Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון

@raphmim.bsky.social

1.7K followers 470 following 1.2K posts

I write on Israel/Palestine as an anti-Zionist Jew at OneSmallDetail.blog • member of decolonial Jewish collective @tsdkcollectif.bsky.social • I paint X-walks with @crosswalksla.bsky.social • public interest technologist at https://wearehorizontal.org

wearehorizontal.org

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · Nov 8

“We pretend to be innocent victims. Of course the Arabs attacked us. Since they have no armies, they could not obey the rules of war. They perpetrated all the barbaric acts that are characteristic of a colonial revolt.”

This was written in 1929. By a Zionist.

1/19
#Israel #Palestine #Zionism #Gaza

2 15 37

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 11h

On the @972mag.com podcast:

Across the West Bank and Gaza: “Right now, what people fear most is for their security [and] livelihood. National liberation is a luxury.”

www.972mag.com/podcast-reth...

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 1d

Liberal Zionist myth #728: Israeli settlement and ethnic cleansing only happens in territories occupied after 1967 and does not happen within 1948 borders.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Over 300 Palestinian-Bedouin face forced evictions following mass home demolitions in Negev/Naqab

The Israeli authorities’ demolition on 8 May 2024 of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized Palestinian/Bedouin village in the Negev/Naqab, without proper consultation or compensation underscores the urgency to dismantle Israel’s apartheid system, said Amnesty International today. The demolition orders against the Abu Assa neighbourhood in Wadi al-Khalil were issued by Israeli planning authorities […]

www.amnesty.org

3 5

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 2d

These settlers do not represent you, and yet every single Israeli government since 1948, whether right wing, centrist or left wing, has at best turned a blind eye to ethnic cleansing, at worst actively worked toward it--both inside and outside '48 borders

Daniel Sevitt @danielsevitt.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a Zionist living in Israel who has consistently voted for parties who would end the occupation and negotiate a just solution for the Palestinians. These settlers do not represent me.

Your determination to misunderstand what Zionism is and lump us all together makes you the silly bigot.

1 10

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 2d

Literally don't care, give him the Nobel. As long as the bombing stops

Tweet of the prime minister of Israel saying Trump should get the Nobel peace prize

1 6

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 2d

"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

Screenshot of an article that says "Left-wing activists detained by Israeli forces after settlers attempted to vandalize West Bank village
A group of settlers attempted to dig up buried pipes and destroy Palestinian infrastructure in a small West Bank village on Wednesday.
When activists intervened to prevent the vandalism in the village of Ras al-Ein in the Jordan Valley, the settlers called police and the Israeli army.
Israeli forces responded by reportedly assaulting an Israeli-American activist and dragging him to the ground. Several other activists had their ID cards inspected and detained at the scene.
Eyewitnesses reported that settlers brought small children and even infants to observe the confrontations."

1 4 12

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 7d

Cool anarchist sticker spotted in Tel Aviv: Holocausts Liberation, Antifascism, Resist Zionism

Sticker with black and white illustration with all sorts of anarchist symbols

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 8d

Trump has no values, principles, or ideology--other than love for himself. If it suits his mood, he'll put an end to the genocide and may even turn against Netanyahu. We can only hope.

Tweet of trump saying Hamas is ready for peace and Israel must stop bombing Gaza

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 9d

Daniel Boyarin wrote in 2006:

"It has been said by many Christians that Christianity died in Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sibubor. I fear--God forbid--that my Judaism may be dying in Nablus, Daheishe, Beteen, and al-Khalil".

If written in 2025, his Judaism would have died in Gaza.

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 11d

I appreciate you Barak

Screenshot of a Haaretz article with the headline "As an Israeli Filmmaker, Thank You to Everyone Who Is Boycotting My Works" and the subheading "There is no doubt that the cultural boycott of Israel will harm not only the fascists, but also good and courageous people. So what? This is a small price to pay to end a genocide"

2 15

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 13d

If you do believe there is an ongoing genocide, as the overwhelming majority of humanitarians, researchers, and journalists believe, then taking tangible actions (like providing military escorts to humanitarian convoys to Gaza) is only logical

Screenshot of an Haaretz article with the headline "Italian Government Faces Growing Backlash Over Gaza Policy: 'Should We Declare War on Israel?'" and the subheading "As Italian parliament members sail toward Gaza on the flotilla, an estimated 700 foreign ministry employees called on Italy to take measures against Israel and protect the flotilla, days after a nationwide general strike and day of protest in solidarity with Gaza"

3 9

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 13d

Can't overstate how much Israelis feel that they've been abandoned by the entire world and must fend for themselves.

(It's as if the thousand-pound bombs delivered through the war and US warships actively defending Israel simply... didn't exist)

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 14d

After so much time spent in Israel Palestine and so many conversations about the conflict, I remain amazed at how many *secular* Israelis believe that Jews have an inherent right to this land because... we were here 2,000 years ago

1 1 6

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 14d

Night‑time sticker spree in the center of Tel Aviv. From top to bottom and left to right:
- Genocide. 80 years after the Holocaust.
- Total victory = Final solution. ("total victory" is a pro-war slogan)
- Memorial to Palestinian journalists murdered in Gaza
- There is no military solution

2 9

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 14d

Today's anti genocide protest in Tel Aviv. Disrupted by right wingers but no violence. Today's chants included:
- Katz, Katz, minister of Defense, how many children have you killed today
- From the river to the sea, freedom and equality for everybody
- Peace, equality, social justice

Protesters holding signs in Hebrew, Arabic and English

Protester holding an "stop israhell" sign

Protester holds a sign that says "refuse to take part in the US-Israel genocide"

5 7

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 14d

🤦

Building with a massive screen with an Israeli flag

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 14d

Just left the West Bank but still receiving updates from activists facing settler violence...

2 4

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 15d

God I hate nationalism (let alone colonialism)

Two massive Israeli flags on the facade of large buildings

1 9

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 16d

Settlers are bringing construction material to continue preparing the mobile homes, right in the middle of Umm al Khair, for permanent residents.

They brought the kids because who said colonialism couldn't be family-friendly?

Construction machines and material with people on and around

3 4

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 17d

That's cool

Haaretz article with the headline "Danish Pension Fund Excludes Israeli State Assets Over Gaza War, West Bank Settlements" and the subheading "AkademikerPension's divestment 'comes as an assessment of the state of Israel's ability to uphold human rights,' after Norway's sovereign wealth fund pulled Israeli investments and Denmark's prime minister vowed to leverage EU Council presidency for sanctions on Israeli settlers and officials "

9 16

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 17d

After settlers murdered Saeed yesterday, they came back today during the Saeed's funeral ceremony and opened fire on mourners

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 18d

Settlers just attacked the village of Al-Mughayir, in the northern West Bank. In the attack, one of the settlers shot and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man, Saeed Murad Al-Nassan.

All the settlers were wearing white, in honor of the Jewish holiday.

8 3

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 18d

7 4

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 18d

I met a Jewish Israeli activist doing protective presence in Umm Al Khair. He lost *six* friends at the Nova Festival on October 7th.

Yet he's spending most of his wake time fighting apartheid and genocide in the West Bank, Gaza border, Jerusalem, Haifa.

Grief isn't a license to stay silence.

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 18d

Opening remarks from B’Tselem Director Yuli Novak and journalist Rami Younis at our recent event, “How to Resist Genocide?”

Reposted by Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון

Mohammed Al-Maskati @mohdmaskati.bsky.social · 19d

Amazing news : Egypt's President Sisi pardons high-profile Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Egypt's President Sisi pardons high-profile Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, al Qahera news says

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned high-profile Egyptian-British activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after a lengthy imprisonment and repeated hunger strikes that prompted international pleas for his release, Al Qahera news said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

3 4

Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · 19d

I don't know what's funnier: that the antisemitic US far-right thinks Israel is behind the Kirk murder, that Netanyahu is so desperately pandering to these antisemites, or that Netanyahu thinks this ridiculous video will help debunking the conspiracy theory

2 8