Emily Hawkins

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[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@AvivaKlompas My heart breaks for his parents, his family, and Israel

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@Wendys My family & I just ate at the restaurant you have at 1350 SR-40 in Kingsland, GA. You have some amazing staff there. Great service & hard working. Thank you.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@StandWithUs @Columbia As a Jewish social worker, I can’t express how offensive and divisive this is. I can’t imagine how the Jewish students feel.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@FinstenLaura @raz_sauber @Columbia As a Jewish social worker, this is disheartening. I can’t imagine how the Jewish students feel.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@DebraBowcott I am not an alumni of Columbia. I went to the University of South Carolina. I am a social worker. I am Jewish. I can’t imagine how the Jewish social work students feel.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

Rape, murder, and kidnapping are not “counteroffensive” measures. @CSocialWorkEd, @nasw & @ColumbiaSSW this is highly insensitive to your #Jewish #SocialWorkers & #socialwork students.

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

Ten Israeli hostages and two Russian - Israelis will be released. Kfir and his brother are not on the list

[Jon Lovitz @realjonlovitz]

Please share this if you are for
Israel and to anyone who is for Hamas, or saying Free Palestine, from the river to the sea.

https://t.co/zuqqGYrwDA

[Bring Them Home Now @bringhomenow]

Shiri Bibas is one hundred percent mother, always hugging and protecting. As if she were reborn together with her two redheaded children. All her years of education and experience as a kindergarten teacher were directed toward her children. Shir and her husband Yarden built a happy home. She is the headmistress of the family, who does everything for a better life.
In the video released by Hamas terrorist organization, we all saw Shiri’s face of anguish and horror, holding her children wrapped in a blanket and surrounded by terrorists.
Her husband Yarden was kidnapped separately. Her parents were murdered.
A mother with a baby and small child should not spend even one more moment as a hostage of Hamas terrorist organization. Shiri must return home.
Bring them home. Now

#BringThemHomeNow

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

Meet Sira Rego, Spain's new Minister of Youth and Children.

On October 7th, while Hamas terrorists were murdering and raping Israeli youths at a music festival, massacring families and targeting children, she legitimized it, stating that Hamas had “a right to resist.”

[KTVZ News @ktvznews]

UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of the three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont, police say. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was identified by police as a suspect in the attack and was arrested Sunday afternoon. https://t.co/dTGZVpwZp0

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@MichaelSosis @NBCNews #NeverAgainIsNow in your bio, yet you're quick to label a fellow Jew as a 'hater'. Isn't this hashtag about fighting against unjust accusations and historical amnesia? How does your rush to judgment, attacks, & name calling fit with the very principle you claim to uphold?

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@LChamou @NBCNews Agreed, no one should make that assumption. However, the reality is some might, and that can inadvertently fuel antisemitism.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

I understand you might be skeptical, but let me clarify: In the wake of such incidents, there's a real danger of misplaced blame that unfairly implicates Israel and, by extension, the Jewish community. As I said, look at the comments on Bernie Sanders’ tweet as evidence.

This crime is utterly reprehensible, and justice must be pursued against those responsible. It's crucial to emphasize that such heinous acts neither represent nor benefit Jews or Israel. The responsibility lies solely with the perpetrators, not with entire communities.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

I respectfully disagree with the view that my tweet was presumptive. Unfortunately, such events often lead to unwarranted blame on Jews and Israel, as seen in the comments on Bernie Sanders' tweet condemning this incident. This illustrates the kind of misdirected accusations I'm concerned about.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@brain_3600 @NBCNews Agreed. But cows and chickens aren’t likely to be blamed for an increase in Islamophobia, whereas Jews and Israel are. Just as Israel & Jews were blamed with the murder of Wadea al-Fayoume.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@MichaelSosis @NBCNews No. Jews and the people of Israel are not responsible for this by association. As I said, this has no benefit to any of us.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

He says: “And so, you know, we have to piece together what we see. And I thought, well, it looks like whole buildings gone. And that was my conclusion from looking at the pictures. And I was wrong on that. But I don’t feel too bad about that,"

I thought a standard of reporting was supposed to be reporting things accurately.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@varda_friedman @NBCNews We don’t, but based on the rise of hate crimes after the start of the #IsraelHamasWar, people are making assumptions & are targeting #Jews.

[Emily Hawkins @EHawkinsLCSW]

@Assita_Kanko You are my new hero. Thank you for your words of support for Jewish people & Israel.