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We are out here with our friends at
@USPCN
to demand that
@Barclays
divest from israeli genocide and apartheid!
#StopArmingIsraelNOW
🚨BREAKING: Palestinian organizers and allies have blocked both entrances to the
@Barclays
’ building at 190 S. LaSalle in Chicago.
Barclays currently invests $2.5 billion in 9 companies whose weapons, components, and military tech are used in Israel’s attacks on Palestinians.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of American Jews and allies from the Midwest have rallied in Chicago to shutdown the Israeli consulate at Ogilvie Station. Our grief is being used to justify genocidal violence against the people of Gaza. We’re ready to stay here as long as it takes!!!
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THE CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION HAS PASSED CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL!!!!!
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BREAKING: Dozens blocking rush hour traffic outside federal building to demand a
#CeasfireNow
! This is the
#StateOfTheGenocide
.
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We’re blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and we’ll stay here until there is a ceasefire in
#gaza
!!
#NOTINOURNAME
#ceasefirenow
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Live from the largest gathering of Midwestern Jews in solidarity with Palestinians in history. We’re outside the Israeli consulate, Jewish tradition tells us that saving one life is equal to saving an entire world. Israel & President Biden- are you listening?
#CeasefireNOW
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Arrests are ongoing outside the Israeli consulate in Chicago. We’re not leaving and we won’t until there’s a ceasefire, an end to the occupation, and Palestine is free!
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HAPPENING NOW: Chicago PD is arresting dozens Midwest Jews & allies for blocking the Israeli consulate and stopping business as usual. We say not in our names and we’ll do whatever it takes!!
#CeasefireNOW
#NOTINOURNAME
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CPD estimate 100+ peaceful protesters arrested demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. We stand in solidarity as Jews and non-Jewish allies to end the occupation, the genocide, and the oppression of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and around the world.
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Chicago Jews call for a
#CeaseFireNOW
. On this final night of Hannukah, we are gathered together to demand an end to the funding of violence against Gaza.
#NotInOurName
#HanukkahForCeaseFire
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All 106 people arrested after blocking the Midwest Israeli Consulate yesterday have been released, some after being held for over 24 hours.
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Monday. In Chicago. Jews & allies from across the Midwest—MN MI WI IA IN IL MO—will take mass action to demand a ceasefire. Coordinated by
@JVPChicago
+
@IfNotNowChi
+
@NeverAgainActn
-Chi. Still time to join, sign up here: — h/t artist Arif Qazi
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After 22 hours and over 10,000 names we have run out of known names to read. This is the
#StateOfTheGenocide
.
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We were honored to march today w/ our Palestinian comrades & Chicagoans of all backgrounds to demand a
#CeaseFireNOW
. Chicago Jews were part of the march that shut down Michigan Ave for 4 hours today! We say NO to genocide in 2024! We demand a just & lasting peace!
#NotInOurName
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We are out here! No business as usual during a genocide!
#CeaseFireNow
#NotInOurName
🚨HAPPENING NOW🚨 100 Palestinian and youth-led protestors are shutting down the Chicago plant for Israeli weapons manufacturer, Woodward❌
If Genocide Joe won’t
#BlockTheBombs
, WE WILL‼️
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This is the
#StateOfTheGenocide
, so far we’ve spent 5 hours reading nearly 1700 names of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza. We know
@POTUS
won’t acknowledge this reality in SOTU tonight, but we demand better from our electeds!
#CeasefireNow
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#FreeAhedChi
HAPPY 17th BDAY AHED! We are inspired by your courage in the face of Israel's military occupation. Chicago will be out tonight at 5 w/ balloons and kazoos to say
#FreeAhedTamimi
and all children everywhere, from Chicago to Palestine !
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Last night, Chicago cultural workers and health workers gathered in front of the
@artinstitutechi
to publicly mourn 100s of workers from those industries killed in Israel’s genocidal attacks on
#Gaza
and the Occupied Territories. Their names will be remembered.
#CeaseFireNow
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From Chicago to Palestine, separating children from their families is a crime whether it's ICE, CPD or Israeli military doing it!
#NoBanNoWall
#FreeAhedTamimi
#FreeAhed
#FreeTamimiFamily
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While City Council members are in session, hundreds of Chicagoans are downstairs in City Hall making their voice heard!
#ChicagoForCeasfire
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Statement on
#BDS
+IL guv race. Proud 2 support movement 4 Palestinian rights Power concedes nothing w/out a demand
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Here with a simple message: Palestinians should be free. Mourn the
#Nakba70
and call your legislator to demand Israel stop killing protesters in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
:
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Rabbi Michael Davis of
@jvplive
leading Shabbat vigil here in his hometown of Evanston as we mourn lives of the 36 Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli snipers in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
.
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Carrie from
@jvplive
-Chicago protesting Israel's
#ApartheidAmbassador
@AmbDermer
: "I’m proud that at Jewish Voice for Peace we're challenging our own community to condemn the violence being perpetrated in our name by Israel at Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
."
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Chicago Jews are davening shacharit (the morning service) in solidarity with the people of Gaza and praying for a ceasefire. We dedicate our fast today to those experiencing the devastation of Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign.
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Chicago turning out strong to say
#FreePalestine
led by
@uspcn
@AMPalestine
and Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine
#Nakba70
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Northwestern is holding it down! Please come join the solidarity encampment any time you can - students expect to be here through the night!
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We are here in downtown Chicago saying: All eyes on
#Rafah
#CeasefireNow
#StopTheGenocide
#NotInOurName
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Our statement in response to this failure of leadership from our Jewish elected officials:
NEW: Scathing letter from three Jewish elected leaders explaining to
@ChicagosMayor
why they’re refusing his request for meeting next week. Read it here⬇️
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Young Jews reject Israel because we reject killing protesters at Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
, the bombing assaults on Gaza, the blockade on Gaza and Israel’s exporting occupation tactics to US police forces including thru
@ADL_National
’s
#DeadlyExchange
.” Charlotte from
@jvplive
Chi
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LIVE IN CHICAGO at
#ILSpeak4Gaza
- Rabbi Michael Davis of
@jvplive
singing Jewish mourning ritual for the protesters who have lost their lives in the Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
:
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We are celebrating Ahed Tamimi’s 17th bday outside the Israeli consulate and demanding the release of all children who are locked up, from Chicago to Palestine!
#FreeAhedTamimi
#FreeAhedChi
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Ethnic cleansing is not our Judaism, we are here in solidarity to
#TellTrumpNo
on
#Jerusalem
in solidarity w chicago Palestinian community.
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Tomorrow, Ahed Tamimi turns 17 behind bars as she awaits trial in Israeli military court. Join us at 5 in front of Israel's consulate to wish her a happy bday and demand freedom for all children whether detained by Israel, ICE orCPD
#FreeAhedChi
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We’ve started our 24-hr vigil @ Federal Plaza. Over 400 names have already been read. Join us in rage and mourning now and for the next 22 hrs.
#StateOfTheGenocide
#CeasefireNow
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UChicago admin is refusing good-faith negotiation with student organizers. Let's keep showing up for them! Disclose 👏 Divest 👏 We will not stop we will not rest! 👏
The President of UChicago has just signaled over email he will be intervening to end the encampment. He says he met with students. Let’s recap his bad faith efforts:
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Chicago is now the largest city in the country to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
#ChicagoForCeasefire
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We are glad our Mayor finally endorsed a
#CeasefireNow
. Now it’s up to City Council to make Chicago’s call for an end to Israel’s indiscriminate killing of Palestinians final with their vote on the “Uniting for Peace” resolution next week!
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@IfNotNowOrg
@IfNotNowChi
@wearedissenters
@fastforgaza
NOW: CPD IS ARRESTING Chicago Jews & allies for engaging in civil disobedience to demand
#CeaseFireNow
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This church is filled with support for Palestinian children. End Israeli military detention now!
#NoWayToTreatAChild
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As dozens risk arrest blocking traffic during rush hour we are continuing to read the names of Palestinians killed by Israel in its genocide campaign in Gaza.
#StateOfTheGenocide
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#Justice4Laquan
- thinking of him, his family, and every community and person who has been criminalized, attacked and killed by CPD.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Reciting the names of the 36 protesters killed in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
. Rep.
@janschakowsky
we need you to condemn the killings.
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@IfNotNowOrg
@IfNotNowChi
@wearedissenters
@fastforgaza
BREAKING NOW: Chicago Jews and allies are putting their bodies on the line to block the Washington Street bridge in the Loop. No business as usual. We are here on this last night of Hannukah to demand
#CeaseFireNow
.
#NotInOurName
. This genocide must end now.
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We are in downtown Chicago demanding
@TammyDuckworth
&
@DickDurbin
to do their part in calling for a ceasefire & end to israel’s siege on Gaza!
@jvplive
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Nov. 13, 2023: Chicago
Largest demonstration of Jews & allies in support of Palestine in Midwest history. Carpools, buses & trains from MN MI MO WI IA IN IL.
100 arrested demanding a ceasefire.
Speakers incl.
@jacksonpCTU
@RobertJPeters
.
@JVPChicago
@IfNotNowChi
@CHINeverAgain
⬇️
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Keep up the calls!! Organizers have been held for 5+ hrs and need our support!
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Tomorrow, on the 4th Friday of the
#GreatReturnMarch
, we gather in Evanston for Shabbat vigil urging Rep
@janschakowsky
, progressive leader on so many issues we care about, to say clearly that Israel must stop shooting protesters:
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Our statement of support for
@DykeMarchChi
, a powerful force for justice and queer and trans liberation in our city
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Coalition of Palestinians, American Jews, Chicago activists here outside event featuring Israel’s
#ApartheidAmbassador
@AmbDermer
to say:
#FreeGaza
, time for
#BDS
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When someone asks "Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?", one answer could be "Check any Israeli prison."
#BDS
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We stand against the horrific and cynical misuse of Holocaust memory by some members of Chicago City Council to delay the upcoming vote on a
#CeasefireNow
resolution. The memory of the Shoah compels us to say Never Again for anyone.
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Mourning Palestinian protesters in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
. Rep
@janschakowsky
has now demanded Israel stop targeting protesters; 3 more killed today. Pressure needed - demand investigation into whether these IDF units receive U.S. support
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We are in Evanston reading the names of Palestinian protesters mowed down by Israeli snipers in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
as we prepare to recite Kaddish. With
@ChiPeaceAction
@PeaceAction
and
@PastorEmilyH
Call our Senators here
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Muslims, Jews, and Christians rallying together across from the Israeli embassy for peace and justice for Palestine.
#HandsOffAlAqsa
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Coalition of Palestinians, American Jews, Chicago activists OUT here protesting Israel’s
#ApartheidAmbassador
@AmbDermer
& saying
#FreeGaza
, time for
#BDS
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Almost ready for our event with
@RepGutierrez
in support of the human rights of Palestinian children
#NoWayToTreatAChild
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Call
@NancyPelosi
's office, urge her to make sure legislation attacking our free-speech
#RightToBoycott
for Palestinian human rights isn't snuck into a year-end, must-pass appropriations bill!:
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Hey Dermer what do you say? How many kids did you kill today? —Powerful showing honoring lives of Palestinian protesters killed in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
outside appearance in Chicago by Israel’s
#ApartheidAmbassador
@AmbDermer
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JVP CHICAGO AND IFNOTNOW CHICAGO JOINT STATEMENT
@IfNotNowChi
As organizations full of anti-Zionist Jews, we value
@RossanaFor33
as a champion for communities of care and justice, from Albany Park to Gaza.
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GOOD NEWS AND CALL TO ACTION: Illinois
@SenatorDurbin
just publicly called for a ceasefire in Gaza. He is the first U.S. senator to do so. We need to call him, thank him, and make sure he doesn’t back down! You can call Senator Durbin’s Washington, DC office at 202-224-2152 or…
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Chicago Jews here in solidarity with the
#GreatReturnMarch
. Stop the killing in Gaza, support the right of return!
#FreePalestine
#Nakba70Chi
#Nakba70
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"What will it take for our politicians to wake up? What will it take for
@SenatorDurbin
and
@SenDuckworth
to speak out and condemn Israel's killing of unarmed protesters at Gaza's
#GreatReturnMarch
?"
@jvplive
's
@RabbiBrant
in Chicago. Call them here:
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#NoWayToTreatAChild
Powerful interfaith crowd gathered in Chicago to demand an end to Israeli military detention of Palestinian children this past Monday. Sign the petition to pass H.R. 4391:
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#TellTrumpNo
on moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem - greenlighting Israel’s unilateral annexation of the city and displacement of Palestinian Jerusalemites! Tell your rep to VOCALLY oppose:
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At
@JUFChicago
@IsraelinChicago
#Israel70
event to let attendees know 70 years of ethnic cleansing - including targeting and killing of Palestinian protesters by Israeli snipers at Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
- is nothing to celebrate
#Nakba70
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Ready to give Israel first prize in our Purim costume contest tomorrow for masquerading as a democracy, at
@IsraelinChicago
at 630 pm, 500 W Madison st!
#StopDeportingRefugees
#FreeAhedTamimi
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So much respect 4
@TalibKweli
support of Palestinian call 4 cultural boycott+refusal 2 perform apartheid Israel
#BDS
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RIGHT NOW: A delegation of organizations is meeting w IL
@SenatorDurbin
office to demand he condemn Israeli killings of 22 protesters at
#GreatReturnMarch
#SayTheirNames
, call Durbin,
@SenDuckworth
demand they condemn killings. Durbin: (202) 224-2152 Duckworth: (202) 224-2854
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Rabbi Michael Davis urges crowd to stand against
#Islamophobia
. 'Wherever you go, we'll go. When you're attacked, we're hurt too.'
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Here are the votes. It was a 23-23 tie, with Mayor Brandon Johnson casting the tie-breaking vote
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Free Palestine! Coalition of Palestinians, American Jews, Chicago activists here outside event featuring Israel’s
#ApartheidAmbassador
@AmbDermer
to say:
#FreeGaza
, time for
#BDS
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Tuesday Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer is in Chicago. Israel just killed over 115 unarmed protesters in Gaza's
#GreatReturnMarch
, including just today 21 year-old medic Razan Al-Najjar.
#SayHerName
, Join the coalition of orgs mobilizing next Tuesday:
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GOOD NEWS! The
#CeaseFireNow
resolution passed the Health and Human Relations Committee UNANIMOUSLY today. Thanks so much to
@MayaSchenwar
,
@RabbiBrant
, and other JVP Chicago members for showing up today to speak in solidarity with our comrades from
@uspcn
& other Chicago orgs 🤝
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#NoWayToTreatAChild
Last night 52 constituents signed cards to Rep
@janschakowsky
asking her to co-sponsor H.R. 4391 to ensure U.S. aid not subsidizing Israeli military abuse of Palestinian children in detention. Over 200 already! Email her (or your rep)
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Reading out the names of 100+ Palestinians killed in Gaza
#SpeakUpForGaza
— Urging
@Janschakowsky
's to demand an investigation into Israel's massacre of Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Call her here:
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LIVE IN EVANSTON - Rabbi Michael Davis of
@jvplive
singing Jewish mourning ritual for the protesters who have lost their lives in the Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
, as we urge Rep
@janschakowsky
to clearly condemn the killings. Call Congress here:
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Here in Chicago with
@uspcn
@AMPalestine
and Chicago coalition for justice in Palestine to commemorate
#nakba70
and support the
#GreatReturnMarch
.
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We are here led by Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine to condemn Israeli military massacre at
#GreatRetunMarch
.
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From Palestine to Chicago to the US -Mexico border, detaining children and families is a crime.
#AbolishICE
#FamiliesBelongTogether
#NoWayToTreatAChild
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Make your voice heard. Join us. Thursday, March 7, Federal Plaza, 8am.
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Israel's Ambassador to the US
@AmbDermer
is coming to Chicago next Tuesday. See you there to say
#FreeGaza
#FreePalestine
:
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Fun fact re
@AWiderBridge
, whose staff + members asked 2 leave
@DykeMarchChi
: in 2014 organized war rallies in support Israeli Gaza massacre
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Jessica of
@jvplive
Chicago here w Coalition for justice in palestine honoring 115+ people killed in Gaza. Human beings w names, stories families. Call
@SenatorDurbin
and
@SenDuckworth
, demand they condemn Israel's killings. Call here
#Speakupforgaza
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Standing with ALL immigrants in the wake of 45's cruel decision to cancel DACA
#ProtectionForAll
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Israel is dressing up as a “beacon of democracy” this year! Wait - didn’t they dress that way last year (and every year since 1948)?
#FreeAhedTamimi
and all Palestinian children by supporting H.R. 4391, sign the petition:
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@IfNotNowOrg
@IfNotNowChi
@wearedissenters
@fastforgaza
Jail Support Info:
Our friends who engaged in civil disobedience for
#CeaseFireNow
r being held at a police station. We expect them to be held overnight. We do not need more folks 2 show up 4 jail support currently. We will post updates on our ig story if the situation changes
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Never again means never again for anyone. Join us and
@KofiAdemola
tomorrow at 4 in Chicago as we respond to the call from the
@JOCSM4Pal
and say NO to Israel's deportations of 40000 African refugees to places they will face violence, slavery and death:
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Jewish tradition teaches that each and every single person has inherent dignity and worth and must be treated accordingly. HR 4391 acts upon the inherent dignity and preciousness of Palestinian children.
#NoWayToTreatAChild
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Scout Bratt of
@jvplive
leads us in Evanston as we mourn lives of 40+ Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli snipers in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
incl 3 this morning. Yesterday Rep
@janschakowsky
demanded end 2 killings. Call
@SenatorDurbin
+
@SenDuckworth
:
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.
@lesleywilliams
of
@jvplive
Chicago here
#Nakba70Chi
to say we support the right of return, we support Palestinian liberation and it's time for
#BDS
, joining thousands of Black activists in solidarity w Palestine.
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Here in Evanston for a Shabbat vigil urging Representative
@janschakowsky
, a progressive leader on so many issues we care about, to say clearly: Protesters should not be shot. Condemn the targeting of Palestinian protesters by Israeli snipers in Gaza’s
#GreatReturnMarch
.
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Interfaith gathering at Morton Grove Muslim Community Center to
#ResistTogether
.
#NoBanNoWall
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From 500 destroyed villages in 1948 to 32 killed in Gaza 2018, we are mourning
#Nakba70
. Call your legislator to demand Israel stop killing protesters in Gaza
#GreatReturnMarch
:
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In November
@BettyMcCollum04
introduced H.R. 4391 to ensure U.S. financial support to Israel isn't paying for the military detention and mistreatment of Palestinian children - on 3/12 in Chi, rally for this bill and to say this is
#NoWayToTreatAChild
:
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