Lisa Daugaard

Co-Executive Director at Purpose Dignity Action

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Please watch

[Hasan alrabay @HasanEssam29636]

One of the most terrifying images in history: a transformation from life to death.

Gaza in 2023 and 2026!

[Lina Abu Akleh @LinaAbuAkleh]

Today marks four years since my aunt, Shireen Abu Akleh, was killed by an Israeli sniper in Jenin.
An iconic journalist, and one of the most empathetic and sweetest people. This is who they killed. She loved life, but they stole hers from her.

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israeli human rights group urges IDF chief to release 14 detained Gaza doctors
https://t.co/VDSX0O2j1W

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

Statement on April 28, 2026 by the family of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya:

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's detention has been extended without charge and without time limit, despite his deteriorating health.

The family of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya confirms that Israeli authorities continue to detain him under procedures devoid of legal basis, on the grounds that he fulfilled his medical and humanitarian duty and refused to abandon his patients.

In this context, the Beersheba District Court this morning approved the extension of his detention under the so-called "illegal combatants" law, without any formal charges being brought against him and without setting a time limit for his detention. The court also rejected the defense's request for immediate release, despite the fact that he was detained while performing his duties as a doctor.

According to Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer, he is currently being held in the Negev prison in difficult conditions, where he is deprived of his basic medications and is not receiving the necessary medical care, despite the continued deterioration of his health.

The family stresses that his continued detention without charge and the denial of medical care constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and endanger his life.

The family reiterates its demand for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, so that he may receive urgent medical care and his lawyer may meet with him without restriction.

[Jordan Valley Activists نشطاء غور الأردن @JVActivists]

An 18-year-old boy is about to be imprisoned in Israel’s torture camps, even though two courts ordered his release and all suspicions against him collapsed. How is that possible?

Two and a half weeks ago, Hussein, from a shepherding family in the Jordan Valley, was arrested at a checkpoint while on his way to sell cheese his mother makes from their flock’s milk. Soldiers found a small knife and a face covering in his vehicle. In interrogation, held only 3 days later, Hussein explained the knife is used to open straw bales for feeding sheep, and the covering keeps his face warm in the morning and protects from sun and flies.

The court accepted his explanation, ruled he posed no meaningful risk and could not obstruct the investigation, and ordered his release on 5,000 shekels bail.
Occupation forces appealed the release order. 3 days later, the appeals court rejected the appeal and again ordered his release. Bail was paid, and his lawyer began release procedures. Nothing happened.

Hours later it became clear why: occupation forces held another “hearing,” brought him an unknown Palestinian Authority lawyer because “his lawyer was busy” (busy at the appeals hearing), and extended his detention by six more days in order to issue an administrative detention order.

The administrative detention order was issued after 5 days.

Why make such an effort to turn an 18-year-old shepherd into a political prisoner?
Because Hussein’s family, like many shepherd families in the Jordan Valley, faces settler attacks and harassment, invasions of their homes, denial of grazing, denial of water, livestock theft, army violence, and repeated attempts to expel them. And they refuse to leave. We have known Hussein’s family for years and witnessed dozens of abuses against him, his father, the family, and the community.
There is no mystery here: Hussein’s only “crime” is being a proud Palestinian whose family lives on land Israel wants.

As of April 2026, about 3,532 Palestinians are held in Israeli torture camps under administrative detention - thousands of people who, like Hussein, are jailed without trial because Israel sees their very existence as an obstacle to the continuation of its atrocities and ethnic cleansing.

[Save Gaza @Alee93ale]

486 days after the kidnapping of Palestinian Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya and accusing him of steadfastness in the hospital for the treatment of children and women, I will not be silent until the doctor returns to his family and city

Repost please

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

The Economist has documented the quiet annexation of the West Bank. While the world's eyes are on Iran, Israeli settlers are seizing land, burning homes, and killing Palestinians.

In March 2026, the number of Palestinians killed by settlers reached its highest in a decade. In a single day, Israel approved over 30 outposts. Security in the West Bank is now run by settlers themselves.

A reservist killed two Palestinians outside a school. Smotrich, a settler, has called for annexation. Trump issued a rare rebuke, but on the ground, annexation is already happening

[Steve Sweeney @SweeneySteve]

I$rael is dropping leaflets in the south of Lebanon warning locals to leave and not to return.

Around 1.2 million people have been forced from their homes in an ethnic cleansing operation on a scale larger than the Nakba

There is no ceasefire

https://t.co/wLzIzcNTfr

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

This is how CNN cover murder of journalist Amal Khalil'. They didn't mention she was harassed, stalked, and deliberately murdered. They didn't mention the Israeli army blocked rescue teams. They didn't mention she bled to death under rubble.

Just the newspaper she worked for was left-leaning and supportive of Hezbollah. This is not journalism. This is propaganda.

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨Israel assassinated Imad Miqdad yesterday in a drone strike, targeting his solar-powered phone charging station in Gaza yesterday.

Miqdad had been providing civilians with a rare means of communication amid ongoing electricity cuts.

The strike killed him and destroyed the facility, further limiting access to basic services and connectivity for residents.

[Seattle Seahawks @Seahawks]

Stacked wins.

[Pattirae @xpattirae]

🗣️ WE DID NOT CARE

[The Cradle @TheCradleMedia]

Son of caregiver held in ICE detention over unfounded PLO allegations dies; father barred from funeral
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Wael Tarabishi, a 30 year old US citizen with severe Pompe disease, died on 23 January in a Texas intensive care unit after his father and full time caregiver, Maher Tarabishi, was detained by US immigration authorities. Maher, a Jordanian national, was arrested on 28 October 2025 during a routine check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas and held more than 200 miles away.

Relatives said Wael, who had undergone 36 surgeries and was confined to bed, suffered a rapid health decline without his father’s daily care. He was hospitalized with sepsis and pneumonia and spent days in intensive care calling for his father, including during a month long ICU stay, before his death.

Family members said officers ignored Maher’s long standing legal permission to remain in the US as his son’s caregiver and detained him despite explanations at the scene. ICE later alleged that Maher was a criminal and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which has not been designated a terrorist group since 1987, a claim relatives described as unfounded. ICE did not allow him to attend his son's funeral.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Another way of thinking about this: If you're in Minneapolis right now, you're more likely to be killed by an ICE agent than by an undocumented foreigner.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Statement from Alex Pretti’s parents, Michael and Susan Pretti:

“We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world.

Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting.

Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.”

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

This is Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse, honoring a veteran he cared for at a VA hospital.

The son of the deceased veteran just posted this video on Facebook with the following message:

“RIP Alex Pretti,
he was my Dads ICU nurse, he read my dad’s final salute at the VA after he passed away. Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point. Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex’ sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to ‘fight the good fight’”

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Per @ByGeorgiaFort — this Hmong man Trump’s goons humiliated & dragged out in the cold (after trashing his apartment and putting a gun to his daughter-in-law’s head) was a naturalized 🇺🇸 CITIZEN with no criminal record.

He was eventually released.

More: https://t.co/JeTxGnU7BK

[Lisa Daugaard @lisadaugaard]

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[WarMonitor @TheWarMonitor]

Nasra Ahmed, 23, was stopped by ICE in St. Paul while heading to pick up seizure and anxiety medication. She told agents she’s a U.S. citizen born in Hennepin County, but was detained anyway and is now jailed without bail as her family fears for her health.
https://t.co/eylzc05GN4