Jonathan Shamir

Contributing writer @JewishCurrents and researcher @USMEP

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

On Monday, Trump repeated his desire to move Palestinians to Egypt on the grounds that "Gaza has been hell for so many years." But Israeli govt has been pushing this cynical reframe of ethnic cleansing as humanitarian since after Oct 7 @JewishCurrents
https://t.co/8OMIeGtOWK

[Melanie Ward MP @melanie_ward]

Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity.

Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years.

There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

1) Ahmed Totah is still awaiting medical evacuation and living in a tent with his family, including his disabled who he has had to physically carry through their various displacements. In his case, the money is simply to put food in his families' mouths
https://t.co/GFJBFN1W1R

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3) Mohammed Ghalayini is fundraising to restore his father's fertility clinic in Gaza after an Israel artillery shell hit its cryrobank in December 2023, resulting in the loss of thousands of embryos
https://t.co/AYH5I2Srha

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

I wanted to take this opportunity to re-up some fundraisers for some of the individuals that we interviewed 🧵

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

In late 2025, Jewish Currents reached out to two dozen Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank—all of whom the magazine had previously interviewed—to ask them how their lives had changed in the past two years. These are their stories https://t.co/6U3NwcQ0rp

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2) Jameel is an aid worker who is persevering in helping others, even though he's now in Egypt. One person who he is helping is his friend Belal, who is trying to secure a mattress for his tent so that he can propose...
https://t.co/V13LRZMLg8

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

I might be late to this, but is it well known that ChatGPT unashamedly removes any reference you make to Israel committing genocide in Gaza and then denies it?

[Chris Doyle @Doylech]

Let's be clear. The US-Israel strikes have nothing to do with helping the people of Iran. Nothing. Both countries have deep relations with brutal repressive regimes over the world. They are both anti-Muslim to the core. This war is about great power interests as most wars are

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

Backwards Arabic sentences in Kushner’s Davos presentation are a great way to reassure that any Arab (let alone Palestinian) was definitely involved in this ‘peace plan’

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

The cognitive dissonance between the political/media conversation about the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban and what consistently happens on the ground is astounding. Just yesterday, the fans terrorised a Palestinian citizen of Israel and chanted 'death to Arabs'

[Yair Foldes @Yair_Foldes]

בעל עסק לשטיפת מכוניות בדרך בן צבי בתל אביב מספר כי לפנות ערב הגיעו למקום אוהדי מכבי תל אביב, צעקו ״מוות לערבים״, והשליכו לעברו ולעבר העובדים חפצים. ״ניסיתי לברוח ברכב אבל שוטר שהיה במקום אמר שאם אזוז הוא ירה בי כי זה יהיה פיגוע דריסה״, אמר ל״הארץ״ מוחמד אבו רמדאן. ״הוא פשוט עמד שם ונתן לאוהדים להכות אותנו״

[MK Aida Touma-Sliman @AidaTuma]

The Communist Party of Israel and Hadash announce with deep sorrow the passing of our dear comrade Issam Makhoul (Abu Hanna), former MK and chair of Hadash.
For five decades he was a steadfast fighter for Palestinian liberation, justice, and internationalist values.
His legacy and political compass will continue to guide our struggle.

May his memory be a revolution

https://t.co/TXUgfp5oTA

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

"Before, children were learning about Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Nakba and the Naksa; now, they are taught about the Wailing Wall, Israeli Independence Day and the Six-Day War."

Jonathan Shamir reports on Israel's educational crusade in East Jerusalem https://t.co/EJttiEbi5T

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Sources: https://t.co/aWr53H4pI9
https://t.co/kzalPDMHqk

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

1/ After 50 years of political persecution, an Israeli court concluded its seven-year trial of 74-year-old Raja Eghbaria (involving arbitrary detention, beatings, and denial of medical care) by convicting him for incitement to terrorism and supporting a terror organization.

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

3/ While other Palestinian citizens have been prosecuted for social media “incitement,” Eghbaria’s stature as a founder of Abnaa al-Balad and serving on the High Follow-Up Committee, is meant to send a message that the state could come after anybody

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

Jewish Currents has learned that the Conscience flotilla, with @vv1lder aboard reporting for us, has been intercepted and boarded by the Israeli military. Communications with Emily and the rest of the boat have been cut. We are awaiting further updates.

[Arielle Angel @ArielleLAngel]

Please take a moment today and call Emily Wilder's reps. We have seen disturbing reports regarding the treatment of the Sumud's participants, including some about specific humiliation of Jewish participants as traitors.

[Jewish Currents @JewishCurrents]

Eleven nations have agreed to recognize the state of Palestine in response to growing outrage over Israel's genocide. But the conditions imposed on Palestinians may play right into Israel's hands. Read @jonathan_shamir's analysis: https://t.co/WAYoq9Zs3j

[Jonathan Shamir @jonathan_shamir]

I've been thinking a lot of about my friend @HengYeh42's four-year-old poem on Gaza recently