
Joanna Thorne ☭🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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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.





