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Rabbi David Mivasair
@mivasair.bsky.social
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Active in peace, justice; 4 yrs in ישראל-فلسطين, also 2 in 日本, worked at Vancouver's Ahavat Olam progressive synagogue & First United Church homeless shelter www.connectinggaza.org/donate
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❤️Kai in Kanada🇨🇦 @kleinekin.bsky.social · 2d
Well, he and his dear old daddy used to attend KKK "rituals" together, so yeah, def tracks.
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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 2d
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d
That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
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Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future
Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d
Critics warn that UG Solutions’ work in Gaza could entrench the politicization of international aid. interc.pt/4q73rVS
A photo of aid trucks entering from the Karem Abu Salem crossing, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "We Aren’t Finished in Gaza, U.S. Military Contractors Say," and the DEK, "UG Solutions, which works with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said its “cadre of American veterans” was ready to keep working in Gaza."
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 25d
The tools of boycott and public protest are inherited from the colonial period. We need to adapt these methods to focus on where power is concentrated today in our region: Arab capital.
Why Arab campaigns to boycott Israel aren’t working
The tools of boycott and public protest are inherited from the colonial period. We need to adapt these methods to focus on where power is concentrated today in our region: Arab capital.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24d
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 24d
The Jewish community and the Democratic Party are being torn apart over their complicity in the Gaza genocide and decades of supporting Palestinian oppression. This overdue reckoning will only be resolved by abandoning Zionism.
The Democrats and the Jewish community are being torn apart over their support for genocide - it’s about time
The Jewish community and the Democratic Party are being torn apart over their complicity in the Gaza genocide and decades of supporting Palestinian oppression. This overdue reckoning will only be resolved...
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 24d
As Israel faces increasing international isolation, BDS becomes more crucial than ever mondoweiss.net/2025/09/as-i...
As Israel faces increasing international isolation, BDS becomes more crucial than ever
Benjamin Netanyahu walked back claims about Israel’s international isolation after causing a stock market crash, but he was right - the Gaza genocide has severely hurt Israel’s standing. We must deepe...
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 25d
How the Israel lobby is fighting to turn back grassroots support for Palestine in the Democratic Party — and why it won’t win mondoweiss.net/2025/09/how-...
How the Israel lobby is fighting to turn back grassroots support for Palestine in the Democratic Party — and why it won’t win
The Democratic National Committee’s recent summer meeting in Minneapolis showed how the Israel lobby is working to fight increasing support for Palestine among the party’s base, and how it is failing.
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Independent Jewish Voices @ijvcanada.bsky.social · 26d
More than 1,000 Canadian Jews have signed the open letter calling for rabbis and spiritual leaders to break their silence on Palestine! Read more and add your name today tinyurl.com/Call4Rabbis

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · Sep 6
jb pritzker emerging from the steaming water like martin sheen in apocalypse now covered in camouflage paint
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Sep 6
We are directly, immediately, tangibly helping families in #Gaza survive -- sending funds so they can buy food, shelter and transportation away from lethal Israeli attacks.
Please, please join us: www.connectinggaza.org open.substack.com/pub/connecti...
Gaza is Being Erased. We Cannot Look Away.
Bearing Witness, Building Solidarity
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Sep 2
We sustain two dozen families in #Gaza.
Learn what we do, how to join us:
Join our awareness & fundraising event on Zoom
Weds, 3 Sept, 6-7 pm BST / 10-11 am PT / 1-2 pm ET. Register at: lu.ma/i6lnks5f
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Feed Gazan families · Zoom · Luma
Connecting Gaza is a community support group dedicated to aiding families in Gaza. For over two years, the families we serve have endured siege, displacements,…
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 29
DiCaprio plans to own 10% of an "environmentally friendly" luxury hotel with yacht marina in an apartheid state engaged in livestreamed genocide. rootsaction.org/dicaprio-sto...
Tell Leonardo DiCaprio to Stop Supporting Israel
You are a
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 27
Excellent news, bodes well for the future. Read for details:
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority open.substack.com/pub/thedownb...
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority
Catelin Drey's victory may portend more good news for Democrats next year
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 16
Judges create legal fictions all the time.
Because a judge said something doesn't make it true, it only makes it the law.
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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · Aug 8
Trump judge decides for Jews that our identity is inseparable from Israel: "'The Star of David—emblazoned upon the Israeli flag—symbolizes the Jewish race,' McFadden wrote in his decision, adding that “targeting the Star of David is as racially motivated as the highly offensive racial slur, 'n—.'"
What does the Star of David represent? A new ruling offers a legal answer
Judge Trevor McFadden rejected arguments that the Israeli flag represents the state of Israel, rather than “the Jewish race.”
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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · Aug 8
Trump judge decides for Jews that our identity is inseparable from Israel: "'The Star of David—emblazoned upon the Israeli flag—symbolizes the Jewish race,' McFadden wrote in his decision, adding that “targeting the Star of David is as racially motivated as the highly offensive racial slur, 'n—.'"
What does the Star of David represent? A new ruling offers a legal answer
Judge Trevor McFadden rejected arguments that the Israeli flag represents the state of Israel, rather than “the Jewish race.”
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Q₉ @q9f.bsky.social · Aug 16
Are they anticipating the next stage of revolt? I don’t even think so, because honestly, we’ve been far too restrained.
9 @q9f.bsky.social I wonder what would happen if people started burning the Israeli flag in Western streets. What would actually happen if it were done regularly to say that this state must be dismantled? 13 juillet 2025 à 21:58
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 16
The Israeli flag just became the only national flag illegal to burn in the United States. Yeah. I'm dead serious.
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🇮🇱 The Israeli flag just became the only national flag illegal to burn in the United States. Yeah. I'm dead serious.
When Criticizing Israel Becomes a Hate Crime: How One Ruling Betrayed the First Amendment
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Aug 13
BDS VICTORY! Last week, the Iowa City Council unanimously voted to boycott and divest from Israel bonds and all companies complicit in the Israeli government’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Chris Andersen @bodhidrop.bsky.social · Aug 12
Messages from and about Gaza, by Gazans.
(Thank you @mivasair.bsky.social )
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Refaat Writes Back
A space where writers from Gaza keep Refaat Alareer's legacy alive
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · Aug 12
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Homeland Security @DHSgov Which way, American man? http://JOIN.ICE.GOV photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 8
🚨 Germany Suspends Arms Exports to Israel: A Historic Shift in Support
As international criticism of Israel grows, one of its largest allies suspends military aid, signaling a potential turning point.
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🚨 Germany Suspends Arms Exports to Israel: A Historic Shift in Support
As international criticism of Israel grows, one of its largest allies suspends military aid, signaling a potential turning point.
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · Aug 4
I just signed Right Side's petition with All Out that could really change things for LGBT+ people. Add your name and join me in the fight for LGBT+ rights! a.allout.org/s/vQEl5/
Trans activist detained in Dubai – demand justice now
Lilit Martirosyan was humiliated and denied rights while in transit through Dubai – just for being trans. Emirates refuses to investigate. Sign now for justice.
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