Even The Onion couldn’t come up with this.
Assal Rad
PhD Mid East History • Fellow @ArabCenterWDC • Author State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran (Cambridge 2022, https://t.co/HiZkKAS0eE)
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Imagine the news coverage if Palestinians were killing Israelis on a daily basis.
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RT: @Hamza_a96 Israel ruthlessly carpet bombed Lebanon today, killing at least 180 people and injuring more than 800.
How does the BBC report it?
“Israel says it hit more than 100 command centres and military sites in 10 minutes…”
This is how war crimes are laundered.
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RT: @prem_thakker How many times will we have to keep quoting the direct words of the Trump-Vance team’s mediator? It is insane the low regard these people hold us in
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RT: @ErikSperling As leading antiwar voice @RoKhanna warned on @AC360, some Democrats are now attacking Trump for being weak on Iran
This attack is dangerous at such a sensitive time for negotiations — please prioritize a peace deal and end to the war @ChrisMurphyCT
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RT: @cfmmuk The @Independent writes an 18 word headline without mentioning the aggressor, who is responsible for thousands dead and for razing neighbourhoods to the ground
A masterpiece in how not to mention #Israel
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Hey @AP, who displaced them?
Who bombed Lebanon on Easter Sunday, killing at least 11 people including a 4-YEAR-OLD?
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RT: @AssalRad@mastox.eu “Yes, Again”
This is everyday life for Palestinians living under occupation.
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RT: @AssalRad@mastox.eu “Yes, Again”
This is everyday life for Palestinians living under occupation.
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The ICC prosecutor has faced more punishment for holding war criminals accountable than Netanyahu has for committing genocide.
Imagine explaining this to future generations.
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He’s boasting about deliberately destroying civilian infrastructure. How are people still defending this?
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RT: @AdHaque110 It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations.
A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes.
We are completely lost.
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This is an open threat of war crimes and collective punishment of over 90 million people.
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RT: @hasanthehun western imperialism doesn’t serve the people it subjugates & destroys, it doesn’t benefit the people carrying out the violence and it’s doesn’t benefit the people living in the imperial core. it only benefits capital. it’s time to do away with empire & focus on ourselves
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You attack universities, hospitals, and schools when your goal is destroying a country, not liberating a people.
Again, Gaza was the testing ground.
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RT: @briantashman We remember those who were lost to the genocide, like young Shoroq, who was murdered by the Israeli army while her family was evacuating
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RT: @AssalRad@mastox.eu The people who did this want you to know international law and civilian life must be protected.
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RT: @AssalRad@mastox.eu The UN has voted for over 30 years to lift the U.S. embargo on Cuba with overwhelming support.
Only two countries have consistently voted against it: 🇺🇸 🇮🇱
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RT: @MosabAbuToha In another terrorist Israeli crimes, Israel killed 8 people in a strike on a police car in Central Gaza.
The strike took place at 3 p.m. local time.
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This Iranian man broke me. These are ordinary people who are being killed and having their lives destroyed by U.S. and Israeli bombs.
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RT: @AssalRad@mastox.eu Israel: “Urges” when it’s bombing civilians.
Iran: “Threatens” when it’s being attacked.
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RT: @Hoffman8Jon The remarks by Himes and Warner following the briefing are embarrassing—emblematic of a Congress that has entirely abdicated its responsibilities.
The American people do not want this war.
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RT: @MohammadHuraini 1/2 Urgent 🚨 Just minutes ago in Susya, Masafer Yatta, more than 30 armed settlers carried out a coordinated, attack on Palestinian families. The settlers were seen throwing explosives at a home with a family inside, and smashing security cameras with stones to hide the crime.
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RT: @OmarBaddar Elementary common for anyone w/a functioning brain & a moral compass! The Dems’ refusal to oppose Israel’s mass slaughter of children is obviously the sort of depravity that depresses voter enthusiasm. But will they learn the lesson or keep their heads in the AIPAC scum bucket?
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RT: @HRANA_English 📣 NEW REPORT: After 50 days of continuous documentation following the eruption of nationwide protests on Dec 28, 2025, HRA publishes The Crimson Winter — a 1,350-page record of the protests and state response through Feb 2026. Download the detailed PDF at the link below.
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RT: @never_oppressed They’re not even opposing war at this point. They’re just saying “make a good pitch for it so we can get fully onboard!”
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“Settler violence” is state violence, they work together to terrorize Palestinians and occupy their land.
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RT: @MosabAbuToha A daily reality in Palestine.
Terrorism on every level.
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RT: @Ahmed_Nashwan_ Palestinian Maftoul meals distributed to displaced families living in tents in north of Gaza.
Children in Gaza must have food like all other children in the world, and fathers must find something to feed their children during Ramadan.
Your donations make a difference.
Please
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Watch the clip and remember that Israel’s defenders relentlessly attacked this woman.
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RT: @_ZachFoster The case for filing ICC charges against the NYTimes editorial teams: they incite crimes against humanity & genocide.
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RT: @MohammadHuraini I have been sharing this link with you but at these moments i really need your help to reach the goal to continue with the work that am doing here to continue showing the reality so click on the link make a real difference and share this link to reach more https://chuffed.org/project/help-mohammad-document-settler-attacks-in-west-bank
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RT: @adamjohnsonCHI NYT editorial board, WaPo editorial board, Schumer and Jeffries, official Dem Party media organs are entirely silent on Trump building up the largest armada in 23 years and threatening to attack Iran because They Agree With It And Think It's Good but must maintain pretenses.
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RT: @TrackAIPAC “What Palestinians in Gaza are being faced with is you either fully bend the knee and accept a colonial apartheid regime… that you accept a new reality as dystopian plantation workers on Jared Kushner’s real estate project or we’re going to kill you.”
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RT: @zeteo_news "AIPAC Lobbies Against a Bill to Ensure Israel Complies With the Ceasefire"
Pro-Palestine groups argue the ‘Ceasefire Compliance Act’ is too modest in its effort to get Israel to stop killing Palestinians. AIPAC, meanwhile, hates it, reports @prem_thakker
https://zeteo.com/p/aipac-israel-gaza-ceasefire-compliance
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“Moves”
I think you meant to say ILLEGAL ANNEXATION.
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RT: @zeteo_news "AIPAC Lobbies Against a Bill to Ensure Israel Complies With the Ceasefire"
Pro-Palestine groups argue the ‘Ceasefire Compliance Act’ is too modest in its effort to get Israel to stop killing Palestinians. AIPAC, meanwhile, hates it, reports @prem_thakker
https://zeteo.com/p/aipac-israel-gaza-ceasefire-compliance
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They shot 900 BULLETS at 15 medics, in ambulances, with their emergency lights on.
Remember when the whole of Western media told you “Israel says it was caused by professional failures”?