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A short thread of articles/essays/resources I found useful for understanding the crisis in Gaza: the forced dispossession of Palestinians, the resulting protests and Israel’s violent reaction to them, U.S. media/political biases, and the sociopolitical context underlying it all.
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“The violence in Gaza rightly captures headlines, but it conceals the silent and relentless dispossession at the heart of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.” https://t.co/DsauTEtD5L
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“As the most powerful actor in the conflict, [Israel] has the greatest ability to break the pattern. But the factions in control of Israel’s government have strong ideological and strategic reasons for keeping the Gaza policy in place.” https://t.co/qhC5hntark
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The editors of Jewish Currents answer reader questions about the crisis. https://t.co/4HEVvQ1p2P
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Bernie Sanders: “In the Middle East, where we provide nearly $4 billion a year in aid to Israel, we can no longer be apologists for the right-wing Netanyahu government and its undemocratic and racist behavior.” https://t.co/Ba8DykPSXi
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Study of 50 years of U.S. media coverage and 100,000 headlines shows persistent bias towards Israeli sources and perspectives. https://t.co/PAmK1Hw5IJ
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Amnesty International’s annual report on Israel’s displacement, excessive force, illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, and other human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. https://t.co/egi3cM2EVg
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A backgrounder on U.S. policy from the Council on Foreign Relations. https://t.co/lOLt5eQGh1
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Progressive Democrats are pushing the White House to speak up for Palestinians and condemn Israel’s actions, as polls show growing public support for pressuring Israel. https://t.co/B0zGhigbO0
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“American politics cannot truly embrace the values of justice, accountability and equality – which are part of the Palestinian and other progressive struggles – because it is crafted to feed white privilege.“ https://t.co/OLvFfxvmKk
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“American policy makers, regardless of whether they see Palestinians as fully deserving of rights and dignity, should understand that wildly unequal power and capabilities make peace all but impossible.” https://t.co/YxhiQaEFQE
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Last month, Human Rights Watch published an extensive 213-page report examining Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territory, finding that their policies constitute crimes of apartheid and persecution. https://t.co/p0ZVAiGikg