Organizing in Boston in solidarity with Palestinians and allies against racism and oppression. Proudly anti-Zionist and Jewish
#stopthegenocide
#endtheapartheid
A Palestinian woman who has lost 68 family members in Gaza confronts Senator Warren. She had no answer
We mobilized with Harvard students and others in Cambridge to disrupt
@SenWarren
at dinner
We will keep disrupting until our politicians listen to us & call for a CEASEFIRE
LET GAZA LIVE!
LET GAZA LIVE!
LET GAZA LIVE!
@SenWarren
supports a Zionist regime that has been oppressing Palestinians for 75 years - especially Gazans for the past 18 years of the blockade
"You killed 68 people in my family! You have blood on your hands
@SenWarren
!"
SHAME!
SHAME!
SHAME!
Young Palestinian woman speaks of the murder of her family members - and yet
@ewarren
still ignores her constituents
Senator Warren left the restaurant hearing Palestinians, Jews, Harvard students, and Cambridge community members shouting
CEASEFIRE NOW!
SHAME!
You must call for a ceasefire now
@SenWarren
@ewarren
@SenMarkey
@WhipKClark
Thanks to Harvard students who organized this under threat of doxxing and other harassment. Thanks to
@Boston_DSA
for the huge CEASEFIRE banner and
@eligerzon
(of DSA & JVP) for getting the banner there!
We will achieve liberation for Palestine & everyone through solidarity!
Several hundred people here in Harvard Yard to protest Israel's genocidal war against Gaza
"Fifty of my family members have already been killed in Gaza. My mother can't eat or sleep."
Crowd chants:
LET GAZA LIVE!
@SenWarren
@WhipKClark
@SenMarkey
Christians, Muslims, Jews, and UUs are having a "pray-in" inside the Federal Building in Boston
@SenWarren
"OUR FAITH DEMANDS A CEASEFIRE"
Hundreds are supporting outside the building
Your constituents want a ceasefire Senator Warren, when will you listen to us?
There is a horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Israel must stop the bombing now and allow for massive amounts of humanitarian aid, including fuel, to reach those who need it. Congress cannot pass a supplemental spending bill that allows these actions to continue.
Warren is the 3rd Senator to support a long-term ceasefire
We thank you and recognize your leadership
@SenWarren
Now, we urge you to fight to make this ceasefire a reality and get humanitarian aid to Gaza. Urge your colleagues to join in pressuring Biden
FREE PALESTINE!
The Jewish people are not a monolith. We are Jewish. We are your constituents. We stand in solidarity with Palestinians. We asked you to oppose
#HR246
. You voted for it.
@AyannaPressley
pls don't use the Jewish faith as an excuse for your vote
#BDS
@jvplive
What I heard resounding in community was that voting yes on this resolution affirmed to my constituents raised in the Jewish faith Israel's right to exist, a view I share as a supporter of a two state solution.
Boston Jews Say Ceasefire NOW
@WhipKClark
! We are here with 1,000 others from the Boston Coalition for Palestine!
We will be the largest group in this year's
#FirstNight
march!
#NewYear2024
Senator Warren, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!
Within minutes a group of 30+ people showed up to interrupt
@SenWarren
's dinner to demand she call for
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Lots of Harvard people here!
For those not in DC...
TODAY 2PM in Dorchester
STAND OUT FOR GAZA!
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Location: corner of Mass Ave and Columbia Rd (in front of the
@DorchesterPear
)
Organized by Dorchester People for Peace
Jews are gathering for Havdalah at Northeastern in support of Palestine and the students' encampment!
The sprinkler system just turned on (coincidentally ??) but we're still here!
💧🍉 💧
Sami Abu Shehadeh, member of Balad party in Israeli Knesset, is visiting the US for the first time:
"There are 1.7M Palestinian citizens of Israel. We didn't emigrate. Israel emigrated to us. Often our legitimate political demonstrations are met by inhumane violence by Israel"
HAPPENING NOW: Jewish students at Harvard are inside University Hall calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Harvard has blocked the building with police
Support these brave students by showing up at the John Harvard Statue at 4:30pm!
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Boston and IfNotNow Boston stand in full support of Northeastern student activists disciplined by university administration and activists arrested by the Boston Police Department.
Read our full statement here at: .
Our senators
@SenWarren
and
@SenMarkey
are notably absent from this letter demanding the US government follow its own laws to not support foreign military units that violate human rights—something Israel has been doing continuously, documented by Gazans and intl observers. SHAME!
My predecessor Patrick Leahy wrote the law that bans U.S. aid to foreign military units that violate human rights, yet multiple administrations have failed to equally implement the law.
My colleagues and I are calling for the consistent application of the Leahy Law to the IDF.
Yesterday, ~100 Jews gathered for Havdalah at Northeastern to show our support for the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses
We are part of the Boston Jewish community
Do not erase us,
@IfNotNowBoston
, or many, many Jewish students themselves!
Today we joined the silent protest held by the Islamic Center of New England in Sharon and Foxboro. Support for Palestine is in every pocket of Massachusetts. Permanent ceasefire now!
#ceasefirenow
#maforpalestine
#jvp
At a margin of 11-2 Boston just passed a historic ceasefire resolution, joining the calls nationwide for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. As taxpayers who are funding the genocide city resolutions tell legislators their constituents do not suppport our complicity in war crimes.
A Jewish-led group of constituents just finished meeting with
@WhipKClark
. They demanded that she support an immediate ceasefire, an end to US funding for genocide and apartheid in Israel, and a lifting of the Gaza siege.
A Jewish constituent interrupts
@RepAuchincloss
as he speaks at a business forum in Boston
We demand he call for a
#CeasefireNOW
!
As long as there is a genocide going on and our elected officials are silent - we will keep interrupting business as usual
@JakeAuch
As Boston Jews we know college pro-Palestinian protests & encampments are NOT antisemitic. Additionally, Seders & Shabbat are happening at these encampments. Anti-Zionism is not antisemetic. Antisemitism is a real threat & shouldn't be conflated with legitimate protest of Israel.
HAPPENING NOW: Activists stage a die-in at South Station in Boston to draw attention to the horrifying stage of genocide in Rafah — the beginning of a ground invasion in a city where 1.5 million civilians are sheltering. End the genocide and US aid to Israel. Ceasefire now!
🚨BREAKING: HARVARD IS THREATENING IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION AGAINST HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS.
Meet at
@harvardoop
‘s rally tonight.
SUPPORT STUDENT PROTESTERS FOR GAZA
We demand
@WhipKClark
call for a CEASEFIRE NOW!
We are Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and UU constituents marching in Malden. Parents and children. We will not stop speaking out until the genocide stops!
If you care about children, you must call for a ceasefire
New research has found how badly Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has been for the climate. In the 1st 2 months of the indiscriminate bombing campaign, Israel has produced the same amount of emissions as more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
@SenMarkey
"
@WhipKClark
needs to stand with the Jewish people who understand that NEVER AGAIN means NEVER AGAIN FOR EVERYONE."
Eli on
@GBHNews
Jewish constituents met with Clark who is "2nd in command" in the House for the Democrats. She has not used her power to stop the genocide in Gaza
Marching in Boston with 30+ orgs all here to say:
CEASEFIRE NOW!
STOP THE GENOCIDE!
END THE SIEGE OF GAZA!
END ALL US AID TO ISRAEL!
How can Israel claim to be a Jewish state when its actions oppose the foundations of Judaism?
NOT IN OUR NAME!
JVP Boston leaders Susan Etscovitz and Eli Gerzon were interviewed last night
@MiddleEastEye
at the Boston Coalition protest.
“This is the biggest story of 2023. And if we don’t stop the genocide soon, it will be the biggest story of 2024.” -
@eligerzon
One thousand people in Boston to protest against Israel's genocidal bombing in Gaza
"Palestinians deserve to live in dignity, not die in rubble!
I believe in my bones that Palestine will be free!
I am PROUD to be Palestinian!"
~
@huriya_Lea
@SenWarren
@WhipKClark
Last night a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon arrived at Boston Logan Airport w/ a valid entry visa, ready to start studying at Harvard. Custom & Border Patrol refused him entry & put him on the next available plane out
Please RT: this is unacceptable
#RefugeesWelcome
#Palestine
@WhipKClark
is one of the highest ranking Democrats in Congress, and this was her first time meeting with pro-ceasefire constituents. Between October 7 and today’s meeting, Israeli bombardment has caused the deaths of over 19,000 Gazans, including more than 7,000 children.
Rep Clark is one of the most powerful Dems but has done nothing to stop the genocide against Palestinians
We were part of a multi-racial, interfaith group from
@WhipKClark
's district who brought funeral shrouds to her doorstep
Yafa, a Palestinian constituent, spoke powerfully
From snowy Boston to snowy Minnesota:
Jewish Voice for Peace members support
@IlhanMN
!
Criticizing Israel or AIPAC is not antisemitic. Calling out the influence of lobbyists and the injustices against Palestinians is the right thing to do.
#IStandWithIlhan
#bosnow
Jewish Voice for Boston supports the ceasefire resolution being voted on in
#ArlingtonMA
now!
Arlington is one of the largest towns in
@WhipKClark
's district
Cambridge, Medford, and Melrose in CD5 have already passed ceasefire resolutions. And Boston did last week too!
Every year Massachusetts sends $129,675,320 to Israel to fund an apartheid and genocidal state instead of spending those dollars at home on social programs. Learn more at from
@USCPR_
Senator Warren, your recent statements have been much better than most of your colleagues but also very confusing
Do you support a permanent ceasefire or not?
Most importantly:
What ACTIONS are you
@SenWarren
taking to stop Israel's genocidal bombing?
The cease-fire was working. 100+ hostages were released, humanitarian aid started reaching Palestinians in need, and civilians were safe from harm in both Israel and Gaza.
All the parties must work to resume this cease-fire and build on it to create a lasting peace.
Senator Warren says: "Stop the bombing NOW"!
We absolutely agree - Israel must stop this indiscriminate bombing of Palestinians now.
@senwarren
we hope you will push further and call for a full and lasting
#CeasefireNOW
That is the only way to truly save lives and move forward
The crisis in Gaza is growing. Israeli airstrikes are destroying residential buildings and public infrastructure. Restrictions on humanitarian aid make life even harder. Stop the bombing NOW.
One of the most powerful Dems in DC,
@WhipKClark
, has called for a ceasefire
After 5 months, was it all the organizing?
30,000 Palestinians murdered?
100,000 uncommitted in MI?
Now we demand ACTION:
Rush aid to Gaza & fund UNRWA
Stop all guns & funds to Israel
Protect Rafah!
The United States, and the world, must continue to push the ceasefire negotiations to bring this urgently needed relief and begin the work of building true peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis. 2/2
Boston Coalition for Palestine held a march today at Boston Common and Downtown Boston. Boston says: LIFT THE SIEGE, CEASEFIRE NOW, STOP THE GENOCIDE, END AND ALL U.S. AID TO ISRAEL. 🇵🇸
JVP Boston stands with Emerson students violently arrested by the BPD & demands that
@mayorwu
drop charges against them and investigate BPD brutality. Full statement: .
Hold the Mayor and BPD accountable— call 617-635-4500.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mourn the Jewish, Romani, disabled, queer people, and communists murdered in the Nazi Holocaust. We draw inspiration from their resistance as we fight to end the genocide in Palestine.
Thank you to all the activists who made the unanimous Ceasefire Resolution possible. Somerville and Cambridge are the first cities in MA to have declared support for a ceasefire to the genocide perpetrated by Israel.
Hundreds of Jews and allies here at Boston City Hall to demand
@SenWarren
and
@SenMarkey
call for a ceasefire and make it a reality to stop the massacre of Palestinians!
They must start by voting against the $14 BILLION aid to Israel!
CALL IN THIS MORNING --MA (617) 354-0292 (9-noon)--You do not need to be a constituent--to show your support for a meeting happening now at Representative Clark's office in Malden, MA calling for a permanent ceasefire and end to U.S. money for the massacre in Gaza.
NO MORE SCIENCE FOR GENOCIDE!
Israel's Ministry of Defense pays MIT millions of dollars to develop tools to support the Israeli occupation and genocide of Palestinians. The students & researchers at MIT are demanding: MIT, cut all research ties with Israel! Join us today at 4! 🇵🇸
This is horrifying. 577,000 people in Gaza are at risk of catastrophic type of hunger
What actions are you doing to stop this
@SenWarren
?
@SenMarkey
?
And
@WhipKClark
are you talking to Biden about this? Are you demanding a ceasefire and aid to Gaza?
When
@SenWarren
&
@SenMarkey
visited UMass Lowell neither stopped to talk to local Palestinian students
But Markey nods when this young woman asks him to support a ceasefire. Does that mean we'll get a public statement soon
@EdMarkey
?
Every day we delay, more Palestinians die
No fundraiser for genocide in Cambridge! Out in force with
@TheSinclair
staff who refused to work the genocide fundraiser.
@boweryboston
we don’t want a genocide cheerleader in our community or $$ raised for war criminals. Let them know: jbhatti
@bowerypresents
.com, 617-547-5200
We will not accept anything less than permanent ceasefire. We appreciate
@SenWarren
’s latest statement is one step in that direction. This four day pause needs to be forever - not just "extended" as Warren said
We won't be satisfied until Palestinian liberation is achieved!
Warren is the 3rd Senator to support a long-term ceasefire
We thank you and recognize your leadership
@SenWarren
Now, we urge you to fight to make this ceasefire a reality and get humanitarian aid to Gaza. Urge your colleagues to join in pressuring Biden
FREE PALESTINE!
Reminder: anti-Zionism is not anti-semetic. We support those Bostonians who know this and bravely speak up on the difference.
The student leaders using their voices for Palestine in our city our incredible. Thank you.
I speak against the 75-year brutal occupation of my people, the inhumane system of Apartheid, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, our ethnic cleansing from historic Palestine, and our collective punishment all over the world.
I will not be intimidated by baseless accusations of
Boston stands against Smotrich! This top minister in the Israeli govt who called for the ethnic cleansing "wiping out" of a Palestinian town of Huwara. We must stop US funding for Israeli apartheid. As Jews and human beings, we stand against Zionism and settler colonialism
We were lucky to join this powerful rally for at the MIT encampment which drowned out Zionists rallying across the street. We participated in Jewish ritual while the dueling rally accused us of false accusations of antisemitism. Antizionism is not antisemitic. FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
People should not be arrested for speaking out against a genocide
@wutrain
: drop the charges and end the deadly exchange between Boston Police and Israel!
Tell Mayor Wu, Drop the Charges & End the Deadly Exchange!
Protestors disrupted state of the city, demanding
@MayorWu
ban Boston Police from Israeli training. Wu said "this is democracy at work" as BPD removed disruptors and arrested 20 ppl outside while the event continued.
Thread of upcoming public events by Mayor Wu. These are great times to address her deployment of BPD at Emerson which led to peaceful college students using their right of free speech to advocate for Gaza being beaten, injured, and traumatized. Shame on Mayor Wu!
Michelle Wu will be at HORATIO HARRIS PARK
85 HAROLD STREET ROXBURY, MA 02119 on April 29th -- hypothetically would be a great chance to meet the person responsible for BPD beating students
TOMORROW Copley Sq at 2pm
CEASEFIRE NOW!
The newly formed Boston Coalition for Palestine is organizing this march. So many people and organizations want an end to the settler colonialism, the siege of Gaza, US aid to Israel, and the genocidal bombing of Gaza!
JOIN US!
Today we stood with Healthcare Workers for Palestine while the
@AmerMedicalAssn
’s president spoke at Harvard Med. This silent vigil protested the AMA’s silence on the genocide in Gaza and murder of hundreds of healthcare workers. SHAME ON THE AMA!
ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE IN BOSTON!
TOMORROW, Monday, Oct 16th at 5pm in Copley Sq
Rally against Israel’s relentless bombings on Palestinians. We call for an end to this genocidal violence, an end to occupation, and an end to US funding to Israel. We will not back down!
Milt, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace - Boston, asked his
@RepLynch
to sponsor
#HR2407
Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation. Rep Lynch said yes!
@jvplive
@BettyMcCollum04
TODAY 12:30PM
MAKE SOME NOISE!
KAMALA ON THE COMMON!
Vice President Harris will be next to Boston Common. Bring drums, graggers, or your voice! We're going to make so much noise everyone in the fundraiser will hear us demand:
CEASEFIRE NOW!
END THE GENOCIDE!
FREE PALESTINE!
As American Jews we believe the
@UN
must take action to end apartheid in Israel/Palestine!
#UNGA76
begins today. Join the Twitterstorm NOW: the UN must call for
#UNinvestigateApartheid
.
Palestinian civil society,
@HRW
&
@btselem
agree it's apartheid:
30 activists outside Rep
@joekennedy
's office in
#NewtonMA
urged him to stand up for children at the US border and in Palestine. Sign on to Rep
@BettyMcCollum04
's bill HR 2407: end US financial support for the detention of Palestinian children in Israel
#NoWayToTreatAChild
In a pre-dawn vote, the Senate passed legislation that provides Israel with $14 billion in weapons and military funding and ends life-saving funding to the humanitarian aid agency UNRWA
Since October 7 Israel has killed over 28,473 in Gaza with the full complicity of the US🧵
Pauses on genocide?
Your constituents, including your Jewish constituents at
@jvplive
and
@IfNotNowOrg
, demand you call for a ceasefire now!
You can save literally thousands of lives. Will you
@ewarren
?
Civilians in Gaza desperately need food, water, electricity, and medicine. Israel has an obligation to follow international law and protect civilian lives. I’m calling for humanitarian pauses to accelerate aid for Palestinians and unconditional hostage releases.
JVP and INN chapters marched together at the March on Washington for Gaza with 400,000+ others. A powerful experience that we will never forget. Thank you to the organizers, speakers &
@ampalestine
for bringing us all together for 🇵🇸
#endusaidtoisrael
#ceasefirenow
#stopthesiege
SUNDAY 1PM COPLEY SQ
RALLY TO RETURN!
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Boston Coalition for Palestine with 30+ orgs is ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE!
Share widely. Bring your friends. We must stop the genocide
RALLY AT THE STUDENT CENTER AT 6PM
MIT would rather unjustly suspend and evict its students than cut its ties with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. SHAME ON MIT.
COME SUPPORT STUDENTS AND GRAD WORKERS
Student Affairs at
@BrandeisU
has deemed a vigil, mourning the dead, is "a genuine threat" and "harassment"
And has therefore de-recognized the chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine
We have been asked to not go out of fear of safety concerns
Rep
@sethmoulton
dismissively turns his back on young POC asking him to call for a ceasefire
Moulton brags about talking to the president when all he has done is make excuses for Biden's refusal to stop the genocide in Gaza
@RepMoulton
you must call for a ceasefire!
🚨 NO FUNDRAISER FOR GENOCIDE IN CAMBRIDGE! Protest the Sinclair’s fundraiser for genocide! Picket outside the venue TOMORROW-5pm!
Ribo just played for Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border to cheer them on.
Call, tweet, email the Sinclair-“Don't host a fundraiser for genocide!"
We're proud to be part of the
#MarchForOurLives
in Boston! It's a very large march and a small but passionate JVP Boston contingent.
No more lives lost to gun violence from Parkland to Boston to Palestine!
Thank you to
@swooli_
for Palestine solidarity for cancelling his upcoming show at
@TheSinclair
for hosting an Israel fundraiser featuring a singer who has been entertaining soldiers on the Gaza border while they commit genocide. Ways to contact The Sinclair below 👇
Hope to see you at 5pm!
And keep calling and tagging
@thesinclair
:
617-547-5200
Also email their parent company
@boweryboston
:
jbhatti
@bowerypresents
.com
Just say: "Don't host a fundraiser for genocide!"
No Pride in Genocide! Wonderful day at Boston Pride!
@PrideatWork
Eastern MA led a contingent Palestine supportive orgsincluding JVP Boston &
@CityLife_Clvu
. Crowds were enthusiastically supportive & say no
#pinkwashing
! Statement from
@liberatepride
: