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Tweet by Mohamad Safa.

​[Text ID: “What we learned from COVID? That oil is worthless in a society without consumption. That healthcare has to be public because health is public. That 50% of jobs can be done from home while the other 50% deserve more than they're being paid. That we live in a society not an economy“ /End ID]

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“Our world is not divided by race, color, gender or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.” Mohamad Safa (Human Rights Activist and United Nations Representative).

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Source: r/antiwork

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It is with deep sadness that I announce that I have submitted my resignation papers from my position as PVA Main Representative at the United Nations in New York, Geneva and Vienna, waiting for confirmation. This announcement comes after the failure of several United Nations committees to condemn Israel for the genocide crimes it is committing in Gaza. More importantly, my family and I have been subjected to serious death threats from government officials and agencies, and the United Nations is unable to protect us as a main representative or as human rights defenders. For nearly 10 years, I have been supporting UN agendas and goals, UN conferences and missions, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Without salary or any expense whatsoever, voluntarily and out of my own pocket, and since we celebrate International Volunteer Day today, I urge everyone to volunteer for a better future for us and our children. This does not mean that I will step down from defending human rights, but rather that I will continue more and more freely than before, and we will continue with humanitarian aid. I will cooperate with those who care about our lives and protection and are not afraid for their careers and interests if they stand up for human rights and with the truth. I mentioned in my letter that if my family and I got the protection we need I’ll continue. Don’t stop talking about Gaza. Stand up for human rights for everyone everywhere.

Mohamad Safa

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• Palestinian literature recommendations - small books with a big impact •

Here’s a few recommendations for short reads. If you’re looking for small books to help you reach your reading goal before the end of the year or for when you need a shorter read to suit your time, these are all fairly quick reads but very impactful.

All Palestinian literature. Most of these recommendations are short story collections and mostly translated from Arabic. They each show the different ways the Israeli occupation has affected Palestinians. From the start of the Nakba, to the blockaded Gaza Strip, to Palestinians refugees in the diaspora.

* Shatila Stories published by Peirene Press, nine contributors (Palestinian and Syrian): Omar Khaled Ahmad, Nibal AlAlow, Safa Khaled Algharbawi, Omar Abdellatif Alndaf, Rayan Mohamad Sukkar, Safiya Badran, Fatima Omar Ghazawi, Samih Mahmoud, Hiba Mareb. Translated by Nashwa Gowanlock

* Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani, translated by Hilary Kilpatrick

* The Sea Cloak and Other Stories by Nayrouz Qarmout, translated by Perween Richards

* Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette

* The Book of Ramallah edited by Maya Abu Al-Hayat, various translators

Have you read any of these? Are there others any you would add to the list or recommend me to read? The Book of Gaza is one I have on my radar that I want to read at some point.

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Mohamad Safa on X: "Gaza is not starving. Gaza is being starved by Israel. Forced starvation is an act of genocide. https://t.co/aojESVqLXZ" / X

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by Chaim Lax

Along with Jesus’ newly found Palestinian identity, some media outlets also drew comparisons between Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and the treatment of the Holy Family by Herod and the Romans.

On NPR, one guest drew a parallel between the Roman occupation of Judea and Israel’s current control over the West Bank. He blatantly disregarded the fact that Bethlehem falls under the authority of the Palestinian Authority and that the Romans were foreign occupiers while Israel is an indigenous state.

Similarly, both NPR and the Religion News Service ran absurd comparisons between the descent of Jesus’ family to Egypt in order to escape Herod’s bloodlust and Israel’s ordering Palestinians in northern Gaza to move south for their own safety as the IDF works to rout Hamas from the north.

If mainstream media organizations are willing to serve as platforms for the re-invention of Jesus, it is no surprise that anti-Israel news organizations also did so.

In a report on the muted Christmas festivities in the Holy Land this year, Al Jazeerareferred to Jesus as being born in Palestine with no mention of his Jewish ancestry.

For its part, Iran-sponsored Press TV did reference Jesus’ Jewish background, even calling him a “Jewish rabbi,” but then dove headfirst into a discussion of whether, as a Palestinian, present-day Jesus would only be a member of Hamas’ civil administration or whether he would have joined the military (i.e. terrorist) wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

On social media, the “Jesus was Palestinian” narrative also spread like wildfire, with many being much more blatant in their erasure of Jesus’ Jewish identity.

On Instagram, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a story which claimed that Jesus “was born in modern-day Palestine,” compared Israel to the Romans, and absurdly asserted that “this high Christian holiday is about honoring the precious sanctity of a family that, if the story were to unfold today, would be Jewish Palestinians.”

That would certainly be something to note as there are currently no “Jewish Palestinians.”

On X (formerly Twitter), independent journalist Richard Medhurst posted a rant with the headline “Remember this Christmas that Jesus is Palestinian,” while UN-accredited activist Mohamad Safa tweeted that Christmas is the celebration of “the birthday of a Palestinian man.”

Similarly, political commentator and co-creator of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur tweetedthat being from Bethlehem, Jesus is “technically” a Palestinian and questioned whether he would survive the night there or “would he be just another Palestinian casualty?”

Former Dutch parliamentarian Arnoud van Doorn even went to the extreme of posting an antisemitic illustration of Jesus on the cross, wrapped in Palestinian symbols and surrounded by soldiers, with the caption “They killed him again. Merry Christmas.”

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tw starvation

Mohamad Safa on X: "Gaza doesn’t have enough food for the children, while the world full of food is watching and doing nothing. Forced starvation in Gaza is an act of genocide. https://t.co/Sh5pt6xV4q" / X (twitter.com)

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transcript: Mohamad Safa @ mhdksafa

Your religion does not prohibit me from anything. It prohibits you. Learn the difference.

Denying equal rights to another group of human beings based on your religious beliefs is still called bigotry.

Religion is about helping others and controlling yourself. When it becomes about controlling others and helping yourself, it ain't religious.

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Mohamad Safa is lying to you about this picture of children and shells

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un palesztin propaganda

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