RAMIFICATIONS OF WEST BANK ANNEXATION
by 284 senior ex-IDF, Mossad, and Shin Bet Generals and officials
Original Fb post: https://t.co/1f69zdKO4z
REPORT:
https://t.co/DBHPfuEBci
In Palestine, first thing we do under fire is identify the type of weapons israeli cops/soldiers are holding. This defines your strategy for resisting + trying to be safe. Here’s a thread on identifying weaponry for those out there fighting across Turtle Island♥️
But let's be honest, this is probably more of a case of Netanyahu playing to his base in Israel. He knows with Trump in the white house he can get away with it. I'm afraid to over-idealize how much the 'Delegation to Palestine' is a problem to the occupation. I really don't know
If Omar and Tlaib really wanted to destroy Israel they would consider meeting with Israeli politicians and groups to be 'Normalization'. Americans have the right to take any stance on this conflict. Israel cannot accept Billions $$$ and reject American politicians entry
Let’s be clear: the goal of our trip was to witness firsthand what is happening on the ground in Palestine and hear from stakeholders —our job as Members of Congress.
But since we were unable to fulfill our role as legislators, I am sharing what we would have seen. (THREAD)
During the '2 state solution' era it made sense to give the PA diplomatoc legitimacy. Now that this is basicaly abandoned, the Israeli government will do whatever it can to deny legitimacy and political contacts to the Palestinians.
@HenMazzig So our long history, why does it entitle us to any land? U call urself 'intersectionalist' bcz u carry many identities, but u are not post-modern. U romanticize Israel lik a trained child. Ideology shud focuz crafting the current powderkeg u sit on. Nt reinforce identity politics
@HenMazzig The diaspora grew beyond exiles, there was Jewish Amazigh kingdom in N Africa, Himyar in Yemen, pre 2nd temple period Comm in Iraq, Khazar in Ukraine. And many Jews were traders on silk road and meditteranneas, settling in Mediterranean colonies. This groups been mixing forever
@HenMazzig Texts in Qumran(dedsea) show the Essenes were an esoteric Jewish order that begun to universalize Judaism, away from the temple and the 'explicit commandments'. This was directly before Christianity did it. Historically Judaism has been a proselytizing religion in times n places
@HenMazzig I feel like many Jews viewed exile and redemption as themes within life and spirituality, narratives to be drawn upon the local reality. Israels a modern settler colonial state
שם ב��צה הים עומד אדם
כך עומד נדהם ורק שואל
מי יביא אלי מן המרחק
אשליה של בית
-Shabazi in alMawza exile
@BobbyZimmer1@IfNotNowOrg @yaelevenor If singling out the Jewish state for criticism is antisemitism- then is singling out the Jewish state for military funding Jewish privilege? 🤷 3.8 bil/y from the USA. I think that's more significant than Israel's Jewishness
@MizrahiKing@halaljew@peachyjew You is on like what this man saying is crazy. There are Palestinians that are likely more descended from ancient Israelites than many Jewish Israelis. They are not citizens bcuz it's a Jewish ethnostate that could not achieve independence w a Jewish minority
@bensrubin@bungarsargon Think about it, u think Hamas will become MORE violent if the people of Gaza have open democratic control over it? Ever heard of Bdna N3yish? They want to live man. Hamas say itgon take over Israel ya ya, but really they just wanna be king of the ghetto. And Israel need a mafia
@bensrubin@bungarsargon Boom. And that's how Israel needs it to be. In 2006 elections Hamas WAS elected and Israel arrested a bunch if Mks. You can still be at war with someone and legitimize them. Hamas won't become democratic if it's leadership in the shadows. Israel kill civs too, just look at the #s
@bensrubin@bungarsargon First off if you want real negotiations with the actual goal of not ethnically cleansing Palestine, Israel needs to legitimize Hamas and allow it to form a government. The reality is Israel alredy negotiate w Hamas quietly. They should still fight Hamas, but allow them a platform
@DrMikeH49@dse123@elderofziyon@HenMazzig When Ezra came from Babylon w the Torah to the paganized outbred Jews in Eretz Yisrael, were they not still "yaldey haaretz"? That's not yo say the Palestinians should be converted but rather, they don't need a 'nationhood' to have a history. And some of us really do