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Bex Believes in Miracles...
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New York, NY Katılım Mart 2009
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I’m tired of the lies we tell ourselves. Our leaders cry every day about “the occupation” as if history began in 1948, as if Israel is some unique monster in human history. But let me remind you of something that no one dares to speak out loud: we Arabs are the children of the biggest and longest occupation the Middle East and Africa have ever seen.
In the 7th and 8th centuries, Arab tribes burst out of the Arabian Peninsula. Within just a few decades, they crushed the Byzantine Empire in Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. They destroyed the Persian Empire. They swept across North Africa, reaching all the way to Morocco, Spain, and even southern France. At its height, the Arab Caliphate ruled 13 million square kilometers - larger than Rome ever dreamed of. Millions of Persians, Berbers, Copts, Arameans, Jews, Greeks, and others suddenly found themselves under Arab rule. Their languages and faiths were pushed aside. Coptic faded in Egypt. Aramaic nearly died out. Even Persian was nearly erased until poets like Ferdowsi fought to keep it alive. Arabic became the dominant tongue, Islam the dominant faith. That was not liberation - it was occupation on a scale that reshaped entire continents.
The Mongols came and went in about a century.
The Romans ruled for centuries, but Latin disappeared from the Middle East.
The British Empire held sway for 200 years, then collapsed.
The Arab-Muslim conquests? It changed the identity of entire nations forever.
Think about it: Egypt was Christian and Coptic-speaking for 600 years before the Arabs came. Today it is Arab and Muslim. North Africa was Berber and Roman. Today it is Arab and Muslim. The Levant spoke Greek and Aramaic. Today it speaks Arabic. Even Spain lived under Arab rule for 700 years. That is not just an “occupation” - that is a civilizational overhaul.
And yet, in 2025, our leaders - who are themselves the product of this massive Arab occupation, weep about Israel, a sliver of land the size of New Jersey, calling it “the worst occupation.” Really? Compared to what the Arabs did to North Africa, Persia, and the Levant? Compared to the centuries-long Arab rule that erased identities, forced conversions, and remade entire regions?
If we, Palestinians, want honesty, we must stop pretending that Israel invented occupation. The truth is bitter: we live in the shadow of the largest and longest Arab occupation in history. Blaming only Israel while worshiping our corrupt leaders who exploit this narrative is not justice, it’s cowardice.
History matters. And if we don’t face it, we will remain slaves not to Israel, but to our own hypocrisy.
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@ShittyVibesTM Can’t believe it. So many hugs to you! May Gilly’s memory forever be a blessing to all who knew her. 🩷
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Much love to @GregMocker and @PIX11News for getting up at the crack of dawn to catch our new storefront art before the gates go up for the day. This summer’s #GatesRevival is refreshing the gate murals on our East 125th Street small businesses: instagram.com/reel/DMDG5yeOB…
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@katherineMKE @winebibbing Like why do I keep replying to the wrong tweet? I’m a mess! 🙃
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@katherineMKE @winebibbing Ha ha! I just realized how fucking bad I am at this! 🤣
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@katherineMKE @winebibbing Are you really here though if you didn’t like my tweet?
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Do me a favor and help someone laugh or smile today — it’s the four anniversary of my dad’s death and I think a great day to bring some more love and laughter into the world!! #MissYou #Joy
Jen Bernstein@nycjamgal
My dad #AndyWysmuller passed yesterday from coronavirus. Andy was a real fun ‘n funny guy. If smiles were currency he was wealthier than Jeff Bezos. His light will shine on and his dad jokes are already missed. Love you daddy.💚
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@PatriotPsychic @NoBikeLanes It will be the entire island of Manhattan soon enough. Just wait.
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People definitely do drive into work - except now they are all trying to avoid the toll by parking above 60th Street and it is causing mayhem and massive traffic delays. A doctor I know whose office is on 57th said his patients coming from uptown are all ending up being an hour or more late Becuase it’s gridlock above 60th street on both the east and west sides. Bummer. They are killing our city.
I live in the Congestion Zone, and my husband and I both have a car that we use very often to leave the city to see family in other states. This toll will cost us an extra $10k per year just to be able to come back home from trips to see family in NJ and MA. Insane.
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@sam_d_1995 @RepJerryNadler @MTA You are Very excited about taxing nyc residents who need to drive. We all take subways buses and drive depending on our families needs. Zero people will stop driving into the city for work. Nothing will change but the money grab on residents of the city.
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