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PhD MidEast History • Research @mediaintegrity_ •✍🏽Don’t Say Palestine: How Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide (Vintage: https://xitter.cf/t.co/ZTGXGYDHwS)
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Assal Rad retweeted
You’re a liar and an occupier. Palestinians don’t need permission from a foreign invader to harvest their own land.
Earlier today, a number of harvesters, accompanied by dozens of individuals, arrived to conduct an uncoordinated olive harvest in an area near Beitar Illit. Harvesting in this area requires a request to be submitted to the relevant authorities in advance of the start of the olive harvest season. This coordination is necessary to ensure the security of the area and maintain public order.
Due to the security risk posed by conducting an uncoordinated harvest near an Israeli community, IDF soldiers, Border Police forces in Judea and Samaria, and officers from the Judea and Samaria District Police arrived at the scene and detained those present.
The landowner was informed that he must coordinate the olive harvest on his plot of land and was provided with the relevant contact information to arrange a harvest at a later date.
It should be emphasized that authorized olive harvests have taken place and continue to take place. To date, approximately 100 coordinated harvests have been conducted across Judea and Samaria, yielding many dozens of tons of produce, with security provided and coordination by the security forces, without any unusual incidents.
In areas designated for coordinated harvesting, only harvesters will be permitted to enter, solely for the purpose of harvesting.
As in previous years, security forces are working to facilitate a safe and orderly olive harvest season, with a firm commitment to enabling harvesting without unusual incidents or interruptions, alongside their ongoing defensive and counterterrorism missions.
Assal Rad retweeted
“Power projection operation”… they’re just making stuff up.
You think they would call it that if Iran flew fighter jets by Israel?
Israeli military conducts massive "power projection" operation near Iran's border axios.com/2026/10/21/israel-…
Assal Rad retweeted
Bodycam footage of the police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has leaked through Dark Horse Press.
Mississippi DPS claimed the Senatobia officer who fired the fatal shot feared for his life. His bodycam has not been released.
Background: mississippifreepress.org/pol…
Assal Rad retweeted
Israel claims a farmer needs Israel's permission to harvest his own olives and not having permission justified the mass detention of a large group of people harvesting olives.
This was not about harvesting olives.
It was about harvesting headlines.
Brad Lander’s latest stunt is nothing more than a calculated political provocation.
Lander traveled to a foreign country, deliberately entered a restricted security area, and participated in an unauthorized activity without the required coordination.
What makes this stunt even more outrageous is that his own team contacted Israeli representatives in the United States ahead of his visit and was explicitly informed that proper coordination with the relevant authorities was required.
He chose to ignore those instructions.
At a time of heightened security tensions, Israeli security forces have a responsibility to protect lives, prevent dangerous incidents, and maintain public order.
Had anyone been injured as a result of his reckless political theater, Lander would undoubtedly have been among the first to demand that Israeli authorities intervene and provide protection.
Brad Lander came looking for a confrontation. Now he is pretending to be its victim.
Assal Rad retweeted
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
ISRAEL IS STILL BOMBING GAZA.
Assal Rad retweeted
This image captured today in Gaza.
Blocking of aid, food shortages, extreme poverty, and bombardment as well.
Gaza || Day 1110 of genocide.
Assal Rad retweeted
So great to see @AssalRad 's and @AkbarSAhmed's important new books on the shelves! Looking forward to interviewing Assal tomorrow on Don't Say Palestine for @imeupolicy's Book Club. Get your copies, sign up for the webinar, and watch Akbar's interview. imeupolicyproject.org/bookcl…
“Power projection operation”… they’re just making stuff up.
You think they would call it that if Iran flew fighter jets by Israel?
Israeli military conducts massive "power projection" operation near Iran's border axios.com/2026/10/21/israel-…
Assal Rad retweeted
It's olive harvesting season in the occupied West Bank, but for Israeli soldiers and settlers, "it's business as usual" — or, in other words, says @infinite_jaz, "relentless brutalization" and "state-backed settler terrorism."
Assal Rad retweeted
I’m pleased to announce Ms. Rachel as the recipient of the 2027 Christine King Farris Beloved Community Education Award.
Named for my Aunt Christine, a lifelong educator, this award recognizes leaders who nurture children with dignity, discipline and care.
Through music, early learning and meaningful connection with families, Ms. Rachel helps children learn and grow. Her commitment extends to advocating for the educational rights, safety and protection of children around the world.
Every child deserves the opportunity to flourish. Ms. Rachel’s service reminds us that caring for children means supporting their learning and speaking up for their humanity.
#TheKingCenter #BelovedCommunityAwards #MsRachel #KHO27
Assal Rad retweeted
Very interesting timing, given Amnesty International just yesterday released a new, extensive report showing how Palestine solidarity and activism is being severely suppressed in universities.
Teachers to be banned from wearing Palestine badges as review finds 3 in 5 Jewish pupils have faced antisemitism at school trib.al/00Lztkq
Assal Rad retweeted
Make no mistake: he intends for the United States to "finish the job."
No more fighting Israel's wars.
Netanyahu on Iran:
Mojtaba decided to follow in his father's footsteps. He pulled the trigger, and Iran is once again trying to develop its bombs of death.
Therefore, there is only one way to remove this threat once and for all: to overthrow the regime in Iran.
And that is my directive to the IDF, Mossad and the security services.
You’re a liar and an occupier. Palestinians don’t need permission from a foreign invader to harvest their own land.
Earlier today, a number of harvesters, accompanied by dozens of individuals, arrived to conduct an uncoordinated olive harvest in an area near Beitar Illit. Harvesting in this area requires a request to be submitted to the relevant authorities in advance of the start of the olive harvest season. This coordination is necessary to ensure the security of the area and maintain public order.
Due to the security risk posed by conducting an uncoordinated harvest near an Israeli community, IDF soldiers, Border Police forces in Judea and Samaria, and officers from the Judea and Samaria District Police arrived at the scene and detained those present.
The landowner was informed that he must coordinate the olive harvest on his plot of land and was provided with the relevant contact information to arrange a harvest at a later date.
It should be emphasized that authorized olive harvests have taken place and continue to take place. To date, approximately 100 coordinated harvests have been conducted across Judea and Samaria, yielding many dozens of tons of produce, with security provided and coordination by the security forces, without any unusual incidents.
In areas designated for coordinated harvesting, only harvesters will be permitted to enter, solely for the purpose of harvesting.
As in previous years, security forces are working to facilitate a safe and orderly olive harvest season, with a firm commitment to enabling harvesting without unusual incidents or interruptions, alongside their ongoing defensive and counterterrorism missions.
Assal Rad retweeted
On the evening of 15 October, Israeli settlers violently assaulted our colleague during a targeted attack on his village in the south of the West Bank, Palestine.
We condemn all attacks against civilians and call for the protection of Palestinian communities, patients, and healthcare workers.
msf.org/msf-calls-protection…
Assal Rad retweeted
If the US & Israel attack Iran again, it would suggest they see the current war of attrition as unsustainable.
Otherwise, why not maintain the status quo and wait for Iran to bend or break?
New strikes would aim to shift the balance of pressure, but would greatly risk backfiring if Iranian retaliation tips it further toward Tehran.
Israel is the greatest threat to regional peace.
Netanyahu pushes to resume strikes against Iran ft.trib.al/HektInH
