OverTheArc

It makes me wonder...

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@mohammedIhysse Love to you and your family. Stay safe!

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@MuslehMay43064 .

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@Hamzasharif5750 .

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@ItsGabrielD @Middle_Eastern0 This, exactly! They're afraid of being publicly shamed or refused to be served, and for a good reason.

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

🔔 Take a note:

President Trump declines that he won't seek a 3rd term and suggests "there are methods" to secure it, despite Constitution's 22nd Amendment.

Reported by @washingtonpost
https://t.co/oVFMQwSowf

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

A few negotiating cards for President Trump to Make Russia Feel Safe Again:

🃏 Restore the buffer zone from the Balkans up to the Baltic sea
🃏 Rebuild Berlin Wall
🃏 Return Alaska

#Trump #PutinOwnsTrump #trumpputinphonecall

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@elonmusk Break the thermometer until 97.9 F is restored...

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

Over 1,500 convicted #J6ers are back on the bosom of their mamma.

Triumph for democracy or disaster? #J6hostages or #J6Terrorists ?

#J6Pardons

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

#Inauguration2025 is now behind us. I'm curious to look past the theatrics and watch all legislative moves like a hawk. Shall we?

#POTUS4547 #Trump #ElonMusk

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

@johncusack I can see it on your profile @johncusack have just seen it elsewhere, tagged and reposted. So little that I can do...

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

Whoever has ears, let them hear.
#Gaza #GazaWar #Israel

[Sara El-Yafi @SaraYafi]

Happy to report that this video garnered more than 100,000 views within the first couple of hours on IG.

Over the last 111 days, since October 7, Isræl has consistently denied targeting civilians. Well, in this video, I am going to show you that in the history of its occupation, not only does Isræl actively target civilians, but they specifically target children.

More importantly, I explain why they do it.

We all have been collectively forced to observe the core of unmitigated and unbounded state terrorism carried out by Isræl, shielded by the sponsorship of the wide majority of the Global North, their governments, and their media. The institutionalized Isræli policies that involve the actions of killing, maiming, abducting, abusing, jailing, and r@p!ng children has yet to be brought to the forefront of Western consciousness.

I hope this video helps create said consciousness.

Thank you for interacting with and sharing this video widely; thank you for working towards a world where such crimes are not only morally condemned but also carry tangible penalties.

Onwards.

PS: Thank you to @Patrick_Baz for the inspiration and the permission to share his extraordinary photos

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

These photos will haunt me. Are they haunting also those they should?

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

George Stinney Jr was falsely convicted and murdered by the U.S at only 14. He was accused of killing two white girls, Betty of 11-years-old and Mary of 7, the bodies were found near the house where the boy resided with his parents.

Before the execution, George spent 81 days in prison without being able to see his parents, he was held in solitary 80 miles from the city, he was held alone without anybody to talk to. He was heard alone without the presence of his parents or a lawyer.

At that time, all the jurors were white. The trial lasted only 2 hours and the sentence was handed down 10 minutes later. The boy's parents were not allowed in the court room, and was subsequently expelled from that city after the trial.

During his trial, until the day of his execution, he always carried a Bible in his hands, claiming for innocence. He was too short for the electric chair so they used the Bible he was carrying as a booster seat. He was electrocuted with 5,380 volts in the head.

70 years later, his innocence was finally proven by a judge in South Carolina. The beam with which the two girls were killed, weighed more than 19.07 kilograms. Therefore, it was impossible for Stinney to be able to lift it, let alone be able to hit hard enough to kill them.

‘The Green Mile’ by Stephen King was inspired by the same case.

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

George Stinney Jr was falsely convicted and murdered by the U.S at only 14. He was accused of killing two white girls, Betty of 11-years-old and Mary of 7, the bodies were found near the house where the boy resided with his parents.

Before the execution, George spent 81 days in prison without being able to see his parents, he was held in solitary 80 miles from the city, he was held alone without anybody to talk to. He was heard alone without the presence of his parents or a lawyer.

At that time, all the jurors were white. The trial lasted only 2 hours and the sentence was handed down 10 minutes later. The boy's parents were not allowed in the court room, and was subsequently expelled from that city after the trial.

During his trial, until the day of his execution, he always carried a Bible in his hands, claiming for innocence. He was too short for the electric chair so they used the Bible he was carrying as a booster seat. He was electrocuted with 5,380 volts in the head.

70 years later, his innocence was finally proven by a judge in South Carolina. The beam with which the two girls were killed, weighed more than 19.07 kilograms. Therefore, it was impossible for Stinney to be able to lift it, let alone be able to hit hard enough to kill them.

‘The Green Mile’ by Stephen King was inspired by the same case.

[Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd]

What is Zionism?

[Roger Waters ✊ @rogerwaters]

Genocide is always wrong. @HowardStern

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

A very important message! Thank you @alon_mizrahi your text is like a beam of hope. I'll hold on to it next time I open X to read the news from #GazaWar

[Alon Mizrahi @alon_mizrahi]

The life of (my) life, soul of my soul

I have been calling my daughter what translates from Hebrew as "the life of life" or "love of love" for some years now; this is a modern, Israeli take of an Arabic use of language.

I grew up in a very Zionist place and time. But I was lucky enough to grow among Mizrahi, Arab Jews; both my father and my beloved uncle spoke Arabic as their first language, and the two, childhood friends, marries two sisters, my mom ant aunt, born in Morocco to Jewish parents.

Arab music was part of the soundtrack of my childhood, and from a young age I knew the names and would recognize the voices of legends such as Farid al-Atrash, Abdel Halim Hafez, Warda, Umm Kulthum, Fairuz and others. My father would also take me with him to work occacionally (he was am aluminum worker in construction), and his teammate Isaa, an Arab from Nazareth, was almost a family friend. We all knew him, and loved and welcomed him whoever we would meet.

I never forgot how one cold winter morning, when I tagged along with my father on a work day, Issa's wife made us coffee and tea, accompanied by sweet, delicious sugar powder-covered cookies, as they wouldn't let us just pick Issa up and go (I certainly can't speak for all Arabs homes but I know enough to say with confidence that you don't just pass through an Arab home: you sit and have coffee and eat something and have some small talk. Arabs Jews are also similar in that regard).

Like many second and 3rd generation Mizrahi Jews, I can't speak Arabic, but I pick up quite a lot of it, and the musicality of the language always sounds a little like home to me.

fortunate to have been exposed to Arabs, Jews and just Arabs, from a young age, I was never intimidated by anything Arab. On the contrary: I grew immensely fond of the gentleness, the warmth of heart, the humor, the special sweetness of an Arab street, store or home.

In later years, I was lamenting the forced disconnect between me and my Arab roots created by Israel's paranoid mentality. Like many other Arab Jews of my generation I was not an Arab anymore, but not really an Israeli as well to this day I am not sure what being Israeli means, really, apart from a negation of Jewish experiences and denial of current realities).

Israeli, just like American or English, connotes whiteness. And white we Mizrahi Jews are not, nor will we ever be.

Unlike many Mizrahi Jews, I refused to become an empty shell, filled only with the ideological content of the state: A de-Arabized Arab Jew. That I wouldn't be. I chose to be free instead.
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When I heard of the way Nur's grandfather, Khaled, called her, and how similar it was to the way I call my daughter, and when I see the suffering, wounds, burns, pain and death of Gaza's children, the memory and consciousness of me and my roots, both known and simply genetic, springs to life immediately, undeniable and bare. These kids are not foreign or alien to me. They are me and mine, too. I feel their pain and fear, I understand the terms of endearment and the farewells of their grief-stricken parents, even as I really understand but a few words here and there. My soul understands Arabic is the way I'd put it.

Zionism's message of fear, hate and suspicion towards Arabs and Palestinians is totally and forever lost on me, and I consider it a personal triumph. I will never hate Arab people.

And I ache the terrible dehumanization of Arab people, societies and communities that have so much beauty, gentleness and love in them. The world will know the truth. I am sure of that, and I will do whatever I can to help bring this day about, which is why I write this.

(and that's me and my daughter)

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

📆 13 Dec 1981, the communist junta declared martial law over the entire territory of Poland.

It was the swan song 🦢 of the communist regime there and the writing on the wall for the entire Soviet bloc.
🔗 https://t.co/er24p5jMca

#OnThisDay #ColdWar #Solidarity

[OverTheArc @ArcadiusMatthew]

RIP Refaat Alareer 🙏
Killed by @Israel on 7 Dec 2023...
#FreePalestine #Gaza

[Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸 @itranslate123]

If I must die, let it be a tale.

#FreePalestine
#Gaza

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Twitter under Elon Musk's ownership has played a major role in allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to reach more people than before the war began, according to a year-long study released this week by the European Commission. https://t.co/QiWIo63Tgs

[Pomilio Blumm @pomilioblumm]

Franco Pomilio, president of Pomilio Blumm, sets the stage by highlighting the challenge of managing the real news conflict and emphasises how fact-checking, infographics, and open data have become crucial tools in today's information landscape. #disinformation #OPBF