
Joanna Thorne ☭🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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Damn. You gotta hear this crazy story, about a 63 year-old Palestinian Jew (!) who was murdered by the Israeli army today in the West Bank, it tells a lot about Israeli racism: During the 1929 riots in Hebron, Samah Zaytun's grandfather saved 25 Jews from being massacred. Samah was so moved by his grandfather's story that he decided to convert to Judaism. He tried to go through the official Israeli conversion process, but was denied, as the authorities refuse any such requests from Palestinians. He tried to insist but with no luck. Eventually he managed to be accepted to a conversion program run by a notable Rabbi from Bene Beraq. After a long process he was declared Jewish, and his name was changed to David Ben Abraham. The Palestinian Authority arrested him for 58 days (not sure what the charge was, but my guess would be suspicion of collaboration). He was beaten and treated badly while in custody. After his conversion, he expected to be accepted as an Israeli citizen. After all, he was now officially Jewish. He even kept studying Judaism in Jerusalem. But not only did the State of Israel refuse to give him a citizenship, he couldn't even get an entry permit to Israel and neither a work permit. Today he was waiting in a bus stop near Elazar settlement, in Gush Etzion. Israeli reserve soldiers suspected him and searched him. After a knife was found in his bag, possibly for self defense, a soldier shot him to death. The story on Ynet: ynet.co.il/news/article/h…


Ursula von der Leyen on Iran: It’s too early to lift sanctions. We need to see a fundamental change in Iran before any sanctions are dropped. This is about the suppression of human rights, particularly women’s rights.











The beach in Tel Aviv is littered with pieces of Palestinian houses destroyed in 1948

How do we coexist with people that want to murder us?


‘A new political current’: Sinijlawi on the rise of pragmatic Palestinian leaders jewishnews.co.uk/a-new-politica…




Germany’s state of Hesse proposes a law to criminalize "denying Israel’s right to exist", with penalties of up to 5 years in prison.




Around the world and in 1967-occupied Palestine, Nakba Day is marked on May 15, the Gregorian date of Israel's so-called "Declaration of Independence". However, in 1948-occupied Palestine, the Nakba is commemorated on Israel's "Independence Day", held according to the Jewish date. The reason for that is quite revealing: Until 1966, Palestinian citizens of Israel lived under martial law, similar to the regime implemented in the West Bank and Gaza after 1967. Their freedom of movement was severely restricted, requiring permits from their local military governor for nearly all activities - employment, medical visits, attending events, and more. Ironically, the only time of year when they were granted free movement was on Israel's "Independence Day." A tradition thus emerged: internally displaced Palestinians used the occasion to visit the sites of their former villages. Some of these villages had already been erased, others were converted into JNF parks and picnic sites, and a few remained mostly intact - until later destroyed to deter hopes of return. The tradition persisted even after martial law in 48-Palestine was lifted, and it lasts to this day. Unlike what Zionists hoped, the internally displaced (and of course the refugees) never forgot about their original homes and never abandoned their dream of return. One day, hopefully soon, they will be able to return, once Palestine is liberated and de-Zionized 🙏🗝️🇵🇸 In the photo: Maqam al-Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Bujeirmi in the uprooted and destroyed village of Tantura, near Haifa, now located in the middle of the Dor settlement's holiday village, built on the ruins of Tantura.




