Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון
@raphmim
I research Zionism and write about Israel Palestine at OneSmallDetail.blog • member of decolonial Jewish collective @tsdkcollectif.bsky.social • bylines @972mag.com @washingtonpost.com @vashtimedia.bsky.social
Settler attack in the village of Tuba, in Masafer Yatta. One house destroyed, 6 people injured, solar panels damaged, graffiti about Gilad Farm and the settler killed last week. 2/2
Settler attack in the village of Tuba, in Masafer Yatta. One house destroyed, 6 people injured, solar panels damaged, graffiti about Gilad Farm and the settler killed last week. 1/2
A few minutes later, the army showed up. They also inspected the vehicles and asked a few questions. At no point, either the police or the army wrote down what happened to investigate and find the perpetrators of the attack. But they asked for our IDs and took photos of them. 5/7
The young guys were waiting for a relative of the driver to come pick up the car. Though we couldn't do anything and all they were doing was waiting on the side of road, they asked us to stay. Less than 5 minutes later, the Israeli police showed up in a militarized vehicle. 3/7
We went and met a few young Palestinians who had stopped to help the driver. The driver had already been taken away by an ambulance. They told us settlers threw stones at the car, beat up the driver, and then poured sand into his engine. 2/7
We got notified that a Palestinian delivery driver was attacked on a road nearby. We only received this short video and the location of the attack. 1/7
After a bit of research I learnt that it started as an initiative of a 19 year old from the settlement of Ariel, who wanted to show that the entire West Bank ("Judea and Samaria") belongs to the Jews. 2/2
The first thing I noticed when I got into the West Bank, compared to last year, is thousands of Israeli flags lining up the sides of every major road. Before, you'd only ("only" of course) see Israeli flags at checkpoints, around military basis, or in settlements. 1/2
Still in Harabat al Naibi. At 6am, a few settlers walked their flock of sheeps just down the hill. They come 3-4 times a day. At times they get closer, even walking into the hamlet. They look to provoke a reaction from residents so they can attack them or call the army. Nothing of the sort today.
I'm staying in the tiny hamlet of Harabat al Naibi in Masafer Yata. Two families live here. Last month, settlers stole all their sheeps in the middle of the night. In the past year or two, there's been settler attacks too. So the families have requested that a few activists stay here every night.
I'm in Palestine Israel. Before going into the West Bank, I stopped in Jerusalem to attend a protest in front of the prosecutor's office to demand accountability for Awdah Hathaleen. 1/4
✊ Respect to the folks from @notechforapartheid.bsky.social Let's keep going, make it impossible for those designers, engineers, managers to ignore what the tech they build is being used for.
In case the weekly images of pogroms and settler attacks weren't enough, a new report by Peace Now and Kerem Navot shows how since 2023 Israel has been de-facto annexing the West Bank.
One key myth of Zionism is that in the early 20th century, Palestinians opposed all Jewish immigration to Palestine--or even rejected Jews out of antisemitism. In reality, many Palestinians were initially open to Jewish immigration and only opposed it after the political aims of Zionism became clear
Reminder that the idea of a boycott targeting *only* Israeli settlements in the West Bank makes no sense. The government subsidizes the development of settlements & collects taxes on economic activity there, and Israeli society as a whole benefits from it. The boycott must be against all of Israel
Rather than ending never-ending wars, let's just... better process trauma
New rule: anyone who says "Israel has a right to exist" must explain what that means. A right to exist as an ethno-nationalist state? Or as a democratic state for all its citizens? Or as a binational federation? Or as something else? "Israel has a right to exist" is just lazy and unhelpful.
All AIs reproduce the biaises of their society => western society is deeply, violently anti-Palestinian => most AIs are deeply, violently anti-Palestinian
Israeli police detained a Jewish man for wearing a kippa with the Israeli and Palestinian flags, then took the kippa and cut out the Palestinian flag. Because Judaism is part of the Zionist story, but the main thing is hyper-nationalism and colonialism.
For Palestinian Prisoners' day, TINAU published a zine of Arabic protest chants with Hebrew and English translation and transliteration. If you're a student of Arabic or just curious, check it out!
Can't think of something more obvious to say but hey, there is at least one person in Israel who came up with it, better than zero
Love to hear Jewish leaders take stock of the genocide and reassess their relationship with Israel... or wait, they mean stopping to support unions fighting for higher minimum wages or civil rights orgs 🤦🏻
Disagreeing with the logic or strategy of BDS is fine, but it's always too obvious these critics have no understanding of the boycott: we don't claim that all Israelis as monsters, we simply know that Israeli academia is actively complicit in apartheid, and therefore should not be engaged with.
Germany keeps its spot on the podium of the states who are most responsible in the destruction of the Palestinian people
It would be unfortunate if someone walking by with a white paint pen (with extra broad chisel tip) finished up the memorial, now that the outline is done
Israel gives us daily reminders that ethnically cleansing Palestinians isn't limited to Gaza and the West Bank. It's also ongoing within the recognized borders of Israel.
Literally don't care, give him the Nobel. As long as the bombing stops
"brought small children and even infants to observe the confrontations" And I can share with that almost all of my relatives and childhood friends in Israel are *100% convinced* that Zionism is the side that values life, love, and peace
Cool anarchist sticker spotted in Tel Aviv: Holocausts Liberation, Antifascism, Resist Zionism