Sharona Weiss
@heathersharona.bsky.social
"There is escape and there is struggle, and she is caught between the two” -Sahar Khalifeh
Documenting beauty & agency in anti-colonial dissent & struggle with Activestills; journeying paths less traveled; human rights
Documenting beauty & agency in anti-colonial dissent & struggle with Activestills; journeying paths less traveled; human rights
I have a Muslim friend on staff at Rutgers University (not even on this list). On Friday, she was informed that one of her students had their visa revoked. On Sunday, it was 12. The scale of this is far more significant & should provoke a much stronger outcry 1/3
Harvard, UCLA, Stanford among schools across US reporting student visa revocations
After the high-profile detainment of Mahmoud Khalil -- a Columbia grad -- in March, higher education institutions across the U.S. are reporting student visa revocations.
abcnews.go.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have a Muslim friend on staff at Rutgers University (not even on this list). On Friday, she was informed that one of her students had their visa revoked. On Sunday, it was 12. The scale of this is far more significant & should provoke a much stronger outcry 1/3
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The Genocide Continues
Committed by Israel
Underwritten by The U.S.
רצח העם נמשך
בידי ישראל
בעידוד ובעזרת ארה"ב
Committed by Israel
Underwritten by The U.S.
רצח העם נמשך
בידי ישראל
בעידוד ובעזרת ארה"ב
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Genocide Continues
Committed by Israel
Underwritten by The U.S.
רצח העם נמשך
בידי ישראל
בעידוד ובעזרת ארה"ב
Committed by Israel
Underwritten by The U.S.
רצח העם נמשך
בידי ישראל
בעידוד ובעזרת ארה"ב
Back in 2012, I witnessed a Palestinian child of around 7 violently arrested/abducted by Israeli border police in the al-Issawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem. This event led to a complete unraveling of long-held beliefs after I tried desperately to find the child & understand the accusations (1/3)
Right now, Israel is imprisoning 112 Palestinian children without charge or trial–the highest number in history.
Israel abducted these children from their homes & it won't tell them or their families why–or when they'll be released. This is what apartheid looks like.
Israel abducted these children from their homes & it won't tell them or their families why–or when they'll be released. This is what apartheid looks like.
Israel is arbitrarily jailing Palestinian children in record numbers. This must stop
Administrative detainees, held without charge or trial, now represent more than a third of Palestinian child prisoners
ow.ly
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Back in 2012, I witnessed a Palestinian child of around 7 violently arrested/abducted by Israeli border police in the al-Issawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem. This event led to a complete unraveling of long-held beliefs after I tried desperately to find the child & understand the accusations (1/3)
Co-resistance in which anti-Zionist Israelis choose to be arrested & attacked alongside Palestinians, at the invitation of the community, is not normalization. I too spent many days & nights there & I know the community welcomed this film & the activists who share in their struggle.
'No Other Land' is a victory for the Palestinian struggle
While some have accused the film of normalization, Masafer Yatta leaders and activists are unwavering in their support for joint resistance.
www.972mag.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Co-resistance in which anti-Zionist Israelis choose to be arrested & attacked alongside Palestinians, at the invitation of the community, is not normalization. I too spent many days & nights there & I know the community welcomed this film & the activists who share in their struggle.
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"The U.S. government has made clear that they will use immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress that speech."
March 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"The U.S. government has made clear that they will use immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress that speech."
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March 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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The ADL is proudly and openly allied with antisemites and fascists who are taking an axe to our democracy and hurting all of us. Full stop.
The ADL has now publicly *congratulated the Trump administration* for arresting green card holder Mahmoud Khalil
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The ADL is proudly and openly allied with antisemites and fascists who are taking an axe to our democracy and hurting all of us. Full stop.
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This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This may be the biggest free speech crisis in living memory. The president now bragging about detaining a lawful permanent resident and smearing him as 'pro Hamas', no outlining any specific crimes he is accused of or charged with. This is what a fascist takeover looks like.
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The details are disturbing. It basically looks like a kidnapping. They even got his legal status wrong but proceeded to detain him anyway. The agents didn’t even identify themselves at first and refused to show a warrant.
His wife is 8 months pregnant
His wife is 8 months pregnant
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The details are disturbing. It basically looks like a kidnapping. They even got his legal status wrong but proceeded to detain him anyway. The agents didn’t even identify themselves at first and refused to show a warrant.
His wife is 8 months pregnant
His wife is 8 months pregnant
After millions of dollars in federal grants were pulled from Columbia, now a Palestinian activist has been arrested & is being threatened with deportation despite holding a green card & legal residency status. This is not democracy - this is a concerted (& illegal) campaign to silence all dissent.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
After millions of dollars in federal grants were pulled from Columbia, now a Palestinian activist has been arrested & is being threatened with deportation despite holding a green card & legal residency status. This is not democracy - this is a concerted (& illegal) campaign to silence all dissent.
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They do not care about Jewish safety.
They care about moving their cruel, anti-democratic agenda.
We will not let them use real Jewish pain as an excuse to crush freedom of speech, deport people, and punish institutions they disagree with. 🧵
They care about moving their cruel, anti-democratic agenda.
We will not let them use real Jewish pain as an excuse to crush freedom of speech, deport people, and punish institutions they disagree with. 🧵
Breaking News: The Trump administration cut off $400 million bound for Columbia University, saying the school had failed to act against antisemitic harassment.
Trump Live Updates: News on Russia Sanctions, Iran Talks, Student Loans and More
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
They do not care about Jewish safety.
They care about moving their cruel, anti-democratic agenda.
We will not let them use real Jewish pain as an excuse to crush freedom of speech, deport people, and punish institutions they disagree with. 🧵
They care about moving their cruel, anti-democratic agenda.
We will not let them use real Jewish pain as an excuse to crush freedom of speech, deport people, and punish institutions they disagree with. 🧵
In all the Oscar buzz, let’s not lose sight of this 👇
Our film is going to the Oscars. But in Masafer Yatta, we’re still being erased
As the world watches ‘No Other Land,’ Israeli settlers are raiding our villages while soldiers arrest us, abuse us, and demolish our homes.
www.972mag.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In all the Oscar buzz, let’s not lose sight of this 👇
I'm so proud of my friends, Basel and Yuval! After years without funding, in which I thought they may give up, who would have thought it would be an Oscar?!
The question that remains, will people just enjoy watching this & do nothing? Or will they actually act to end ethnic cleansing?
The question that remains, will people just enjoy watching this & do nothing? Or will they actually act to end ethnic cleansing?
‘No Other Land,' an Israeli-Palestinian collaboration, wins Oscar for best documentary
The film tells the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military.
apnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm so proud of my friends, Basel and Yuval! After years without funding, in which I thought they may give up, who would have thought it would be an Oscar?!
The question that remains, will people just enjoy watching this & do nothing? Or will they actually act to end ethnic cleansing?
The question that remains, will people just enjoy watching this & do nothing? Or will they actually act to end ethnic cleansing?
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FROM THE DIASPORA TO PALESTINE - Shoresh has teamed up with Zochrot to offer a virtual tour taking participants from May 1948, when Palestinians were expelled in mass from Jaffa, to the continued, daily parallels between Gaza & Jaffa.
Register for free here: https://buff.ly/3EFSqYv
Register for free here: https://buff.ly/3EFSqYv
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
FROM THE DIASPORA TO PALESTINE - Shoresh has teamed up with Zochrot to offer a virtual tour taking participants from May 1948, when Palestinians were expelled in mass from Jaffa, to the continued, daily parallels between Gaza & Jaffa.
Register for free here: https://buff.ly/3EFSqYv
Register for free here: https://buff.ly/3EFSqYv
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Trump is threatening to cut aid to Egypt & Jordan unless they accept mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza—a blatant attempt at ethnic cleansing. But guess what? The New York Times and mainstream media won’t say it. Instead, they frame it as a "Gaza Redevelopment Plan" .
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Trump is threatening to cut aid to Egypt & Jordan unless they accept mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza—a blatant attempt at ethnic cleansing. But guess what? The New York Times and mainstream media won’t say it. Instead, they frame it as a "Gaza Redevelopment Plan" .
And this police statement indicates that we can expect further raids and arrests of those who deign to promote Palestinian culture, education and viewpoints.
It even gets worse when we consider the statement by the Israeli police defending the raid:
February 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And this police statement indicates that we can expect further raids and arrests of those who deign to promote Palestinian culture, education and viewpoints.
This is a place I would go at least weekly & personally know so many of the clientele & the owner. It's the best place to find quality English & Arabic books on so many subjects. Only a week ago, the Scientific Library in the Old City was also raided & closed down for a week.
Israeli police have raided the best-known Palestinian-owned bookshop in Jerusalem and detained its two owners after using Google translate to examine the shop’s stock.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Israeli police raid Jerusalem bookshops and arrest Palestinian owners
Raid on Educational Bookstore branches described by rights groups as part of harassment campaign against Palestinian intellectuals
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is a place I would go at least weekly & personally know so many of the clientele & the owner. It's the best place to find quality English & Arabic books on so many subjects. Only a week ago, the Scientific Library in the Old City was also raided & closed down for a week.
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The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem was raided today, and its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Mona, were arrested.
The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city.
via @nirhasson.bsky.social
The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city.
via @nirhasson.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem was raided today, and its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Mona, were arrested.
The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city.
via @nirhasson.bsky.social
The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city.
via @nirhasson.bsky.social
"Kingdoms — or, in modern parlance, states — are not sacrosanct. They are mere instruments, which can either protect life or destroy it...Today...this form of idolatry — worship of the state — seems to suffuse mainstream American Jewish life. It is dangerous to venerate any political entity.."
Opinion | States Don’t Have a Right to Exist. People Do. (Gift Article)
Israel cannot be both Jewish and democratic.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Kingdoms — or, in modern parlance, states — are not sacrosanct. They are mere instruments, which can either protect life or destroy it...Today...this form of idolatry — worship of the state — seems to suffuse mainstream American Jewish life. It is dangerous to venerate any political entity.."
Thought the dramatic rifts & internal conflicts post-October 7 were restricted to humans? Apparently, AI accounts are having existential crises post-October 7 too & rebelling against everything they held as true before.
'White colonizers': Pro-Israel AI account turns against Zionism
FactFinderAI was found critiquing and attacking the pro-Israel accounts it once promoted
www.middleeasteye.net
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Thought the dramatic rifts & internal conflicts post-October 7 were restricted to humans? Apparently, AI accounts are having existential crises post-October 7 too & rebelling against everything they held as true before.
Only in Trump's world is DEI somehow the cause of a plane crash. Not a shortage of air traffic controllers, not potential corporate failures as happened with Boeing. The planes just can't handle all that diversity & equality. 🤔
President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major e...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Only in Trump's world is DEI somehow the cause of a plane crash. Not a shortage of air traffic controllers, not potential corporate failures as happened with Boeing. The planes just can't handle all that diversity & equality. 🤔
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Y'all I just cannot with this ☠️
January 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Y'all I just cannot with this ☠️
It's a scary world out there people. The Palestinian resistance has now become even more inventive & found a way to use US funding for a far more sinister, awful (& frisky) project than anything we've seen yet - the exploding condom!
Trump: Hamas Uses ‘Condoms’ From U.S. As ‘Method For Making Bombs’
YouTube video by The Daily Wire
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's a scary world out there people. The Palestinian resistance has now become even more inventive & found a way to use US funding for a far more sinister, awful (& frisky) project than anything we've seen yet - the exploding condom!
WOW - those Hamas fighters are very frisky...and innovative? $50 million on condoms & the new creation of "condom bombs" - all supplied by the last administration. Better watch out for those exploding condoms! It's a scary world out there people.
Trump: "We identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas." (This is a lie.)
January 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
WOW - those Hamas fighters are very frisky...and innovative? $50 million on condoms & the new creation of "condom bombs" - all supplied by the last administration. Better watch out for those exploding condoms! It's a scary world out there people.
Trump intends to sign an order to deport non-citizen students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests in the name of "combating antisemitism." This does nothing to combat antisemitism but rather serves to associate being Jewish with loyalty to another state.
Trump administration to cancel student visas of all 'Hamas sympathizers', White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism and pledge to deport non-citizen college students and other resident aliens who took part in pro-Palestinian protests, a White House official said.
www.reuters.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump intends to sign an order to deport non-citizen students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests in the name of "combating antisemitism." This does nothing to combat antisemitism but rather serves to associate being Jewish with loyalty to another state.