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Activist and Journalist - I write about the plight of the Palestinians, inside and outside of Palestine #FreePalestine #BDS

California, USA
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@RichardHardigan
Richard Hardigan
6 years
I spent 3 mos. in Palestine with an org that monitors IDF and settler human rights violations. Saw countless acts of humiliation, aggression, but also brave resistance by the Palestinians. The experience is recounted in my new book. Foreword by Ilan Pappe.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israeli soldier steals a Palestinian boy's bike, then pepper sprays his eyes when he asks for it: I'm not afraid says the israeli @Ibrahim_J5 "
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RT swilkinsonbc "While a Palestinian family are out attending a funeral, this is how israelis launch themselves into their home to steal it | via @ma000111 "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israeli children start attacking a Christian tourist in Jerusalem: it’s like the whole of israeli society is terminally sick right to the very inner core "
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10 months
OnlinePalEng: Here's the fact about 3 lies widely spreaded by Israeli propaganda. #Gaza
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RT @Timesofgaza "Watch: lsraeli occupation soldier brutally beats up a young Palestinian female in occupied Jerusalem. "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The father of 13yr-old Nahid & 20yr-old Ramiz Adel Barbakh describes the moment israeli troops shot and killed both his sons | via @RamAbdu "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israelis are vile.. to people, to the environment, to ancient trees, to beauty, to anything: my olives! my olives! a Palestinian farmer cries "
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RT swilkinsonbc "Palestine wasn't empty! we entered their villages; shot them; they fled to Gaza; they couldn't defend themselves | via @sulei1 | @DaysOfPal "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Attendees at Exeter University raise Palestinian flags and boycott a lecture by the israeli propagandist Yoseph Haddad | @PEFMISSIONS "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "You speak of human rights, says Belgian MEP Marc Botenga, but you let the israeli regime kill with impunity: the hypocrisy disgusts me @QudsNen "
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RT swilkinsonbc "Israeli reporters moaning about not being liked in Qatar: this is how Palestinian journalists are treated by israelis in their OWN country "
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@Oye662012 @celtjules66 My friend in Nablus says the worst thing is the belief that his people have been abandoned by the world. Your tweets may not have any effect on the outcome, but they do make a difference.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Young Palestinian man sadistically assaulted by violent israeli troops inside the light-rail train in Jerusalem — israeli thugs in kill-suits "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The israeli ambassador for Denmark is objecting to this video being shared on social media.. so keep spreading it around, says @molcape "
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RT swilkinsonbc "RT @swilkinsonbc : Why would an adult want to grievously batter a child? israelis are serial child abusers; do not approach! seek safety! | via @hamada_pal2020 "
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RT swilkinsonbc "At the end of the day, it will be the Palestinian flag that will fly over ALL of Palestine — from the RIVER to the SEA | from @SpokespersonNK "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "We will never accept the illegal, racist, criminal, zionist occupation of Palestine, says American Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss | via @100_alpha "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Violent israeli troops use brute force to forbid Christians from getting into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for 'Holy Saturday' in Jerusalem "
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RT swilkinsonbc "Israeli police arrest a Palestinian boy in J'lem, kneel on his neck; abuse his right to safety: it's torture; are you still silent? | via @AhmadReida "
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RT Mondoweiss "RT @MariamBarghouti : This is Israeli settler militia beating a young girl in Jerusalem today as Palestinians performed mass prayer for the holiday. Look how one soldier stands guard against anyone trying to help the girl while his peer… "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Ariel Gold @ArielElyseGold on how the mask is coming off: the israeli regime is an apartheid & the world is waking up | via @ehab_judeh "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The israeli gov't is 'on a rampage' against human rights, says the new HRW Executive Director Tirana Hassan, and it must be held to account "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Recall: israelis violently set upon & attack a Palestinian mother & her son; it's a routine occurance —Apartheid says so | via @ObedaSalman "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israelis violently attack a Palestinian vehicle in Mukhamas village, just east of Ramallah, which had a toddler inside | via @PalYouth4News "
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RT swilkinsonbc "Here's Itamar Ben-Gvir leading a mob of israelis into a riot against a Palestinian vendor, says @MaxBlumenthal & smashing up his shop "
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RT @Timesofgaza "A journalist uncovers the war crimes left behind by the Israeli army in the Tal-Al-Za'tar area of Northern Gaza upon their withdrawal from the previously besieged Al-Awda hospital. "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israelis attack their car b/c they thought they were Palestinians.. they were in fact, israelis getting a taste of what it's like to be Palestinian "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "A wee reminder from the man the israelis want to crush, who just gets louder by the day: “Israel” is an apartheid.. got it yet? | @rogerwaters "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "There were two Palestinian children playing football, so I took my gun and I shot them in the head, brags an israeli soldier | via @luan_kotori "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "There’s never been a time in the history of Earth that exterminating an entire population is acceptable — why in 2023? why the Palestinians? "
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OnlinePalEng: Palestinian supporters in Manchester stand in solidarity with the rock star Roger Waters during his concert at AO Arena, after being accused of antisemitism for supporting Palestinian people.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israelis set fire to this young a Palestinian boy: luckily he escaped and is en route to hospital for treatment, but say it again: israelis set this boy on fire "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Armed israelis wielding guns like uncivilised barbarians, shoot and kill Palestinian 23yr-old Khairy Khalaila in the street @WAFANewsEnglish "
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OnlinePalEng: Pro-Palestinian supporters take part in a traditional Palestinian dance in Brussels, Belgium.
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RT swilkinsonbc "Let us not forget when balaclava-clad israeli troops used a young Palestinian child as a human shield: don't forget hey! | @KatSuleman "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Manchester occupy Barclays to read the names of the 91 Palestinian people killed by the israeli regime in 2023 #DontBankOnApartheid "
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RT @Timesofgaza "Update: injures on the rise due to the lsraeli aggression on Jenin city. "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Barely alive Palestinian baby is found under the rubble after the israeli regime butchered his family with an air strike in Gaza | via @phortuenti "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Stop American aid money being sent to the israeli regime, say 14 key Democratic Party members in a letter spearheaded by Bernie Sanders "
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RT swilkinsonbc "My beloved Palestine, we won't let you alone Gaza, though you're far away from us: #WorldCup2022 stadium sings Palestine @misgar_erfan "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "We call on people of every faith to support the Palestinians, the rightful owners of the land, says the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church "
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RT swilkinsonbc "More terrified Palestinian children returning from school being hauled into military custody by israeli troops: does it stop? ever? @bob_alian "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Zwelivelile Mandela, Nelson Mandela's grandson, stands in solidarity with 'our brothers & sisters in Palestine' | Cape Town | @OnlinePalEng "
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RT @Timesofgaza "lsraeli occupation forces violently push a Palestinian elderly man in occupied Jerusalem. "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Manchester City & Liverpool supporters delighted as @PUMA follows int'l law & finally dumps the @ISRAELFA – listen to the fans reactions "
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RT DaysofPalestine "This is Israel: on arresting a young Palestininan child, a so-called soldier thinks he's "permitted" to savagely beat him "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "There’s no other way to define what the israeli regime has imposed on the Palestinians .. other than an open-air prison, says @FranceskAlbs "
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OnlinePalEng: Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd: “Even our existence is criminalized.”
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2 years
⚠️ Warning Graphic Video ⚠️ BREAKING: an Israeli soldier brutally shot a young Palestinian man at point-blank range in broad daylight, leaving him to die on the street, blocking ambulances from reaching him. This is a developing story.
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RT swilkinsonbc "We killed them; no qualms at all; if you killed a Palestinian, you did a good thing: what a terrible history israelis have | via Palestine Live "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "This is #IsraeliTerrorism untethered — bored israeli troops randomly shoot at Palestinian cars just because they’re Palestinian @Ibrahim_J5 "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "What the israeli regime does is genocide, ethnic cleansing, murder & assassination, says humanitarian Greta Berlin; it’s evil | @Truegreta "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "“Israel” falls neatly under the definition of the crime of apartheid as defined in the Rome Statute, says @ronnie_barkan | via @motee_im "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israelis uproot 250 olive seedlings & 150 grape vine seedlings in al-Khader town near Bethlehem, as well as stealing 150 tree saplings "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Watch an israeli “police” vehicle running down Palestinian youngster Muhammad Da'na in Silwan before abducting him injured | via @GFilza "
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RT swilkinsonbc "After Palestinian teenager Ammar Mufleh was shot by an israeli killer, watch israeli police block the ambulances that could have saved him "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The israeli attack on Jenin was an orchestrated act of terrorism by the state-backed israeli military —it's #IsraeliTerrorism | Jonathan Randall "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israeli undercover troops who speak violence & no other language, attack Palestinians gathering in al-Bab Al-Amoud area in Jerusalem "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Brighton expresses solidarity with Jenin in the wake of ongoing and lethal israeli aggression against the city's civilians | via @BrightonPSC "
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RT swilkinsonbc "RT @swilkinsonbc : The israeli erasure of Palestine is the longest ethnic cleansing of the 20th & 21st century | Gabor Maté to Russell Brand [Under the Skin] "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "A mass of pro-Palestinian supporters rally outside the israeli embassy in London to protest the unspeakable israeli attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Palestinian child cries as her home is demolished by israeli troops in J'lem: I'll build you a more beautiful house, her father says @Silwanic1 "
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RT Mondoweiss "RT nowthisnews: American Jewish youth visiting Israel were given maps that erased Palestine — this traveler called it into question "
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RT @PalestineChron "An elderly Palestinian woman, who had gone viral for saying that she was “older than Israel” in a video circulating online, was killed by an Israeli sniper. "
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RT DaysofPalestine "Crowds unite in protest that int'l law violator & serial war-criminal Netanyahu 'walks free' on British soil #BDS "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Says Amos Goldberg – a leading professor of the Holocaust at Hebrew University, calling the israeli regime an apartheid is describing reality "
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RT DaysofPalestine "Excerpt: Young Jews across the world are waking up to the truths of the #Nakba70 , says Rob Abrahms of Jewdas "
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OnlinePalEng: "We must recognise Palestine, call for Israeli accountability in international courts, and compel Israel to allow Palestinians to have the most basic of rights, self-determination," Australian MP Andrew Wilkie said at the Parliament.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Unverified video of humanitarian aid being thrown out of trucks into deeply dug pits & being buried | is this Rafah? #AirDropAidForGaza "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Israeli troops maimed 19,173 Palestinians incl 4,987 children at the Great Return March: what inquiry? #PalWoundedDay #IsraeliCrimes "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Crowds of New Yorkers march to Senator Chuck Schumer’s home to demand that he STOPS funding #IsraeliApartheid | via @RuhidaPTIPK "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Arab nations sleeping through the Palestinian suffering: broadcast this message, he says, wake up and #FreePalestine | via @NoorAbdelHaq1 "
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RT swilkinsonbc "RT @swilkinsonbc : The israeli agenda to destroy Palestine is moving forward at full force, says @mikopeled & we all need to do something before it's too late "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The israeli regime IS an occupying power and the Palestinians ARE a colonised people; these ARE the crimes of apartheid @ClareDalyMEP "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "He found them sitting on the road after the israelis bombed their home: they don't talk, they don't cry — shock #NoOilForIsrael | via @Kingmoj3 "
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BREAKING: Israeli soldiers killed 16-year-old Ahmad Shehadeh during an invasion of the Palestinian city of Nablus. He is the 200th Palestinian killed by Israel this year, and the 51st child.
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RT DaysofPalestine "Roger Waters explains why he supports #Palestine and the #BDS movement. "
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RT DaysofPalestine ""We support Palestine. This is occupied Palestine, not Israel." - An American walks around the streets of Jerusalem carrying a Palestinian scarf and showing solidarity with the Palestinians! "
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RT @Timesofgaza "Don't Look Away: Another masacre has taken place in Jabaliya "
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OnlinePalEng: "The oldest military occupation in modern history looks like a prison & works like a prison. About three generations of Palestinians have grown within its confines,” UN Special Rapporteurs Francesca Albanese said.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "As long as israelis keep believing that they, the occupiers, are the victims, nothing will ever change, says Gideon Levy | via @IMDibe "
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OnlinePalEng: Palestinians bravely confront Israeli settlers trying to steal their lands in Halhoul, north of Hebron.
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RT @swilkinsonbc "20yrs ago, an israeli murdered #RachelCorrie : since her death in 2003, israelis have killed over 9,000 Palestinians | source @ifamericansknew "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "Watch how an israeli military vehicle breaks all humanitarian laws & blocks a Palestinian ambulance reaching an emergency call in Nablus "
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RT DaysofPalestine "Member of Belgiums parliament questions WHY no sanctions are applied to Israel after its massacre in Gaza "
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RT @swilkinsonbc "The israeli sniper who killed Janna Zakarneh shot her twice in her face through a high precision lens; he saw the colour of her eyes: think on it "
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