - 160 of them Israeli-Palestinian - we call on the G7 leaders to use the upcoming summit to pursue concrete measures to address the ongoing tragedies taking place in Israel and Palestine. We call on them to break
"It's called terrorism. Jewish terrorism. And it is backed both by soldiers and by the political arm of the settler terror battalions: Otzma Yehudit and religious Zionism.
הישראלים היפים 🌙💚🌙💚
יודעים מה כתוב בערבית ?
רמדאן כרים מין ג'יראנכום אליהוד ( רמדאן כרים מהשכנים שלכם היהודים ) 💚🌙💚🌙
מגש קטן עם מסר ענקקקק 💚
אינשאללה וירבו אנשים כאלה.
יש אור בקצה המנהרה💚
רמדאן כרים לכוווולנו 💚🌙💚
קרדיט ל
@DinMoriel
🌹🌹🌹
מרגש מאוד! בכפר-סבא התקיים הערב סדר פסח בין-דתי יהודי-ערבי, שאורגן בידי מעגל המשולש והשרון של עומדים ביחד וקהילת "תלמים" של צעירי התנועה הרפורמית.
עשרות התכנסו לקרוא הגדה אלטרנטיבית, המבטאת את הכמיהה של כולנו לשלום ולשוויון, לסיום המלחמה ולהחזרת החטופים.
@DanielSeidemann
You, of course, have nothing to be ashamed of. I can't express how much your resolute support for justice and a shared Jerusalem means in these times.
Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities to ensure their protection, reveals
@hrw
.
Netanyahu's new spokesman openly advocates war crimes in Gaza -- the "voluntary" (meaning forced) deportation of Palestinians and the settlement of the occupied territory by Israelis.
Half a century after setting off a political earthquake from the impoverished streets of Jerusalem, the Israeli Black Panthers have been largely forgotten. A new book by
@AsafShaloo
seeks to untangle their contested legacy.
My feature for
@972mag
.
"I'm coming tonight at 19:00 to Begin to join the reading: Life is more sacred to us than the earth; The kidnapped are dearer to us than the Philadelphia axis; Children should be at home & not in the tunnel; And promiscuous leadership should be in prison & not in the government"
אני מגיעה הערב ב19:00 לבגין להצ��רף לקריאה:
החיים קדושים לנו יותר מהאדמה,
החטופים יקרים לנו יותר מציר פילדלפי,
ילדים צריכים להיות בבית ולא במנהרה,
ומנהיגות מפקירה צריכה להיות בכלא ולא בממשלה.
"Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the ultra-Orthodox parties – have embraced a populism that eschews such elitist indulgences as "understanding what people in other countries are talking about" and "communicating with anyone outside of your ideological bubble"
Eloquent, fair, and well-judged statement on the responsibility to call out all war crimes in the current conflict, and pursue accountability according to international law.
Spanish actor and Oscar winner, Javier Bardem, speaks out for Gaza at the San Sebastián Film Festival, calling out the Israeli occupation for committing war crimes. 🇵🇸
"Organizing Aid to Gaza Led Me to a Harsh Truth: Biden Is on Board for Ethnic Cleansing".
" It is incompatible to claim concern for Palestinian lives while actively participating in their extermination."
“If we shall not end the occupation, we shall not have security,” warns Ami Ayalon, former head of Shin Bet, “and if we shall not end this occupation, we shall not have democracy.”
In an extraordinarily candid interview, Israel’s former internal security chief condemns what he
Everyone needs to stop this insidious crap. The actual war crimes are enough. He was a medic; then a reservist civilian; and illegally held hostage - another war crime. You want the law? Shut up. Ask for accountability, justice, end to the 'war', not this.
@ireallyhateyou
This is exactly right: Unwritten policies wholly transparent to the victims, and conveniently deniable by the perpetrators. A well-rehearsed and long-standing MO
Kill off hostage talks; kill off hostages; eliminate need for negotiation about anything; expand war; drag in US if necess. Could not be clearer now if it wasn't before. Meanwhile, death by bombing, starvation, disease to continue untrammelled in Gaza. US says more empty words
@IhabHassane
This is obscene at so many levels, one hardly knows where to begin. Of course there are already cases where women have taken this upon themselves. We hardly need men pushing for religious legitimacy that could pressure them to think harder about it
Hey
@Walgreens
, are keffiyehs part of your official dress code or is this a new trend we missed?
Several of your Jewish customers have reached out to us expressing how uncomfortable they feel shopping in your store when your employees are outfitted in such controversial, after
אנחנו במצב חירום חסר תקדים. כל ראשי הממשלה החיים - לפיד, בנט, אולמרט וברק. והנשיא לשעבר ריבלין.
כל יושבי ראש הכנסת החיים - איציק, בורג, לוי.
כל שרי הבטחון החיים - גלנט, יעלון, מופז, פרץ, ליברמן, גנץ.
כל הרמטכ"לים, ראשי השב"כ והמוסד.
וכל היועמ"שים לממשלה - **כולכם נדרשים להתכנס,
פרסום ראשון: בעקבות האירוע במג׳דל שמס ומחשש לביקורת ציבורית - רה״מ נתניהו החליט לדחות את יציאת הילדים החולים מעזה לאיחוד האמירויות.
יציאת הילדים החולים, כ-150 במספר, היתה אמורה להתקיים מחר דרך שדה התעופה רמון לאיחוד האמירויות, אך בעקבות האירוע במג׳דל שמס, ראש הממשלה הורה לדחות את
"This isn’t about permits: We shouldn’t need them to enter our city and conduct the ceremonies we have done for centuries. Today’s denial of entry to the Holy Fire ceremony is part of the Israeli policies to turn Jerusalem into an exclusive Jewish city
🧵Status Quo, Jerusalem
Today is Holy Fire Saturday, most important event for Christians in Palestine.
For centuries families from all over Palestine met in Jerusalem. This tradition has been fading under Israeli occupation: Today almost nobody could reach Jerusalem due to Israeli restrictions (1/6).
Update
@alice_kisiya
talking about her family’s land.
Despite the Israeli Supreme Court's decision in favor of the families and despite their possession of legal documents for land ownership, this did not prevent the settlers from stealing the land and starting to build a
U.S. official familiar with the discussions:
“Leadership misses the fact that if we showed the same moral and legal clarity as the U.K. … it would give us more leverage for a cease-fire deal, not less.”
SCOOP: Blinken asked Lammy last month what the U.K. would need from Israel to reconsider restricting weapons sales to the country.
Lammy responded: A cease-fire in Gaza and access by human rights organizations to the Palestinians in Israeli prison.
@kolboded
That's very understandable; but I honestly don't think you're feeding the monster. These things grow on other food; your silence won't stop it. On the contrary, you give hope there might be change. People just ought not to be silent about this kind of thing either.
🧵re UCLA assaults
"In conclusion, there is no evidence supporting claims that this girl was "beaten unconscious," no media reports back up the claim, and while the claim was used to justify last night's Jewish mob attack at UCLA, that mob themselves did not cite it as motivation
Anatomy of a Zionist Lie: The Beaten-Unconscious Jewish Girl That Wasn't
Many accounts tried to justify last night's Jewish mob attack on UCLA protesters by citing a Jewish girl who was beaten unconscious. But did that really happen? Let's do a deep dive & see what we discover!
The Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem: 125,000 worshipers performed the third Friday prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Hamas repeatedly urged worshippers and residents of Jerusalem and the West Bank to participate in protests, particularly on Fridays during
After pressures from scholars and activists across the globe, the Hebrew University retracts its decision to suspend Prof. Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian for standing against genocide and zionism.
@Seamus_Malek
Return of Gazans to the north IS political; just not in the same way as they say: it would thwart the ongoing efforts to clear the north entirely by destruction and concerted starvation.
This is what HAMAS gets for the Palestinian people by committing October 7 - maybe they should have thought about what it would mean to sabotage the prospects for statehood for a generation 9 months ago:
"By targeting just a few individuals, the Biden administration is casting the problem as one of fringe extremists, glossing over the well-documented fact that the state of Israel has been relying on violent settlers to expand its territory in the West Bank"
Thread
@shane_bauer
The U.S. just announced sanctions against Neria Ben-Pazi and Moshe Sharvit, two Israeli settlers I recently wrote about for the New Yorker. These are two very dangerous men, but the sanctions conspicuously avoid targeting their Israeli state sponsors. Some thoughts and details:
Israel's Jewish immigration minister and Finance Minister Smotrich announce plan to financially reward new immigrants who settle in Israel's southern or northern border regions, or in the West Bank /
@lizarozovsky