X suspended my original acct
@MsJamshidi
as part of its censorship of pro-Palestine voices. Tweet your outrage
@support
. Follow me for intl law, nat sec & MENA
Friends - we are SEVEN signatures away from 500!! Please sign and share so we can reach our goal in the next hour. We may be censored but we will not be silenced ๐ต๐ธ
We are at 389 signatures on the petition for
@X
to restore the pro-Palestine accounts it purged on July 24 and 25. Please consider signing and sharing the petition so we can reach 500 signatures today
Mass suspensions of pro-Palestine voices happening on
@X
. They are targeting experts w/deep knowledge on Palestine, inc Prof
@FakhreddineHuda
. These acts of censorship are happening in the shadows. We must shine a light on them & flood
@X
w/resistance
I am compiling a list of pro-Palestine accounts - like my original acct - that were suspended earlier this week (July 24 or 25). I need accounts with a larger reach than mine to help boost this call. Please help!
@LailaAlarian
@LexiAlex
@SanaSaeed
@LibyaLiberty
This past week on July 24 and July 25,
@X
purged countless pro-Palestine accounts including mine (
@MsJamshidi
). For as long as weโre here we must fight this censorship. Please sign and spread the word
We are on a platform that is owned by a lunatic far right zionist. He can do with this app whatever he wants. Maybe it's time to make a move, he's purging Palestinian accounts right now anyway
Screaming into the void over here, feeling unable to do what I used to do on this site (intl law commentary on Palestine), because no one can see me, my comments appear as spam on people's feeds, and X is limiting my ability to post because it thinks I'm a bot.
I already felt helpless and voiceless but itโs just so much worse now that my original account has been suspended and my reach on here is so so limited ๐
Friends - thanks to all your help my original account
@MsJamshidi
has been unsuspended. For those of you who were also suspended - check to see if your accounts are back. I will not stop fighting for you!
We are at 389 signatures on the petition for
@X
to restore the pro-Palestine accounts it purged on July 24 and 25. Please consider signing and sharing the petition so we can reach 500 signatures today
Thanks to all your help, we have 326 signatures! Can we get to 500??? The more people sign the stronger the petition becomes. Please help me reach 500 today so I can submit this to
@X
tomorrow
Thank you so much for all the follows. What I would really love tho are your signatures on this petition to restore my old censored account. I am trying to reach 200 signatures by tomorrow
Dear friends - thank you for all the support. I have drafted a petition calling on X to reinstate ALL suspended pro-Palestine accounts. Please consider signing and sharing
Dear Friends -
@X
is refusing to restore my original acct
@MsJamshidi
without explanation or evidence of any rule violations by me. Please sign this petition for my re-in statement. Iโd like to get to 200 signatures by Sunday & resubmit my appeal
We are SO CLOSE to 500 signatures. Please help me & so many others who have had their accounts suspended & censored for pro-Palestine commentary restore our accounts by signing this petition. We are 64 signatories away from our goal
Thanks to all your help, we have 326 signatures! Can we get to 500??? The more people sign the stronger the petition becomes. Please help me reach 500 today so I can submit this to
@X
tomorrow
Friends -
@X
's suspension of pro-Palestine voices is unhinged. They've suspended Nelson Mandela's grandson; they've suspended Arab lit prof
@FakhreddineHuda
; they've suspended my original acct. PLEASE share stories of other suspensions in this thread
There is conflicting news re: responsibility for the attack on civilians in Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. What we do know tho is that the occupation is illegal. At the same time, as the occupying power, Israel has duties to the GH pop - here's a breakdown
THREAD: It's highly unlikely Hizbullah was behind the Majdal Shams strike yesterday. This isn't just due to Hizbullah's unprecedented denial of responsibility for the attack, but stems from other factors as well. 1/
Israel canโt launch an attack on Lebanon for the strike on the occupied Golan Heights. The only basis is self-defense under Art 51 (or a Sec Council res which isnโt going to happen). Israel has no Art 51 right since GH is sovereign Syrian territory
Also there is no US law that makes it illegal for anyone to *refer* to the Golan Heights as "occupied" - which it is under international law - as that would pretty clearly violate the First Amendment.
As the
@StateDept
โs former occupation law attorney, happy to explain the legal issues.
Suffices to say US media outlets violate no laws if they accurately refer to the โoccupied Golan Heights.โ
Trumpโs recognition decision had no basis in intโl law.
One reason I love following
@NimerSultany
is his relentless and fierce advocacy. He has been adding to this thread consistently since March to call out UN Special Rapporteur
@DrAliceJEdwards
silence on Israelโs torture practices
How many Palestinian detainees are going to die in Ben Gavir's prisons and the military detention facilities before
@DrAliceJEdwards
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture says something?
In the 24 hrs since I opened this account, X has already locked me out twice. Donโt know how much longer Iโll be on hereโฆ.what an awful reality that there r so few platforms where we can engage in honest fact-based discussions abt the rights and realities of the Palestinian ppl
And so X (another version of America) is increasingly suspending accounts of Palestinians or pro Palestinians. Itโs only going to intensify. And then someone will write a daring article about it.
Oh and make sure you vote. Genocide depends on it.
Thank you to those who have followed me. I am trying to restore my original account
@MsJamshidi
which was permanently suspended 2 days ago as part of Xโs censorship of pro-Palestine accounts. Please flood support
@Twitter
.com and tell them to restore my account.
This is my dear friend Hani. He has lost so much & has worked so hard not only to protect what remains of his family in Gaza but to feed their neighbors in Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza. Please please donate to their soup kitchen
I spoke with Rashida Tlaib's guest to Netanyahuโs heavily-applauded address to Congress.
He's lost over 150 family members in Israel's war on Gaza.
"[My] bloodline is being eliminatedโฆI was taken aback by how excited people were for genocide."
We are at 389 signatures on the petition for
@X
to restore the pro-Palestine accounts it purged on July 24 and 25. Please consider signing and sharing the petition so we can reach 500 signatures today
Israel is pushing to designate
@UNRWA
- a major provider of educational resources in Gaza - a terrorist organization to give itself even more cover to attack these schools. The slaughter - if you can imagine it - will become even more horrific
Dont understand why anyone tweets this womanโs content. She knows nothing about Venezuela or Latin America. She spread disinformation about Oct 7, inc claims about systematic rape and beheaded babies. She provides recycled mainstream analysis about most things. Stay away folks
Researching coverage on pro-Palestine accounts shut down by
@X
. Am shocked by the paltry coverage. Lots on
@Meta
but only one piece from
@AlMayadeen
English (whose account also seems banned) in Jan & not much else. This is an important story journalists should cover!
The ICCโs
@KarimKhanQC
shld have applied 4 arrest warrant 4 far more crimes against far more high-ranking officials but instead he played it safe, even those arrest warrants have been delayed, & Israeli soldiers r rioting over their rt 2 rape Palestinians
In essence, soldiers are in open rebellion for the right to rape prisoners, and more and more coalition politicians are joining them - from Likud, Jewish Power, and more
The
@NLGnews
- the premier left bar association in the US - has several election observers in Venezuela - amongst 900 other intl election observers - & issued a statement this morning saying the elections in Venezuela were free and fair.
#BREAKING
: Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Maduro announced election victory:
"We have serious concerns that the results announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people... the international community is watching this very closely and will respond
Well kids in addition to having my original account censored and suspended, it looks like my comments on peopleโs post are not appearing. This site is so deeply unfree & repressive
@glamshidi
@LailaAlarian
@elonmusk
Your comment only now appeared. It showed up as potential spam. I've had my account locked dozens of times. I've had my account censored, edited, manipulated, etc. It looks like your account is in a similar status.
I remain so moved by everyone, esp the complete strangers on here, who is doing so much to help me & others suspended by
@X
for our Palestine tweets. People are showing up in a way that is truly touching. I wish I could hug each one of you.
Amongst the many reasons why this claim is INSANE is that Iran is under some of the most draconian US sanctions in the world. Those sanctions make basic transactions nearly impossible let alone bribing an entire domestic political movt in the US
"For all we know Iran is funding the anti-Israel protests" outside Congress today.
Mark Kelly claps for Netanyahu saying protesters may be "Iran's useful idiots."
Israel does have a responsibility to protect the occupied persons in the Golan Heights but that does not give it any right to launch an attack on another sovereign state. Instead they should dismantle their military bases in GH & end their illegal occupation
As the article details and as Israelโs past practices make clear, itโs response will be disproportionate, which would also violate the laws of war.
First on the legality of Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights. On July 19, the Intl Court of Justice issued an opinion holding Israel's occupation of the W Bank, E. Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip was illegal because it violates the prohibition on acquiring territory by force &..
Also unclear that this rises to the level of an โarmed attackโ even if Hezbollah was responsible which it has uncharacteristically denied. And thereโs the whole mess about whether the self-defense right even applies to non-state groups - the consensus is that it doesnโt
What is unacceptable from a member of the UN is repeated and constant violations of international law, the support for those violations, and the refusal to hold violators accountable for their crimes. Germany and Israel tick all those boxes.
The German Government strongly rejects Ms Albanesesโs
@FranceskAlbs
recent comment likening the Israeli Prime Minister to Hitler. Such a comparison coming from a representative of the United Nations is unacceptable.
Thanks to all your help, we have 326 signatures! Can we get to 500??? The more people sign the stronger the petition becomes. Please help me reach 500 today so I can submit this to
@X
tomorrow
Thank you so much for all the follows. What I would really love tho are your signatures on this petition to restore my old censored account. I am trying to reach 200 signatures by tomorrow
Without necessity, there can be no right to self-defense. Regardless of whether the occupation is lawful or not, Israel owes duties to the original inhabitants of the Golan Heights, who are considered "protected" persons under the law of occupation
There is arguably no such justification. Syria has not, to my knowledge, engaged in any armed attack against Israel in years. Instead, it has been Israel that has consistently engaged in armed attacks against Syria, particularly over the last decade (in order to strike Iran)
Some might argue that this is the continuation of the existing armed conflict between Hezbollah and Israel which undoubtedly exists. I think it does. But again this was not a strike on Israel itself. Or on its assets. It was a strike on territory Israel occupies.
Thank you so much for all the follows. What I would really love tho are your signatures on this petition to restore my old censored account. I am trying to reach 200 signatures by tomorrow
@rizikaoikonomik
@ProfSunnySingh
@NaksBilal
I don't either as a rule but am trying to am trying to reach others who have been affected by this latest purge. I would've obviously not wanted you to share his info publicly if you did know or with me if you weren't comfortable. Thanks for sharing the petition
because it violates the right to self-determination. Those principles apply to Israel's occupation of the Golan. Like the OPT, Israel has occupied the Golan Heights since the 6 Day War in 1967. It also formally & illegally ANNEXED the Golan over 40 yrs ago
@EmotivesNow
@LailaAlarian
@elonmusk
This is a new account. My original account (
@MsJamshidi
) was suddenly suspended on Wed. Havenโt had any sanctions on my account before. Thank you for letting me know re: my comment. Iโve been trying to contact people who used to follow me & having no luck. Now I know why
@rizikaoikonomik
@ProfSunnySingh
@NaksBilal
found quite a few ppl thru other ppl & have a list of banned accounts but thanks for ur suggestions. Naks was one of the few who I interacted w/regularly who disappeared around the same time as my old acct. Which is why I'm particularly interested in understanding what happened
MK Ahmad Tibi (TA'AL): To insert a stick in a person's rectum, is that legitimate???
MK Hanoch Milwidsky (Likud): Yes! If he is a Nukhba everything is legitimate to do him!
Some of you have probably already heard about the events in Sde Teiman concentration camp today: MPs came
@LibyaLiberty
hi Hend, you and I have followed each other for a long time here. Unfortunately, my original account was abruptly and permanently suspended on Wednesday because of my pro-Palestine tweets. Can you help spread the word about this censorship?
Thank you 2 all who have signed the petition. We are at 150 signatures hoping to get 200 by tomorrow. Things are escalating in the ME but
@X
โs censorship of ppl like me is damaging r collective ability to resist these escalation. Please please sign & share
Mass suspensions of pro-Palestine voices happening on
@X
. They are targeting experts w/deep knowledge on Palestine, inc Prof
@FakhreddineHuda
. These acts of censorship are happening in the shadows. We must shine a light on them & flood
@X
w/resistance
@LibyaLiberty
thank you for reposting my petition Hend! We followed each other from my old account that was suspended suddenly on Wednesday
@MsJamshidi
@rizikaoikonomik
@ProfSunnySingh
@NaksBilal
thank you. maybe they saw what was happening and pro-actively disabled. loved that account - their legal analysis was spot on - and hope it reappears sooner rather than later
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed this petition so far demanding that
@X
reinstate ALL pro-
#Palestine
accounts it has suspended, including my own original account. If you haven't already, please consider signing and sharing
Unless Israel can demonstrate that there is some military necessity vis a vis Syria for it to, for example, maintain military bases in the Golan Heights (something I don't think it can do), those military bases should be removed if they are to the detriment of the occupied pop
While Netanyahu promoted genocide at Congress & Israel intensifies its slaughter in Gaza,
@X
is abetting these crimes thru the systematic suspension of pro-Palestine accounts that r educating the public. Let's fight back:
Those duties are, at their heart, about administering the territory for benefit of the occupied population. Importantly, if the occupying power, allows its own nationals/citizens to move into the occupied territory that both violates the laws of occupation AND
Some may disagree with this assessment. But that's how I see things at least from a bird's eye view of the situationโฆ..If I'm right, it means that Israel's occupation is itself illegal but also that it is violating its obligations to protect the occupied population of the GH..
Where my Iranians at? My original account on X (
@MsJamshidi
) has been permanently suspended because I tweet abt Palestine. Please sign & share this petition 2 reinstate my acct & other pro-Palestine accts suspended by X
@assalrad
@SinaToossi
@alexshams_
While the Occupying Power is also allowed to take certain measures where required from the vantage point of "military necessity," those exceptions do not undercut the Occupying Powers overall and constant obligation to act in ways that benefit the occupied population
In addition, because the legality of an occupation requires justification under the laws on the use of force, Israel must demonstrate that its continued occupation of the GH is justified by a self-defense need vis a vis Syria - the country from which it seized the GH
There are so many people, like Nico, on this site who I donโt know at all but who have been working so hard to help me restore my censored and suspended account & I just want to say you are making this experience so much more bearable & even memorable :)
In the current circumstances, those military bases are making the Golan Heights vulnerable to attack by Hezbollah, as Israel appears to be launching attacks against Hezbollah from those bases.
Thank you so much for all the follows. What I would really love tho are your signatures on this petition to restore my old censored account. I am trying to reach 200 signatures by tomorrow
cannot serve as a basis for measures taken by the Occupying Power in the occupied territory. The Occupying Power cannot, for example, take measures to protect the security of its settlers at the expense of the occupied population
By continuing to occupy the Golan - after 57 years - Israel is also violating the right to self-determination for the original inhabitants of the Golan Heights, who are Syrian Druze and have a right to be free from domination by a foreign occupation.
What does this all mean? Well, as a general matter, Israel cannot and should not take actions that are to the detriment of the occupied population unless there is a military necessity. That military necessity must, perforce, be directed at the state whose territory Israel has oc
Dear Friends -
@X
is refusing to restore my original acct
@MsJamshidi
without explanation or evidence of any rule violations by me. Please sign this petition for my re-in statement. Iโd like to get to 200 signatures by Sunday & resubmit my appeal
The US govt does little other than 2 repeat racist anti-Palestinian tropes to sentence Palestinians to a lifetime of subjugation & death.
@FranceskAlbs
is a fierce & brilliant advocate who has worked relentlessly to uphold international law & human rights
There is no place for antisemitism from UN-affiliated officials tasked with promoting human rights. While the United States has never supported Francesca Albaneseโs mandate, it is clear she is not fit for this or any position at the UN.
We are at 389 signatures on the petition for
@X
to restore the pro-Palestine accounts it purged on July 24 and 25. Please consider signing and sharing the petition so we can reach 500 signatures today
@4noura
@X
@MsJamshidi
Thank you Noura for your support. Please consider signing the petition I wrote, calling on X to restore ALL suspended pro-Palestine X accounts
@BeefExtra
One theory I had was whether this was all connected to the picture of Rashida Tlaib holding up signs at the Netanyahu congressional address. I got a lot of trollish responses to my reposting of one of those images, though I blocked them all immediately
@el_sabawi
@darenadam8
Monica sucks so hard no words can possibly express the depths of her depravity. She has been exploiting the Arab world and its people for her own gain for over a decade. Also Taleed follow me back! Iโve been suspended by X!
The slaughter in Gaza over the last 3 weeks is amongst the worst since Oct 7. This is coming on the heels of multiple judicial decisions that have found Israel to be engaged in illegal activities. Israel responds by doubling down