Feminist Theology & Ethics #TransInclusion, Centre for Religion in Society @YSJReligion #CRISYSJ #Ebor, Branch Chair @UCU_YSJ, Trustee SKUK #FreePalestine
Leeds, England
Joined June 2013
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A snapshot of a week in the West Bank: a thread #ExistenceIsResistance despite recent raids, arrests and imprisonment the @Edu_Bookshop remains open 1/10
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Today Israeli authorities barred me and other European elected representatives from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders, as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
We knew that by crossing into the occupied Palestinian territories, we risked being detained, interrogated and turned away by Israeli authorities. And that, alas, is exactly what happened.
For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.
The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.
Ultimately, we went to show solidarity. But we left with an even greater determination to speak out. We will not be silenced, and we will not look away. None of us should.
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Watch this.
Lubna Speitan, author of the Greens4Palestine motion “Zionism is racism”, spells out the central obscenity of our age – the grotesque inversion whereby the victims of ethnic cleansing, Apartheid and genocide must constantly fend off accusations from their tormentors that it is they who are the racists.
“We as Palestinians are being silenced and gaslit and vilified [as we] witness the annihilation, the cold-blooded murder of our families, of our people… our children burnt with phosphorus, having to endure amputations with no anaesthetic, having their limbs torn and shredded, their bodies burnt by phosphorus, being starved to death … And to have to sit here … and try to bury my feelings so I can eloquently and diplomatically shield my anger, my rage, my anguish that every Palestinian is feeling, is an insult.” /1
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
American rapper Macklemore kicked off his “Free Palestine” concert tour in Dublin on Monday, calling for unity weeks after he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his pro-Palestine remarks.
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Serei eternamente grato ao povo brasileiro. Cada gesto de confiança, cada voto e cada passo dado em defesa da democracia valeram a pena. A emoção dessa caminhada fortalece a certeza de que ainda temos muito a construir juntos.
Essa vitória não é um ponto de chegada, mas a renovação do nosso compromisso com o Brasil, com a justiça social, a soberania e a esperança de um futuro melhor para todos.
A caminhada continua, com compromisso com o nosso povo ainda mais forte.
Muito obrigado, Brasil! Essa vitória é nossa!
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
✊| Hozier, on stage right now at the Free Palestine concert, encouraging the audience to sign an open letter to the Taoiseach calling for urgent action on the visa refusals affecting fully funded Palestinian students from Gaza.
You can also sign here!!
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en…
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
🚨 🇷🇸 ¡TERREMOTO POLÍTICO EN SERBIA! LA JUVENTUD DERROTÓ A LA DERECHA Y LAS CALLES ESTALLAN DE ALEGRÍA
¡HISTÓRICO! Después de casi 14 años de dominio político, Aleksandar Vučić reconoció su derrota frente al movimiento estudiantil que sacudió Serbia con casi dos años de movilizaciones contra la corrupción y el autoritarismo.
Miles de personas salieron a festejar a las calles de Belgrado y otras ciudades. Según los resultados preliminares, la Lista Estudiantil conseguiría entre 135 y 140 bancas de las 250 del Parlamento. ¡Una generación que comenzó protestando en las calles terminó protagonizando un cambio histórico en las urnas!
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
NOW: Hundreds outside 10 Downing Street for an emergency protest for Palestine against Israel’s violence in the West Bank. We need full arms embargo on Israel now 🇵🇸
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
The Israeli army evicted almost 500 Palestinian apartments , 100 shops in Hebron since this morning .
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Genocide is still on.
Principled action - from states, companies, institutions and people - is needed to stop it.
Worldwide strike- Oct 30.
100+ PORTS. WORLDWIDE. NO MORE WEAPONS.
On October 30th, dockworkers, seafarers, students and communities in more than 100 ports around the world are standing together to say one thing: NO MORE WEAPONS.
War doesn’t run itself. It runs on our hands loading the cargo, and on our silence when blockades are enforced. Governments and corporations that profit from it have counted on both for too long. From now on, they get neither.
NO TO THE WAR MACHINERY.
We take the ports. We take the streets. We shut it down. Oct 30th
Action map link: gsumud.link/OCT30
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Fifty members of the House of Lords have asked the UK Home Secretary to bar Macklemore from entering Britain ahead of his October 30 Wembley concert. The peers argue his presence is "not conducive to the public good."
qudsnen.com/share/68516?lang…
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
HEBRON IS UNDER SIEGE. FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES.
Since yesterday, at least 250 families have been displaced in Hebron, including my own sister, Hayat, and her seven children. Homes and shops are being demolished by the Israeli military.
Around 250,000 people are trapped in the city, while 1,000 families in H2 remain in their homes.
We are being collectively punished for something we neither did nor supported. Our suffering is being turned into political material for Israel’s elections, while innocent families pay the price.
#Hebron #HumanRights #EndCollectivePunishment #StopForcedDisplacement #ActNow
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Macklemore says ‘being human is not complicated’ as he kicked off his Free Palestine tour on Thursday night. He returned to the stage for the first time since he was dropped as Ed Sheeran's supporting act after making comments in support of Palestine onstage.
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Basic education piece:
Not all Jewish people are Zionists.
Lots of Zionists aren't Jews.
The Board of Deputies largely self identity as Zionists.
The Media often report the Board of Deputies as the opinion of Jewish people.
Yet many Jewish people say #NotInOurName
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Since this morning, I’ve been unable to leave my home. All checkpoints in H2 and exits from Hebron are closed. Israeli forces have begun demolishing homes and shops near the site of the attack.
Residents are living in fear, cut off from basic necessities.
We urgently call on the UN, international governments, and humanitarian organizations to act now: protect civilians, demand an end to unlawful demolitions and collective restrictions, and ensure safe access to essential supplies and emergency services.
Hebron must not be forgotten. We need urgent action, not just statements of concern.
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Jewish children must be protected from real hatred of Jews as Jews.
Expanding “antisemitism” to cover political badges or criticism of Israel foreign government’s policies does the opposite: it ties Jewish identity to a state Jews have always rejected and invites backlash against them for politics they did not choose.
Judaism is a faith, not a political nationality.
Clear separation is the best protection.
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
"Terrorists are people that bomb people & blow people up, they're not people that break into missile manufacturers to stop people bombing & blowing people up"
@IrvineWelsh on why he signed the letter in support of Sally Rooney & against the proscription of Palestine Action 🎯
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
This is important — please do the same if you’re concerned that the government is enforcing a “balanced” education on genocide.
There are not “two equal sides” — there is a violent, apartheid, settler-colony committing unfathomable war crimes against the indigenous population.
🚨 PLEASE SHARE!
I've written to both my children's schools following the Government's antisemitism review.
I WILL NOT accept genocide being presented as a two-sided political debate, or Palestinian history and suffering being erased from their education.
I've drafted a template which I'm sharing for other parents to use or adapt.
Political impartiality must NEVER become historical dishonesty.
Please use them. Challenge your schools. Demand answers.
#GazaGenocide
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
🚨 PLEASE SHARE!
I've written to both my children's schools following the Government's antisemitism review.
I WILL NOT accept genocide being presented as a two-sided political debate, or Palestinian history and suffering being erased from their education.
I've drafted a template which I'm sharing for other parents to use or adapt.
Political impartiality must NEVER become historical dishonesty.
Please use them. Challenge your schools. Demand answers.
#GazaGenocide
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Prof Esther McIntosh retweeted
Navi Pillay on #C4News: "The Genocide convention, which was passed in 1948, places a peremptory obligation on every state.. they are obliged to take action to prevent genocide wherever it is occurring or is about to happen.. its time now that they carry out these obligations"