Nurse, teen & children's rights advocate, civics instructor, public speaker, plaintiff 1969 Sup. Ct. case Tinker v Des Moines. @tinkertour

Washington DC
Joined March 2013
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“Let me die,” American photojournalist Heidi Levine repeats to journalists Jasper Nathaniel as they try to outrun masked Israeli settlers who attacked her on Friday while she covered the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah. Around 80 settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in the village, AP reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated six people injured in two attacks in Abu Falah. Levine, a freelancer for the Washington Post, told the Committee to Protect Journalists that the settlers knocked her down and kicked her for at least 10 minutes, even after she identified herself as an American journalist. They stole her camera, phone and bag. She was eventually taken to a hospital in Ramallah. "The IDF provided cover, with tear gas and machine guns, while the settlers beat" Levine "nearly to death," Nathaniel wrote, adding that soldiers then shot a Palestinian bystander and aimed their guns at and shoved paramedics trying to treat him. AP photos and circulating videos show Israeli soldiers standing over a wounded Palestinian man after they shot him. Andrey X, an activist also at the scene, said a Palestinian man "saved our lives from the settler-terrorists who attacked the olive harvesters and journalists” armed only with a slingshot.
To be clear, the only reason I was able to reach Heidi was because young Palestinians provided cover with rocks against machine-gun- and tear-gas-wielding settlers and soldiers. It’s those kids, not the settler terrorists, who the IDF was hunting after the attack.
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WTF is wrong with the Dem leadersip??? They know their base wants to CUT TIES with Israel, so they make the most Zionist @RepMoskowitz the new ranking member for the Middle East? They are tone deaf and so corrupt. Still wedded to AIPAC/Israel. It's sickening.
I’m honored to be named Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. At a moment of enormous change across the region, I’ll work to strengthen America’s relationships with Israel and our Gulf allies, expand regional peace, advance American diplomacy, and ensure our foreign policy is grounded in strength, security, and reality. I’m ready to get to work.
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"This is the last time you’ll see me. They Brought Me Here to Kill Me." Those are the words Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya told his lawyer after more than 18 months of Israeli detention without charge or trial. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya dedicated his life to saving children. He should be home with his family. Join the Global Day of Action. Demand that Israel immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and all detained Palestinian medical personnel before it’s too late.
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My leadership didn’t start in Congress and it hasn’t stopped since. I fight for Medicare for All, expanding Social Security, and treating utilities as basic human rights. No family should have to choose between putting food on the table and keeping the lights on.
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It is now one year since Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician, neonatal specialist, and hospital director, has been imprisoned under Israel’s so-called Unlawful Combatants Law after being seized from Kamal Adwan Hospital. His lawyers report solitary confinement, abuse, severe weight loss, and denial of medical care. We’re calling on the American Medical Association to break its silence and use its authority.
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Who stands to profit the most from this crack down? This is disgusting‼️ I’ve never seen so much evil and corruption in an administration‼️
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Congress is about to approve the largest war budget in human history while millions can’t afford rent, food, or healthcare. Americans are shouting it loud: Healthcare, NOT warfare. If Congress represents the people, the answer is simple: VOTE NO.
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Senator Tim Kaine has introduced a War Powers Resolution to block Trump from going to war in Iran. While Israel starves Gaza, its unprovoked attacks on Iran risk regional collapse and sabotage diplomatic efforts. The U.S. must not follow them into another endless war. Will your senator choose diplomacy or AIPAC’s war machine? Call them NOW. No more bombs. No more genocide. Yes to the Iran deal. Yes to peace.
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While Israel bombs Iran using US tax dollars and our government’s support — the people of the U.S. stand against this violence. We are sorry to the people of Iran and will continue to demand our government stop arming Israel.
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Greta has more courage than most governments👏🏼 Hope you all stay safe and succeed in this mission✊🏼🇵🇸❤️ @GretaThunberg
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LIKE AND RETWEET❤️🇵🇸
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Anne Frank’s cousin speaks out against the German government’s support of Israel
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I asked the Harvard Kennedy School why they hired Jake Sullivan, an architect and advocate of Biden’s disastrous Gaza policy that led to the massacre of thousands of Palestinians. Dean Erica Chenoweth’s response: “I don’t have a comment on your question right now.”
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Mary Beth Tinker retweeted
The U.S. actor Richard Gere read a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, a celebrated Palestinian poet and author whose work articulated the struggles, exile and identity of the Palestinian people.
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The myth that American power upholds human rights lies buried beneath the rubble of Gaza. My new report for @QuincyInst argues that under the pursuit of U.S. military primacy, weapons sales will always supersede human rights. 🧵 quincyinst.org/research/unde…
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Protester to Blinken: “Your policy for the Middle East - kill, kill, kill, and kill, just like the Israelis say!”
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gets heckled and yelled at by protestors. "You will forever be known as Bloody Blinken, secretary of genocide."
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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WAS ICC ARREST WARRANT JUDGE This is one of the 6 judges who examined evidence against Netanyahu and Gallant. He decided the ICC, @IntlCrimCourt, should issue arrest warrants. His name is Theodor Meron. He's a Holocaust survivor and former Israeli ambassador to Canada. He knows a Holocaust when he sees it.
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This Halloween, help kids help kids in Palestine by participating in #TrickOrTreat4UNRWA! 🍉 🎃 buff.ly/40e23q2
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