22.9.1967
Our right to defend ourselves against annihilation does not entitle us to the right to oppress others
occupation results in colonial rule, colonial rule results in resistance, resistance results in oppression, oppression results in terror & counter-terror >>>
@SanaSaeed
@BerkeleyLaw
Here's the thing: they should have listened to her. She must speak up for her people butchered daily infront of our eyes. & these people try to hide this crime and silence any conversation about the facts. How dare they talk about & teach law?!?!
Asking questions about the "ethnic cleansing" of "MENA" Jews is not innocent. It's a manipulation of history. Our painful, disastrous history. When you are blocked from discussing your own history, that's erasure, silencing, and, well... utter huztpa!
Upcoming lecture in the lecture series Decolonising Knowledge orgnaised by the research cluster Religion, Challenge, and Change in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow
@PeruginiNic
That's horrible... The same logic applies for Israelis, then, with military bases often in close proximity to civilian residence, not to mention the policy of settlements set as means of securing the "borders" (wherever they are).
@Alonso_GD
Your legal analysis is gold, keep on! Insulting a colleague means they ran out of good arguments, so there is no point in responding. And of course, labelling you as antisemitic already shows about the strength of this guy's arguments.
שואה
חד וחלק
ולא, לא רק בגלל המספרים המזעזעים
בגלל המצור, האכזריות, ההרעבה, השמחה לאיד, ההרס של תשתיות, מערכות בריאות ורווחה
ואין להם לאן לברוח
רצח עם ושואה
BREAKING:
The media won’t tell you this but Israel has now killed 16,550 Palestinian children in Gaza, in 8 months.
16,550 children killed. In just 266 days.
This is a holocaust.
Repeat. Spread it. Let the world know.
@yaronavraham
I'm sure denial and dismissive approach will make it go away. Stay calm! Ignore. What possibly could go wrong? Just like denial of the Nakba, the Naksa, and the siege on Gaza. It worked so well, didn't it?
@TaliaRinger
Zionism is not about Jews belonging or not belonging to the "Holy" Land, it's about forging a Jewish majority on the majority population of non-Jews. I suggest you check the numbers from 1922 to the present; it's a demographic struggle, and it's brutal and ugly.
ממשלת ישראל הורגת את החטופים. זו ממשלה רעה, הרשע בהתגלמותו, ואם יש משהו שמעיד על כך זה היחס לחטופים, כבר מהיום הראשון. ארורים יהיו כל חברי הממשלה הזו לדיראון עולם.
Imagine living months on end
with sounds of explosions
and buzzing drones above your head,
the constant smell of smoke and blood,
death and misery everywhere you turn,
no solace, no rest,
water & food running scarce,
fearing the warmth of loved ones
suddenly snatched
Gaza
@gershonbaskin
Even if they did, it would *not* justify siege and genocide. So it's simply irrelevant. Such arguments merely invite a futile debate about statistics, which is easily manipulated to suit political agendas, as we learnt from our COVID experience, e.g.,
A FB memory from 2014
Clara Dijkstra, RIP, the woman who sheltered a Jewish baby girl in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. That baby girl is my mom, God bless her with health and well-being.
@sharonobgynMD
Dear Sharon, here's is what I'd do:
1. archive the tweets here:
2. report each of them here:
3. for guidance on relevance, see here:
A medical professional speaking like this is criminal.
@faniaoz
Not only there is no correlation, but also there is no justification to preventing food, water, and medicine from the civilian population suffering from the siege and control of their resources long before 7/10. You are lying with a straight face.
@sarahnadav
@nadiaaakd
Most of the Palestinian residents of Ramla and Lydd escaped there from other places. Most of the Palestinian citizens of Israel are internally displaced people (see for example, Iqrit and Bir'am).
@ArsonAtDennys
Too many first-person singular pronouns per tweet to be readable
But this is the message: a new form of Jewish suffering denialism is born as we chat - this time of something that didn't happen, not in MENA and not in Algeria. Never mind what historians actually uncover...
Malabar was a central hub for the Indian Ocean trade networks dominated by Arabs between the ninth and the sixteenth centuries. Arabic-speaking Jews were an integral part of the Muslim networks. /2
אתמול הקשבתי שוב לר'סאן אבו-סיתה על מצב מערכת הבריאות בעזה, ממבט רחב מערכתי על עזה כביוספירה. המצב קשה כל כך, שגם עצירה מיידית של ההפצצות לא תעצור את תהליכי ההשמדה שהן הניעו עם זיהום ביולוגי וסביבתי והרס המערכות החברתיות והארגוניות שיכולות היו להוות בסיס לשיקום. אבל, >>>
@KhalilJeries
How can we talk about peace during an ongoing genocide? And we didn't even start coming to terms with our responsibility for the Nakba... It seems that the Israeli Zionist left is constantly behind the curve.
The arrival of the Portuguese in Malabar in 1498 signifies a watershed moment in the connected history of Malabar and the Arab-Muslim world, affecting also the small Jewish communities in and around the medieval port town of Cochin, /3
@TaliaRinger
In that case, we can promote democracy to all between the river and the sea, and the implementation of the right to return (al-7aq al-3audah). I'm all in favor. I might be able to consider returning to my homeland, which as for now, a Jewish state, is unbearable.
@DEMurray8
@YairWallach
Well, Netanyahu has been perceived as an existential threat by Israeli security and intelligence experts for quite some time. Denialism is not the way forward. Especially not now.
@ireallyhateyou
Baskin's takes are becoming ever more bizarre as this genocidal war is raging. And this is someone who has the credentials of being able to listen and engage in a dialogue. I think it says something about the utter futility of the so-called dialogue.
@AlonLeeGreen
@Bamberg250
Any responsible Jewish leadership would realise that the occupation is not in the interest of Jews worldwide, let alone Israelis.
לכל החכמולוגים שהתעקשו לפני כמה ימים על החוקיות של ה"פעולה" בבית החולים אל-שיפא - כרגע, התקשורת הבריטית מלאה בקריאות להעמיד לדין רטרואקטיבית כל מי ששיתף פעולה עם מדיניות ההתנחלויות והכיבוש של ישראל בשנים האחרונות, עם קו ישיר מרצח עובדי הסיוע, הזוועות באל-שיפא, המצור על עזה וכו
@sharonobgynMD
@gershonbaskin
@KhalilJeries
I'd second that and add that in my humble opinion the Palestinians have by far more reasons to be afraid of and distrust Israelis. Gershon, how would you propose to address Palestinian fear, quite justified, of annihilation?
@DrNeilStone
Do you know Dr Campbell (the YouTube guy)? He started promoting it a few months ago. He still insists that there is a "correct" dose to prescribe for patients. He's not alone, btw. He's not an antivaxxer at all.
These are the ppl whose existence is denied to the verge of extermination. Shame on us, descendants of ppl who were targeted by the same racist brutality not that long ago
Over 40 years ago, Edward Said sat down with a group of Palestinian women and in two minutes they laid out what is still the current situation -
🎥: excerpt from edward said’s ‘the shadow of the west’ (1983)
@RacheI_Deutsch
>> apologies for the self-promotion, but this type of erasure, the links to racism, and the shared destiny with Palestinians is something that is constantly on my mind & tried to capture some of it here:
אבו-סיתה סיים את דבריו עם הפנייה לדמיון היצירתי של הקהל - אנשי בריאות, חינוך, תקשורת וממשל - עלינו לדמיין את העתיד ואיך להתארגן כדי לשקם את עזה.
ואוסיף - לכל ישראלי שמבין מה קורה פה מעבר לתעמולה המופרעת בישראל - מתישהו זה ייגמר. איפה אוכלוסיית ישראל תהיה ברגע הזה? חשבו על זה.
@Dr_Melody_Pond_
אז מה המארגנת חושבת שיש ב"צד השני" רק שנבין? לא בני אדם? אשכרה ההגדרה לג'נוסייד... לבי, לבי אליכם שנאלצים להיאבק על השפיות בתוך ים של ג'נוסיידים שהשתחרר להם הבורג לגמרי... מקווה שהשפיות תנצח, כי אחרת האבדון יהיה גדול מנשוא לכולם - לא רק לבני האדם בעזה, אלא גם לבני האדם בבאר שבע
@gazaheart
Genocide is devastating on so many levels. I just despair thinking about the long uncertain way to recovery from this disaster, beside feeling sick and hurt to the innermost core of my being with every day that passes with no end in sight
@EmekShavehHeb
ממש הרצחת וגם ירשת, תרתי משמע
וכמי שעובדת קצת עם מחקר היסטורי, זה גניבה של ההיסטוריה מעם שלם, בלי בושה, שוד לאור היום. 🤬
טוב שיש אתכם, עמק שווה, ששומרים על צלם האנוש של העם שלנו, איכשהו... 😟
@kann_news
@DovGilHar
אולי אם תפסיקו להכחיש את הכיבוש, לתרץ פשעי מלחמה, ולעודד רצח עם מהיציע לא יאשמיו אותנו יותר בפשעי מלחמה והפרות חוזרות ונשנות של החוק הבינלאומי.
It’s disgusting that my colleagues would support legislation to prohibit U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll.
They want to erase the Palestinians who are living, and now they are trying to erase the Palestinians who are dead. This is genocide denial.
@archivegenocide
Good sign that they start feeling the heat and are less confident of their everlasting impunity. May we see action taken decisively and firmly soon
Amidst COVID-19 the true value of labour is acknowledged as priceless. Yet, even now workers' rights are encroached upon, their unity is sought to be broken. We must be vigilant.
#MayDay
greetings to all including health care workers. Let's lead the fight against this pandemic.
Oh God... help the good people of Gaza! Stop the genocide already! So many lives lost, so many precious, creative, good-hearted souls perish every day!
@skoopit
@omrimaniv
השתלחות פרועה תמיד מעידה על המשתלח ולא על המטרה להשתלחות.
וכן, גם אני זוכרת את שמך לטובה (מהתקופה שעוד הייתי קוראת את ה"ארץ" באדיקות). אם אני זוכרת נכון, הסיקור שלך האיר כשלים מבניים במערכת מעבר לדיווח יבש.
@KhalilJeries
This is a bizarre take on the situation. It is clear we are witnessing a genocide that no one in the intl community ahs put an end to. And it is the Israeli/Jewish fear that we need to address right now? Seriously?
@urihoresh
ממש... מדכא עד עפר. אבל אפשר להתנחם בזה שרובם פרופילים מונפצים, חלקם עובד בתשלום כדי להכפיש ולדכא בכוונה (וזה עובד להם!), ואנשים כמונו מתרחקים מלהגיב להם (וזה לא אומר שאנחנו לא שם עם מחשבות אחרות). אבל כן, קשה לראות את זה...
@amaloraby2
לא צריך להיות פרופסור בשביל להבין את זה! אשמח לראות את השמות של הפרופסורים האלה. אחד לאחד פושעי מלחמה ומשת"פים ברצח עם. הלוואי שנזכה לראות אותם כולם בבית המשפט בהאג ומאחורי סורג ובריח. אנשים מסוכנים לחברה ולשלום הציבור!
@hebagowayed
I thought she was just an idiot, but she's brutally cruel, it seems, unleashing venom at the most vulnerable and helpless victims of this genocide. That's really awful
If you're Israeli and you refuse to call it a genocide, you're a part of this genocide.
Yes, I'm looking at you, so-called "peace camp". You make me sick.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, the leader of the Palestinian National Initiative (PNI) said that the recent decisions of the Israeli cabinet are a declaration of Israeli annexation of the West Bank, which is the most dangerous challenge facing the Palestinian people since the Nakba.
Dr.
The Israeli government including Israeli embassies and the pro-Israeli media started a media campaign to justify an Israeli war on Lebanon. The Pro-Israeli Telegraph is complicit by publishing lies about the Beirut airport.
What we always warned about is happening. Netanyahu
@PeruginiNic
Decades-long work on anti-racism and decolonisation is rendered meaningless and empty these past six months. It's outrageous and frightening at the same time. At the very least, our governments & institutions should abide by the law, hold Israel accountable & act.
Saturday demonstration in Tel Aviv, a friend (anti-genocidal!) sends me this pic, with the sign which reads:
"We die because of you! Get out of our lives!"
This is to reiterate, if you stand with Israel, you are doing NO favor to Israelis. This government kills them too.
@Deborah_Feldman
Big hugs to you, Deborah, from a fellow Jew, second generation of Holocaust survivors, and Israeli citizen. There's nothing radical or lefty in respecting the law, human rights, and having a wee bit of common sense. I hope the German government will wake up already!
@Rueyey
@ireallyhateyou
We don't know! He never talks about it! (Which means, practically, he's a denier of Nakba, occupation, apartheid, siege, and genocide).
@bernstein_ariel
I wouldn't expect the Palestinians to fotgive us any time soon (and hey, the genocide is full swing, live-broadcasted, and no end in sight!). Simply, the same international law, IHL, and UN resolutions and conventions apply to us. So we should guard them.
@ucu
Urgent international intervention is required after 15 years of the brutal siege on Gaza and a deteriorating situation in the West Bank, and now, attacks on the Palestinian citizens of Israel (says an Israeli Jew following the news with growing anguish and concern).
Thank you, but really, to be honest, my expertise lies elsewhere. I do some research in this area because I feel it is my duty as a scholar and as a Jew of colour. I also have the required skills, esp. Hebrew and a wee bit Arabic (colloquial) as well.
Unbelievable hate speech and smears threading Abu-Sitta's post - against him and the university, my employer - the best employer I have ever had in my life. UofG was the first of the few unis to call for a ceasefire. I was heard the speech with teears in my eyes. He is brilliant.
@TaliaRinger
Well, the international community (including Diaspora Jews) should eschew the current Israeli leadership and forge alliances with the democratic forces of Palestine, mainly in Israeli jails. That's for a start. There should be red lines re: legitimate Israeli leaders. No settlers
@YairWallach
The only way to stop this murderous madness is international intervention. This government and especially the PM should be put on trial for committing war crimes. I wish it could be done immediately
@AlonLeeGreen
תודה לאל! הן לא שוחררו סתם כך. ג'ו ביידן שחרר אותן כאזרחיות אמריקאיות, כדאי לדייק. הן הועברו לידי הצלב האדום (לא לידי צה"ל ישירות). צר לי על הקטנוניות, אבל שימו לב שממשלת ישראל חסרת אחריות ומזלזלת בחיי אזרחיה שלה, ועוד כמאתיים מהם חטופים בעזה.
Settler with a gun: "Go away! Idiots!"
Leftist activists: "Why are you shooting at us? Stop shooting!"
Settler: "I don't want to kill anyone! Go away! Idiots!"
Place: At-Tuwani, West Bank
See more here:
"You are killers."
A passenger on a bus in Haifa, occupied Palestine, confronts Israeli soldiers in uniform during her journey.
The soldiers plead, explaining that they are protecting civilians, but the woman remains unconvinced.
@RacheI_Deutsch
That's the key point here:
"In general, though, it seems as if the erasure of Mizrahi or Oriental Jewish history from its Arab and Islamic context goes hand in hand with the eradication of Palestinian history from our surroundings."
I recently wrote something along these lines>>>
The presentation takes Malabar (Southwestern India) as a case study for investigating the history of disconnections brought about by colonialism from the early modern period onwards./1
@sharonobgynMD
@gershonbaskin
כן, ומלא אמירות מוזרות כמו אלה המסומנות כאן באדום - א. המאמר הממוסגר אינו עניין של מה בכך - זו הממשלה הנבחרת של ישראל וגם הרוב באופוזיציה מסכימים עם דרכה, ו-ב. מה עם הפחד של הפלסטינים? להם יש הרבה יותר סיבות טובות לפחד מישראלים!
A year ago in Amsterdam, I saw the faint memory of my mom's grandparents whose community was erased from this port town, that Jews were an integral part of its development and success.
How many of us, 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation of Holocaust survivors care about Gaza's victims? 1/2
@YairWallach
Might be good to add that this book was so well-received by Palestinians that it was published in Arabic by a Lebanese publisher before it was published in English. A must-read, and painfully relevant now, nearly a century later.
"if we die, we die together", released captives tell how their captors protected them from the bombs dropping on Gaza, explaining how important the captives are for them.
Shame on the criminal settlers' government and the Israeli PM and the IDF, committing crimes upon crimes.
"הלינו אותנו לילה בסופרמרקט... ואז למחרת היה ירי [הפצצת צה"ל] והסופר חטף הדף... ואנחנו התקפלנו עם המזרון שעלינו, והם, השומרים שלנו, השובים שלנו, המחבלים, עלינו, מגוננים בגופם... מפני ירי הצבא, כי אנחנו מאוד היינו חשובים להם"
מתי כבר ישראל תתחיל לגונן בגופה על החטופים שעוד בשבי?!
Mosab Abu Toha: "This is what remains of my younger brother’s home library. My brother is an extraordinary scholar of Arabic language grammar and was about to earn his PhD and who has introduced six books into the Arabic language rich collection of scholarly books."
Not only sociologists, this is our duty to colleagues and students from Palestine, as their families and communities experience daily horrors that are broadcast live on our mobile screens, every day, every hour. If it's difficult for us, how much more difficult is it for them?
עוקבים דוברי עברית - בקשה מארכיון האחריות - לדווח על יוסף חדאד וההסתה שלו. אם יש פנינים של הנ"ל שתרצו לשתף אתי - בפרטי. בפרופיל של ארכיון האחריות תוכלו למצוא את טופס הדיווח והנחיות. זה לא מסובך!
This truly defies belief.
The hyperlink this Jerusalem Post article uses to evidence its claim that Hamas is faking the humanitarian crisis opens to an article about the Israeli protesters preventing aid from crossing the border.
The reports from Gaza are horrendous, just horrendous. Civilians are traumatized, living next to corpses of relatives and neighbors. They can't go out, they can't rebuild, they can't recover. They feel being locked up in a huge grave. 🧵
@YairWallach
Excellent analysis, but consider also this striking difference from 1973: the attack was effectively organised by militants in the largest open-air prison in the world, under strict siege and surveillance, as well as constant attacks, for the past 17 years.