Zaid 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈

Free Palestine. He/him.

@zaitozaatar.bsky.social on Bluesky

[Hammam Farah @HumHum83]

In December 2023, I wrote that Israel’s definition of Hamas “affiliation” was so broad that you could be considered affiliated simply for buying a shawarma from a restaurant owned by a Hamas member.

I was criticized for making a claim I couldn’t substantiate. I had no report to cite. My analysis was grounded in years of observing and studying Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, and in my own family’s experience of that oppression.

Nearly three years later, accounts of the documentary Naza describe an Israeli intelligence official explaining how an AI targeting system could identify a baker as a Hamas operative simply because Hamas members bought bread from his bakery, potentially leading to an attack on his home and family.

The resemblance is staggering. I was immediately reminded of my post. I even wondered if I’d succumbed to the criticism and deleted it. I’m glad I didn’t.

What’s frustrating is how often observations about despicable Israeli practices are dismissed until they’re corroborated by Israeli insiders or investigative journalists. There’s an important difference between an analysis that hasn’t yet been substantiated and one that has no reasonable basis.

I wasn’t making a random guess in 2023. I was identifying a pattern. And the evidence that has emerged since then has given that analysis substantial support.

[Bianca Mugyenyi @Bianca_Kabibi]

Great piece by @NoLore on how the NDP’s opaque vetting system prioritizes control over renewal. I experienced an arbitrary, discretionary process that clearly rewards caution while punishing courage. Rather than welcoming independent, bold candidates and ideas, it reinforces conformity & produces a status quo party too scared to challenge power

[Rabbi David Mivasair @RabbiMivasair]

URGENT PETITION for CANADIANS:
Formal, legal parliamentary petition, backed by @HMcPhersonNDP, calls on 🇨🇦 govt to investigate Canadians returning from IDF for committing war crimes, plus an invest HESEG.
Takes no time to do this one action, and these are good issues to foreground.
Canadian citizens and residents are entitled to sign:
https://t.co/nQhQnOfFLc
@IndJewishVoices @CJPME @nccm @justiceforallcn @AdvocatesJust

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

A list of the US regime change efforts in Latin America over the years:

1846–1848 – Mexico
1898 – Cuba
1903 - Panama
1906–1909 - Cuba
1909 - Nicaragua
1912–1933 - Nicaragua
1913 -Mexico
1914 - Mexico
1915–1934 - Haiti
1916–1924 - Dominican Republic
1916–1917 - Mexico
1932 – El Salvador
1933–1940s – Cuba
1944 – Guatemala
1946 – Bolivia
1948 – Costa Rica
1952 – Cuba
1953–1954 – British Guiana
1954 – Guatemala
1960s: Cold War Escalation
1960–1961 – Cuba
1961 – Cuba
1961 – Dominican Republic
1962–1963 – Brazil
1963 ��� Dominican Republic
1963 – Ecuador
1963 – Honduras
1964 – Brazil
1964 – Bolivia
1965 – Dominican Republic
1966–1996 – Guatemala
1970s: Operation Condor Era
1970–1973 – Chile
1971 – Bolivia
1973 – Chile
1973 – Uruguay
1976 – Argentina
1976–1983 – Region-wide (Operation Condor)
1979 – Nicaragua
1980–1989 – Nicaragua
1980–1992 – El Salvador
1980s – Honduras
1980–1992 – Guatemala
1980s – Jamaica
1982 – Bolivia
1983 – Grenada
1989 – Panama
1991 – Haiti
1994 – Haiti
2002 – Venezuela
2004 – Haiti
2009 – Honduras
2019 – Bolivia
2017–present – Venezuela
2018–present – Nicaragua

Every U.S. president from 1901–present has been involved in Latin American regime change. The US remains an imperialist presence in Latin America.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Israel’s crimes committed long before October 7.
the ethnic cleansing of Lifta.

Lifta today is not just ruins; it is a living memory and one of the clearest testimonies to the Nakba and the right of return.

[Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @LeahGazan]

Today marks 10 years since the release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, an invaluable record of the crimes and injustices committed through the residential school system.

Yet a decade after these painful truths were laid bare before Canada’s leaders, governments continue perpetuating colonial harms by ignoring attempts by a growing number of hateful, bad faith actors—including even some elected representatives—to deny the genocide and incite hate against residential school survivors, their families, and communities. This denialism is unconscionable, and the truth must be upheld.

On the 10th anniversary of the TRC Final Report, I wish to thank all survivors for sharing their stories with the hopes of moving the country on a path to reconciliation and justice. Today and every day we must reaffirm our commitment to reconciliation and take all necessary steps to fully implementing all 94 Calls to Action without delay.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Palestinians in Gaza are literally left ALONE, FREEZING and STARVING in the winter storm.
I keep asking how we became such monsters, uncapable of stopping this nightmare.
For them, for us, for whatever remains of the people in whose name this genocide is being committed.

[Pariah Carey @DesmondCole]

"The decision to broadcast an Arabic version on Oct. 7 by Earl Haig Secondary School was an unmistakable act of defiance."

umm yes 9-1-1? they're playing the anthem in Arabic...yes it *sounds* like O Canada but I can't tell what they're saying pls hurry
https://t.co/ArSEL1gblB

[Jessa 🎙️🔻 @Jessa_McLean]

Canada also still allows Israel to vet / approve each and every applicant from Palestine.

Imagine asking Hitler which Jews were ‘safe enough’ to accept as refugees?

[YUProfs4pal @YorkProfs4Pal]

Vigil now at Vari Hall

[Dr. Yousef 🇵🇸 @yousef_ki1]

Form 🇪🇸 to 🇵🇸!

If u see this pic, Reply with 🇵🇸🍉 or even a dot .

[Zaid 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @zaitozaatar]

@MordechaiDaDanz @nurdogandiyorki I'm not the one cheering a genocide and dehumanizing others..

[Zaid 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @zaitozaatar]

@MordechaiDaDanz @nurdogandiyorki Ehm... you are linking to a suspended account impersonating Toronto Palestinian Families..

How embarrassing for you..

[Zaid 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @zaitozaatar]

@AnitaAnandMP Do something about it! We know you know how to! We've seen you do something against Russia!!

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

When I tell you that Zionism is a disease, this is what I mean. Israel must be dismantled. Saying this is not hate. It is not revenge. It is a call to remedy and healing.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

When the story of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians is told, it will tell the story of how it cut electricity, food and water from the “human animals” and how Israelis mocked the starving thirsty children with videos of running water taps and lit lightbulbs 🧵

[Matias de Dovitiis 🍊 @MatiasdeD]

The Ontario Government touts record spending in education. In fact, the increases fail to keep up with inflation

✖️ MYTH:
The Ontario Government has increased investment in education
FACTS:
✔ Adjusted to inflation, there is an estimated $1,500 shortfall in per-student funding

[Zaid 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @zaitozaatar]

@JBasest @mwasser @PasternakTO Look at you being all antisemitic. Figures a Zionist being racist.

[Marlee Wasser @mwasser]

This morning at the debate on Toronto's proposed bubble zone bylaw, Councillor @PasternakTO presented this video as an example of the type of activity he would like to prohibit in our city.

I was protesting being denied entry to my childhood synagogue for wearing a tshirt.

[L4P Ontario Education Workers @L4POntEdWorkers]

Stay tuned Tuesday for the full release of our report: School Delegations 4 Palestine: "Mama, they simply cancel us. They don't care..."

Dozens of school board delegations across Ontario paint a frightening picture of what children and parents are facing today.

#onted