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The Great Pretender @greatpretender133.bsky.social · 6h

Haven't had to break this one out for a while

Article titled "2023 is deadliest year for Palestinian children say human rights groups" dated October 6th 2023

Reyes @encantinada.bsky.social · 56m

The kind of people who asks questions like "why do you care about Palestine so much?" are those who don't understand that if they were under the same circumstances as Palestinians are, we would be marching, protesting and supporting them.

Firs they came.... Needs to be applied everywhere.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

Gaza Palestinians not Gazans. West Bank Palestinians not West Bankers. Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, not Israeli Arabs.

Decolonize your language.

Say Palestine. Say Palestinians.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1h

“quite audacious” is a polite and lawyerly way to describe it.

I'd say it's outrageous chutzpah from those using McCarthyist lawfare to silence any criticism of Israel. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

www.theguardian.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

The attack on southern Lebanon in October 2023 killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters.

NGOs welcome Lebanon’s push for justice over Israeli attack on journalists

The attack on southern Lebanon in October 2023 killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six other reporters.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 8h

"The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide"

Via Zeteo, read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

The Day I Knew Israel’s ‘Aggression’ Had Turned Into a Full-Blown Genocide

Read an excerpt from Gaza journalist Plestia Alaqad’s powerful new memoir, ‘The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience.’

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Reyes @encantinada.bsky.social · 7h

They could be true but are definitely not true.
What can make you think that things in Gaza were ok before Oct 7?
What had happened the days before? Weeks, months and years before?
You don't have to condone anything, but to think that Oct 7 just happened for no reason is ignorant or malicious.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 7h

Apart from the rewriting of history, there's a sad reason why most mainstream media gave so much more attention to 20 Israeli hostages than 2,000 Palestinian hostages:

They are racist. The standard operating procedure for western reporting on this 'war' has been, and is, to dehumanize Palestinians.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8h

Now that the final 20 Israeli hostages are free, remember: those claiming violence “began on 10/7” want us to ignore that Israel was forced to free 2,000 Palestinians hostages—some 20 years w/o charge—& 8,000 remain.

If Hamas holding 20 is violence—& I agree it is—what is when Israel holds 8,000?🤔

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9h

55 healthcare workers from Gaza were released today in the prisoner exchange, according to Healthcare Workers Watch. The group includes 24 nurses, 7 doctors, and 2 paramedics

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

The UN says aid agencies in Gaza are ready to help deliver a surge of humanitarian supplies, food, and medicine into the famine-stricken territory devastated by Israel’s blockade and relentless bombardment.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/615d9v

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

My statement on today's profoundly moving scenes in Israel and Palestine.

Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention.

There is finally a glimmer of hope that this ceasefire will hold and the long difficult work of reconstruction can begin. I also know this news brings solace to millions of New Yorkers, who’ve felt the pain of the past few years. We have watched as our tax dollars have funded a genocide. The moral and human cost will be a lasting stain and requires accountability and real examination of our collective conscience and our government’s policies.

The responsibility now lies with those of us who believe in peace to make sure it endures, and that it is just. Once aid is delivered, the wounded are cared for, and a lasting agreement secured, we cannot look away. We must work towards a future built upon justice, one without occupation and apartheid, and for a world where every person can live with safety and dignity.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10h

🇵🇸✝️ The Catholic Church in Gaza

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10h

Sara Segneri, Vice-Chair Intl Bar War Crimes Committee, filed complaints and demands for investigations and accountability for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of slain Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafarawi

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10h

Noa, released from Israeli prisons, says she was shackled by her wrists and ankles, beaten by multiple guards, and witnessed others stripped, assaulted, and threatened with rape.

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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 10h

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Trump salutes mega donor Miriam Adelson for help shaping US decisions on Israel

President Donald Trump, in a speech to Israel’s parliament, spotlighted mega-donor Miriam Adelson’s outsized influence on U.S. policy toward Israel, recalling her frequent White House visits with her late husband, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.

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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 10h

The United States Of Israel

It is insane how they all just do it in the open. In the end he just says that he is not in charge. That they do not care about his position, they just pressure him and he does as he is told

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Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social · 9h

A tweet from Oct 9 2025 of what happened in a single day in The West Bank

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9h

More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect

More than 9,500 Rescue Workers Missing

More Than 200 Bodies Dug Out of the Gaza Rubble Since Ceasefire Went Into Effect - News From Antiwar.com

Rescue workers in Gaza have recovered more than 200 bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF from the rubble and from areas they were previously unable to access since the ceasefire went into effect o...

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 12h

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · Jan 1

Once again this year I am going to maintain a thread – on Twitter and this year also on Bluesky – tracking victories won by social movements and other grassroots formations fighting for justice and liberation. This is the start of the thread for 2025.
#MovementWins2025

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 16h

This is an amazing thread

Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social · 12d

83. In a win for the Palestine solidarity movement, the BDS campaign has pushed sports brand Saucony to drop its sponsorship of an Israeli marathon that goes through occupied Palestinian territory. www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-spor... #MovementWins2025

US sports brand Saucony drops sponsorship of Jerusalem Marathon

Saucony has backed the race, which passes through occupied land, for three years, creating official running shoes and promoting Israeli soldiers as brand ambassadors

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 19h

Israel violates the ceasefire - and threatens more genocidal violence.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-vio...

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

www.owenjones.news

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11h

"People in the crowds repeatedly asked the freed captives if they had seen their loved ones, still missing in detention. Families often had no idea if their relatives had been detained..."

Thanks to @dropsitenews.com news for doing what western media rarely does:
treat Palestinians with humanity.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 11h

⚡️New video report from Drop Site News: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention

By Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with contributions from Jawa Ahmad

www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...

VIDEO: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention

“My message to the people of Gaza: Do not lose hope, do not despair,” a freed Palestinian prisoner said.

www.dropsitenews.com

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