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We run justice-oriented educational programs to introduce American Jews to Israeli and Palestinian human rights activists working for a democratic future.

New York, Jerusalem, Ramallah
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Human rights work in Israel-Palestine has never been more precarious. This #GivingTuesday , we’re asking for your help. Can you contribute to our crowdfunding campaign? 3 reasons to give to Extend: (1/6)
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Extend builds the American Jewish movement for democracy and human rights in Israel-Palestine. We ask for your support as we raise our voices against the ongoing violence.

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THREAD We just learned that our dear friend and partner, renowned Palestinian human rights activist @Issaamro , was arrested by the IDF and is currently in prison. Issa's been arrested many times. But this time feels different. 1/8
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@Israel @FaudaOfficial Age: 7 years Gender: is a construct Location: many! we move around the Occupied West Bank in a bus and on foot Hobbies: taking 100s of young Jews to EJ & the West Bank to meet Palestinian activists, challenging your hasbara & messing with @birthright 🙃
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What to know about the IDF attack on activists this weekend: 1. The mission was water delivery, not even protest. The small settler outpost Avigayil is given 240 liters of water per day per person, while adjacent Palestinian village At-Tuwani gets 20.
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This is what happens to Israeli activists who stand with Palestinians against the occupation. 65-year-old Eli from @cfpeace was hospitalised today after being assaulted by an IDF soldier in the South Hebron Hills. End the occupation.
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And yet, since the Israeli election, we have heard nothing but silence from mainstream American Jewish organizations who have chosen not to call out the extreme far-right. Join us in calling them out and calling for the release of @Issaamro . (8/8)
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Somewhere in the South Hebron Hills are 12 Palestinian villages under immediate threat of expulsion. Extend brings people to meet activists here because we know that when people see occupation and injustice, they are moved to speak against them. Thanks for joining us yesterday.
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Somewhere in the South Hebron Hills.
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"Sukkot" means 'temporary shelters.' The village we visited today, Umm al-Khair, is full of them. It's in Area C, where Palestinians can't get building permits, even for houses. As we remember our days living in sukkot this week, we ask: why do we force them on Palestinians?
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We stand with our friends at @NaamodUK protesting outside the UK Foreign Office. Ceasefire Now. End the Siege. Release the Hostages.
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Happening now: @NaamodUK activists are gathering outside the Foreign Office to demand: Ceasefire Now - End the Siege! Release the Hostages!
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Issa lives in Hebron, a city in which the IDF regularly declares Palestinian homes military zones to punish activists. Hebron is also the political home turf of the right-wing extremist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who won the third-most number of seats in last month's election. 2/8
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. @972mag is consistently putting out some of the most essential reading about the war. Today, from @ShusterNoam : "The sad truth is that we are being held hostage by leaders who don’t have a real plan. The only thing they know how to do is bomb."
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Israeli leaders are ignoring our calls for a ceasefire. You shouldn’t

We are being held hostage by politicians who have no plan and only know how to bomb. We need the world to step in — now.

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Issa is one of the most prolific and brilliant activists we know. He has brought the reality of occupied Hebron to the world. He has endured countless arrests, detentions, and now beatings. Spread this far and wide.
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Today ,February 13th. I was detained and beaten violently by an Israeli soldier in Hebron. I was showing the famous American writer lawrence wright @NewYorker @lawrence_wright the Israeli occupation and apartheid in my home town #Hebron .
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This month, we took gap year students from @NoamUK — the UK's Masorti youth movement — to the West Bank to see realities on the ground for Palestinians. They toured occupied Hebron with @BtSIsrael and met legendary activist @Issaamro . This is a new generation for a just peace.
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If you watch one thing on the Internet today, let it be this. May the memory of Dr. Haddad's family members be for a blessing.
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Dr. Tariq Haddad rejected an invitation to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week after losing some 100 relatives in Israel's assault on Gaza. “I just kept looking for evidence that our government actually cares about the lives of my family, and I saw none."
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Shortly after the election, settlers associated with him began to harass and intimidate Issa at his home in Hebron. When Issa complained to the police, they declared his home a closed military zone, effectively putting Issa under house arrest. 3/8
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A few days later, 30,000 Israeli settlers descended on Hebron and unleashed a day of violence: settlers smashed windows in Palestinians homes and businesses, while the IDF stood by. Many Palestinians said it was the worst violence they had seen in twenty years. 4/8
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What happened to Issa will happen to more activists and organizers — with the tacit permission of Ben-Gvir. (7/8)
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Yesterday, we returned to the West Bank with one of our largest groups ever. We sat among the olive trees with Palestinian youth-led @YASHebron and learned about Hebron, the most segregated city in the WB — and YAS's work for a just peace & an end to occupation. Follow along🚌
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But what starts in Hebron never stays in Hebron. For years, Ben-Gvir led the extremist settlers in Hebron. Now he leads the third-largest party in the Knesset and is likely to be Israel’s next Minister of Public Security. 6/8
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Must watch: @BenzionSanders on @MSNBC . Benzi is a former IDF soldier deployed to Gaza in 2014. He vehemently opposes a ground invasion, the continued bombing of Gaza, and a military solution without securing freedom for Palestinians. What's your excuse?
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When activists visited the families most affected by the violence to show solidarity, the IDF beat and arrested them, with one soldier proclaiming, “Ben-Gvir is going to bring order, you’ve had it.” Issa was arrested along with them and is currently in Israeli custody. 5/8
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Our friend @AGvaryahu has shared his story with 1000s of diaspora Jews on the ground in Hebron — hundreds of whom we brought to see him. Now he's featured in @IsraelismFilm , where even wider audiences can hear firsthand testimony of a former soldier who now stands for justice.
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. @AGvaryahu of @BtSIsrael recounts his Israelism story, which eventually led him to “break the silence” on the violence of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank👇 Share yours below with the hashtag #MyIsraelismStory 🗣️ #visitpalestine
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What if @birthright didn’t have a monopoly on diaspora Jewish education about Israel — and folks visiting the area met Palestinian activists, went to the West Bank, saw occupation & apartheid firsthand? That’s Extend, and today, we’re back for the first time since covid. 1/?
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"We chose to 'manage' the conflict through a combination of brute force and economic incentives, instead of working to solve it by ending our perpetual occupation of Palestinian territory." Our programs director @BenzionSanders in the NYT today.
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Opinion | I Fought for the I.D.F. in Gaza. It Made Me Fight for Peace.

An Israeli veteran reflects on his experience the last time Israeli troops entered Gaza in force.

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BREAKING: Israel has destroyed Khirbet Humsah Al-Fawqa, a village in the Jordan Valley whose small houses they say were in a military firing range. 41 children are now homeless. Share with anyone who claims to be "pro-life" or "pro-peace", and invite them into the resistance.
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While you were eagerly following the US elections, Israel has demolished an entire community’s residential compound, leaving 74 people, 41 of them minors, homeless.
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For those curious what @RepBowman actually made of his trip to Israel-Palestine, join our gala this Sunday (1pm ET!) to hear him speak. Tickets (free and donation based) here:
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From the National Political Committee: A Statement on the Question of Expelling Congressman Bowman 1/9
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Thrilled to see a new documentary about our friends at @BtSIsrael featured at the Woodstock Film Festival next week. “The Good Soldier” takes us inside Breaking the Silence and their work to expose & end the occupation. It’s on our 5783 watch list👀
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In a radical act, Israelis and Palestinians will grieve together and call for a nonviolent path forward this Sunday via @ThePCFF , the Parents Circle-Families Forum for bereaved families.
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website creator Vigil with Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians October 15, 2023 We, bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families, are devastated by the recent atrocities and the needless loss of more...

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💫Palestinian activists you need to meet in 2021: Issa Amro💫 Issa has welcomed 100s of Extend alumni to his hometown of Hebron and was named a UN Human Rights Defender. He's been arrested & jailed dozens of times by the Israeli police and is under threat again. #StandWithIssa
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This is a nightmare. It’s also a nail in the already well-sealed coffin for claims that the IDF’s goal is to protect civilian safety in the West Bank. Nope — it’s a vigilante force defending seizures of Palestinian land.
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The IDF intends to recruit settlers who have not undergone military training and place them as regional defense militiamen in their area of residence
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Our partners in the West Bank, especially in the South Hebron Hills, have reported (just in the past week) settlers dressed in IDF uniforms threatening them with death if they don’t leave their lands. Now those uniforms will be real.
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The IDF intends to recruit settlers who have not undergone military training and place them as regional defense militiamen in their area of residence
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"Can someone credibly tell me that when the leadership of a country says 'we are cutting off food, electricity, water to an entire civilian population', they are targeting militants?" Daniel Levy, so powerful on BBC yesterday.
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My friend Daniel Levy used to be an advisor to the Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. In an interview with the BBC, he calls out the media’s parroting of official claims and credulity in accepting the rationalisations for collective punishment.
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The CEO of the ADL, @JGreenblattADL , is running targeted ads claiming the answer to hate is...following him. We wish Jonathan some, uh, serious reflection this Yom Kippur, and can recommend some reading by @alexbkane for @JewishCurrents that might help:
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Since 2013, we've taken 800+ students and rabbis to meet Palestinian & Israeli activists, mostly on overnight programs. Now, anyone can join us for a day trip. You might meet: @MossawaCenter @BtSIsrael @AdalahCenter @YouthOfSumud @basel_adra Sign up:
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Hey @birthright , happy Tuesday! For the past seven years we have been diverting your participants to the West Bank and East Jerusalem to learn from Palestinian activists about the human rights abuses you pretend don’t exist. We’re now on Twitter 👍🔥
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Nasser Nawaj’ah is a Palestinian field researcher for B'Tselem. In 2016 he was arrested & held for 6 days. In 2019 he was assaulted by an israeli settler. Now, he's being threatened by the Shin Bet. If you're looking for cancel culture, here you have it. 📸2016 @activestills
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Nasser Nawaj'ah, a @btselem field researcher, has been 'making trouble' for years.His filming of countless incidents that went on to make headlines (like the arrest of 5 children last week) make him one of the most important members of the nonviolent resistance to the occupation.
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Israeli government: we only do self-defense things, only very moral self-defense things, Palestinians don’t want peace Also Israeli government:
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Israeli ministers approved the diversion of 75 million shekels ($20 million) towards illegal outposts in the West Bank in a cabinet meeting on Sunday
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Shocking new report from @972mag on the conditions in Israeli prisons, where thousands of Palestinians are detained. The fight for ceasefire and the release of all detainees and hostages has never been more urgent. CW for torture and sexual violence.
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This is absolutely appalling and embarrassing. @DemMaj4Israel , have you even watched the video you posted?
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Does any real Democrat want to side with those violently assaulting @TheDemocrats Headquarters building? These thugs have more in common with @MarkwayneMullin than with Democrats, who won’t be bullied into putting Hamas in position to launch more brutal attacks, as they promised
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Ta-Nehisi Coates had the experience so many U.S. Jews on our programs did: seeing the harrowing segregation of Hebron and coming away transformed. So many of those speaking out and risking arrest have seen the occupation with their own eyes. You can't unsee the urgency.
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Everyone who visits the occupied territories comes away changed. This from TNC is must watch.
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Our response at this moment, especially as we grieve: we are here because of the misguided belief that freedom and safety can be achieved by subjugating another people. Full statement here:
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During the war on Gaza in 2014, @BenzionSanders was sent in to fight. Since then, he has become one of the most courageous anti-occupation, anti-war voices in Israel. Share his message to the diaspora and the world, and consider supporting our work:
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1/3 We are proud to stand with over 60 grassroots organizations urging #Congress & @POTUS to publicly call for a #ceasefireNOW in #Israel and #Gaza , prioritize protecting civilians, & respect humanitarian law. This is the time to prevent further loss of life.
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To Jewish organizations who have yet to call for a ceasefire: we’re waiting for you to join us.
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The overwhelming silence of much of our American Jewish community as Israel’s horrific genocide deepens in Gaza, has shaken me to my core. Instead of clear moral voice & urgent action, most communal leaders are tepid or frozen at best, actively supporting at worst.
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Must-read thread from our partners at @BtSIsrael :
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Hamas's attack and the events unfolding since yesterday are unspeakable. We could talk about their cruel and criminal actions, or focus on how our Jewish-supremacist govt brought us to this point. But as former Israeli soldiers, our job is to talk about what we were sent to do 🧵
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Let this sink in: Palestinians may spend as much as a third of their monthly income on water. That’s how much affordable HOUSING is supposed to cost by US standards. This piece in @972mag is essential: you can’t understand the West Bank without water 💧
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Some ✨professional✨ news: We are thrilled to announce that @BenzionSanders , former Diaspora Education Director at @BtSIsrael , is joining Extend as our new Jerusalem Program Director. Join us in welcoming Benzi this Sunday along with @mossi_raz : ✍️
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Under int'l law, administrative detention is an extreme measure that states can use sparingly. But look at @btselem 's graph: not a single month has gone by without Israel holding over 100 Palestinians without trial. See @visualizingpal 's graphic for the human experience of AD.
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Administrative detention is incarceration w/o charge or trial. The detainee has no access to a lawyer & could be held for hours or years. Israel uses this tactic extensively in the West Bank (including E. Jerusalem). Support our ongoing joint appeal:
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🚨URGENT: @basel_adra , our partner and friend and a speaker at our gala on Sunday, is watching the IDF raid his home and confiscate his cameras. He is a journalist who has extensively documented the demolitions in #MassaferYatta . Our entire community needs to rise up today.
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Dozens of soldiers are invading my home now to confiscate the cameras I use as a journalist with my friends to film the violence carried out by settlers and the home demolitions against my community in Massafer Yatta. They took four cameras, a laptop, and memory cards.
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We're appalled (but not surprised) at the IDF's treatment of our friend @basel_adra . His tireless journalism and outreach work has educated countless people about the plight — and resistance —of his West Bank village, A-Tuwani. We have your back, Basel.
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This morning, +972 reporter @basel_adra was detained and held at a military base for hours while blindfolded and handcuffed in the sun. All this in order to confiscate footage from his phone of settler attacks on the village of A-Tuwani. He was released after several hours.
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Settler attacks on Palestinians & allies have gotten more organized. But Extend's own @isaacjohnston96 & our friend @adanielroth won't stop taking direct action. “I see it is as a duty, an obligation, a mitzvah to use my body to protect these farmers.”
‘I see it is as a duty, a mitzvah to use my body to protect these farmers’ - The Jewish Independent
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"Someone who can't end the month in dignity won't offer Palestinians their solidarity. We at @omdimbeyachad offer an alternative to the Kahanist, far-right story told to Israelis on the periphery: a collective story, a living wage for all." - @sally_abed speaking now at our gala
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BREAKING: as the Israeli Supreme Court prepares to make its final ruling on whether Masafer Yatta — an area of Palestinian villages — will be turned into an IDF training ground, our partners @BtSIsrael and @btselem are gathering diplomats & the press. Read their thread 👇
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Senior diplomats from several countries are joining us and @btselem today in the South Hebron Hills, where the State of Israel is currently attempting to expel the residents of several Palestinian villages to make way for a large training area for the IDF—'Firing Zone 918'.
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"You do not get to target civilians because somebody else has targeted civilians...Your obligations are to the civilians. It’s not a deal between fighters. It’s a deal with humanity." Human Rights Watch lawyer @saribashi on Gaza & Israel
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The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

International-law obligations are nonreciprocal: one war crime doesn’t excuse another.

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. @RitchieTorres , come with us to the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Yaffa and actually meet Palestinians. ( @BenzionSanders gives awesome tours.) We’d love to welcome you to the club of people who changed their mind. You’d be in much better company than the one you keep.
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I also used to think there was no apartheid. Then I served in the IDF in the West Bank and enforced separate legal systems for Israelis and Palestinians. Willingness to change your position is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of ability to think critically and reflectively.
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Huge reason to come to Extend’s gala: you’ll meet @sally_abed . As Israel inaugurates its most right-wing government yet, Sally leads the largest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement for democracy & human rights, Standing Together. Register to hear her!
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APPLY: Our friends at Achvat Amim organize 5-month long cohorts in Jerusalem. You'll do critical education and solidarity work with Palestinians & Israelis in the movement for self-determination for all. Learn more about the program starting in Sept:
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Share this widely: @BenzionSanders on @MSNBC . Benzi is a former IDF soldier deployed to Gaza in 2014. "Our current government's founding principle is that Jewish people have the exclusive right — exclusive — to the land. We need an about-face in our approach to Palestinians."
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Stunning piece in @972mag : In honor of #IWD2021 , @activestills paid tribute to the ‘Women in Black’. Every Friday since 1988, they have stood in the main squares of Israeli cities or at highway junctions with signs calling to end the occupation.
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"May their name be erased," they chant. This is why we take hundreds of Jews, raised in institutions that unapologetically erase Palestinians, to the West Bank to meet activists: to make sure their names are known and never forgotten. In 2022 we'll take hundreds more.
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Hundreds of Israeli teenagers gathered in an illegal outpost yesterday, singing “avenge but one of my two eyes of Palestine.” And yet, the world is obsessed only with alleged incitement in Palestinian textbooks.
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Extend has taken over 1,000 people (mainly U.S. Jews) to East Jerusalem and the West Bank since 2013. 400 of them have come with us in the last 2 years, led by the amazing @isaacjohnston96 . We'll miss Isaac tons and can't wait to keep building with @BenzionSanders .
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On December 11, we’re hosting our gala: Together Against Extremism. We’ll celebrate Jews & Palestinians working to resist the racist, pro-occupation policies of the incoming government — like @sally_abed , @Edu_Bookshop , @AwdahJ — & some amazing alums. 🎟
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We couldn’t be prouder of @BenzionSanders and his story of teshuvah (making amends). He first came to Israel on a yeshiva gap year. Now he guides other yeshiva students to see (and resist) occupation and apartheid on the ground on Extend programs.
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Former IDF soldier @BenzionSanders of @ExtendPrograms shares his Israelism story 👇 Share yours below with the hashtag #MyIsraelismStory 🗣️ #visitpalestine
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After a year of evictions and home demolitions tearing Palestinian communities apart, this thread from our friends at @BtSIsrael is required reading. Sukkot sameach, and may the sukkah this year reinvigorate us in the fight for justice & housing for all.
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During the festival of Sukkot, which begins tonight, Jews are commanded to build & live their lives in temporary huts. The message is that our protection doesn't come from the permanence of our homes, but from God. So let's talk about temporariness & permanence in the West Bank>>
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The fact that @AIPAC retweeted this as if it's a win is despicable. Dozens of Palestinian men, stripped to their underwear in the winter, at gunpoint, surrounded by the rubble of Israeli bombs. It's only a win if your mission is to dehumanize.
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Our programs director, @BenzionSanders , has an op-ed today in @nytimes . He participated in the IDF's 2014 ground invasion of Gaza. He says never again. "[A military solution] is the lie they told us, and the lie that’s being repeated today."
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Opinion | I Fought for the I.D.F. in Gaza. It Made Me Fight for Peace.

An Israeli veteran reflects on his experience the last time Israeli troops entered Gaza in force.

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From longtime Harvard Hillel director: “Today’s McCarthyist tactic of manufacturing an antisemitism scare turns the very real issue of Jewish safety into a pawn in a political game to cover for Israel’s deeply unpopular policies with regard to Palestine.”
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For the Safety of Jews and Palestinians, Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism | Opinion | The Harvard...

For the Safety of Jews and Palestinians, Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

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“There is no justification for shooting civilians in their homes; no rationalization for the murder of children in front of their parents. Legitimizing or excusing these actions amounts to a betrayal of the fundamental principles of left-wing politics.” .
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Israeli leftist academics call out political allies for tolerating Hamas

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This is a stunning investigation + history of the ADL in @JewishCurrents by @alexbkane . Tl;dr: it's preoccupied with right-wing donors, entangled with police, and insists on exempting Palestinian rights from civil rights. And it seems to know this.
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Our own @BenzionSanders was an IDF soldier sent into Gaza during the ground invasion in 2014. He has since become an anti-occupation activist and is calling for a #CeasefireNow . Watch him on @Channel4News and share widely. ⤵️
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Who is Zeyde Sanders with? 😮 Just the great @sally_abed and @AlonLeeGreen , leaders of @omdimbeyachad — Standing Together, the Jewish-Palestinian movement for social justice in I/P. You can meet Sally on 12/11, when she'll speak at our gala. Tickets ➡️
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The struggle against Israel’s demolition of Masafer Yatta is a singular example of Jewish-Palestinian solidarity that can teach about the way forward for us all. Join @SoHebronWatch and the stellar lineup of @AwdahJ @PeterBeinart @ZakWitus @NNurZahor ⤵️
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"Nothing will bring back the thousands of civilians who have been killed in the past few weeks. But to prevent this from happening again, we need a political solution...that involves rights for Israelis and Palestinians." @BenzionSanders in his second @CNN spot this week.
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Yasher koach to @BenzionSanders , who appeared on @amanpour on @CNN today to speak as a former IDF soldier. "The belief that overwhelming military force will bring safety and security is a catastrophic mistake."
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Dreaming about travel when it's safe again? Don't go on a propaganda trip. Extend has been taking folks to meet Palestinian and Israeli activists for 8 years, allowing them to see the West Bank and think for themselves. ➡️
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"Revenge will only strengthen Hamas. The only way to defeat violent resistance is to create a political alternative for Palestinians." @ExtendPrograms 's Jerusalem Program Director, @BenzionSanders speaks to @SkyNews
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Last time there was a ground invasion of Gaza, in 2014, @BenzionSanders was one of the soldiers sent in. Those fateful weeks transformed him into a human rights and anti-occupation activist. Watch his interview with Sky News' Mark Austin 👇 1/2...
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🌐🌎🌍 Nearly 500 people have come on Extend. They see the military occupation, meet Palestinian activists, and then...plug into Jewish, justice-oriented life. Here's a slice of what many of you do.
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🎉We're launching a new program: a semester-long seminar compatible with gap year programs! You'll spend one day a weekend learning from activists in East Jerusalem and the West Bank alongside a dedicated cohort. Learn more at our info session Nov 7th:
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“We will never have peace and security until we find a political agreement in which Palestinians achieve freedom.” - @BenzionSanders , @ExtendProgam ’s Jerusalem Director, writes powerfully against an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.
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Opinion | I Fought for the I.D.F. in Gaza. It Made Me Fight for Peace.

An Israeli veteran reflects on his experience the last time Israeli troops entered Gaza in force.

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The @nytimes Harvard piece misses something extremely obvious to any Jewish student who has organized on campus for Palestinian rights: campus Jewish life has decisively isolated THEM for years. See: the Hillel “standards of partnership” See: the suspension of JVP at Columbia
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"For students who are feeling increasingly isolated, it did not help that" other people are also Jews.
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Today, the Israeli Supreme Court will decide whether or not to evict 100s of Palestinians in Silwan. Yesterday, we visited Silwan & learned about the Israeli law behind the expulsions: Jews may claim land they owned before 1948, while Palestinians are denied the same right.🧵
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Tomorrow, 25/10, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Duweik family from Silwan against eviction from its home in a lawsuit filed against it by settlers. A crucial precedent that could lead to expulsion of hundreds of Palestinians from their homes 1/ #SaveSilwan
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Hear all about it: Extend's 8 years of work bringing hundreds of young American Jews to East Jerusalem and the West Bank, refusing to let Birthright monopolize our education and prevent solidarity with Palestinians. ⤵️ Listen for free!
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Check out our newest episode of PeaceCast with @SamSussman1 of @ExtendPrograms at the link below!
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Breaking news from @alexbkane : the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle ( @JewishInSeattle ) has blocked a donation to @btselem for naming Israel an apartheid state. Now they won't release a list of the orgs they do approve funding to.
Tuesday News Bulletin

How the Seattle Jewish Federation blocked a donation to B'Tselem

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From the @Haaretz editorial board: don’t look away from the West Bank.
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Many settlers see the war in Gaza as an opportunity to effect fundamental changes in the West Bank and do things they would never dare to do in ordinary times | Haaretz Editorial
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This weekend, we launched our first EVER gap year learning cohort.🎉 Many of our participants (20 students, 7 programs) have lived in Jerusalem for nearly a year. They're learning that being Palestinian in the same land is very different. We started at @Edu_Bookshop .🧵
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@jewdas can't wait to get matched 😍
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@Israel @FaudaOfficial Age: 7 years Gender: is a construct Location: many! we move around the Occupied West Bank in a bus and on foot Hobbies: taking 100s of young Jews to EJ & the West Bank to meet Palestinian activists, challenging your hasbara & messing with @birthright 🙃
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So, on that new @nytimes op-ed about Palestine and Israel…. Has @tomfriedman never heard of the 15-year blockade of Gaza?
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As we mourn 16-year-old Jana Zakarna in Jenin, read @ShevGoldberg 's piece in @JewishCurrents . It sheds light on how Itamar Ben-Gvir's rise (and political takeover of the IDF) has led to more killings of Palestinians with impunity.
Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Militia

An IDF assault on left-wing activists in Hebron reveals an emboldened security force—and signals a step toward annexation.

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Today, for the first time, we took a cohort of Jewish students to the Gaza border. Hours later, Israel imposed a lockdown on Gaza for Pesach — using our holiday about resisting oppression to oppress Palestinians. Here are some things we learned from @Gisha_Access & @BtSIsrael :
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Sec. of State He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named just visited a settlement, announced their goods can be labeled "made in Israel", & issued a statement saying anti-Zionism is anti-semitism. How do settlements have so much power? Dive in with Extend alums @UnsettledP & the legend @4noura .
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In the latest episode of Unsettled, ⁦⁦ @4noura ⁩ talks about how Israeli settlements impact Palestinian livelihoods. Listen here:
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Our friends at @NaamodUK are holding Racism Isn´t Kosher, a panel on ending anti-Palestinian racism, tonight with legends @aj_iraqi , @joseph_finlay , Sana Knaneh and Rabbi Leah Jordan of @KehillahNL ! ⏰6pm UK time ⏰1pm EST
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Over 120 people have already registered for our panel on Wednesday! We'll be hearing from Palestinian voices and experts within our community about what anti-Palestinian racism is, and how we can join in solidarity to end it. Sign up here:
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Ali Awad & Maya Rosen are on a mission to turn Masafer Yatta into a household name. Why? Israel’s spent 20 years trying to evict Palestinian residents of MY’s 12 villages in the West Bank. @UnsettledP has the story of #SaveMasaferYatta 🔈 @Ali_awad1998
The Campaign to Save Masafer Yatta — UNSETTLED Podcast

On March 15, Israel’s High Court of Justice heard a case that could lead to one of the largest forced population transfers in recent history. For more than 20 years, Israel has been trying to expel...

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📉NEW REPORT: "The Annexation That Was and Still Is" @btselem 's new paper will be spot-on for anyone who's spent time talking to Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank: #annexation is not a threatening future prospect, but a de facto reality.
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"The importance of Extend is that it offers young American Jews something very rare in our community: the opportunity to actually interact with Palestinians." - @PeterBeinart , editor-at-large @JewishCurrents
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Why are Americans struggling to call #Israel an 'apartheid' state? We say the term is foreign, too specific to S. Africa, too harsh. But it happened here, too. We just have a euphemism for it: Jim Crow.
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This is essential, heartbreaking reading. @Hind_Gaza writes, "I joined Gaza's trail of tears and displacement."
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I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears and Displacement

After weeks of reporting on Israel’s war from Gaza City, I was one of thousands of Palestinians who fled south on Friday.

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Work in Jewish communal life? Know someone going on @birthright ? Wondering where Jewish students can learn about the “other” Israel: the conditions & status of Palestinians? Join us for Beyond Birthright with MK @mossi_raz & @jstreetu on October 10th ⤵️
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Join us: we'll be tuning in post- #Inauguration (1:30 EST) for a panel from @FMEP featuring the brilliant @HagaiElAd , @SawsanZaher , and @NathanThrall . Is it time to recognize Israel – on both sides of the Green Line – as an apartheid state?
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💫Palestinian activists you need to meet in 2021: Sulaiman Khatib💫 Souli @souli2 co-founded Combatants for Peace @cfpeace , a binational collective dedicated to non-violent direct action against the Israeli military occupation & for liberation. He's a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.
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Last year, @ben_reiff started documenting erasure of Arabic in Jerusalem. Our friend @DanielSeidemann is quoted: "Few phenomena symbolize the current state of affairs in Jerusalem better than this. It’s not random...it’s representative of the zeitgeist.”
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