“I don’t think we’re in the middle. We stand for something. We stand for values like the protection of civilians, self determination, human rights… liberty.”
@hamzeAwawde
thank you for joining us this week, your voice is so important.
When my sister was a patient at 3rd stage breast cancer and needed urgent medical treatment in Jerusalem, the IDF rejected her permit for security reasons...
Israeli media keeps reporting that intel indicates Iran will strike military targets, not civilian ones. Except that cannot assuage fears considering Israel's Defense HQ is in the heart of Tel Aviv's cultural center and many other military bases are embedded in civilian areas.
From a palestinian father to Noa's father. I wish she comes back to you safely soon. No matter how much palestinians suffered at the hands of the Israeli governments for 75 years we shall not cease to see the humanity of the Israeli people. We shall always remember our humanity
I've seen so much dehumanization of Noa today, that I will just share what her father said months ago.
And I hope that she will be revealed to still be alive today.
Several reports about violent attacks against Jewish people this week around the world. Whoever hurt a Jew in the name of a Palestine and the palestinian people has betrayed and misunderstood the palestinian cause. You may hold countries or ideologies accountable but you can't
BDS has called to boycott Standing Together (
@omdimbeyachad
), an org I proudly support.
BDS describes it as a "Israeli normalization org" that “whitewash[es] Israel’s ongoing genocide."
This is counter-productive, circular firing squad purism. 🧵
I left Berlin 3 years ago, to make it simple for you guys, in Germany you are free to express your sexuality without any penalties which is amazing but don't expect the same with expressing your opinion unless you agree with the system (similar to Russia)
Why would a young tech entrepreneur or a young artist pick Berlin over Lisbon? In Lisbon you have three things Berlin will never have: freedom to think and speak, sunlight, and surf
Those protesters got it wrong! We want to end the system of oppression and discrimination against palestinians and replace it with systems of equality and self determination which isn't the same as calling to burn cities! Time for sensible people to take away the Palestinian
If you support the palestinian cause, please don't support Hamas and don't scare Jews in your community! Those acts only legitimize and empower the fascists in Israel and the US. Please be smart and strategic. To the pro Israel camp, supporting IDF and the Israeli government
Depressed... what happened today is a signal that the genocide in Gaza is not any closer to ending and a sign to all the actors that only violent solutions work, so everyone will just get more violent! I'm very devastated and heartbroken for the 80 innocent Palestinians who are
🚨Israeli lawmaker from the ruling Likud party calls for the ANNIHILATION of all Gazans
"Just as it is clear that the [Israeli] right wing was right, today everyone says it is clear all Gazans must be annihilated" - MK Moshe Saada
He says this sentiment is popular & widespread!
The Arab kingdoms did the right thing shooting down almost all Iranian missiles and drones before they hit Israel and they should do the same if Israel and the US use their airspace to bomb Iran. The middle east shouldn't be run by messianic fools of Israel and Iran.
I lost both of my parents on the 7th of October. I still believe that peace with the Palestinians is the only way.
My loss is no luxury.
We need a resolution, to prevent others suffering in the way we have - Palestinians and Israelis deserve peace, equality and dignity.
@PCFFIP
Gaza will not be free after graffitiing 'Free Gaza' alongside a Nazi symbol on the wall of a Holocaust survivor's house. It is a despicable act of anti-Semitism masquerading as support for Gaza or Palestine.
I understand real antisemitism because I have taken the time to listen to Israelis and Jews, earning their trust in the process. I advise this organization to engage with the Jewish community and truly listen to their fears and aspirations. Since October 7th, all I've heard from
If the priority of this organisation is de-platforming a guy like
@hamzeAwawde
who is just so clearly not an antisemite, then they should just pack up and go home. There's real and dangerous antisemitism in the UK, I hope donors know this crap is what they focus on.
I'm proud of my Jewish and Israeli friends who recognize how antisemitism is weaponized to undermine fellow activists. Those benefiting from the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis seek to silence voices for change. I'm grateful to my brothers
@KhalilJeries
@maozinon
, Magen,
A response to this hideous accusation on behalf of me and my brother
@Magen_Inon
:
Since we lost our parents in the Hamas Oct 7th massacre, we have advocated for peace. Hamze Awawde has been a friend, a partner for peace, an ally and a shoulder to lean on in a time of
Attacking Jewish properties isn't being pro Palestine, it means you are anti Jewish and that's not acceptable! The Jewish communities around the world can be allies in the liberation of the palestinian people from injustices committed in their names!
The vandals behind this attack have not done anything for Palestinians, but rather have simply made their blatant antisemitism crystal clear for the world to see.
Another day, another attempt to intimidate Jewish people at their place of worship & at the hub of their community.
I'm proud of our UN ambassador's humanity. Despite the Israeli ambassador's constant dehumanization of Palestinians, our leadership must stay rooted in shared humanity. If they dehumanize, we must humanize, as a world based on humanity is our only true insurance policy!
I received a few (and isolated) aggressive and insulting reactions after having expressed relief that Noa will be able to be by her mother’s side who is terminally ill with cancer. As I have said before, I lost my mother to cancer and cherish every second I spent next to her,
Many Israeli journalists chose to become part of the war machine, almost not covering anything in Gaza, exaggerating the army's achievements, and dehumanizing Palestinians. You guys are betraying your own people, Palestinians will tell their story to the world and Israelis will
@HowidyHamza
brother Hamza, trust yourself and your inner voice! Remember, anyone who doesn't acknowledge Palestinian trauma and their right to equality is not your friend, even if they are an enemy of Hamas ❤️🇵🇸
I agree! While I hate Hamas, I also believe that the Israeli government and army are not morally superior to Hamas and thus can't be trusted with their history of massacring palestinian civilians. It's widely known that Hamas has been supported by Israel since day 1.
If your hate against Hamas is stronger than your love for the Palestinian people, don’t claim to be one of us, especially when our people are going through its worst disaster since 1948, if not much worse.
You can't morally condemn Hamas without equally condemning the state of Israel unless your condemnation of Hamas is purely tribal and has to do only with which side you picked. Jews and Palestinians deserve to be led by leaders with the highest moral values!
Shout out and respect to those Israelis who stood up against the madness of their morally corrupt leadership and the system of Jewish supremacy (imposed on Jews by radical leaders) from the river to the sea before and after October 7th, you are the smartest and strongest segment
As much as I despise Hamas, I think Blinken is missing some of the context! Like ending the occupation and establishing palestinian state based on international law so we take away from Hamas the national cause? I wish Blinken stops being one sided as this made the US part of the
Blinken: "So much of the understandable outrage and anger is directed at Israel for the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, but some of that might also need to be directed at Hamas. It is astounding to me that the world is almost deafeningly silent when it comes to Hamas. We
Ceasefire now, prisoners exchange and peace process led by an international coalition! Israelis and Palestinians need help to get out of the cycle of violence and to start repairing the damage!
Hamza isn't anyone's token! Be yourself; you'll attract friends who genuinely care about you and your cause. you have the right to reject Hamas, but also the right to refuse the genocidal leaders of Israel who have supported Hamas for one reason: to keep you and your loved ones
I've deleted all of my earlier tweets and chosen to start over here because I believe my anger for Hamas has blinded me to many crimes committed against my people that cannot be justified. I've made many mistakes that I find necessary to apologize for because neither Hamas nor
This is an example of how the occupation corrupts, you make it easy to kill a Palestinian, you end up making it easy to kill an Israeli too! The value of Palestinian life is tied to the value of Israeli life! Let's make both precious
I'm not against the idea of boycott and I do boycott all business that I'm aware of their involvement in oppressing palestinians, people of colour, women...etc but BDS is so counterproductive and their actions strategically only serves the right wing in Israel!
You have a thorough understanding of the Middle East and its dynamics if, when discussing extremist actors, you include not only Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, but also recognize the far-right extremism nature of Israel. Making progress on these issues requires a
Whenever you're torn between supporting Hamas or Israel, choose to stand with humanity—specifically, with the starving, massacred, and abandoned people of Gaza. Reject both Israel and Hamas, and advocate for a world where we can live and fully realize our humanity
I've deleted all of my earlier tweets and chosen to start over here because I believe my anger for Hamas has blinded me to many crimes committed against my people that cannot be justified. I've made many mistakes that I find necessary to apologize for because neither Hamas nor
If you're unhappy about extremists hijacking the pro-Palestinian movement, advocate for Palestinian self-determination and human rights, and actively shape the movement. But if you're indifferent to the Palestinian people, you might have to tolerate those extremists, as the
My friend and brother Khalil 💔 my very deep condolences and love to you and your family! No one stood against this war as much as you did Khalil because this war was very personal for you from day one!
With a heavy heart I announce that my 18-year-old younger sister, Lara Sayegh, was killed today on her way from Gaza City to the south. She and my mother were reaching Egypt for safety. My angel collapsed as she was walking on the “safe route” past the Israeli checkpoint, in an
If you justify killing 210 innocent Palestinians to free 4 innocent Israelis, then you are essentially speaking the language of Hamas, not mine. This deeply disappoints me, and I cannot trust you as a person, regardless of who you are or where you come from. You and Hamas deserve
The families in Gaza whose survival depends on deliveries of aid from Israel are just like our families. They are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, who want to earn a decent living, send their kids to school, and have a normal life. We must not lose sight of that.
Peace populism occurs when either a Palestinian or Israeli affirms the mainstream claims of the opposing side to garner attention. Caution should be exercised with peace populists, as they typically avoid addressing the root causes of the conflict and fail to propose a
Jews sisters and brothers in the US, please take part in the palestinian liberation movement and force a peace agenda on it. There are those who want you to be complicit in the war crimes against the palestinian people so they scare you but palestinian liberation from oppression
Zero words about the Israeli terrorist attack in my town dura that killed one young girl and one young boy and zero words about the documented use of a palestinian teenager as human shield in the same terror attack
We condemn the abhorrent terrorist attacks in Raanana that killed one Israeli and wounded others and send our deepest condolences to the victims' families.
Six months ago, I had the honor of meeting President
@EmmanuelMacron
. Today, just before the G7 summit, I want to remind him of our meeting and call on him and the six other leaders to take concrete steps to end the war and increase humanitarian aid to Gaza. Recognize the
A moment of essential truth in Israel’s Channel 13 News. Military commentator Alon Ben David: “Do you know how many Palestinians have been killed in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] since May? 75. 75! We don’t report about it because this doesn’t interest the Jewish Israeli public”
Has there ever been a war where 100% of the civilian population are at imminent risk of dying? Not a single person in Gaza can say they are not at imminent risk. No safe areas, safe groups, safe buildings
If this is indeed true, and I believe it is, I'm afraid it will only intensify the massacres in Gaza, as revenge is the sole motive for the Israeli soldiers there. Tragically, this revenge is directed at innocent children, women, and men and whatever few structures left there
Hamas’ military wing spokesperson declared that Hamas fighters captured several soldiers in the north of Gaza, this is first such operation since October 7th
@RachelMoiselle
Thanks, Rachel. I don't think this was directed solely at me; it seems like an attempt to undermine any efforts to find common ground between Jews and Palestinians
We need to change the rules of the game if we want to defeat extremism. Violence and hate are their tactics, and we lose if we play on their terms. Instead, we should focus on non-violence and build a global movement for peace and justice. This movement should rely on solidarity
Maybe what you are serving isn't working? Call for ceasefire and yes to the Saudi deal and two state solutions immediately! The problem in Gaza is purely political and it has only political solutions
I don't know about your geopolitics but I have loved ones in the middle east and I wish them no harm! Time for a ceasefire in Gaza and de-escalation in the whole region!
No It's not a gift for Israel! Palestinians criticise Hamas and any other immature corrupt palestinian leadership without excusing Israel for acting like a terrorist militia and for carrying out the genocide against people of Gaza.
Motaz's vague statement on Palestinian resistance is not only a treacherous stab in the back of Palestinians, as our people's eradication is held at bay by these young men, but it's also a gift to Israel at this critical moment.
🧵
It's the equation of the devil: four Israeli hostages equal 270 Palestinian casualties. We are all human. No one—neither Israelis nor Palestinians, not my parents—no one on this planet deserves to be part of this equation of death.
@hamzeAwawde
@AzizAbuSarah
@Magen_Inon
You can't separate Hamas from the rise of Jewish religious nationalism in Israel. Focusing excessively on some radical pro-Palestine accounts as if they are the sole issue is misleading. It shifts attention from decades of policies of occupation and the empowerment of radical
Today is Eid al Adha, an ordinarily festive holiday that’s cause for joy & celebration. Not so much in Gaza for obvious and painful reasons. This morning, I came across dozens of posts in Arabic on Twitter of Gazans cursing out Hamas, Sinwar, and the group’s decision to drag
@gershonbaskin
To be honest, I think the audience needed to be reminded about those facts otherwise any vision that is built on Khamas and Iran/ hate&love would sound detached from reality and history
Ben Gvir and the rest of the leadership in Israel, who either agree with him or don't challenge him, want to spark a war between Muslims and Jews. More than ever, Muslim and Jewish communities need to come together against the extremists in Israel and refuse to play their bloody
💥Ben Gvir, shattering the status quo: "Jerusalem is ours. Damascus Gate is ours. The Temple Mount is ours: Today, in accordance with my policy, Jews… prayed freely on the Temple Mount. We say in the simplest way: it's ours."
@HezkeiB
BREAKING: Biden told
@TIME
that "there is every reason for people" to draw the conclusion that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging the war for his own political self-preservation
“Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst ... We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
Jonathan Glazer brings the call for a ceasefire to
#Oscars2024
Yuval is right but without international pressure on Israel, Israel will continue land grabbing, settlements building and daily murder and humiliation of the palestinian people.
In the present historical circumstances, the best way to ensure the individual and collective rights of Palestinians and Jews is to maintain two related but separate states, in the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
#peace
Joth and I don't agree on many things, but he defended me. If this doesn't give you hope, then what will? I'll keep speaking my truth, even if it makes people uncomfortable, and I'll engage with those who have different views to find common ground
Blood libel. Those poor people were killed when they were crushed in a stampede and in some cases run over by the Gazan truck drivers as they tried to get out. But go ahead, blame Israel.
To all the journalists who are covering what's happening at
@Columbia
.
I got a tip that the administration is negotiating with the leaders of the pro-terror organization.
The same organization whose members called Hamas to kill Jewish students.
If this is true, this is huge.
I agree with every single word here. Time for the American administration to increase it's pressure to break the Israeli attitude and go into de-escalation
Warning!!!
If Hamas and Israel do not reach an agreement on a cease-fire and hostage deal before Ramadan, and during the month of Ramadan the fighting will intensify to reach Rafah, there is a clear and imminent danger of the entire region igniting - starting from East Jerusalem,
Gaza without Hamas will probably be like the West bank, under constant attacks by settlers and the Israeli army. End Hamas but end the occupation too at the same time
Imagine what Gaza would be if Hamas hadn’t spent the last 16 years stealing aid and diverting resources to build a terror fortress.
If Hamas hadn’t brainwashed a generation of Palestinians to hate Israel.
If Hamas hadn’t oppressed Palestinians.
#FreeGazaFromHamas
Basically, terrorist means for the Israeli government means any male palestinian, the rest of the victims are children, women and elderly so they did the math and came up with this number...
@VisionofT
I haven't said justifying October 7th but we can't speak of disarming Hamas without saying what is the alternative! Btw, nothing justifies the occupation and the nakba and the daily killing of innocent people before and after October 7th
Someone needs to convince the Israelis, Americans and Germans that it is the Palestinian people who are living under occupation and apartheid for a long time, not the Israelis. It's crucial for them to understand this because it seems they have it all wrong.
There’s a lot of antisemitism out there. It’s growing.
@hamzeAwawde
&
@maozinon
taking to stage together to talk about how Israelis & Palestinians can live in peace & security— and how partnership, inclusion & solidarity can get them there— isn’t it.
In fact: it helps counter it
What is happening in the US universities shouldn't worry you the most, if anything it should make you proud that young people are engaging in politics and speaking up! If some are chanting stupid things encourage them to differ! What should keep you up in the night is the
Indeed, but in the short term, we need a vigorous international movement advocating for the protection of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, who are at existential risk from both the occupation forces and settlers. The protection of Palestinians should not be
If a Jewish Israeli gets arrested and humiliated and loses his job for simply showing human empathy to civilians in Gaza. Imagine what happens to the palestinian citizens of Israel when they express their solidarity? Israel is like Russia, freedom of speech only for the loyal
I hope Hamas accepts Biden's proposal. Our job from now on is to ensure the phases of the ceasefire agreement are respected and that Israel stops its actions against the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, where army and settler violence has been rampant. We all fear
Now that your attention is focused on Israel and Palestine. Please take a moment to read this story which gives a window to the dynamics of the conflict.
@NathanThrall
I'm forever grateful and in deep admiration for the Jewish sisters and brothers around the world who are champions of Palestinians humanity and rights!
ערוץ סקיי ניוז בערבית מדווח שהוא מחזיק בטיוטת הצעה בנוגע לעתיד עזה ובה נכתב שיתקיימו מגעים בין ישראל לגורמים ערבים כדי שהרשות הפלסטינית תקבל לידיה את ניהול עזה לאחר המלחמה ולהרחיק את חמאס או כל ארגון חמוש אחר שמתנגד לפתרון שתי המדינות>>