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American Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system. We demand equality, justice & a thriving future for all #CeasefireNOW
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What becomes possible when you become an IfNotNow member? 🌱
Here’s how your donations – whether you can only give once, or on a monthly basis – directly support our work to organize our U.S. Jewish communities to stop the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel 🧵
New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.
Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.
Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.
In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.
REAL CHANGE in our U.S. Jewish communities becomes possible when you become a member of IfNotNow.
Join the movement today: https://t.co/wiNk3V1Mg6
What becomes possible when you become an IfNotNow member? 🌱
Here’s how your donations – whether you can only give once, or on a monthly basis – directly support our work to organize our U.S. Jewish communities to stop the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel 🧵
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Jewish Voice for Peace
@jvplive
Jews for Palestinian liberation & Judaism beyond Zionism. JVP Action is now doing business as JVP, as a 501c4. Our 501c3 work continues in JVP Lab.
Dr. Yara Hawari د. يارا هواري
@yarahawari
Palestinian writer & co-director for @alshabaka. Host of Rethinking Palestine podcast & author of The Stone House (She/Her). Opinions expressed are my own.
Jewish Currents
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Founded in 1946, Jewish Currents is a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and culture of the Jewish left.
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If 300 people start a monthly gift of $18 by the end of our drive on Friday, that would cover the full annual salary of one of our staff members.
Systematic violence and human rights violations are not exceptions to Israel's apartheid regime and occupation, they are integral to it. Israel is using unbridled violence in all the territories under its control, as well as in Lebanon and Iran.
Since October 2023, this policy has escalated:
In Gaza: tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, millions forcibly displaced, entire neighborhoods and infrastructure systematically destroyed
In the West Bank: about 1,082 Palestinians killed, including 239 children and teenagers; 61 communities with at least 4,161 members forcibly displaced and another 15 partially so, with at least 454 members displaced
In Israeli prisons: thousands of Palestinians subjected to systemic torture, violence and humiliation, in inhumane conditions
Under Israel's apartheid regime, Palestinian lives are treated as expendable and millions across the Middle East are at risk.
Together we are building a future rooted in safety, equality, and justice for all — our neighbors, ourselves, Palestinians, and Israelis.
Sign up at https://t.co/Z5uXqYUCIL
IfNotNow just launched a historic campaign to stop the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel.
Want to get involved? Join us THIS WEDNESDAY, June 10 at 7pm ET for a virtual national call: https://t.co/Z5uXqYUCIL
On the call, we’ll hear from from IfNotNow leaders and partners, including Sara Sarasohn, @giligetz, Aden Halpern, @PeterBeinart, and IfNotNow Executive Director Morriah Kaplan.
On the call, we’ll also discuss how we will convert our momentum into real, lasting change, and how YOU can be part of the movement.
Come with me as I learn about each person at the official Israeli delegation at today's Israel Day Parade in New York City.
These are the people some of my fellow Jewish and other New Yorkers demanded Mayor Mamdani stand with today.
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Our political and communal leaders must stop equating the Jewish community with the genocidal government of Israel. It is antisemitic, and it puts us all in grave danger.
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We are appalled that U.S. politicians and Jewish communal institutions marched alongside war criminal Bezalel Smotrich, other fascist Israeli leaders, and pro-apartheid organizations like the Hebron Fund at Sunday’s Israel Day parade in New York.
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It is shameful that establishment Jewish institutional leaders like the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt promoted this event as a celebration of Jewish culture, when in reality it served to platform war criminals. And it is misleading and dangerous to claim that Mayor Mamdani’s decision not to attend signals a lack of support for Jewish New Yorkers.
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We’re both proud Jewish New Yorkers. But there are sharp & clear differences between us on Israel/Palestine.
For example, Dan Goldman marched alongside war criminal Bezalel Smotrich yesterday, who called it “just & moral” to starve Gaza. I did not.
Join our call "Seeding the Jewish Future" on June 10 to learn all about our strategy and theory of change. We are building a movement for our future — in our synagogues, in the streets, and in the halls of power.
Sign up: https://t.co/Z5uXqYUCIL
Jewish Currents just covered our synagogue organizing strategy for our new campaign!
We're proud to be doing the challenging, transformative work of organizing our U.S. Jewish communities toward a new vision for safety & demanding an end to the violent status quo of U.S. military support for Israel.
As others on the Jewish left push for a break with the institutions of the establishment, IfNotNow's new campaign hinges on organizing inside of mainstream liberal synagogues. https://t.co/Y3A8HhpOAs
Our movement's organizing over the last decade has contributed to massive shifts among U.S. Jews and political leaders.
But the fight to translate those shifts into real, lasting policy change requires organizing thousands more people in our community.
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