#Repost @imamomarsuleiman ・・・ I'm glad there is a ceasefire, but let's talk about what not enough people were before the airstrikes and rockets. The occupation. The forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah. The ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem under an unabashedly apartheid state. The fact that over 60 percent of Gaza's 2 million residents under siege are actually refugees who were expelled from their homes in historic Palestine under the occupation. What cruelty is it when settlers (some from New York like the ones pictured here) can walk into peoples homes under the protection of the state and literally throw out families that have lived there for generations on the basis of an ancestral claim. If you're a politician, a religious leader or establishment, or even a lay person justifying this, you are morally bankrupt. And you are not an ally to me in anything. I have land that my family has owned in Palestine for hundreds of years that I've never seen. I have relatives I could never come face to face with but can hear the trauma through their voices and in the background. I don't know if I'll ever be able to enter the land my parents were both evicted from, but I pray that my children will have it different. More importantly, the current residents there who have nowhere else to go need our consistent support. The tide is shifting, and the momentum must not cease. If you want background on what is happening with the forceful evictions in Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah that started this all, spend 20 minutes educating yourself with this VICE mini-documentary (link in story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSRCPiklhI&feature=youtu.be

#Repost @faizal_tahir with @make_repost ・・・ FACTS! 🇵🇸 Facts that Western mainstream media will never talk about! 👎🏽👎🏽 Posted @withregram • @theimeu New Podcast Episode: What's Happening in Palestine Right Now? ⠀ ⠀ Amidst all the headlines and breaking news, it can be confusing to make sense of what’s happening in Palestine/Israel right now. ⠀ ⠀ Israel has been escalating tensions in Jerusalem for weeks, including placing new restrictions on Palestinians observing Ramadan, violently suppressing Palestinians protesting evictions of families in Sheikh Jarrah by settlers, and soldiers assaulting worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque. On May 10, Israel fired missiles into Gaza killing 20 Palestinians, including 9 children. ⠀ ⠀ Hosts @obaddar Omar Baddar and @DianaButtu Diana Buttu make sense of all this and break it down. ⠀ #prayforpalestine #savepalestine #eidmubarak #facts

FACTS! 🇵🇸 Facts that Western mainstream media will never talk about! 👎🏽👎🏽 Posted @withregram • @theimeu New Podcast Episode: What's Happening in Palestine Right Now? ⠀ ⠀ Amidst all the headlines and breaking news, it can be confusing to make sense of what’s happening in Palestine/Israel right now. ⠀ ⠀ Israel has been escalating tensions in Jerusalem for weeks, including placing new restrictions on Palestinians observing Ramadan, violently suppressing Palestinians protesting evictions of families in Sheikh Jarrah by settlers, and soldiers assaulting worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque. On May 10, Israel fired missiles into Gaza killing 20 Palestinians, including 9 children. ⠀ ⠀ Hosts @obaddar Omar Baddar and @DianaButtu Diana Buttu make sense of all this and break it down. ⠀ #prayforpalestine #savepalestine #ramadan #eidmubarak