Today, we were supposed to have parliamentary elections in Palestine before Mahmoud Abbas canceled them for fear of losing. He remains in power for 16 years, unelected and against our will.
@SecBlinken
@POTUS
remember this when you talk to him.
Abbas, an unelected president who has been forcing himself on us Palestinians for 18 years, does not represent the 80% of Palestinians who support the Uyghurs. We stand with the Uyghurs against Abbas and China.
🧵During his visit China this week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas voiced support for the CCP’s inhumane repressive policies in East Turkistan against Uyghurs and Turkic Muslims.
Mahmoud Abbas is in the 18th year of his 4 year term. He refuses to hold elections. Imprisons, kills those who criticize his corruption. He killed my friend Nizar Banat in June, and tried to kill me in March.
245 Palestinians have been arrested by the Palestinian security forces between April and December on charges of inciting sectarian strife, illegal gatherings, possession of illegal weapons, and collecting money (for rival groups) and receiving money (from these groups).
President Abbas’s Al-aqsa brigades issued today an explicit death threat against me for visiting my home town of Samoua in the Hebron Hills. I have no security and this threat from president Abbas and his security forces cannot be left an answered
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@HadyAmr
Hundreds of Jews and Arabs gathered in protests in Jerusalem and its neighboring towns against the violence, the occupation, and to call for an immediate ceasefire.
Jericho’s prison is known among Palestinians as the “slaughter house” المسلخ due the brutality & torture used by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces against prisoners.
Palestinian rights group: Since the beginning of October, Palestinian security forces arrested several human rights and political activists, including some who protested the killing of Nizar Banat by Palestinian security officers. The detainees were transferred to Jericho Prison.
Why are some British journalists upset Messi wore the Arab Bisht/traditional dress? It is considered a high honor when you give your bisht to someone else to wear. Ask this guy!
The Palestinian Authority kills Nizar Bannat, a human rights activist, a critic of Mahmoud Abbas, and a parliament candidate in the recently canceled elections. The only reason they killed him is his outspoken criticism of the PA’s corruption.
P.A. is planning attacks on me because of my advocacy in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
@coe
to expose political killings, torture of political prisoners and misuse of AML/CFT laws by President Abbas’s Administration.
A 10 year old Palestinian girl writes her will in case she dies. She asks to be buried with her mom so she can stay in her arms. She wants to be buried in “eid holiday” clothes because she didn’t get a chance to enjoy them. 10 years old. 💔
Best wishes to my brother
@reda_getachew
as he takes over leadership of Tigray.
Difficult days ahead, no doubt, but the worst is over.
Time to heal and rebuild.
Abbas fearing for his safety escaped the West Bank this morning and is now residing in his palace in Amman. Protests calling for Abbas to step down have not stopped since the assassination of activist
#NizarBanat
"PayPal did not respond to multiple requests by Reuters for comment on the accusations and demands for Palestinian access to its services, part of a campaign launched this month by Palestinian digital rights group 7amleh."
@Reuters
“The Biden administration needs Israel to not oppose the move in order to convince members of Congress to vote in favor of a bill that will allow Biden to waive the law that stopped U.S. funding.”
Scoop: The Israeli government notified the Biden administration it wouldn’t oppose a U.S. return to the UNESCO, Israeli and U.S. officials told me. My story on
@axios
Journalist Naseem al-Mualla, who was arrested 9 days ago by the Palestinian Authority Preventive Security Force, has been transferred to the notorious Jericho Prison.
@POTUS
is wasting his time and tax dollars by engaging the corrupt Mahmoud Abbas. 79% of Palestinians want Abbas to step down. 87 years old, in his 18th year of a 4 year term, Abbas refuses to step down, refuses to hold elections, and is adamant about dying on the job.
People trying to send aid to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria are unable because the banking system is down in the disaster areas.
#Bitcoin
is the solution.
The Palestinian ambassador to Iran, Salah al-Zawawi, retired after 40 years in his job. His daughter, Salam, has been sworn in as the new ambassador to Iran.
@EUpalestinians
You fund the PA. Investigate where your tax payers money is going & whether or not it’s being used to murder activists. YOU should investigate and stop funding human rights abusers like Abbas until the findings of your investigation are out. Keep your thoughts and prayers.
The recent wave of violence is not surprising given the clashes in Jerusalem were instigated by Abbas to use as a pretext to cancel elections. Now he needs to export the crises towards the Israelis and thus more violence authorized by Abbas will be directed towards Israel.
In response to the recent violence between Arabs and Jews in Israel, a sign in Hebrew on כביש 6 Israel’s main highway reads “ Jews and Arabs refuse to become enemies”
#Israel
The travel restrictions imposed by Hamas on Palestinian women out of Gaza is a human rights violation and should be revoked immediately. It contradicts Palestinian laws and values and has no place in our society. This is not the future Palestinians aspire to.
The medical staff at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital - Jews and Arabs together - offer a message of unity and solidarity between Arabs and Jews against the background of the riots and the crisis in Israeli society.
The Palestinian Authority is searching for creative ways to steal from Palestinians workers. The corrupt PA wants salaries transferred to accounts in Bank of Palestine. The workers in Israel decided to strike over demand for bank accounts
#Bitcoin
I call on governments in the Ramstein Group Meeting to show total support with the people of Ukraine. Putin must be stopped.
See our statement:
@WLCongress
#TogetherWeAreStronger
@KhaledAbuToameh
documented , Abbas has engaged in a massive crackdown ahead of elections. Elsalameen, a Palestinian-American commentator and Abbas critic, told the Jerusalem Post that Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades had sent him death threats.
Curious to know what
@jstreetdotorg
@JeremyBenAmi
think about hosting a dictator like Mahmoud Abbas & pushing on his behalf in washington knowing what they know today about his decision to cancel elections indefinitely using violence (he instigated) in Jerusalem as a pretext.
This is war …never seen anything like this in my life! Anyone who can help deescalate this situation must do so immediately. The violence is creeping into every town and people are being pinned against each other in the most violent way.
@POTUS
@ABlinken
@JakeSullivan46
Mahmoud Abbas sends thugs to shoot up the home of Nizar Banat a parliament candidate and a critic of Abbas in dura in the south of hebron. Nizar is visibly terrorized. His kids are at home with him. Shame on Abbas and those who support him to quash dissent
@EUpalestinians
President Abbas issued a decree/law to deduct one Israeli shekel from every phone subscriber to fund “the PA plans for Jerusalem.” People are unhappy about it believing the money is goi by straight to Abbas’s pocket. 84% of Palestinians believe the PA is corrupt.
❤️ Mohamad Kiwan’s family donated his organs to six Jews & Arabs equally. The 17 year old Mohamad was shot in the head by Israeli police in Um Alfahim several days ago. 💔
@bilarakib
كل كلامك كذب و مفبرك. الغبي بيعرف انه جهاز المخابرات الفلسطيني عصابة محمود عباس التابعة للامن الاسرائيلي هو من اعتقل و قتل نزار بنات. حتى المقالات المنشورة في كل الصحف الدولية تقول انه السلطة ومحمود عباس. فلماذا تشوهين صورة بهذا الاسلوب الحقير الرخيص؟ لمصلحة من؟ ومقابل ماذا؟
Report: Qatar turned down a request from the Palestinian Authority to stop Al-Jazeera from broadcasting a program on the murder of activist Nizar Banat. Banat was beaten to death by Palestinian security officers in Hebron.
The recordings of the phone calls is heartbreaking! The jailed journalist has cancer and was receiving chemotherapy. He has been in jail for 25 days with no news of him whatsoever! The crime? He called abbas at home to ask for justice.
Journalist Mohammed Atiq, who was arrested by the Palestinian Authority security forces a few days ago, has been transferred to the notorious Jericho Prison, also known as the "Jericho Slaughterhouse."
Please help spread this message! This is the norm not the exception. This type of action should be circulated to send a message of calm and peace to save lives in these crucial moments.
Why would the US invest in such failed leadership? Did we forget Afghanistan’s failed model? Is the US aware that Hamas (ala Taliban style) uses the PA’s corruption to its advantage by bribing PA security officials to freely operate and funnel money into the West Bank?
Meet Jamal Amara from Kfar Kanna i who saved Reuven Nehorai after being caught in a lynching attempt by a small handful of young people in the village.
Received this from a friend in Gaza. 💔 He is basically saying “we are alive but it doesn’t seem for long.Make sure to say in my obituary I was a nationalist and had ambitions” 😢
what we know from Nizar’s family : 1- The Palestinian Intelligence arrested Nizar at 3am as he was sleeping at home. 2- They severely beat him up before he could open his eyes 3- They announced his death at the hospital even though he wasn’t in the hospital & he was very healthy
Bassam Salhi, Secretary-General of the Palestinian People's Party (formerly Palestinian Communist Party): We stand with Russia against US and NATO schemes.
The Middle East is changing for the better! Two impressive Arab female foreign ministers. Mariam Al Mahdi of Sudan and Najla Almangoushi of Libya. Time to have a female foreign minister representing the Palestinians.
@DrShtayyeh
Abbas as expected used the violence in Jerusalem as a pretext to delay the elections. His statement in the Fatah central committee meeting tonight was explicit. “No elections without Jerusalem” He premeditated the violence, and used it to stay in power.
Last video of Ahmad Mansi with his children before he was killed by an Israeli air strike. In the video he says he’s trying to make his daughter Hala happy because she’s so scared.
#gaza
In the case of the brutal murder of Nizar Banat by the Palestinian Authority, not only no justice was served, but the killers were released on the orders of Abbas. Also, the witnesses who were in the room w Nizar are now in jail. Mohamad Banat is in his 17th day in P.A. jails.
@EUpalestinians
I believe this is a fair request. No support should go to Mahmoud Abbas and pressure should be applied on him to step down and hold elections
The PA arrested Fatah’s spokesman Munir Jaghoub after he was recorded criticizing the head of P.A. military Intel & head of Tax Authority. In the recordings he calls them corrupt, and are proxies for others to run their agencies. Attached arrest warrant and recordings.
Prominent Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist Muhanad Karajah has been officially charged with insulting the Palestinian Authority, participating in an illegal protest and stirring up sectarian strife. His trial will begin on Wednesday in Ramallah.
NEW: Palestinian President Caught Bashing World Powers in Profane Rant -- Abbas says Communist China is a 'c*nt,' tells 'all the Arabs' to 'go to hell' in leaked audio
@jsrailton
@Apple
@Google
should also join the effort to punish weaponizing cybertools. Gmail has been targeted and hacked as well. I can’t remember the times Gmail would put a red alert saying your account is being targeted by a state actor.
As this is being tweeted, it has been almost 34 hours since British-Egyptian activist
@alaa
had his last drink of water, marking the start of his dry hunger-strike. He needs all the support he can get now. The time to
#SaveAlaa
is running out PM
@RishiSunak
! ⌛️
#FreeAlaa
#COP27
If you believe in “all men are created equal” then Equal rights for people regardless of their faith, race, color, language should be easy to stand for.