Adam Staples
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🧵1. Leor Roseman (
@LeorRoseman
) - Palestinians, Israelis, and Ayahuasca: Can Psychedelics Promote Reconciliation? via
@YouTube
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Native Palestinian Arab Yoseph Haddad (
@YosephHaddad
) shares a story about his grandfather being ordered to leave his village by Arab leaders from Syria and Lebanon right after Israel declared independence━so they could attack Israel. When the IDF came━they didn't ask him to
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Just today- a really good friend of mine- for almost a decade, unfortunately decided to call off our friendship because I support Israel's right to exist & believe HAMAS being in power isn't good for anyone.
This message really hurt me deeply but I can't let things like this
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He didn't refute his Judaism, he refuted using the Holocaust & his Jewish identity to justify any injustice.
I will admit- I made this mistake of misinterpreting his statements- & I truly apologize.
Out of context "Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness". It seems like he here is refuting his Jewishness.
His full statement was: "Right now we stand here as men who
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“Hamas has vowed to continue the atrocities of October 7 many times over. Rafah in particular is a focal point for ongoing terrorist activity. Nearly 700 tunnel shafts have been identified in Rafah, from which approximately 50 tunnels cross into Egypt. These tunnels are used by
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@NickKristof
"Settlers are running amok and the army does not seem to be able to stop them.
Morale is low.
Hope for better times."
— a kind and lovely Palestinian girl living in the West Bank told me—a girl who actually doesn’t believe Israelis generally are her enemy.
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In contrast━Jews called upon the Palestinian Arabs to Stay.
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On May 1, 1948━there were reports that the threatened invasion of Palestine by regular troops of neighboring Arab states is under way. Word spread through the streets of Jerusalem that this was the showdown. Talks between the British and Jews for a truce broke down.
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NYTimes on 5/16/1948: Jews in Grave Danger in All Muslim Lands
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The NYTimes:
"Zionists Proclaim New State of Israel; Truman Recognizes It And Hopes For Peace; Tele Aviv Is Bombed, Egypt Orders Invasions"
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● "Fast-moving convoy was ambushed by a large Arab force"
● 1/8/1948:
"2,000 Arabs Invade Palestine In Face of British-Jewish Forces"
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● "Massacres of Jews in Yemen Lead to Recent Migrations"
● "Iraqi Jews Fast for Victims of Pogrom"
● "Outbreak Against The Jews In Morocco"
● Cries of "Down with the Jews! Death to the Jews!" in Algeria
● "The recent 'anti-Jewish' riots in Egypt"
● "The unfortunate Jews of
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@YasMohammedxx
I'm Pro-Palestine 🇵🇸 AND Pro-Israel 🇮🇱; I'm for 🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱; I'm for all Palestinians & Israelis to have their full rights respected and live in harmony and coexistence.
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Einat Wilf (
@EinatWilf
): how UNRWA obstructs peace in Palestine | Yasmine Mohammed (
@YasMohammedxx
) Podcast
"Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading thinker on Israel, Zionism, foreign policy and education. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010 to 2013, where she served as
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@elicalebon
@ArminNavabi
wrote in
@QueerMajority
what happened during & after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran as a consequence of this unity between the leftists & the Islamists—which Reza Shah dubbed “the unholy alliance between the ‘black and the red—’” namely
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The Palestine Post on 12/1/1947:
Arabs attacked Jews within hours of the partition resolution November 30, 1947.
"3-Day Arab Strike Coming Tomorrow"
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The Boston Globe on May 1, 1948:
“Arabs Invade Palestine: Syrian, Lebanese Forces Strike at Dawn; Egyptian Attack Reported From South”
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I will admit- I made this mistake of misinterpreting his statements- & I truly apologize.
Out of context "Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness". It seems like he here is refuting his Jewishness.
His full statement was: "Right now we stand here as men who
He did not refute his Jewishness, he refuted its weaponization.
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1948 Jewish girl Rachel flees Arab Legion soldiers during their attack upon the
#Jewish
quarter in Jerusalem.
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“As a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, I condemn [the actions of] October 7th.
We are for peace and safety, and the preservation of lives. Hamas does not represent me. What happened was not my choice and has nothing to do with me or my family. We are victims of mentally
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Egyptian newspapers from today 57 years ago - the first day of the Six Day War:
"The Arab army is on its way to Tel Aviv..."
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@zabius
I'm not okay with any of the suffering- & HAMAS is to blame- & Gazans deserve a government which actually respects all of their lives.
Just a simple & short demonstration: From a young age- Palestinian children are indoctrinated by the Palestinian leadership to seek death
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@afalkhatib
100% agreed with everything you wrote here.
Hen Mazzig (
@HenMazzig
) also had the right idea.
Creating an environment so hateful that American Jews are considering moving to Israel during wartime, then violently protesting an event about it, then gaslighting Jews when we call out the violence, is one of the most simultaneously cynical and hateful gambits I've ever seen.
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@elicalebon
We need to stop calling most "progressives" progressives—they're "Regressives". I'd give exceptions to individuals like Brianna Wu (
@BriannaWu
).
• Similarly—we need to quit calling many "pro-Palestine" individuals pro-Palestine because they aren't. Some of them might be but not
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@elicalebon
Yasmine Mohammed (
@YasMohammedxx
) also wrote a book on this phenomenon. Her book is titled:
"Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam"
Amazon URL:
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Some asked for the Full interview, here it is:
• Yoseph Haddad (
@YosephHaddad
) interviewed by Dr Sheree Trotter (
@shereetrotter1
)
via
@YouTube
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Palestinian voices for peace to follow:
@HowidyHamza
,
@Ahmad4ISRL
,
@Palestinia12961
,
@1brXo
,
@afalkhatib
,
@aziz0nomics
,
@moghaoui
,
@arab_leb2
,
@realbassemeid
,
@AzizAbuSarah
, &
@khalidi79397
.
#Peace
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@menavisualss
Later in her life:
• We do know Agatha Christie’s memoirs “Come tell me how you live” recounts her time in Iraq and Syria in the 1930s. In it she writes
• "Come Tell Me How You Live" she writes, "Going to the 'holy shrine of Sheikh Adi … situated in the Kurdish hills near
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@academic_la
Moreover
Hizbullah-Affiliated Journalist Ibrahim Al-Amine: Israel Has Not Initiated Anything in This War, It Is Only Responding to Our Operations; We Are the Ones Expanding the War
#Lebanon
#Israel
#Hizbullah
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@emilyshar1
@nytimes
@spj_tweets
@NewspaperWorld
@Poynter
@IFJGlobal
@ACESEditors
@EJNetwork
Farnaz Fassihi has urged the NYtimes not to write about Iranian
@AlinejadMasih
& the NYtimes has issued a copyright of the message of her saying that.
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@elicalebon
Well—it's possible some of the hostages are with wealthy~ish Individuals.
Maybe some starvation is happening in some locations and not others.
I don't think both statements logically have to be mutually exclusive or the only alternatives (false dichotomy).
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@Abbasuperfan1
Yes- I suppose you are correct, but it is still unfortunate. She considers herself Progressive, Muslim, & Queer- she has to know that HAMAS is not progressive and tolerant of LGBT individuals at all, while Israel is.
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@realbassemeid
@Stanford
Watch 'Nova Festival Film" here to see an hour of video of 10/7 at the Festival
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@elicalebon
=Freedom of speech means freedom from interference, suppression or punitive action by the government—and nothing else. It does not mean the right to demand the financial support or the material means to express your views at the expense of other men who may not wish to support
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After
#Hamas
beat them and wrote the word "thief" on their backs with a knife—they gave the order to other Palestinian civilians to stone them to death.
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@emilyshar1
@nytimes
@spj_tweets
@NewspaperWorld
@Poynter
@IFJGlobal
@ACESEditors
@EJNetwork
The NyTimes hired a journalist who speaks at Hamas events
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@elicalebon
@Ayaan
is right!
@ArminNavabi
wrote in
@QueerMajority
what happened during & after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran as a consequence of this unity between the leftists & the Islamists—which Reza Shah dubbed “the unholy alliance between the ‘black and
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@BluegrassRabbi
His statement needs to be contextualized- he wasn't refuting his Jewishness.
I will admit- I made this mistake of misinterpreting his statements- & I truly apologize.
Out of context "Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness". It seems like he here is refuting his Jewishness.
His full statement was: "Right now we stand here as men who
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Hamas faces growing public dissent as Gaza war erodes support
A THREAD 🧵
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@Mehristani
You can't blame USA, Israeli, or Jews—so no wide media attention or protests 🤷♂️
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@elicalebon
"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
— Ayn Rand
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@afalkhatib
@SanaSaeed
@ArminNavabi
wrote in
@QueerMajority
what happened during & after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran as a consequence of this unity between the leftists & the Islamists—which Reza Shah dubbed “the unholy alliance between the ‘black and the red—’” namely
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@conzo0311
And the first two lines are untrue-
You're only attacking a strawman- a caricature of my views- it's abhorrent that there are the deaths of thousands and thousands of Gazans. And I do not actually believe I and her have all that different of morals, just a different view of the
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Nadia is really vehemently attacking Palestinian peace activist John Aziz (
@aziz0nomics
) here...
And no—John isn't profiting from Palestinian suffering & dehumanizing Palestinians for wishing ☮️ peace🕊️ between Palestinians & Israelis, between Palestine 🇵🇸 & Israel 🇮🇱 ...
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@HowidyHamza
● Everyone━also check out Hamza (
@HowidyHamza
)'s previous article about the two times he was involved in the "We Want to Live" protests in Gaza━but was jailed, tortured, and only got out after his family spent an inordinate amount of money.
● He also
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"
#Antisemitism
is the scapegoating mechanism of societies in crisis."
━ Einat Wilf (
@EinatWilf
)
● She explains that when societies face crises━they ask two key questions: "What to do?" and "Who to blame?" Societies that focus on finding solutions ("What to do?") tend to
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@HowidyHamza
Just a hypothetical question—what if it prevented perpetual war, prevented a further subjugation of a people, saved one's own people, & prevented more death & tragedy in the long term?
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@BluegrassRabbi
Read the full quote carefully:
"We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict, for so many innocent people.”
— 'Zone of Interest' director Jonathan Glazer
• He's saying he's against Israel's
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BREAKING: ISRAEL ARMY BOMBED AREAS NEAR ISFAHAN AND NATANZ WHICH CONTAINS IMPORTANT FACILITIES OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
This would be AWESOME
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Yasmine (Mizrashki Jewish): History of Jews in Arab Countries) | Yasmine Mohammed (
@YasMohammedxx
) Podcast
"Yasmine is first generation Israeli-American wife and mother, who has used her passion for Jewish history and representation to create and foster a community using her
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A Gazan doctor saying the truth of Hamas terrorists being the reason of the war and destruction!
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@burdmanorama
@YosephHaddad
Love that.
• Highly acclaimed Iranian Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan (
@DoritRabinyan
) wrote a lovely novel called “All The Rivers” on a romantic relationship between an Israeli woman & a Palestinian man while the two were in New York. Highly recommend it!
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History shows that when the revolutionary left and Islamist right start sounding alike, it’s time to start worrying.
By Iranian Armin Navabi (
@ArminNavabi
)
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Briahna Joy Gray claims that Hamas has no interest in killing all the Jews in Israel. It only wishes to establish a state “like what we have here in the United States.”
To Gray, October 7th was not a massacre of Jews. It was simply an attempt at democracy-building by Hamas.
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Let's get this straight: BDS activist Calla Walsh says people should not join the "Woman Life Freedom" movement which calls for equal rights for women and girls in Iran because we need Iran stay evil to fight the US & Israel.
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When Pomona College students (and possibly others) rushed into an administrative building last night, President Gabi Starr told them they had 10 minutes to leave.
Then she suspended them and had them arrested.
(Warning: language)
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@HenMazzig
Here's my 20+ part thread on Ameen Abed thus far
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@afalkhatib
@KhalilJeries
@KhalilJeries
- why would your cheer such verbal attacks on a family member of a Palestinian peace activist & himself- who hopes to bring peace, reconciliation, understanding, & hope to both Palestinians & Israelis in the region? How is that going to reduce tensions, reduce
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"We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict, for so many innocent people.”
'Zone of Interest' director Jonathan Glazer
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@mo7mdpa
I hope you can find safety some place someday- whether in Israel, the U.S., Europe, or elsewhere. Ideally - I hope you'll be safe in Palestine if that's where you wish to stay - but thank you for speaking up against HAMAS.
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“God willing, may there not remain a single Hamas member in Gaza on Eid.
Oh Lord of the Worlds,
May God take revenge on you; there is neither Ramadan, nor Eid, nor anything good. If Hamas had any honor, they would hand over their leadership for the
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@afalkhatib
@OsloFF
@HowidyHamza
Thank you both so much for the very important peace activism you're doing! It's very important and we're very appreciative.
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@afalkhatib
Thank you—I 100% agree. Being Pro-Palestine means wanting what's best for Palestinians—which can't be aligning with Islamist organizations such as Hamas or Marxist organizations such as PFLP—and it especially cannot mean using Palestinians as sacrificial pawns for some
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@afalkhatib
100%—which is one reason I spend so much of my activism supporting Persians opposing the IRGC (and there are so many)—but also because a very huge proportion of Iranian society is secular and wants a secular democracy. There were fireworks being shot into the air by so many
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@LisaVonic
Ty. Wow- very sorry for your loss, it's difficult for me to understand this kind of mentality.
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‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters?
• This story regarding the 3 Al-Otaibi sisters Manahel (
@ManahelAl_otibi
), Fuz (
@zoozto20
/
@ahxmousa
), & Mariam (
@MARIEMALOTEEBI
)━who have been targeted by Saudi authorities for
Thank you Europe for giving me all the love and the opportunity to live and start again towards my goals ❤️
After the patriarchal authorities
#Saudi
Arabia decided to retaliate against me and my sisters Mariam Al-Ataibi and Manahal Al-Ataibi on charges of defending women's
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@afalkhatib
Thank you. Many appreciate your work, even if we all don't always agree, but if anybody always agreed then that'd show no independent thinking.
🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱 and 🇵🇸🤝🇮🇱.
I try to do my best as well, even though I'm just some random individual in the U.S.A., and even though I'm not an
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@afalkhatib
@SanaSaeed
I wouldn't be too worried about it—you have many allies & those of us who know you're one of the most important voices on this conflict today.
Only individuals who are illiberal, and lack self-esteem and self-confidence feel like they must block those who they distress with.
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@elicalebon
“Evil is impotent and has no power but that which we let it extort from us.”
— Ayn Rand
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@afalkhatib
@thetimes
Thank you, Ahmed, for your profound contributions to peace and understanding, and for maintaining your commitment to these ideals in the face of such personal tragedy. Your work serves as a reminder of the importance of individual values in the quest for a just and peaceful
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Statement from Pomona President Gabi Starr:
Pomona students involved are suspended immediately and students from other Claremont campuses are banned.
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A Gazan doctor saying the truth of Hamas terrorists being the reason of the war and destruction!
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@afalkhatib
Here's a message from a Palestinian in Gaza asking those outside of Palestine to stop asking them to sacrifice their lives for some political aspiration
“Concerning the people who tell us to die with pride and with dignity and are outside of Gaza. Brother, don’t give me advice, come live in my place and die. You and your women are seated at home with respect and cleanliness, while ours are camping in tents. Your children are full
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@HowidyHamza
Furthermore
Hizbullah-Affiliated Journalist Ibrahim Al-Amine: Israel Has Not Initiated Anything in This War, It Is Only Responding to Our Operations; We Are the Ones Expanding the War
#Lebanon
#Israel
#Hizbullah
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Al-Jazeera TV was asking him to give eyewitness testimony; he said:
"what’s happening is criminal! Why is the resistance [Hamas] hiding among us? Why don’t they go to hell and hide there? They are not resistance!! "
The journalist cut him off!
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“Concerning the people who tell us to die with pride and with dignity and are outside of Gaza. Brother, don’t give me advice, come live in my place and die. You and your women are seated at home with respect and cleanliness, while ours are camping in tents. Your children are full
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