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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 32m

The guy who boasted on television about funding Hamas while also refusing to free Barghouti (who has taken a firm stance of "I strongly oppose the targeting of civilians inside Israel, our future neighbor" despite DECADES of torture)? That guy does not give a shit about Israeli safety.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 36m

The irony is, anyone who really genuinely cares about the vision of Israel as a safe haven for Jewish people understands that Israeli safety and Palestinian liberation go hand-in-hand. You cannot repeatedly attack and abuse your neighbors and then act surprised when your neighbors don't like you.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 38m

It's because leaders like Barghouti — strong, moral, unflinching leaders who value liberation and peace, who show up to negotiations with dignity and goodwill, who condemn killing civilians but recognize the necessity of self-defense — are the right wing Israeli leadership's worst nightmare.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 40m

There is a reason the two leading parties of Palestine today are:

1) Fatah, which has completely disarmed and surrendered any real sovereignty and have been 'rewarded' with increasing settlements, checkpoints, bombed refugee camps, etc.

2) Hamas (which, lest we forget, was funded by Netanyahu)

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 42m

This is a popular lie, along with "Israel has never invaded another nation" (lol) and "Palestinians have rejected every peace offer" (read an honest history of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.)

The truth is, Palestine has had many strong leaders. Israel killed or imprisoned all of them.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 45m

Yesterday, I read a book called The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism. I read it because I genuinely love Jewish theology, but it turned out to mostly be vicious anti-Palestinian propaganda. One of the claims was that "no strong leader" has emerged in Palestine to advocate for peace.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 49m

Of fucking course they fucking dropped Marwan Barghouti from the prisoner release list.

Who is Marwan Barghouti? Marwan Barghouti is the most beloved politician in Palestine. He has been in Israeli prison for over 20 years and has continued to advocate for a two-state solution even behind bars.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Inspired by this: please find my official apology regarding the cause of the 2025 LA wildfires.

I will try to do better in the future

#learning

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 2h

This is my new favorite thing on the internet.

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Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 17h

worth pointing out: one of the many reasons Bibi didn't give a shit about the hostages is because they were all from Shaar haNegev, a region that, before the attack, was full of peaceniks and leftists who wanted to live in peace and equity with the Gazans and consequently did not vote for him.

Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 21h

Chaim Peri told another Nir Oz hostage, who was released in the first ceasefire, that a general hostage deal would take two years, because "it's Bibi and we're leftists." He was subsequently murdered last year and never saw his prediction come true to within days.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 9h

Porque no los dos

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 11h

Interesting situation where both Trump and the Palestinian factions say the agreement guarantees end of war while Israel does not, this is distinct from the tone earlier in the year on the US side (Trump never said he would enforce the deal after phase one) but the US notoriously just lies.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot bring myself to be optimistic about the ceasefire because nothing about Trump or Netanyahu suggests good faith, but this is the first night in a long, long time that I have gone to bed not afraid that someone I love will be murdered by the timeI wake up, and that’s a really good feeling.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot bring myself to be optimistic about the ceasefire because nothing about Trump or Netanyahu suggests good faith, but this is the first night in a long, long time that I have gone to bed not afraid that someone I love will be murdered by the timeI wake up, and that’s a really good feeling.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I would love a sliver of optimism but the history is… real consistent here

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

I have been so distracted by packing and genocide (lord, what times we live in) that I completely??? Forgot to say??? I FINISHED WRITING ACT TWO OF MY BOOK YOU GUYS.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 4d

Mohammed has no internet and almost no donations. Like everyone in Gaza, the occupation has destroyed his home, taken his food, and murdered his loved ones. Please help however you can.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 24d

they killed his friend while he was searching for flour! He was supposed to travel before October 7, and all his papers were ready. But the war of genocide robbed him even of the simple life he wanted to improve.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

He worb real gud

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

🫂 The most immense of moods.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Lol I was literally just writing about people like this: bsky.app/profile/swin...

Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Eternally disturbed by the number of Democrats who seem to see “affirming everyone’s basic right to freedom and safety is just too radical” as a reasonable argument.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Eternally disturbed by the number of Democrats who seem to see “affirming everyone’s basic right to freedom and safety is just too radical” as a reasonable argument.