These so-called “indigenous” Jewish settlers in Israel, I know some of them. I grew up w/ them. They’re middle class white 🇺🇸 Jews who got free tickets to Israel. Palestinians are on a death march still carrying the 🔑 to homes they will one day return to- these are not the same!
Doctors in Gaza told me of their final desperate plea for help: people have been shot trying to evacuate Shifa, at least 1 premature baby & patients in ICU have died because generator fuel ran out, bombing is terrifyingly close, there are so few medics 🧵https://t.co/EaIuueFPYl
The world’s largest diamond, Cullinan Diamond, was stolen from Africa and pieces put on the British sovereign crown, royal scepter and the rest in the royal jewel collection.
The British claimed it given to them as a symbol of friendship and peace yet it was during colonialism.
I do ~NOT~ consent to living under:
a theocracy
an ethnostate
a dictatorship
or an apartheid system.
I do not want my tax dollars going towards the funding of such governments.
That should be an easy ask in a nation “fighting for democracy” —and yet 🥴
“This is a textbook case of genocide,” said United Nations Official @CraigMokhiber, who has resigned as a director of the New York office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Mokhiber has left his position after more than three decades of service in the UN.
🧵 Amy:
Certainly, my father was against antisemitism, as am I.
He also believed militarism (along with racism and poverty) to be among the interconnected Triple Evils.
I am certain he would call for Israel’s bombing of Palestinians to cease, for hostages to be released…
If we can afford war, we can afford reparations.
If we can afford war, we can afford Medicare for All.
If we can afford war, we can afford universal childcare.
If we can afford war, we can afford college for all.
If we can afford war, we can afford universal basic income.
OPINION: Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio, Black Trump supporters, and employees Harrison Floyd and Trevian Kutti had to FAFO the hard way.
✍🏿 @thejournalista
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