Arab American Institute
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Representing the interests of #ArabAmericans since 1985. (Tweets are not necessarily official positions of AAI. RT≠endorsement.) #YallaVote
Gaza is starving. Three versions of denial: 1-literal denial (it never happened) 2-interpretative denial (it’s not what you think it is) 3-implicatory denial (we have to do it/it’s terrible, but it’s not our fault) ➡️lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/… tiktok.com/@aljazeeraengl…
Of course, Netanyahu rejects ceasefire terms. He’s done it every time. When it’s between a ceasefire & keeping his racist coalition together - he always chooses his job. Next step will be to make sure Hamas gets blamed for his intransigence. He’s not done killing Palestinians
We’re facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations—and it doesn’t have to be this way. Today, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn - Find an event near you at the link below goodtroubleliveson.org
AAI is proud to join 600 nonprofits in speaking out against dangerous attacks on organizations that defend our democracy and provide critical services to the American people. This effort to intimidate and politicize will not work. aaiusa.org/library/aai-jo…
Blank-check support from the U.S. has enabled this genocide. H.R. 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, would prohibit the sale or transfer of certain weapons to Israel. Use the link below to demand your Representative cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act today! aaiusa.org/action/block-t…
Happy Election Day, New Jersey! Be sure to go out and #YallaVote! Polls are open from 6am to 8pm. Primary elections are being held statewide for many important offices including Governor. To find your polling place, go to voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-place-…
I'm so grateful David Huerta is free and grateful for a powerful worker movement that mobilized to demand his release. But David should have never been detained. Families are still being torn apart. And our communities are still being targeted. We won’t rest until we are all safe
DAVID IS RELEASED and with his family! He still faces an unjust felony charge. SEIU CA USWW President David Huerta was assaulted and arrested while standing up for immigrants’ rights. While we’re relieved that David is out after three nights in detention, we demand the Trump…
New Jersey today is election day, go out and #YallaVote! Polls are open from 6am to 8pm. Primary elections are being held statewide for many important offices including Governor. To find your polling place, go to voter.svrs.nj.gov/polling-place-…
Our thoughts are with the victims in Boulder. As we have always said, including this thread from 2021, you cannot free Palestine with hate and violence. If that is your path, you do not represent this movement.
If you show up to #FreePalestine and use antisemitism, we don’t want you. You cannot be an ally to any movement for justice, including the movement for Palestinian #humanrights, with hate and violence.