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· Jul 23
THREAD: Palestinians are dying from Israel’s deliberate starvation. We should all be speaking to our communities about what’s going on and how we can help. Here’s what you can say.
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians has not stopped.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
Gaza genocide: By halting aid, Israel escalates its war on survival
New regulations mandate political conformity from groups trying to deliver humanitarian assistance to besieged Palestinians
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians has not stopped.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
“We were besieged inside our homes. The [Israeli] army prevented anyone from outside the hamlet from dealing with us, selling to us, or buying from us. Our livelihood and our food were under siege.”
This is how Israeli settlers, backed by the military, erased a Palestinian village from existence last week
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli “shepher...
mondoweiss.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“We were besieged inside our homes. The [Israeli] army prevented anyone from outside the hamlet from dealing with us, selling to us, or buying from us. Our livelihood and our food were under siege.”
Israel broke the ceasefire again by bombing northern Gaza yesterday, killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle. It has been violating the ceasefire almost every day since it went into effect.
Israel must be held to account for its ceasefire violations.
Israel must be held to account for its ceasefire violations.
Israel kills two in Gaza as Palestinians call for Rafah crossing to open
Israeli forces bomb tent in al-Mawasi, killing a five-year-old girl and her uncle, taking death toll since truce to 422.
www.aljazeera.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Israel broke the ceasefire again by bombing northern Gaza yesterday, killing a 5-year-old girl and her uncle. It has been violating the ceasefire almost every day since it went into effect.
Israel must be held to account for its ceasefire violations.
Israel must be held to account for its ceasefire violations.
Israel violently smashed through the gates of Birzeit University in the West Bank, shooting 5 students and injuring dozens more with tear gas.
The world cannot continue providing Israel with weapons to attack Palestinians.
The world cannot continue providing Israel with weapons to attack Palestinians.
UPDATE: Eleven Palestinian students wounded as Israeli forces storm Birzeit University campus
english.wafa.ps
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Israel violently smashed through the gates of Birzeit University in the West Bank, shooting 5 students and injuring dozens more with tear gas.
The world cannot continue providing Israel with weapons to attack Palestinians.
The world cannot continue providing Israel with weapons to attack Palestinians.
“He is, unmistakably, a sixteen-year-old boy.”
Israel brutally starved and beat Mohammed Ibrahim in its torture camps for months on end. Now, he’s back in Florida, as Israel continues to do the same to at least 350 Palestinian children.
Israel brutally starved and beat Mohammed Ibrahim in its torture camps for months on end. Now, he’s back in Florida, as Israel continues to do the same to at least 350 Palestinian children.
Mohammed Ibrahim’s Stolen Year
The newly freed sixteen-year-old Palestinian American shares his first account of 9½ months in Israeli military detention.
www.infinitejaz.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
“He is, unmistakably, a sixteen-year-old boy.”
Israel brutally starved and beat Mohammed Ibrahim in its torture camps for months on end. Now, he’s back in Florida, as Israel continues to do the same to at least 350 Palestinian children.
Israel brutally starved and beat Mohammed Ibrahim in its torture camps for months on end. Now, he’s back in Florida, as Israel continues to do the same to at least 350 Palestinian children.
“As we see the U.S. government’s repression of Palestine activism as a means to challenge university governance and undermine civil liberties [...] it is clear that Palestine has become a hub of global liberation politics today.”
Fighting fascism in America during a genocide in Palestine
We must insist on drawing connections across time and place — from the Holocaust to Gaza, or ICE detention to Israeli prisons — to disrupt the normalization of authoritarianism at every turn.
ow.ly
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“As we see the U.S. government’s repression of Palestine activism as a means to challenge university governance and undermine civil liberties [...] it is clear that Palestine has become a hub of global liberation politics today.”
Listen as Zaid Azhari, a cultural heritage researcher, speaks about Israel’s ongoing theft of land in the Palestinian town of Sebastia.
Tune in to Diana Buttu's full interview with Zaid on our podcast, “This is Palestine,” now: https://ow.ly/rx3050XMKfy
Tune in to Diana Buttu's full interview with Zaid on our podcast, “This is Palestine,” now: https://ow.ly/rx3050XMKfy
January 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Listen as Zaid Azhari, a cultural heritage researcher, speaks about Israel’s ongoing theft of land in the Palestinian town of Sebastia.
Tune in to Diana Buttu's full interview with Zaid on our podcast, “This is Palestine,” now: https://ow.ly/rx3050XMKfy
Tune in to Diana Buttu's full interview with Zaid on our podcast, “This is Palestine,” now: https://ow.ly/rx3050XMKfy
As Israel continues to break the ceasefire in Gaza, nations are tabling their proposals to sanction Israel and falling back to the status quo.
We must continue pressuring our governments to stop providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians.
We must continue pressuring our governments to stop providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians.
International Pressure Was Building to Hold Israel Accountable. What Happened?
After Trump’s plan for Gaza went into effect, governments seemed eager to return to the status quo.
ow.ly
January 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
As Israel continues to break the ceasefire in Gaza, nations are tabling their proposals to sanction Israel and falling back to the status quo.
We must continue pressuring our governments to stop providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians.
We must continue pressuring our governments to stop providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians.
Israel violently kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank today, including a child and a journalist.
In 2025, 32 Palestinians, including a child, were killed after Israel kidnapped and held them captive in its torture camps.
In 2025, 32 Palestinians, including a child, were killed after Israel kidnapped and held them captive in its torture camps.
Journalist and boy among dozens arrested by Israeli forces in West Bank raids
Raids involve extensive house searches and intimidation tactics, residents say
www.middleeasteye.net
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Israel violently kidnapped dozens of Palestinians in the West Bank today, including a child and a journalist.
In 2025, 32 Palestinians, including a child, were killed after Israel kidnapped and held them captive in its torture camps.
In 2025, 32 Palestinians, including a child, were killed after Israel kidnapped and held them captive in its torture camps.
Israel’s violent bombings have been the cause of about 6,000 limb amputations from October 2023 through 2025, changing the course of peoples’ lives forever.
Now, Israel is continuing to block the entry of prosthetic limbs into Gaza.
Now, Israel is continuing to block the entry of prosthetic limbs into Gaza.
Gaza cousins face lost youth, and family tragedy, after amputations
Despite losing limbs and loved ones, Gaza's Abdullah and Diaa hold onto hope for prosthetic limbs and a better future.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Israel’s violent bombings have been the cause of about 6,000 limb amputations from October 2023 through 2025, changing the course of peoples’ lives forever.
Now, Israel is continuing to block the entry of prosthetic limbs into Gaza.
Now, Israel is continuing to block the entry of prosthetic limbs into Gaza.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Israel is continuing to block humanitarian aid from reaching Palestinians in Gaza.
"Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. Lifesaving assistance must be allowed [by Israel] to reach Palestinians without further delay."
https://ow.ly/YUUS50XMCes
"Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. Lifesaving assistance must be allowed [by Israel] to reach Palestinians without further delay."
https://ow.ly/YUUS50XMCes
Israeli restrictions blocking shelter aid in Gaza, agencies warn
Aid agencies warn Israeli restrictions are blocking lifesaving shelter assistance in Gaza as a month-old infant froze to death.
ow.ly
January 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Israel is continuing to block humanitarian aid from reaching Palestinians in Gaza.
"Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. Lifesaving assistance must be allowed [by Israel] to reach Palestinians without further delay."
https://ow.ly/YUUS50XMCes
"Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. Lifesaving assistance must be allowed [by Israel] to reach Palestinians without further delay."
https://ow.ly/YUUS50XMCes
As we enter the new year, we mourn every life lost in Gaza, remembering that each one was irreplaceable. In 2026, we are committed to working towards freedom for all Palestinians.
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
As we enter the new year, we mourn every life lost in Gaza, remembering that each one was irreplaceable. In 2026, we are committed to working towards freedom for all Palestinians.
Israel’s genocidal destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure destroyed its waste management services, leaving behind massive piles of garbage on the streets.
“Without sustained waste collection & safe disposal, public health risks are expected to escalate.”
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“Without sustained waste collection & safe disposal, public health risks are expected to escalate.”
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Garbage Is Poisoning Gaza
With Israel controlling all of Gaza’s major landfill areas, 900,000 tons of solid waste have been dumped across the enclave, exacerbating a public health crisis.
ow.ly
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Israel’s genocidal destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure destroyed its waste management services, leaving behind massive piles of garbage on the streets.
“Without sustained waste collection & safe disposal, public health risks are expected to escalate.”
ow.ly/h9hx50XMC6G
“Without sustained waste collection & safe disposal, public health risks are expected to escalate.”
ow.ly/h9hx50XMC6G
Israel’s genocide has destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure, leaving thousands of Palestinians with treatable diseases at risk of blindness.
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
Gaza eye care crisis leaves thousands on brink of blindness
A silent health crisis in Gaza is leaving thousands at risk of permanent blindness amid destroyed hospitals, medicine shortages and closed crossings.
ow.ly
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Israel’s genocide has destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure, leaving thousands of Palestinians with treatable diseases at risk of blindness.
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
Israel’s violent blockade is still blocking the entry of medicine and medical equipment.
https://ow.ly/yqyY50XMBUl
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Israeli guards in its torture camps raped a Palestinian journalist from Tulkarm in one of its torture camps.
The Israeli guards told him: “We will bring all the journalists & do this to them. We will bring your wife, your sisters, your mother, & your son.”
ow.ly/cwRV50XMycj
The Israeli guards told him: “We will bring all the journalists & do this to them. We will bring your wife, your sisters, your mother, & your son.”
ow.ly/cwRV50XMycj
Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails
In exclusive interviews, two Palestinians detained in separate Israeli prisons recount harrowing details of violent sexual assault
ow.ly
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Israeli guards in its torture camps raped a Palestinian journalist from Tulkarm in one of its torture camps.
The Israeli guards told him: “We will bring all the journalists & do this to them. We will bring your wife, your sisters, your mother, & your son.”
ow.ly/cwRV50XMycj
The Israeli guards told him: “We will bring all the journalists & do this to them. We will bring your wife, your sisters, your mother, & your son.”
ow.ly/cwRV50XMycj
Working with violent illegal settlers, Israel’s military is ramping up its brutal attacks on Palestinians in order to force them into homelessness so it can steal their land.
This is ethnic cleansing.
https://ow.ly/XNN950XMArR
This is ethnic cleansing.
https://ow.ly/XNN950XMArR
Israel Is Attempting to Create a New Status Quo in the West Bank, Locals Say
Military escalation may be the opening move in a broader effort to reinstate settlement activity in the Jenin area.
ow.ly
December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Working with violent illegal settlers, Israel’s military is ramping up its brutal attacks on Palestinians in order to force them into homelessness so it can steal their land.
This is ethnic cleansing.
https://ow.ly/XNN950XMArR
This is ethnic cleansing.
https://ow.ly/XNN950XMArR
The IMEU’s work to raise awareness on 🍉 depends on support from generous individuals like you! We’re so grateful for every contribution! Together we’ll keep building towards justice and freedom.
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Support the IMEU to amplify Palestinian voices and stories.
Your donation allows us to continue to spread awareness on Palestine and strengthen the movement for Palestinian rights.
imeu.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The IMEU’s work to raise awareness on 🍉 depends on support from generous individuals like you! We’re so grateful for every contribution! Together we’ll keep building towards justice and freedom.
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In 2025, Israel kidnapped, killed, starved, tortured, and forcibly displaced countless Palestinian children every single day.
In 2026, we have a responsibility to push our leaders to end Israel’s systematic violence
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In 2026, we have a responsibility to push our leaders to end Israel’s systematic violence
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No safe place: The starvation, torture, and killing of Palestinian children in 2025
Defense for Children International - Palestine's Year-in-Review 2025.
ow.ly
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In 2025, Israel kidnapped, killed, starved, tortured, and forcibly displaced countless Palestinian children every single day.
In 2026, we have a responsibility to push our leaders to end Israel’s systematic violence
ow.ly/r44x50XMAkN
In 2026, we have a responsibility to push our leaders to end Israel’s systematic violence
ow.ly/r44x50XMAkN
“When her family first arrived, few others were there. But once the IDF entered Khan Younis, the area filled with tents. The experience carried an echo of her family’s past. Her grandparents had fled [Israeli] militia attacks decades earlier.”
https://ow.ly/xs5J50XMzxa
https://ow.ly/xs5J50XMzxa
What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza
Nour AbuShammala has returned to her partly destroyed apartment in Gaza City. This is her story of multiple displacements, injury and devastation over the last two years
ow.ly
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“When her family first arrived, few others were there. But once the IDF entered Khan Younis, the area filled with tents. The experience carried an echo of her family’s past. Her grandparents had fled [Israeli] militia attacks decades earlier.”
https://ow.ly/xs5J50XMzxa
https://ow.ly/xs5J50XMzxa
“A person whose life carried meaning, who deserved a warm bed and a childhood. I am so sorry for her, and for the more than 20,000 children—and the more than 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza—who were murdered by the Israeli state.”
https://ow.ly/aTpr50XMzng
https://ow.ly/aTpr50XMzng
Why “The Voice of Hind Rajab” Will Break Your Heart
A film dramatizing a rescue crew’s attempts to save the 5-year-old Gazan girl might be one of the most affecting movies of the year.
ow.ly
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“A person whose life carried meaning, who deserved a warm bed and a childhood. I am so sorry for her, and for the more than 20,000 children—and the more than 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza—who were murdered by the Israeli state.”
https://ow.ly/aTpr50XMzng
https://ow.ly/aTpr50XMzng
Hold your loved ones tight this holiday season, and remember that everyone—including Palestinians in Gaza—deserves to celebrate their holidays in a warm and safe home surrounded by loved ones.
December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hold your loved ones tight this holiday season, and remember that everyone—including Palestinians in Gaza—deserves to celebrate their holidays in a warm and safe home surrounded by loved ones.
13 Israeli police officers brutally beat a 21-year-old Palestinian man while he was at work because he was Palestinian.
“All the policemen's hands were bloody from the beatings.”
https://ow.ly/GnPR50XMz5m
“All the policemen's hands were bloody from the beatings.”
https://ow.ly/GnPR50XMz5m
'An Arab won't check me': Israeli police beat Palestinian security guard at football match
Qays Haddad was repeatedly attacked by three plainclothes detectives and around 10 uniformed officers, he told Haaretz
ow.ly
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
13 Israeli police officers brutally beat a 21-year-old Palestinian man while he was at work because he was Palestinian.
“All the policemen's hands were bloody from the beatings.”
https://ow.ly/GnPR50XMz5m
“All the policemen's hands were bloody from the beatings.”
https://ow.ly/GnPR50XMz5m
It’s almost 2026, and we need your support to go into the new year ready. If every IMEU follower gave $5, we would easily surpass our goal! We’re so grateful for your support.
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Support the IMEU to amplify Palestinian voices and stories.
Your donation allows us to continue to spread awareness on Palestine and strengthen the movement for Palestinian rights.
imeu.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s almost 2026, and we need your support to go into the new year ready. If every IMEU follower gave $5, we would easily surpass our goal! We’re so grateful for your support.
Donate now: imeu.org/give
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