URGENT! Ghassan Najjar, co-director of the Burin Land and Farming Cooperative, is being held by Israeli forces in “administrative detention” (Israel’s practice of incarcerating Palestinians indefinitely without charges).
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“They're banking on bigotry to win an election. But we're smarter than that…we're tired of the divide-and-conquer strategy. We want more, we want substance, we deserve that.We're going to elect a candidate who stands for all of us, not just some of us.”
Thank you to special Democracy leader Lisa Tencer for your moving words to inspire and energize our 200 canvassers last weekend as they got ready to knock thousands of doors across Detroit.
Thank you to special Democracy leader Lisa Tencer for your moving words to inspire and energize our 200 canvassers last weekend as they got ready to knock thousands of doors across Detroit.
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“We have an opportunity here,to send a message to the rest of the country that no matter how much they try, no matter the tactics, no matter the fear mongering, no matter the propaganda, that Jews and Muslims are gonna organize together, we're gonna build together, and we're hank you to special guest, activist @lsarsour for your beautiful words to inspire and energize our 200 canvassers as they got ready to knock thousands of doors for @AbdulElSayed across Detroit.
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WE ARE BUILDING THE BELOVED COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
Thank you to special guest, former congressman @Andy_Levin for your beautiful words to inspire and energize our 200 canvassers as they got ready to knock thousands of doors for @AbdulElSayed across Detroit.
Thank you to special guest, former congressman @Andy_Levin for your beautiful words to inspire and energize our 200 canvassers as they got ready to knock thousands of doors for @AbdulElSayed across Detroit.
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“I came to Michigan with IfNotNow Movement because it just felt super important to be able to have a deeper conversation with specifically Jewish voters who are feeling really conflicted.”
Hear Noe explain why he joined Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to l-Sayed.
Hear Noe explain why he joined Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to l-Sayed.
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“What keeps Jews safe is a multi-racial democracy where groups are in solidarity with each other against the forces that threaten all of us, instead of pitting ourselves against each other, which is what Mike Rogers and the right wing want to do. And Abdul El-Sayed stands firmly nah explain why he joined Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed.
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“I really believe that @AbdulElSayed is a really excellent candidate, both for the Jewish community and for the community at large.”
Sahar explains: Why join Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed?
Sahar explains: Why join Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed?
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“I'm here because my grandmother actually was a Holocaust survivor, coming here to the U.S. after fighting the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. She gives me a lot of strength, and I know that she came here looking for a better life, and wanting to live in a democracy, a nic democracy. And that's what I'm fighting to keep…”
Hear Shayna explain why she joined Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed.
Hear Shayna explain why she joined Jews from all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed.
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“So much of the destruction in Gaza, in Iran, in Lebanon, we are funding that. For me, it's so important to talk to voters about that… and Abdul El-Sayed is very vocal about that, and very vocal about changing our foreign policy, changing our militarism…”
Hear Jeremy explain all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed.
Hear Jeremy explain all over the U.S. in Michigan this weekend to knock doors for Abdul El-Sayed.
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Tomorrow is Election Day!
Our movement is turning out to elect shared safety champions across the country. And no matter what happens tomorrow, our work will be as critical as ever.
Join us one week after the election, on November 10 at 8pm ET, to chart the path for what comes next.
Our movement is turning out to elect shared safety champions across the country. And no matter what happens tomorrow, our work will be as critical as ever.
Join us one week after the election, on November 10 at 8pm ET, to chart the path for what comes next.
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Happening November 15th!
Join us for The Jewish Future Demands Not Another Bomb: An Organizing Workshop for Synagogue Members
In this 2.5-hour virtual workshop participants will connect with other synagogue members from across the country, get political advocacy training, and to have effective, transformative conversations in your community and bring more people into the fight for shared safety.
Join us for The Jewish Future Demands Not Another Bomb: An Organizing Workshop for Synagogue Members
In this 2.5-hour virtual workshop participants will connect with other synagogue members from across the country, get political advocacy training, and to have effective, transformative conversations in your community and bring more people into the fight for shared safety.
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Make Calls to Help Elect @AbdulElSayed !!!
Led by local Michigan Jews, we’ll call voters together in order to win shared safety, equality, justice, and a thriving future for all!
Led by local Michigan Jews, we’ll call voters together in order to win shared safety, equality, justice, and a thriving future for all!
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Meet the Delegation: Aaron, IfNotNow Member from Chicago
“What struck me was just how normalized a lot of the difficult experiences that Palestinians have to go through. Everybody is under constant threat from surveillance or brutality from the IDF or settler violence.”
“What struck me was just how normalized a lot of the difficult experiences that Palestinians have to go through. Everybody is under constant threat from surveillance or brutality from the IDF or settler violence.”
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Happening tomorrow, Oct 20 at 8pm ET!
Join us for a virtual report back from IfNotNow’s Shared Safety Delegation. You can meet the Delegation, hear our stories from the ground, and learn how to take action with us.
Join us for a virtual report back from IfNotNow’s Shared Safety Delegation. You can meet the Delegation, hear our stories from the ground, and learn how to take action with us.
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“I want to figure out a way to bridge to people that don't see how it is shared safety. Jews will not live in safety unless Palestinians live in safety…we are family, and we need to build safety together.”
Shared Safety Delegation member Marcy (IfNotNow Philadelphia chapter) es to use her firsthand experience on the ground to reach members of her Jewish community and bring them into the fight for shared safety.
Shared Safety Delegation member Marcy (IfNotNow Philadelphia chapter) es to use her firsthand experience on the ground to reach members of her Jewish community and bring them into the fight for shared safety.
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Happening this weekend!
Join us for an Info Session on Sunday, October 18th to learn more about joining IfNotNow Movement and @seed_the_vote for Get Out The Vote weekend (Oct 30 - Nov 3) in MI to knock doors for @AbdulElSayed !!
Join us for an Info Session on Sunday, October 18th to learn more about joining IfNotNow Movement and @seed_the_vote for Get Out The Vote weekend (Oct 30 - Nov 3) in MI to knock doors for @AbdulElSayed !!
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Last weekend IfNotNow Movement — in partnership with @seed_the_vote and Bend the Arc @jewishaction — brought together Jews from across the country to knock doors and speak with Jewish voters in Michigan for Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed.
We are thrilled that IfNotNow Movement t IfNotNow Movement member in Congress) @bradlander joined us!
We are thrilled that IfNotNow Movement t IfNotNow Movement member in Congress) @bradlander joined us!
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Meet the Delegation: Sara, IfNotNow Member from Philadelphia
“Physically crossing into the West Bank seeing with my own eyes a demolition order, hearing from their own mouths the trauma and pain and love and joy and humor and resistance of Palestinians, that renews my ‘why’ for why I organize.”
“Physically crossing into the West Bank seeing with my own eyes a demolition order, hearing from their own mouths the trauma and pain and love and joy and humor and resistance of Palestinians, that renews my ‘why’ for why I organize.”
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Listen to IfNotNow Movement member & Chicago chapter leader Alex as she shares her experience in Michigan this weekend!
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Hundreds of Michigan Jews who support Abdul have been making their voices heard under the banner of Michigan Jews for Democracy. On IfNotNow Movement’s recent National Call, Michigan Jewish leaders asked for our help knocking doors and speaking with Jewish voters. So that’s what we’ve been doing!
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Abdul is a shared safety champion with a long track record of standing up for all people. MAGA, AIPAC, war profiteering billionaires, and establishment Jewish institutions have been spreading Islamophobic narratives about Abdul and telling the world that Michigan Jews don’t just not true.
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It was a powerful weekend of Jewish community, solidarity, meaningful conversations, and fighting for democracy and shared safety — for Palestinians, Israelis, our neighbors, and ourselves.
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This past weekend IfNotNow Movement — in partnership with @seed_the_vote and Bend The Arc @jewishaction — brought together Jews from across the country to knock doors and speak with Jewish voters in Michigan for Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed.
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Meet the Delegation: Daniel, IfNotNow Member from DC
“I came on the Shared Safety Delegation because I wanted to see a whole new perspective of what Palestinian life is like under occupation. In the Jewish community that I grew up with, there was a very strong narrative er really heard much about Palestinians at all, it’s like they didn’t really exist in that narrative.”
“I came on the Shared Safety Delegation because I wanted to see a whole new perspective of what Palestinian life is like under occupation. In the Jewish community that I grew up with, there was a very strong narrative er really heard much about Palestinians at all, it’s like they didn’t really exist in that narrative.”
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Last week, IfNotNow Movement held our first-ever virtual fundraiser to support @AbdulElSayed for Senate!
“I think it matters,” @bradlander shared while sitting in his sukkah, “the people we convince to vote for and contribute to Abdul, he's gotta win. But it also matters to do to show that Jews and Muslims are working together for everybody's humanity, and that includes freedom and dignity and safety for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, is a really important role we're playing.”
“I think it matters,” @bradlander shared while sitting in his sukkah, “the people we convince to vote for and contribute to Abdul, he's gotta win. But it also matters to do to show that Jews and Muslims are working together for everybody's humanity, and that includes freedom and dignity and safety for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, is a really important role we're playing.”
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Last week, IfNotNow Movement held our first-ever virtual fundraiser to support Abdul El-Sayed for Senate!
“The more people that we have on the doors,” Jonathan of @seed_the_vote shared, “the more voters we can talk to,
the more votes that Abdul can get to cross that finish d by yourself, that is excellent, we love that. If you bring one friend, you have doubled your impact,you have doubled the number of doors you can knock, the number of voters you can turn out to vote.” That’s where YOU come in!
“The more people that we have on the doors,” Jonathan of @seed_the_vote shared, “the more voters we can talk to,
the more votes that Abdul can get to cross that finish d by yourself, that is excellent, we love that. If you bring one friend, you have doubled your impact,you have doubled the number of doors you can knock, the number of voters you can turn out to vote.” That’s where YOU come in!
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Happening Tuesday, October 20 at 8pm ET! Join us to meet the Shared Safety Delegation, hear our stories from the ground, and learn how to take action with us.
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Meet the Delegation: Liba, IfNotNow Member from New Jersey
“I decided to join the Shared Safety Delegation because I really want to give my kids the education about this place that I never received… the history was erased from much of my Jewish education.”
Shared Safety Liba reflects on our time with Burin community leader Ghassan Najjar, who explained how Israeli authorities routinely conduct mass arrests of Burin residents, including children, “just for fun”.
“I decided to join the Shared Safety Delegation because I really want to give my kids the education about this place that I never received… the history was erased from much of my Jewish education.”
Shared Safety Liba reflects on our time with Burin community leader Ghassan Najjar, who explained how Israeli authorities routinely conduct mass arrests of Burin residents, including children, “just for fun”.
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Want to learn more? Join an upcoming info session: Sept 30, 9 - 10pm ET, and Oct 18, 6 - 7pm ET.
Sign up: innmvmt.org/jewsforabdul
Sign up: innmvmt.org/jewsforabdul
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IfNotNow Movement is teaming up with @seed_the_vote to bring together Jews from across the country to knock doors in Michigan for @AbdulElSayed !
Join us to help elect Abdul in Michigan and win a thriving future for all. We’ll celebrate Shabbat & talk to Michigan voters togedging available!
Join us to help elect Abdul in Michigan and win a thriving future for all. We’ll celebrate Shabbat & talk to Michigan voters togedging available!
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We’re thrilled to be joined by these exciting guest speakers: @bradlander, NY-10 Congressional Candidate and former NYC Comptroller, Rabbi Alana Alpert, Founding Director of Detroit Jews for Justice and Rabbi of Congregation T'Chiyah in Detroit, Hayley Sakwa, IfNotNow Member and racy Organizer, and Jonathan Mendoza, IfNotNow Movement Leader and @seed_the_vote Organizer.
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Happening soon! Next week, IfNotNow Movement is bringing together Jews from across the country for a national call and our first-ever virtual fundraiser to help elect @AbdulElSayed to the U.S. Senate.
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IfNotNow Movement is bringing together Jews from across the country for a national call and our first-ever virtual fundraiser to help elect @AbdulElSayed to the U.S. Senate!
Join IfNotNow Movement, @bradlander, Rabbi Alana Alpert, and other special guests on Sept 30 from 8-9pm help elect Abdul to the Senate!
Register: innmvmt.org/jewsforabdulca…
Join IfNotNow Movement, @bradlander, Rabbi Alana Alpert, and other special guests on Sept 30 from 8-9pm help elect Abdul to the Senate!
Register: innmvmt.org/jewsforabdulca…
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Meet the Delegation: Matt, IfNotNow NYC Chapter
“Everyone I know [in U.S. Jewish communities] says settler violence is wrong. If we just sit here and sat we don’t agree with settler violence, but then we allow blank checks to be written to the Israeli government, or allow them ons from us, we’re sending a message that they can do whatever they want. And I want to take that message back and let people know that there is a systemic issue that really revolves around the government of Israel.”
“Everyone I know [in U.S. Jewish communities] says settler violence is wrong. If we just sit here and sat we don’t agree with settler violence, but then we allow blank checks to be written to the Israeli government, or allow them ons from us, we’re sending a message that they can do whatever they want. And I want to take that message back and let people know that there is a systemic issue that really revolves around the government of Israel.”
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Shabbat Shalom and Shana Tova from the Shared Safety Delegation.
We fondly remember the Shabbat we spent together recently in Israel/Palestine.
May the new year bring safety, equality, and justice for all — Palestinians and Israelis, our neighbors and ourselves.
We fondly remember the Shabbat we spent together recently in Israel/Palestine.
May the new year bring safety, equality, and justice for all — Palestinians and Israelis, our neighbors and ourselves.
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Shared Safety Delegation member Talia (IfNotNow Bay Area Chapter) reflects on the ever-present threat of danger Palestinians experience while going about their daily lives.
She contrasts the fun and warmth of the night she spent in Tuwani with Shoug and Zakariyah al-Adra with by residents of the nearby town of Tuba, who the same night faced an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
She contrasts the fun and warmth of the night she spent in Tuwani with Shoug and Zakariyah al-Adra with by residents of the nearby town of Tuba, who the same night faced an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
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“This experience really brought home for me how normalized violence is for Palestinians living in the West Bank.”
Shared Safety Delegation member Jenna (IfNotNow LA Chapter) reflects on the night she spent in Susya during our visit to the Masafer Yatta region of the West Bank. quickly go from having a normal evening to doing emergency fire response nearby in Tuba, which faced an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
Shared Safety Delegation member Jenna (IfNotNow LA Chapter) reflects on the night she spent in Susya during our visit to the Masafer Yatta region of the West Bank. quickly go from having a normal evening to doing emergency fire response nearby in Tuba, which faced an arson attack by Israeli settlers.
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Having just been with Palestinians and Israeli solidarity activists in Umm al-Khair and across the West Bank on IfNotNow’s Shared Safety Delegation, we can tell you: the settler attacks that you hear about are NOT isolated or exceptional incidents.
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Watch: Just recently, in the village of Umm al-Khair, in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank, Eid Suleiman explained to the Shared Safety Delegation how pressure from the U.S. government is needed to stop West Bank demolitions and keep Palestinians on their own land.
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Meet the Delegation: Alex, IfNotNow Chicago Chapter
“I felt that at a gut, visceral level – to be a young woman living in your own home, and to have men outside your window harassing you. That’s something that, in the U.S., we would talk about in the frameworks of violence , for that to be state-sponsored is really gruesome.”
“I felt that at a gut, visceral level – to be a young woman living in your own home, and to have men outside your window harassing you. That’s something that, in the U.S., we would talk about in the frameworks of violence , for that to be state-sponsored is really gruesome.”
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Additionally, Hiring information sessions for interested BIJOCSM (Black, Indigenous, Jews of color, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) applicants will be held:
Monday, August 31 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT and Tuesday, September 1 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT.
Monday, August 31 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT and Tuesday, September 1 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT.
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Join the IfNotNow staff!
We are currently hiring for Campaign Director and Chief of Staff positions.
Applications for both positions are due September 18th – apply now!
We are currently hiring for Campaign Director and Chief of Staff positions.
Applications for both positions are due September 18th – apply now!
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Watch: It was meaningful to our delegation to help beautify the playground in Umm al-Khair.
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Meet the Delegation: Sara, IfNotNow Bay Area Chapter
“I am hoping to share with my Jewish community some of these details about the way that Palestinians live in this system of [Israeli] apartheid.”
“I am hoping to share with my Jewish community some of these details about the way that Palestinians live in this system of [Israeli] apartheid.”
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Watch: Just recently, in the village of Umm al-Khair, in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank, Eid Suleiman explained to the Shared Safety Delation how the Israeli state works together with settlers to push Palestinians off of their land.
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Meet the Delegation: Heshie, IfNotNow Philadelphia Chapter
“I want to tell the people in my congregation what I’ve seen, and I want to move them to action such that we could create even a greater movement to try to stop this madness.”
“I want to tell the people in my congregation what I’ve seen, and I want to move them to action such that we could create even a greater movement to try to stop this madness.”
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Watch:
In Umm al-Khair, Hanady Hathaleen shares her experience of losing her husband Awdah
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In Umm al-Khair, Hanady Hathaleen shares her experience of losing her husband Awdah
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Meet the Delegation: Rachel, IfNotNow DC and Boston Chapters
“I’ll be returning back to the U.S. to organize with just such a richer and fuller image of what is happening here, and how it connects to our work [organizing the Jewish community] at home, and a commitment to keep doing that.”
“I’ll be returning back to the U.S. to organize with just such a richer and fuller image of what is happening here, and how it connects to our work [organizing the Jewish community] at home, and a commitment to keep doing that.”
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Watch: Just last week, In the village of Umm al-Khair, Khalil Hathaleen showed Shared Safety Delation members a settler outpost that has been established right in a Palestinian family’s backyard — in what has become an effort to displace the entire village.
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Watch: Our delegation visited Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem — the most tear-gassed place in the world, per a study by UC Berkeley.
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Watch: In the town of Deir Istiya in the northern West Bank, Nazmi showed us around the old city while explaining how Palestinian residents face increasing harassment, violence, and encroachment by Israeli settlers and soldiers.
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Meet the Delegation: Talia, Bay Area Chapter
“Ultimately I made the decision to come here, to see this land for myself, to build relationships with people who are doing the work on the ground here, because I think that’s really so critical to the work that we are doing back home.”
“Ultimately I made the decision to come here, to see this land for myself, to build relationships with people who are doing the work on the ground here, because I think that’s really so critical to the work that we are doing back home.”
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Meet the Delegation: Jenna, IfNotNow LA Chapter
“We have an extremely important role to play as American Jews, to understand the truth of what is happening on the ground, to connect with the people of Palestine and show them that we are with them, that we want to be in shared o stand up to the U.S. and its nonstop funneling of money into this region.”
“We have an extremely important role to play as American Jews, to understand the truth of what is happening on the ground, to connect with the people of Palestine and show them that we are with them, that we want to be in shared o stand up to the U.S. and its nonstop funneling of money into this region.”
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Watch: Rashid shows us around Tel Arad, one of Israel’s many unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev/Naqab Desert that face complete erasure.
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The settlers also vandalized the contents of the homes, surveillance cameras, water storage tanks, sinks, bathrooms, windows, and kitchen equipment, causing extensive damage all around the houses.
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The attack was carried out using clubs, stones, and arson, with the attackers using multiple petrol-filled bottles to ignite the fires. Witnesses described the assault as organized and coordinated. The perpetrators also vandalized the scene with symbols and slogans consistent tacks across the region.
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The attackers also destroyed the solar panels that provide electricity to the community. Solar energy is crucial for Palestinians in the West Bank. Unlike illegal Israeli settlements, Palestinian communities in Area C don’t have access to electrical or water grids.
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Settlers assaulted a young boy, Joud Mahmoud Awad. He had been asleep inside one of the homes that was set on fire. According to eyewitnesses, several settlers choked him, kicked him, and dragged him out of the house while others were setting his house on fire. His sister had the house. She locked herself inside an interior bathroom and remained trapped in heavy smoke while the house burned until the attackers left the area.
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Shared Safety Delegation participants were nearby in Umm al-Khair, and witnessed the blaze from afar. Participants were also nearby in Susiya, where their host and many residents of the village rapidly departed to provide urgent relief as a newly-formed emergency fire brigade.
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Last night, Wednesday, August 5, around 9:50 p.m., dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the community of Tuba, in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.
After cutting power lines, the attackers set fire to homes, with at least three houses totally burned, along with an les, and livestock feed.
After cutting power lines, the attackers set fire to homes, with at least three houses totally burned, along with an les, and livestock feed.
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Mazel Tov, @AbdulElSayed !
Abdul’s win is a victory for everyone who supports equality, justice, and a thriving future for all - for Palestinians, Israelis, our neighbors, and ourselves!
Abdul’s win is a victory for everyone who supports equality, justice, and a thriving future for all - for Palestinians, Israelis, our neighbors, and ourselves!
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IfNotNow Movement is proudly endorsing @AbdulElSayed for U.S. Senate in Michigan, the same week that AIPAC and its affiliated PACs have reached nearly $50 million in their spending against him.
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Congratulations @bradlander !!!!!!
Brad’s victory is a win for everyone who supports equality and justice for all. We share this victory with all New Yorkers — Jewish, Muslim, immigrant, queer and trans, and all those who want a better future for ourselves and our neighbors.
Brad’s victory is a win for everyone who supports equality and justice for all. We share this victory with all New Yorkers — Jewish, Muslim, immigrant, queer and trans, and all those who want a better future for ourselves and our neighbors.
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Whether standing up to ICE, teaming up with Zohran to win a NYC for all, or calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza — Brad is a true mensch in every sense of the word. As Jews for Shared Safety, we are proud to support him.
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We were honored to co-sponsor yesterday’s Jewish & Muslim solidarity rally and canvas for @bradlander. It was thrilling to join our partners, community leaders (including @NYCMayor), and HUNDREDS of neighbors to support Brad and our shared vision of a thriving future for all.
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On the call, we’ll hear from from IfNotNow leaders and partners, including Sara Sarasohn, @giligetz, Aden Halpern, @PeterBeinart, and IfNotNow Executive Director Morriah Kaplan.
On the call, we’ll also discuss how we will convert our momentum into real, lasting change, and how movement.
On the call, we’ll also discuss how we will convert our momentum into real, lasting change, and how movement.
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IfNotNow just launched a historic campaign to stop the flow of U.S. weapons to Israel.
Want to get involved? Join us THIS WEDNESDAY, June 10 at 7pm ET for a virtual national call: innmvmt.org/nationalcall
Want to get involved? Join us THIS WEDNESDAY, June 10 at 7pm ET for a virtual national call: innmvmt.org/nationalcall
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We are thrilled to announce that Nadav David, Community Safety Campaign Organizer, will also be joining us tomorrow for this urgent communal conversation.
On May 19th, Join IfNotNow’s Executive Director Morriah Kaplan, along with Kohenet Shoshana A Brown, @bjlcollective Co-founder, @DanielBiss, Democratic nominee for Illinois's 9th Congressional District, and @IndivisibleTeam Executive Director, @Leahgreenb, for a rigorous U.S. weapons to Israel and building a thriving future for all.
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On May 19th, Join IfNotNow’s Executive Director Morriah Kaplan, along with Kohenet Shoshana A Brown, @bjlcollective Co-founder, @DanielBiss, Democratic nominee for Illinois's 9th Congressional District, and @IndivisibleTeam Executive Director, @Leahgreenb, for a rigorous U.S. weapons to Israel and building a thriving future for all.
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U.S. weapons have enabled Israel’s oppression of Palestinians for decades. For just as long, establishment politicians & Jewish institutions have claimed that bombs, walls, & repression will keep our people safe.
But we know how disastrous this strategy is. A new communal conversation is long overdue.
But we know how disastrous this strategy is. A new communal conversation is long overdue.
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A new communal conversation is long overdue.
As Jews who want safety, justice, and equality for all, we know that there’s another way. Together, we must move beyond the violent status quo and envision a different future — for Israelis and Palestinians, for our neighbors and rappling with the billions of dollars in weapons that the U.S. sends to Israel each year.
As Jews who want safety, justice, and equality for all, we know that there’s another way. Together, we must move beyond the violent status quo and envision a different future — for Israelis and Palestinians, for our neighbors and rappling with the billions of dollars in weapons that the U.S. sends to Israel each year.
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40 senators—an historic number— just voted to block U.S. weapons that Israel has been using to kill and displace people across Gaza, the West Bank, Iran, and Lebanon. Watch our video to learn why this is a HUGE deal.
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We’re proud to announce that IfNotNow Movement and IfNotNow NYC are endorsing @bradlander for Congress in NY-10!
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And yet establishment institutions supported Trump’s reckless and illegal war from the start.
The institutions that claim to represent our community must reverse course and immediately condemn Trump’s genocidal threats.
The institutions that claim to represent our community must reverse course and immediately condemn Trump’s genocidal threats.
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We know from our history that our safety as Jews is intertwined with the safety of all marginalized groups. In the words of Jewish poet Emma Lazarus, “Until we are all free, we are none of us free.”
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This weekend, IfNotNow leaders and Jewish community members showed up at No Kings rallies throughout the country to make clear:
As Jews we must ALWAYS oppose authoritarianism, whether it’s kings, tyrants or pharaohs. And militarism never makes any of us safer, whether it’s our streets or reckless bombing campaigns abroad.
As Jews we must ALWAYS oppose authoritarianism, whether it’s kings, tyrants or pharaohs. And militarism never makes any of us safer, whether it’s our streets or reckless bombing campaigns abroad.
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Still thinking about @RobertJPeters powerful reflections at our Every Life, A Universe gathering in 2024.
It’s easy to see why AIPAC is desperate to keep him out of office – he holds the “radical” belief that safety comes through solidarity, not nationalism or military might.
It’s easy to see why AIPAC is desperate to keep him out of office – he holds the “radical” belief that safety comes through solidarity, not nationalism or military might.
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