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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 years

If you’re not writing the truth about crimes against humanity, you’re culpable in them.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

5 months

The language of dehumanization: 🇮🇱 - Children 🇵🇸 - People under 18 🇮🇱 - Civilians 🇵🇸 - Collateral damage 🇮🇱 - Women and children 🇵🇸 - Human shields 🇮🇱 - Hostages 🇵🇸 - Prisoners 🇮🇱 - Killed 🇵🇸 - Died 🇮🇱 - Attacks 🇵🇸 - Explosions

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

That means $54,000,000,000 to Ukraine in less than 4 months. “How will we pay for it” never seems to apply to wars, just the basic needs of the American people.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Rami Jarrah

@RamiJarrah

4 months

"We don't believe a ceasefire is gonna benefit anybody but Hamas" So 1.1 million children in Gaza are considered nobody. and these guys want to play mediators?

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

4 months

The difference in media framing is intentional.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

5 months

The Onion 9 months ago BBC today

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

“Elves can’t be Black” - from the people who brought you this

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

The International Court of Justice finds that there is sufficient basis for South Africa’s case against Israel and will not dismiss the case as Israel requested. This is a historic moment. The Court’s decision makes U.S. complicity more difficult for Biden officials to deny.

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3 months

This one just couldn’t be saved.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

10 days

Reporter: Evidence at Gaza mass graves show torture and signs of being buried alive, Palestinians called for an independent investigation, what’s wrong with that? Patel: We’re asking Israel Reporter: You’re asking the accused to investigate itself? Patel: We’re asking Israel

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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The Intercept

@theintercept

20 days

Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” by @jeremyscahill , @ryangrim

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

First they starve people, then they shoot at them when they desperately run towards food.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

Lives Ended?

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

Why did he do it? Four major news outlets have almost the exact same headline for the self-immolation of 25-year old Aaron Bushnell. Not one of them mentions the words “Gaza” or “genocide,” the reason for Aaron’s protest, or the word “Palestine,” his last words spoken.

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@AssalRad

2 months

Oxfam: Israel is blocking aid to Gaza International Rescue Committee: Israel is blocking aid UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Israel is restricting aid UN Special Rapporteur on right to food: Israel is starving Gaza NYT: Why isn’t aid getting to Gaza?

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

The Onion at the start of the Iraq war 19 years ago.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

The grandmother? Seriously?

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

Prime Minister of Israel

@IsraeliPM

3 months

Therefore, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the IDF and the security establishment to submit to the Cabinet a combined plan for evacuating the population and destroying the battalions.

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@AssalRad

3 months

Reporter: Here’s a disturbing image of an Israeli soldier violating international law, how do you hold them accountable? StateSpox: We leave it to the IDF to speak to those situations and ask them to respect humanitarian law. So, nothing. We do nothing to hold them accountable.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

So many words to pretend what’s happening isn’t a crime against humanity.

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@AssalRad

2 months

Israel Defense Forces

@IDF

2 months

“The IDF has concluded an initial review of the unfortunate incident where Gazan civilians were trampled to death and injured as they charged to the aid convoy. Our initial review has confirmed that no strike was carried out by the IDF towards the aid convoy.” Watch the full…

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@AssalRad

4 months

Israel keeps bombing areas it tells Palestinians to move to

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@AssalRad

3 months

Sky News

@SkyNews

3 months

'We want civilians to get out of harms way so we can go after Hamas'. Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says Israel's PM has "come up with a plan to help civilians evacuate Rafah". 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

4 months

This is 11 years old…

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Eylon Levy

@EylonALevy

1 month

#funfact This is only the second time that Hamas Front @UNRWA has EVER tweeted using the word “Hamas”. Pretty strange, no, if you’re not covering up for it?

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

This my mom’s Iranian passport before & after the revolution. I respect women who choose to wear hijab, bc in all cases I respect a woman’s right to choose. But this was not a choice my mom made. When it was up to her, she let her beautiful hair show. Freedom is having a *choice*

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

7 months

“Israel would never bomb a hospital”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

6 months

This Onion post is almost a decade old and it’s still happening. That should tell you something.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

5 months

The international community has overwhelmingly voted for ceasefire, global orgs like Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International call for ceasefire, a majority of American voters support ceasefire. It’s not Arab nations, the world condemns the U.S. government.

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The New York Times wrote a Haiku to avoid saying Israel massacres Palestinians that they’re deliberately starving in Gaza.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

Spot the difference

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

Israel is starving children, that’s your headline.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

1 month

UN: We demand ceasefire 🇺🇸: No UN: We demand ceasefire and free all hostages 🇺🇸: No UN: We demand ceasefire, free hostages 🇺🇸: No 🇺🇸: We won’t demand a ceasefire but it’s imperative and want it sustained temporarily 🇩🇿🇷🇺🇨🇳: That makes no sense 🇺🇸: Wow, they rejected ceasefire

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Assal Rad

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

6 months

US officials when Palestinian civilians are killed: “That’s what war is, it’s brutal, it’s ugly” US officials when Ukrainian civilians are killed: *chokes up* “It’s difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well-thinking, serious, mature leader would do that”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

John Bolton

@AmbJohnBolton

3 months

It's beyond time that Biden acknowledges Iran is behind all the violence in the Middle East. It's clear to me that Iran will not stop unless they are held accountable. And that hasn't happened. Biden must stand up to Iran before it's too late.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

Four major Western news outlets covering the story of Hind Rajab, *none* of them use the word “killed” or “Israel.” This is not an accident, it’s a systematic effort to whitewash the crimes of Israel. And it’s complicity in those crimes.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

4 months

I feel stupid for thinking that we believed—as a society—that killing thousands of children, burying them under rubble, and amputating their limbs without anesthesia is wrong, no matter what. I naively thought that was one thing we could all agree on.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Quds News Network

@QudsNen

29 days

An Israeli occupation soldier posted a picture of himself in Gaza holding a young girls sock on his Instagram and wrote in Hebrew which translates to: "Old hobbies: sports and writing, new hobbies: sniffing a 5-year-old girl's sock twice a day for four months."

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

5 months

🇺🇸: Can you minimize civilian casualties? 🇮🇱: No 🇺🇸: Can you stop settler attacks in the West Bank? 🇮🇱: No 🇺🇸: Can you accept a two-state solution? 🇮🇱: No 🇺🇸: Can you stop expanding settlements? 🇮🇱: No 🇺🇸: Can you end the war sooner? 🇮🇱: No 🇺🇸: Ok, here’s billions of dollars

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@AssalRad

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John Oliver on Gaza protests: “Protest is meant to be disruptive…34,000 people have been killed, most of them women & children…the US continues to supply Israel funding & arms for all of this, even as Gaza sinks into famine. If that’s not worth protesting, I’m not sure what is”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

See the difference? The way Western media frames Israeli crimes is by design. Looking at BBC’s headline you would think it’s a normal construction project. In reality, Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law but continue to expand with impunity.

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2 years

Two-thirds of the Afghan population is under 25 yrs old. That means most Afghans either weren’t yet born or were too young to remember 9/11. The US is collectively punishing—with starvation & theft—an entire people who weren’t even alive for a crime their country didn’t commit.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

6 months

Arab and Muslim men have been dehumanized for so long that for some people the images of Palestinian men crying for their loved ones, searching through rubble, embracing each other, and consoling children are remarkable. But this who they’ve always been.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

6 months

Wondering if some people would care more if they thought she was Ukrainian again.

Dena Takruri

@Dena

6 months

Israeli forces just arrested Ahed Tamimi in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank. Over a week ago they arrested her father, Bassem Tamimi while he was trying to make his way to Jordan. The family still has no idea where he’s being held.

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@AssalRad

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Mike Pompeo

@mikepompeo

5 months

It speaks volumes that the Israelis are forced to exchange Palestinian terrorists to get children back. Make no mistake: this is a battle between good and evil.

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@AssalRad

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Human Rights Watch: Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war EU Chief: Israel is using starvation as a weapon in Gaza UN Experts: Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza Western media: Gazans go hungry, hunt for food, sad times

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

-They normalized attacking hospitals -They normalized blowing up schools -They normalized killing children -They normalized posting war crimes on TikTok -They normalized starving people -Now they’re normalizing killing people trying to get food But none of it is actually normal.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

I’m so tired of Biden officials acting like we’re idiots. You can’t arm and fund Israel, draw no red lines, veto UN resolutions, reject the ICJ, cut UNRWA funding, ignore international law, then say you’re helping the dire humanitarian crisis you created. People see your lies.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

5 months

Where should Palestinians go to be safe? U.S. Officials: “People should go to the UN-designated sites.” UN Officials: “There is nowhere safe to go.”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

Elizabeth Hagedorn

@ElizHagedorn

3 months

New: State Dept responds to #ICJ 's ruling: It is "consistent with our view that Israel has the right to take action to ensure the terrorist attacks of Oct. 7 cannot be repeated, in accordance with international law," a spokesperson says.

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President Biden

@POTUS

3 months

Today, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces. We do not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But to all those who seek to do us harm: We will respond.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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“Western liberal values” on 🇵🇸

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This video is unbelievable. Students and teachers are being arrested for protesting US support for atrocities in Gaza. Now reporters are getting assaulted and arrested for covering the protests. But remember, democracy is on the ballot.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 months

🇮🇱: We want more weapons 🇺🇸: We’ll bypass Congress & send 🇮🇱: We want more money 🇺🇸: We’ll send billions more 🇮🇱: We want to bomb Gaza more 🇺🇸: We’ll veto the UN ceasefire 🇮🇱: We want to be above the law 🇺🇸: We’ll reject the ICJ’s findings 🇺🇸: We’re so frustrated with Israel

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

Fixed it.

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@AssalRad

2 months

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it

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@AssalRad

3 months

"If you harm an American, we will respond.” -President Biden

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

1 month

Ceasefire? You’ve vetoed every UN resolution for ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers are killing Palestinians for sport and posting it online because you’ve provided the weapons and impunity for them to commit mass murder. Just stop with the nonsense.

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

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We've been working for an immediate ceasefire that secures the release of hostages. This would create space to surge more humanitarian aid in Gaza, relieve the suffering of many people, and build the foundation for an enduring peace.

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Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

2 months

An independent and empowered press is a cornerstone for healthy democracies.

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CAIR National

@CAIRNational

2 months

We thank elections officials for apologizing over the placement of a giant Israeli flag above the only voting machine at a Virginia polling station on #SuperTuesday . When Americans vote, they should not be forced to view symbols meant to make a political statement, especially…

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@AssalRad

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Craig Caplan

@CraigCaplan

19 days

377-44-1: House passed a resolution that the "slogan, 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic and its use must be condemned."

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@AssalRad

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Covering up Israel’s crimes enables them to commit more, name the attacker.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

3 years

🔥 @AOC : “The US has long supported abusive regimes in South America and the Middle East to serve our own interests, yet we seem somehow shocked & confused when refugees from these places show up at our borders seeking asylum from the inhumane conditions we helped create”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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If you refuse to condemn Israel’s unfolding genocide, occupation, slaughter of children, carpet bombing, forced famine, hospital attacks, killing journalists & aid workers, and bombing embassies—but condemn Iran’s retaliation—don’t pretend you care about internat’l law or peace.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Every day I see images from Gaza that will haunt me. Today, I saw an 11-year old girl who lost her leg crying, “I want my leg.” And a child holding her injured dad’s IV bag, while sitting on the ground and wiping away her tears. Stop defending this, history will not forgive you.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 months

Israel detained a 7-year old girl, in the West Bank not Gaza. And yes, they do this to children all the time.

Carlos Vela 🔻

@Carl0s_Vela

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Israel went to Jenin today, in the West Bank, and kidnapped this 7 year old girl from her family. They do these things often but we rarely catch them on film.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Wow, watch this exchange with Kirby. Reporter: It wasn’t one strike, but three…workers moved the wounded to a 2nd vehicle which was struck, then a 3rd which was struck. How would 2nd & 3rd strikes on marked vehicles be a mistake? Kirby: Why don’t we see what they [Israel] find

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@AssalRad

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Watch reporter Matt Lee push StateSpox Miller on the destruction of a university in Gaza yesterday by Israel. Lee: “You have nothing to say?” Miller: “It is something we are raising to Israel…I don’t know what was under that building” Lee: “It doesn’t matter what was under…”

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

When other countries fail to provide basic services for their people, US media blames their governments. When the US does it, they call it *cute*

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13-year-old uses his Make-A-Wish to feed his city's homeless for a year

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Reporter: Did you ever have confirmation of what Hamas allegedly did to Israeli women? 🇺🇸: yes, Israel told us Reporter: So what about what the UN says of what Israel allegedly did to Palestinian women? 🇺🇸: we need a full, independent, credible investigation

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*Heated exchange* about the State Department's double standard of UN experts' report on sexual violence of Palestinians women: "I have seen those allegations I can't independently confirm those reports" "Did you ever have [independent] confirmation what Hamas allegedly did to…

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@AssalRad

2 years

#WorldRefugeeDay is a good time to remember how we treat refugees from different nations.

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@AssalRad

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People ask why I change “Gazans” to “Palestinians.” You can see NYT avoids saying it intentionally because it serves the Israeli goal of erasing the Palestinian national identity, which is inextricably tied to their struggle for self-determination.

HalalFlow

@halalflow

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Insane. NYT reporters can't use the term Palestine

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Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

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The United States condemns Iran’s attack on Israel. As the President said, our commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran is ironclad.

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@AssalRad

3 years

21 years ago today. Free #Palestine

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Unbelievable

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Eylon Levy

@EylonALevy

21 days

Last night, the Islamic regime in Iran launched over 300 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and suicide drones at Israel from Iranian soil. Iran has been attacking Israel every day since October 7—last night, it stopped hiding behind its proxy armies.

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US player Antonee Robinson embraces Iranian player Ramin Rezaeian after their World Cup game. This goes beyond sportsmanship, it’s a reminder that people are more than politics and governments.

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An entire Economist article on famine in Gaza doesn’t say the word “Israel” once. Not even when describing damage to farmland and water facilities or severely restricted aid deliveries. Saying *who* is destroying the farmland and restricting aid seems like basic info to include.

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For God’s sake, who killed them?

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We’ve now seen more than one *mass grave* at a *hospital* in Gaza and the Biden admin says they have seen NO evidence that Israel has violated international law. We live in a dystopian nightmare.

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@AssalRad

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John Oliver on the U.S. responsibility in Israel’s actions: “I’m talking about America, because this country has emphatically picked a side. In recent years, we’ve given Israel $3.8 billion a year in military aid… it means we’re heavily implicated”

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Assal Rad

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Fixed it.

Laila Al-Arian

@LailaAlarian

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A headline like this while Palestinians are still being killed normalizes their killing

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@AssalRad

3 years

Yes

Acyn

@Acyn

3 years

Ingraham: Is it really our responsibility to welcome thousands of refugees from Afghanistan?

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Reporter: The ICJ has found plausible evidence of genocide, will that impact US funding or weapons to Israel? 🇺🇸: No, we reject that evidence. Reporter: There’s no evidence of UNRWA accusations, will the US still cut aid to starving civilians? 🇺🇸: Yes, pending investigation.

HalalFlow

@halalflow

3 months

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when asked about the explosive reporting, finding that there was no evidence of UNRWA staffers involved in the October 7th attack: "As you know, there's an investigation happening. We're gonna let the investigation move forward."

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When everything you say is a lie.

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

2 months

As @POTUS said tonight during #SOTU : “The only real solution is a two-state solution.” We will continue to pursue a real pathway toward enduring peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

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Oxfam: “Israel’s military is killing Palestinians at an average rate of 250 people a day, which massively exceeds the daily death toll of any other major conflict of recent years.” 🇺🇸: Israel is doing everything possible to minimize civilian harm.

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

2 years

Today, the US will spend more than $2 billion on war. Today. Then again tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after…

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-Iran was *responding* to Israel’s attack on its embassy, this framing makes it seem like Iran initiated an attack -If Biden wanted to avoid a crisis he could have supported a ceasefire, instead he gave Israel no red line, aided atrocities in Gaza and shattered international law

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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Palestinians aren’t just being killed. Their bodies are being torn apart, they’re getting buried alive under rubble, treated without anesthesia, they’re starving and don’t have proper shelter. We are watching the mass slaughter and torture of a people, funded by U.S. taxpayers.

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Again, the difference in framing is intentional. Compare a 2022 NYT headline about Russia starving Ukrainians to two recent headlines about Israel starving Palestinians in Gaza.

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5 months

Calling for immediate ceasefire: -United Nations General Assembly -Doctors Without Borders -World Health Organization -Amnesty International -B’Tselem -UNICEF -UN Secretary General -Pope Francis -Majority of the world No Ceasefire: United States Israel

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Assal Rad

@AssalRad

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This is what we’re doing to professors and students in this country, because they want to stop a genocide. This is Biden’s America.

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