TruthArchive.ai - Tweets Saved By @tparsi

tparsi
Posted - March 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Saved - March 18, 2026 at 7:57 AM
reSee.it AI Summary
I’m noting that Oman’s FM said a deal meeting Trump’s demands existed but he chose war. The British NSA attended talks and also said there was no imminent Iran threat and Trump could have secured a good deal through diplomacy. An unnamed diplomat reportedly called Witkoff and Kushner Israeli assets dragging a president into a war he wants to exit.

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

First, the Omani FM came out and revealed that there was a deal on the table that met Trump's demands, but that he instead chose war. And now, it is revealed that the British National Security Advisor was also part of the talks, and he too attests to the fact that A) there was no imminent threat from Iran, B) Trump could have gotten a surprisingly good deal if he stuck to diplomacy. But the perhaps most damning quote in the story comes at the end, attributed to an unnamed diplomat: “We regarded Witkoff and Kushner as Israeli assets that dragged a president into a war he wants to get out of.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach

tparsi
Posted - August 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Saved - August 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

John Oliver: "Gaza is starving is objectively true. But it is also slightly misleading because it is too passive. Gaza is being starved - by Israel." The "Community of Nations" means nothing if you can forcibly starve a people and remain a full member.

Video Transcript AI Summary
Gaza is starving, while objectively true, is misleadingly passive. A more accurate statement is that Gaza is being starved by Israel. The speaker emphasizes that unlike most humanitarian disasters, this one has a straightforward solution.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: Gaza is starving is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive. Gaza is being starved by Israel. And what's so frustrating is that most humanitarian disasters don't come with solutions as straightforward as this one.
tparsi
Posted - August 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Saved - August 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
reSee.it AI Summary
I’m shocked to see the former deputy director of Mossad, Amiram Levin, openly calling the situation a genocide. He condemns the government's orders to the army, stating that targeting hungry children and parents searching for food is a crime.

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

WOW! While defenders of Israel in the West deny genocide, deny starvation, or blame it on the UN, the former deputy director of Mossad, Amiram Levin, calls it a genocide! "The orders the government is giving the army today are a crime... To give an order to shoot at hungry children and parents looking for a piece of bread... This is a crime, this is genocide."

tparsi
Posted - July 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Saved - July 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

My God Green Beret Anthony Agular recounts how a 5-year-old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food Agular gave him Seconds later, Israeli soldiers shot and killed the starving child ISIS prisoners were treated with more dignity than these children, Agular says

Video Transcript AI Summary
A boy walked 12 kilometers to get half a bag of rice and half a bag of lentils found on the ground. He thanked the speaker for the scraps, placed his hands on the speaker's face, kissed them, and said thank you. He then returned to a group and was shot at with pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades, and bullets. The IDF were shooting at the crowd to control the population along the Maran Corridor, and Palestinian civilians were getting shot. The boy, Amir, who walked 12 kilometers for food, thanked them for scraps, and then died.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: And he put down his the little food he has. You notice he doesn't have a box. He doesn't have a box of food. He has half of a bag of rice that he found on the ground, a broken bag, half a bag of lentils that he found on the ground, and he was thanking us. Thank you. This little boy from where he came from walked 12 kilometers to get there just to get there. 12 kilometers. Look at this boy. And when he got there, he thanked us for the remnants and the small crumbs that he got And he sets them down on the ground because I was kneeling at this point and he sets his food down and he places his hands on my face, on the side of my face, on my cheeks, these frail skeleton emaciated hands dirty. And he put them on my face and he kissed me. He kissed me and he said thank you in English. Thank you. And he collected his items and he walked back to the group. And then he was shot at with pepper spray and tear gas and stun grenades and bullets shot at his feet in the air. And he runs away scared. And the IDF were shooting at the crowd. So they're shooting to control the population that's along the Maran Corridor. And as they're doing that, they're shooting into this crowd, shooting into this crowd. And Palestinian civilians, human beings are dropping to the ground, getting shot. And Amir was one of them. Amir walked 12 kilometers to get food, got nothing but scraps, thanked us for it, and died.
Video Transcript AI Summary
A veteran who served 25 years and was shot three times in combat stated that the dehumanization of Gazan civilians gets to him. He said he has interacted with starving civilians in Gaza who are being treated like animals. He claimed that Gazan civilians are treated worse than ISIS fighters who surrendered in Baghouz, Syria in 2018. He recounted an encounter on May 28 at Secure Distribution Site Number 2 with a shoeless, skinny boy named Amir. The boy reached out, held the veteran's hand, and kissed it, saying "Shukran." The veteran then put his hand on the boy's shoulder, looked him in the eyes, and told him that people care and that the world cares about him as a human being. He emphasized that the boy was not Hamas.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: I served in the army for twenty five years. I I've been shot three times in combat. I'm pretty tough. This gets me every time because to what you're saying, the dehumanization. And what I wanna say to the American people and to the people of Israel, I've been there. I have touched them. I have talked to them. The the the civilians in Gaza that are getting the food, they are starving. They are not animals. They're human beings and they're being treated like animals. We treat these civilians in Gaza worse with less dignity than we treated the ISIS fighters that surrendered in Baghou Spakane in Syria in 02/2018. This young boy, this is on May 28 on Secure distribution Site Number 2. The aid had been distributed. A lot of people had left. See behind there's a crowd of people still with their boxes kind of getting ready to leave. And this little boy, his name is Amir, and he was standing he was with the crowd, but he walks over and you see that first picture on the top right. He kind of walks over to me and he puts out his hand. And at first I thought that he wanted more food or something and I felt bad because I didn't have anything, but I was like, oh I have nothing. And he puts out his hand and so I begged him to come to me. I said, come here. And he reaches out and he holds my hand and he kisses my hand. He kisses my hand and he says, Shukran. You can see in this picture that this little boy is not wearing shoes. His clothes are falling off of him because he's so skinny. I put my hand on his left shoulder and I looked at him and he's looking at me, we're looking at each other in the eyes and I say to him, people care. You're a human being and people care about you. The world cares. That's not Hamas. That's not a Hamas fighter. And I looked at him and I said, the world cares
tparsi
Posted - March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Saved - March 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
reSee.it AI Summary
I’m shocked by the lack of response from the West to the actions of Israeli soldiers. A Palestinian orthopedic nurse was shot in the knee for continuing to treat a patient, imprisoned for 45 days, and when confirmed not to be Hamas, they took his eye and left him to crawl 3km across the border.

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

If any other country did this, the "West" would lose its mind and go to war. Now? Not even a condemnation... A Palestinian orthopedic nurse was shot in the knee by Israeli soldiers for refusing to stop operating on a wounded patient. He is later taken prisoner by the Israelis for 45 days. When the Israelis confirmed he isn't Hamas, they took out his eye and dropped him on the other side of the border, forcing him to crawl for 3km...

Video Transcript AI Summary
An orthopedic nurse named Tamir was closing a surgical wound when an Israeli soldier ordered him to abandon the patient. Tamir refused and was shot in the knee, rendering him unconscious. He was then operated on. The next day, Tamir was taken prisoner into Israel, blindfolded, and handcuffed for 45 days, receiving no wound care and being fed a juice box sporadically. After it was discovered he wasn't Hamas, he was released on the side of the road. He crawled for three kilometers with a horribly infected wound. Before his release, he was hit in the right eye with a rifle butt, causing permanent blindness. He was then picked up by a passerby and brought to the hospital. The speaker claims Tamir was tortured, starved, and abused. CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: Doctor. Perlmutter, I know that you treated a local healthcare worker by the name of Tamir. Yes. Can you tell us a little bit about him? Speaker 1: Sure. And this story will argue against the accusations that are the claims of the IDF that nobody was targeted, no innocent person was targeted. Tamir is an orthopedic nurse. He was in the Operating Room closing a wound after a surgery when an Israeli soldier came into another hospital, not the one we were working in. This is a hospital that was already occupied by the IDF. They ordered him to abandon the patient who he was closing the wound on. He refused to do so, so he was shot in the knee. His proximal tibia bone or his shin bone was sent across the room. He was obviously unconscious from, that assault. He was then operated on. He recovered the next day consciousness. The next day, he was taken prisoner by the Israelis and taken into Israel to an Israeli prison. He was handcuffed. He was blindfolded for forty five days. He received absolutely no wound care. He was fed a juice box by his report to me, sometimes every day, mostly every other day. And then on the forty fifth day, after they discovered that he wasn't Hamas, they let him go by dumping him on the side of the road on the other side of the border. He crawled for three kilometers. His wound is now horribly infected. As a goodbye present, they gave him a rifle butt in his right eye. They blew out his globe, meaning that he's blind forever. And he crawled and was picked up by a passerby and was brought, to the hospital where we took care of him. Okay. He was tortured. He was starved, tortured, totally abused, received no medical care, and and initially shot when he didn't have to be shot for doing his job delivering health care. Speaker 0: And, again, we should note that CNN has reached out to the IDF for comment on this. Obviously, we can't independently verify these these allegations and the disturbing, description that that you just provided us.
tparsi
Posted - October 20, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Saved - October 20, 2024 at 1:59 AM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

WARNING! GRAPHIC! Israel and Biden are not just conducting a genocide in Gaza - it's a genocide against children. The majority of the killed in this attack in Northern Gaza were women and children. Remember, Biden said his foreign policy would put human rights at its center... https://t.co/dC1l2R252k

tparsi
Posted - September 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Saved - September 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
reSee.it AI Summary
I express my concern over the Biden administration's approach to Israel, which seems to ignore the serious consequences of its actions. If another country had attacked the US or Israel, resulting in significant casualties, it would be labeled a terrorist act and a declaration of war. Instead, we see a strategy that supports Israel unconditionally, which has not only failed to restrain its actions but may also jeopardize US interests. The more Biden defends Israel, the more dismissive it becomes of US wishes, leading to a precarious situation in the region.

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

Rest assured, if any other country had launched an attack on the US or Israel that killed 11 (inc children), with 4000 injured - 400 critically - we would call it both a terrorist attack AND a declaration of war. Now, we do neither. Yet again, we are seeing the abysmal failure of the Biden administration's bear hug strategy with Israel. The idea that the best way to influence Israel is to support it to the tilt, never criticize it publicly, and defend and protect it at the UN. This approach, Biden told us, would provide the US with the leverage to reign in Israel and prevent it from starting a regional war. The strategy is absurd - and perhaps more importantly, dangerous to US national interest. It certainly has not restrained Israel - we saw that again today with the attack in Lebanon despite messages from the White House to Israel that it should not start war with Lebanon. In fact, it has done the opposite: The more Biden has armed Israel, defended Israel, made excuses for Israel when it has killed Americans, vetoed resolutions at the UN, and accused American critics of Israel's genocide of being "anti-semitic," the more dismissive of US wishes Israel has become. And like clockwork, after Israel has attacked Lebanon (or any other country in the region), Biden will launch an extensive campaign to stop the attacked entities from retaliating - while doing nothing to truly prevent Israel from escalating in the first place. And much of the mainstream media will praise Biden for "seeking to prevent a regional war" without asking the obvious question: Perhaps it is Biden's misguided strategy that has kept us on the brink of a regional war for months now?

tparsi
Posted - July 7, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Saved - July 7, 2024 at 4:27 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

Why have we allowed this to become normal? Israeli bombs UN school in Gaza and kills at least 16 seeking shelter https://aje.io/ba9hep via @AJEnglish

Israeli attack on UN school used as shelter in Gaza kills at least 16 Dozens of Palestinians also injured in bombing in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, Government Media Office says. aljazeera.com
tparsi
Posted - July 3, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Saved - July 3, 2024 at 7:20 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

There will come a time when everyone will pretend that at the moment Israel committed these war crimes, they opposed it. But their silence and complicity will not be forgotten. https://t.co/uk2BSAOYt7

tparsi
Posted - April 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Saved - April 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

US media is trying to figure out why students are protesting against Israel's slaughter (while misrepresenting the protests as anti-semitic). Perhaps, just perhaps, it's cuz they see videos of Palestinian children (this is from today!) being killed with bombs paid for by the US.

tparsi
Posted - April 1, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Saved - April 2, 2024 at 8:50 AM
reSee.it AI Summary
Israel's conduct in deliberately disregarding international laws and norms of warfare, such as bombing embassies and hospitals, preventing aid delivery, and creating a famine in Gaza, is concerning. Biden's acquiescence to Israel's actions raises questions about the US's commitment to the "Rules Based Order."

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

An important aspect of Israel's conduct - and Biden's acquiescence to it - that has gone largely unreported: Israel is engaged in a deliberate and systematic effort to destroy existing laws and norms around warfare. Even during wartime, embassies are off-limits. Israel just bombed an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus. Bombing hospitals is a war crime. Israel has bombed EVERY hospital in Gaza. It has even assassinated patients inside hospitals. The ICJ just obligated Israel to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israel actively prevents aid from coming in. Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited under international humanitarian law. Israel has deliberately created a famine in Gaza. Indiscriminate bombings are illegal under international humanitarian law. Biden himself admits that Israel is bombing Gaza indiscriminately. And the list goes on. Presuming that Israel simply is breaking international law as part of the war but with no larger intent no longer holds IMO. Rather, Israel is seeking to either destroy these norms or create a new normal in which it - much like the US - will be untouchable above these laws and norms. This is the exact type of conduct that usually prompts the US to label a country a pariah or rogue state. The US accuses such states of seeking to destroy the "Rules Based Order." But so far, Biden has acquiesced to Israel's conduct in this area as well as all other aspects of Israel's slaughter in Gaza.

tparsi
Posted - March 31, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Saved - March 31, 2024 at 3:47 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

WOW! Israel has created kill zones in Gaza where they kill everything that moves. Many of the 9,000 terrorists Israel claims it has killed, Israeli soldiers now say, were "civilians whose only crime was to cross an invisible line drawn by the IDF." https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-31/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israel-created-kill-zones-in-gaza-anyone-who-crosses-into-them-is-shot/0000018e-946c-d4de-afee-f46da9ee0000

Israel created 'kill zones' in Gaza. Anyone who crosses into them is shot The Israeli Army Says 9,000 Terrorists Have Been Killed Since the Gaza War Began. Defense Officials and Soldiers, However, Tell Haaretz That These Are Often Civilians Whose Only Crime Was to Cross an Invisible Line Drawn by the IDF haaretz.com
tparsi
Posted - March 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Saved - March 28, 2024 at 6:38 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

Swedish report from Gaza: A little boy with a bruised face, no more than 11 or 12, exited the ambulance. I asked if he was okay and saw blood dripping from his backpack. "Do you know what I have [in the backpack]?," he asked. "My little brother Ahmed."

@gad_media - Magda Gad

Ett vittnesmål från Gaza: En ambulans stannade utanför utgången. En liten pojke med blåmärken i ansiktet, inte mer än 11 eller 12 år, kom ut från ambulansen. Det rådde kaos och ambulanspersonal försökte bära in skadade människor i sjukhuset. – Jag frågade om pojken var okej och såg sedan att det droppade blod från hans ryggsäck, som han bar mot bröstet. Han frågade ”Vet du vad jag har här?”. Jag frågade ”Vad har du där?” Jag blev väldigt rädd när jag såg bloddropparna som föll från ryggsäcken. Han svarade ”Min lillebror Ahmed.” https://www.journalisten.se/fordjupning/journalisterna-som-bevakar-gaza-pa-plats-det-liknar-inget-annat-krig/

Journalisterna som bevakar Gaza på plats – "Det liknar inget annat krig" - Journalisten Med ständig fara för sina liv rapporterar palestinska journalister från kriget i Gaza, där knappt några utländska medier släpps in. Detta är vittnesmål från några av dem som bevakat kriget på plats. journalisten.se
tparsi
Posted - March 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Saved - March 21, 2024 at 11:02 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

It wasn't too long ago that people in DC were uncomfortable talking about AIPAC. Now, a major network has a 6-minute piece shining a spotlight on AIPAC's efforts to push the US to always side with Israel - and its efforts to unelect lawmakers who dare disagree with it. https://t.co/3QOUJjroDq

Video Transcript AI Summary
APAC, a pro-Israel lobby, shifted to funding candidates in 2021, spending $50 million in the 2022 election cycle. They donated to 365 candidates, including members of both parties. APAC's top recipients faced challenges from their opponents backed by APAC funding. Progressive lawmakers critical of Israel have inspired APAC to increase spending, with expectations to reach $100 million in 2024. APAC-affiliated Super PAC is already running attack ads against some Democratic representatives, signaling potential primary challenges. Congresswoman Lee overcame APAC's financial influence in the past but may face similar challenges in 2024.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee. It was incorporated in 1963. For 10 years prior to that, it was known as the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs. APAC calls itself America's pro Israel lobby. And according to its website, it has over 3,000,000 members across the country in regional chapters working to, quote, expand and strengthen the US Israel relationship, end quote. You may know APAC as being one of the biggest and most recognizable donors to many of the members of congress in your state. But contributing to campaigns is a relatively new function of the organization. Before 2021, APAC did not endorse candidates nor give political contributions. Its focus was on lobbying elected officials, not actually electing officials. But in a dramatic shift in policy, APAC began directly funding candidates and spending big on races in 2021. APAC political action committee, APAC PAC, filed something called a statement of organization with the FEC just in time for the 2022 election cycle where it spent $50,000,000 including both direct contributions to candidates and outside spending like TV advertisements. According to APEC, it donated money to 365 candidates from both parties including every single member of both democratic and republican leadership in congress. 109 republicans who voted against the certification of the 2020 presidential election in America received campaign contributions from APAC. All in all, APAC gave money to 342 members of the 118th congress. The 2022 elections were the most expensive midterms in American history with a total cost of $8,900,000,000 spent. Now last year, APAC ranked 15th in total expenditure by a political action committee according to data collected by Open Seagert. But take a look at the other funders that APAC is competing against for that title. Act blue and win red. They are democratic and republican party machine. Save America is Donald Trump's, money raising operation. The conservative club for growth, Emily's list focuses on electing Democratic women to office. All of the packs on this list are massively domestic focused ideological machines. APAC is the only organization in the top 20 whose interests are focused entirely on America's relationship to a foreign government. Now let's take a look at who benefits from APAC's largesse. Here are the top 20 recipients in congress, the house and the senate of APAC money in the 2022 midterm cycle according to Open Secrets. They're members of both parties. They come from every corner of the country with varying levels of experience in congress. The Democrat Glenn Ivy of Maryland tops the list. He beat out fellow democrat Donna Edwards in Maryland's house primary after APAC poured 1,000,000 into pro Ivy advertisements and mailers. Edwards was running for a second stint in congress after serving during the Obama administration where she voted present, not even a no on a number of pro Israel resolutions. So the money poured in against her. Not even an endorsement from Nancy Pelosi could save her. Michigan Democrat, Haley Stevens unseated democratic representative, Andy Levin. Here's what Levin had to say about that. Speaker 1: I'm really Jewish, but, AIPAC, can't stand the idea that I am the clearest, strongest Jewish voice in congress standing for a simple proposition that there's no way to have a secure democratic homeland for the Jewish people unless we achieve the political and human rights of the Palestinian people. Speaker 0: APAC spent $4,000,000 against Levin. He lost by 20 points. When Michigan congresswoman Mercedeh Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in congress, was censured by the house in early November over what some lawmakers called her rhetoric around the Israeli Hamas war, 22 Democrats joined Republicans in that censure vote. 18 of those Democrats repay received campaign funds from APAC in 2022, totaling more than $1,100,000 By the way, for these 6 of them, APAC was their top contributor. A growing list of progressive lawmakers who are vocal in their criticism of the government of Israel and its policies and their support for Palestinian self determination have inspired APAC to spend even more. As progressive lawmakers began calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Slate reported that insiders expect APAC's 2024 spending to hit $100,000,000. In fact, United Democracy Project, which is a pro Israel Super PAC affiliated with APAC, is already spending money on attack ads against democratic representatives Jamaal Bowman of New York and Summer Lee of Pennsylvania. Lee has already got a primary challenger as do Corey Bush and Ilhan Omar. Pro Israel donors have already signaled that they are eager to primary Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Congresswoman Lee already overcame APEC's financial influence against her once. She tweeted criticisms of Israel's treatment of Palestinians in 2021, but as a candidate, she affirmed Israel's right to exist. But that's not good enough. Apex spent nearly $3,000,000 in the primary alone to defeat Lee, and they almost did. She beat Steven Irwin who is 3rd on the list of money given to candidates by APEC in 2022 by less than a 1000 votes. And if congresswoman Lee wants to keep her seat in 2024, she's going to have to do it all over again. She joins me in studio after this break.
tparsi
Posted - January 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Saved - January 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

The Former Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post threatening South Africa that Israel will "exact a price" from it tells you everything you need to know about how worried Israeli leaders are that they will be convicted of genocide at The Hague. https://t.co/l5gjXuCvOI

tparsi
Posted - December 1, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Saved - December 2, 2023 at 12:03 AM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

“The siege itself is a genocide.” Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court @MorenoOcampo1 argues that the siege of Gaza is itself a genocide because it creates the condition to destroy a people and because of the intent expressed by Israeli leaders.

Video Transcript AI Summary
The speaker argues that the siege of Gaza is a form of genocide, as defined by Article 6 C or 2 C in the Genocide Convention. They claim that the intention to destroy the people is evident, and officers from the Israeli government have expressed genocidal intentions. The speaker believes that the siege itself is a clear act of genocide, and calls for proper investigation into each bombing and killing.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: Look, my suggestion is, you see the big picture, the siege of Gaza itself, that is extermination or persecution as a crime against humanity and it's a form of genocide. Article 6 C or 2 C in the Genocide Convention define that you don't need to kill people to commit genocide. The rules say, inflicting conditions to destroy the group, that itself is a genocide. So created the siege itself is a genocide. And that is very clear. The Israel won the siege. It's very clear. And the intentions to destroy the people, many officers from the Israel government are expressing genocidal intentions. That's why it's really easy to say and the reason and best to believe Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, just on the siege. Then each bombing, each of the killings should be properly investigated. But come on, we have already clear the siege itself is a genocide.
tparsi
Posted - November 25, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Saved - November 26, 2023 at 2:39 AM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

CNN reports that Israel has imposed a rule that any Palestinian who celebrates the prisoner swap will be charged with terrorism. Let that sink in: Celebrating the return of your child who was imprisoned at age 16 constitutes terrorism! #CeasefireNOW

Video Transcript AI Summary
Israeli authorities blocked off roads and limited media access during the release of Palestinian prisoners. Celebrations in Ramallah contrasted with the situation in East Jerusalem, where Israeli authorities threatened to charge Palestinians who celebrated the release as terrorists. However, Israel's own records show that most of the released prisoners were not charged or were minors. A video was shared of a daughter reuniting with her mother, who had been arrested at 16 and convicted at 17 for a 10-year sentence. Her case was considered a miscarriage of justice by her family, lawyer, and rights groups.
AI Similar Videos
Full Transcript
Speaker 0: But, Wolf, we weren't allowed to see anything. Israeli authorities blocked off roads, corralled the media into one location, brought to the Palestinians in, through the back door when they received them, and then only allowed family members to come in very limited single file and individual cars. And there's a reason for that. Because unlike, the images of celebration where you which you might have seen from Ramallah and the West Bank. Here in East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities were better able to enforce The diktat of their far right national security minister who has who has deemed the prisoners released today as terrorists, But not just that, he said any Palestinian who celebrates will themselves be charged as terrorists. I mean, just to break down break break that down a little bit, There is no grounds to call them terrorists because by Israel's own reckoning, those 39 prisoners were, 15 minuteers, 10 of whom were only charged, and 24 women, 23 were sorry, were detained, not charged. And 10 of the minors were detained, not charged. So it complicates telling this story. So imagine your daughter has come home to you, and you have to hide indoors to express your joy. I wanna show you this video, Wolf, of a a daughter reuniting with her mother that was sent to us by the family. Take a listen. That young lady you see there, the reason I mean, I can't there's no reason. It's her daughter. But beyond that, she had been arrested at the age of 16, convicted at 17 for 10 years, accused of, attempted stabbing Her family and her lawyer and Israeli and Palestinian rights groups say that this was a miscarriage of justice. Her family had taken this all the way to the Israeli Supreme Court. And her mother
tparsi
Posted - November 25, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Saved - November 26, 2023 at 1:57 AM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

This is today. In NY. Thousands marching for peace and a ceasefire in Gaza. 7 weeks into the conflict and there is no sign of these sentiments "fading," as Biden is hoping. After 20 years of war, Americans have turned against war. Enabling war will be costly next November. https://t.co/agbN6VSPJI

tparsi
Posted - November 15, 2023 at 11:37 PM
Saved - November 17, 2023 at 12:49 AM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

*** WARNING *** For every day that Biden continues to block a ceasefire - against the wishes of 68% of the American public - another 100-150 innocent children in Gaza are killed. Children who have nothing to do with Hamas or the innocent Israelis that Hamas has taken hostage. https://t.co/pyAzIBmE40

tparsi
Posted - October 20, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Saved - October 20, 2023 at 1:47 PM

@tparsi - Trita Parsi

#Biden claims that "American leadership is what holds the world together." Misguided ideas of this kind make the US think it must dominate the world. That quest for domination has weakened America, led to endless wars, and ultimately made the US and the world LESS safe.

View Full Interactive Feed