Boldly going nowhere

dont you think its weird. dont you think its weird that the space race last time was two of the biggest powers in the world. and now its a handful of rich men. dont you think its weird they can afford that. dont you think its bad that rich men can afford the same things as the government.

dont you think its weird that while the world is suffering and poverty is everywhere, where there's wars and climate change and human pain and homelessness. the same month I've watched people die on the news from unbearable heat and unprecedented flooding. that a rich handful of men are going to space, causing more carbon emissions. dont you think its weird that instead of putting their vast amount of money to use for good they're using it to find a way off the planet theyre destroying.

They keep demolishing homes in Silwan, and families are having to choose between demolishing their homes themselves or pay a fine to the Israeli government. Children are sleeping in their cars as their homes are demolished against their will.

Musa Hassouneh was shot and killed by a mob in Lydd. On the 13th, her father had to leave the city after the Israeli mayor threatened to kill him

IOF demolished the village of Khirbet Humsa for the sixth time in less than an year, throwing their belongings, including food packages, 7 miles away

The IOF also demolished another village in Humsa, the Jordan Valley. Here's a video of a child asking where the army is coming from

IOF pepper sprayed a one year old while confiscating a tractor in Um Al Jamal in the Jordan Valley. Here's a video of the child receiving care after the attack

Israel shut down the office of the Palestinian agricultural union in Ramallah

Settlers from a nearby settlement raided and threw stones at homes in Huwara, in the West Bank. IOF provided cover for the settlers to walk back to their settlement. In a separate episode, they injured a child who was herding their cattle.

IOF confiscated a health facility in Masafar Yatta, in the West Bank. Here's a video of them brutalizing an elder protesting the confiscation

Israel has demolished the home of a prisoner as punishment. On July 14, a group of Birzeit University students visited the family to show support and all 45 of them were arrested. The IOF had the audacity to tweet the youth they arrested were a part of a Hamas student cell in Ramallah

Even though they announced they would retreat the colonizer settlement in Beita, the IOF is still building a military base and a religious school there. Palestinians have been resisting everyday for months and have been brutally repressed

In June 9th, the IOF injured 411 people in Beita, including a child named Mohammad Hamayel who was shot with live bullets to his spleen and shrapnel to his waist.

These kind of bullets with explosive shrapnel are prohibited under international law, but have been used consistently against Beita residents. On top of that, they've been making access of ambulances and other medical services difficult to residents.

IOF shot a shepherd in Beita because he refused to follow orders. On another episode, 19 year old Hussam Asaira was killed trying to protect his village

The IOF has been consistently brutalizing Palestinians in Jerusalem. Here's a video of protesters being attacked in the Damascus Gate.

IOF keeps brutalizing residents in Sheikh Jarrah. Here's a video of an attack that ended up injuring Aref Hammad, an elder resident in risk of displacement

Yesterday (July 18th) settlers and IOF soldiers raided Al Aqsa mosque. They beat women, attacked worshippers and shot live bullets inside the mosque to make way for Israeli Jewish visitors

This thread talks about how settlers want to demolish Al Aqsa to build a biblical park, exactly like they're doing with Silwan

Here's a video of the attacks and this thread shows videos of IOF brutalizing women, including attacking and stealing a woman's prayer mat

They bolted the doors to the mosque to stop Palestinians from praying.

Don't look away from Palestine. Israel will keep on doing these crimes if they think they can get away with it. The best we can do is to clog zionist propaganda. Palestinians have been systemically silenced on social media and news outlets, and Muna El Kurd, one of the leaders of the Save Sheikh Jarrah movement, has already said that spreading the word is very important to fight zionism.

“ … Young children are forced awake. With a mix of bleary-eyed confusion and fear, they are made to answer questions posed to them in broken Arabic by these faceless, armed strangers. They are lined up in one room while the soldiers take photographs of them holding their identity cards. And then, just as suddenly as they arrived, the masked men disappear into the night.

There are no questions beyond identifying the people in the house. No one is “arrested”. There’s no obvious purpose; just a family’s sense of security permanently wrecked….”

Kills innocent Palestinians.

Kidnaps innocent Palestinians.

Arrest innocent Palestinians.

Displaces innocent Palestinians.

Detain innocent Palestinians.

Spray Tear gas. Infuse bombs in certain areas. Assault Palestinian protesters/journalist.

Controls their movement and travelling.

Carry out a genocide against the residents of Palestine.

Ethnic cleansing and terrorism.

abuse of power.

Oppression.

Seperate families.

Took away the childhood of children.

Attacked peaceful protests.

Chanting "death to Arabs" and other offensive slogans.

Wrongfully capture Mosque Al Aqsa.

Burnt villages and farms.

Cut down olive trees and plantation that belonged to Palestinians.

Attack Palestinian festival and Weddings.

Molest women, men AND children.

Cease media and medical departments.

Control the WIFi.

Is making an effort to completely occupy the land of Palestine (but are failing miserably)

Stealing houses and land of Palestinians.

Instilling fear (also failing miserably) in the hearts of Palestinians by dropping air bombs.

Celebrating genocide.

Enforcing dictatorship.

Displacing families in Sheikh Al Jarrah, Beita, Silwan and continuing.

Arresting "Children"

And What Have Palestinians done/is doing?

Defend their land, people and history.

Dealt the oppression with patience.

demand for their rights (which they were born with)

Wanting THEIR land back from the colonizers.

Do not apologize for standing up to settler-colonialism

Remain unapologetic in tone and speech

Since the beginning of the latest uprising, Israel has arrested over 1400 Palestinians for taking part in protests. Over the next 48 hours, Israel has declared plans to arrest another 400.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has also arrested Palestinians protesting against them & organizers involved in coordinating the strike across borders.

Sure, there’s a ceasefire, but save for the slaughter in Gaza, nothing has ceased: Israel will continue to try and remove Palestinians from Sheikh Jarrah, Israel is continuing to punish those who dared stand up and speak out, Palestinians in the US continue to be targeted and harassed relentlessly, and the narrative is very actively being attacked and shifted to take focus off Palestine