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daniel messinger retweeted
I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee).
But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately.
To be clear: Palestinians face far worse consequences every day. These detentions by the IDF are one more attempt to undermine Palestinians’ right to harvest their olive groves, travel on their roads, and live in their homes. Yet one more element of escalating, and very clearly state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
We’ll update on their status as soon as we hear.
daniel messinger retweeted
Today, Brad Lander, rabbis, and other New Yorkers accompanied Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. For that, they were detained by the Israeli government.
Harvesting olives is not illegal. The occupation is.
I am thankful that Brad has been released. But other New Yorkers remain detained, and they must be released immediately.
The same Israeli government detaining them has committed a horrific genocide against Palestinians, killing more than 74,000 people over the last few years alone.
The detention of these New Yorkers must end. The occupation must end. The genocide must end.
daniel messinger retweeted
Back in the field harvesting olives this morning at the invitation of Palestinian families (near Beit Jala today) with @rabbijilljacobs @truahrabbis and many other new released-from-detention friends.
Our harvest today was peaceful & successful. Sadly, another harvest in Masafer Yatta was not. Settlers attacked Palestinian farmers — but the IDF arrested two of the farmers, and evicted the others from their own land, after declaring it a closed military zone.
Sound familiar? It’s happening every single day.
daniel messinger retweeted
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is lying.
No coordination was required, and we were never told that it was. We were not in a restricted security area. We did not pass any checkpoints.
Palestinian farmers do not — and should not — need permits to harvest their own olive fields. But they fear doing so, because the IDF doesn’t protect them from settler violence.
We’re trying to model solidarity & co-existence between Jews and Palestinians, and to call attention to the horrors of the occupation. The Israeli government is trying to foment violence between Jews and Palestinians, and to make it impossible for Palestinians to harvest their olive groves, drive on their roads, or live in their homes.
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.
daniel messinger retweeted
I'm definitely not anti-achievement and never criticized real achievements, including by Elon.
I even own two Teslas.
I do expose marketing stunts that, while cool on the surface, are not the achievements they are claimed to be.
Compressed air thrusters might give you acceleration boosts in any direction.
They might even make your car hover for a couple of seconds if you accept replacing the passenger seat by a 400 liter high-pressure air tank.
But they are not a path to actual flying cars.
The same way Burt Rutan's SpaceshipOne was never going to be a path to orbital flights (just bunny hops out of the atmosphere).
I am anti-Musk when it comes to politics. His political actions, the massive dissemination of disinformation through X and other channels, and his support for authoritarian regimes and racist ideas have the effect of weakening democracy and weakening human decency and social progress around the world.
daniel messinger retweeted
Elon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas.
He wants our land, he wants our water, and he wants his own personal U.S. senator. He’s trying to buy Texas.
But on November 3rd, we’ll deliver a clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale.
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Marrée humaine à Paris pour ce #17octobre dans le calme et la bonne humeur.
Faites tourner ces images que les médias ne veulent pas montrer !
daniel messinger retweeted
I don’t give a flying fuck if the polls say Democrats are winning by a landslide. Your ass better still get out and vote.
daniel messinger retweeted
Plein de monde partout, calme et joyeux partout quand les policiers ne sont pas là. Des images que vous ne verrez pas dans l'officialité médiatique.
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The mainstream media and some Democrats are strangely mute over the president’s flagrant abuse of the legal system to target a political opponent. thenation.com/article/politi…
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Case Western Reserve University is requiring student groups to align their missions with the university’s DEI priorities to participate in campus life.
CRWU can’t promise free expression while forcing ideological conformity and dictating what students must believe.
daniel messinger retweeted
Just go fucking vote.
And get ten of your family and friends to vote.
trump and GOP are going to try to suppress your vote. Find a way around it and overcome the obstacles they put before you.
That’s how you stick it to the man.
That’s how America wins.
November is coming.
daniel messinger retweeted
"Today, Oct. 10, is the birthday of my son, Daniel Pearl, who would have been 63 years old today.
Lacking eloquent words to describe his life, his work, and his vision until his brutal murder in 2002, I am posting a poem I wrote in his memory, called 'The Lion's Den': ucla.in/4AT0ddW
followed by David Broza's recording, written for that poem: youtube.com/watch?v=L0yUsBN3…, ending with Benjamin Lapidus "Kaddish Para Daniel" open.spotify.com/track/2VOZK…"
Join me in Yitgadal V'Yitkadash Shmei Rabah
daniel messinger retweeted
My Statement on the Third Anniversary of October 7th
Three years ago today, Hamas murdered some 1,200 people in Israel, the vast majority of them civilians, committed horrific atrocities, and dragged 251 hostages into captivity.
The attack against Israelis on October 7th was a horrific act of terrorism. Hamas murdered Israelis in cold blood at a music festival and in their kibbutzim. The deliberate killing of innocent people is never resistance. It is a crime against humanity. It is a war crime.
Like any country facing a terrorist attack, Israel had the right to defend itself and go after Hamas.
Tragically, the Netanyahu government in Israel did not wage a war against Hamas alone. It waged a genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. More than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women, children and the elderly, and more than 175,000 have been wounded. Gaza's homes, hospitals, schools and water systems have been reduced to rubble.
Instead of continuing to provide military aid to the extremist government of Israel, the United States should be doing everything possible to provide and support humanitarian aid to the desperate people in Gaza and bring peace and justice to the region.
The way to honor every person lost over these three years is to end the bloodshed: No more American weapons for the extremist Israeli government, a real and enforced ceasefire, full access to humanitarian aid, reconstruction by and for Palestinians, and a genuine path to a Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel. On this solemn day, we must come together to demand a lasting peace.
daniel messinger retweeted
La Bastille est reprise. Démonstration puissante de la jeunesse qui porte ses revendications de la plus belle façon qui soit ! Fierté immense. Rendez-vous mardi 13 octobre à l'appel des syndicats de jeunes et des salariés.
daniel messinger retweeted
Mientras tanto en Francia
Los trabajadores, profesores, padres, de familia, estudiantes forman una CADENA HUMANA
Los trabajadores de la educación han formado una cadena para DEFENDER a los estudiantes de secundaria y a los manifestantes contra la represión brutal del gobierno.
daniel messinger retweeted
Toute la jeunesse est dans la rue. Partout où il n'y a pas de police, tout se passe bien. Mais Lecornu fait gazer et matraquer pour créer la pagaille et la violence. Il veut incarner le parti de l'ordre pour la présidentielle et faire oublier le chaos budgétaire créé par Macron, Philippe et Attal.
daniel messinger retweeted
J’étais aujourd’hui aux côtés des lycéens et des étudiants mobilisés à Paris.
J’ai été témoin d’un usage totalement disproportionné de la force face à des jeunes qui demandent simplement à être entendus.
J’interpelle le ministre de l’Intérieur : les consignes doivent être revues d’urgence avant qu’un drame ne survienne.
Aux jeunes mobilisés : vos revendications sont justes. Continuez à vous organiser et à faire entendre votre voix. Mais ne cédez à aucune provocation. Restez unis et non-violents !
C’est par votre nombre et votre détermination que vous obligerez le gouvernement à vous entendre.
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