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Rabbi David Mivasair

@mivasair.bsky.social
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Active in peace, justice; 4 yrs in ישראל-فلسطين, also 2 in 日本, worked at Vancouver's Ahavat Olam progressive synagogue & First United Church homeless shelter www.connectinggaza.org/donate

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the West Bank on Monday night in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory
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Israeli settler pogroms sweep West Bank as homes torched
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the West Bank on Monday night in the latest in a wave of anti-Palestinian pogroms across the territory.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/09/2026
Brett Meiselas: If we’re going to get into a “race” against China like with AI, why is it never like... We’re going to get into an affordable healthcare race! We’re going to get into an infrastructure race and beat them in high-speed rail! We’re going to beat China in the affordable housing race!
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When will they arrest me? Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Use this link to write to our elected officials and share this widely: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Catherine Clase @catherineclase.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today is a good day to be like @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social and donate to help the children of Gaza There is urgent need for Al Rantisi, the last children's hospital in Gaza, operated by the amazing children's doctors and nurses of Gaza and UOSSM Canada www.uossm-canada.org 1/2 details below
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UOSSM Canada
Support Our Mission, Save Lives in Gaza, Syria, Sudan, and Worldwide!
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
How groups tied to U.S. Atlas Network turned a fringe separatist movement in Alberta into a political threat: theijf.org/article/how-...
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How groups tied to U.S. Atlas Network turned a fringe separatist movement in Alberta into a political threat
Inside the long campaign to legitimize separatism, and the legislative strategy to make it possible
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Despite Gadi Eisenkot emerging as Netanyahu’s strongest challenger in the Israeli elections, his political agenda won't change the current genocidal course:
newarab.com
Israeli election is a contest over how to continue Gaza genocide
Despite Gadi Eisenkot emerging as Netanyahu’s strongest challenger in the Israeli elections, his political agenda won’t change the current genocidal course.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16/09/2026
With 64 percent of Palestinians under 30 and elections announced for November, a generation that has never voted is being asked to trust a political system that has failed them — before, during, and after the genocide in Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2026/09/pale... #Palestine #Israel
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/09/2026
Chris Wright on Fox Business says "thank God we have President Trump with some common sense on energy" as a graphic is displayed showing diesel prices at record highs
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's clear that the Trump regime is committing an armed robbery in Venezuela, and they won't tell the public who's getting the loot.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At what point does solidarity for Palestine become hollow and symbolic, rather than tangible and actually achieving change? This is one of the many questions posed to Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed El-Kurd in a wide-ranging interview for The New Arab Book Club with @eliasjahshan.bsky.social
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An Israeli NGO has launched a new app designed to protect Israeli soldiers facing a "war crimes witch hunt" abroad, connecting them with 600+ lawyers in 17 countries The New Arab spoke with Kenneth Roth who said this is proof that potential prosecutions are a real threat to Israeli forces
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Canada? Sign this parliamentary e-petition to terminate the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7694 - Petitions
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Legal Canadian parliamentary e-petition calls for terminating the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and imposing sanctions on settlement goods -- very necessary and long overdue. I urge every Canadian to sign and to share very widely. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7694 - Petitions
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In Ontario? Care about kids in school getting indoctrinated with Zionist propaganda about Israel? Read this. If you want to get involved in doing something about it, please DM me. noraloreto.substack.com/p/zionism-is...
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Zionism is part of civics ed now?
New images circulating from the Edwin platform compare Israel and Canada’s democracies
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Instead of lowering flags to half mast for Dolly, they should reinstate vaccine mandates. They should invest in public health. They should walk back discriminatory LGBTQ+ policies. They should stop banning books and fund libraries. That’s how you honour her legacy.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
if you're Canadian, there is a petition active right now to have him removed and sent back to the US for signaling his obvious allegiances here. There's already a quarter million signatures. Get him out of our country, we don't have time for this bullshit rn www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
ourcommons.ca
Petition e-7531 - Petitions
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
They misspelled the word stole.
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Alice Rothchild, MD @alicerothchild.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The actual killing of childhood is another factor in Israel's war against Gaza. Imagine a kid who has never known safety and has no toys, stuffies, things to play with. truthout.org/articles/some-in-gazas-youngest-generation-may-not-even-know-what-toys-are
truthout.org
Some in Gaza’s Youngest Generation May Not Even Know What Toys Are
Children’s difficulty accessing toys in Gaza reflects the broader destruction of childhood there.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/08/2026
If this were happening somewhere else, we would call them what they are: Internally Displaced People.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Darline Graham said that because her own parents died when she was a kid, people today shouldn't expect "government health care." So I dug up the real story of the death of Darline/Lindsey's parents. It makes a strong case FOR government health care. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2148...
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What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals
The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers of people avoid that fate today.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
South Africa accused Israel of failing to comply with three legally binding orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israel’s genocide on Gaza. On Friday, South Africa announced that it had submitted an evidence dossier to the world court.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Within hours of a campaign launched by @newscord.org, Picturehouse responded with confirmation that it had no plans to screen the new Ali G starring Sacha Baron Cohen. The campaign was launched after Baron Cohen’s track record of racist caricatures and enforcing of harmful stereotypes
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oops. 🥴 www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New: Rashida Tlaib leads 40 members of Congress, including 6 senators, in demanding Marco Rubio free 20-year-old American Sama Safi from Israeli detention. Doctors warn that Israel's detention is putting Sama at risk of "progressive tissue injury & irreversible organ damage."
Secretary Marco Rubio
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Secretary Rubio,
We write with urgency to demand that the Department of State act now to ensure the immediate
and permanent release of U.S. citizen Sama Safi, a 20-year-old university student with a severe
complex chronic health condition, who the Israeli military has arbitrarily and wrongfully
detained since June 2nd. Sama’s medical condition has rapidly deteriorated after being subjected
to abysmal detention conditions in the months since armed Israeli soldiers raided her family’s
home in the occupied West Bank in the middle of the night and tore her from her family. Her
doctors have warned of irreversible and life-threatening damage to her internal organs if her
detention continues. You have a duty to secure the safety and security of U.S. citizens abroad,
and we urge you to act quickly to prevent further irreparable harm to Sama by securing her
immediate release.
Sama, a current honors psychology student at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, was
kidnapped and detained without charge in a pre-dawn raid on June 2nd, as part of a series of raids
targeting Birzeit University students that morning that wrongfully detained three other young
women: Natalie Abu Diah, Leila Khalil, and Joulan Abu Awad. This targeting of Palestinian
students is not an isolated incident but part of what United Nations human rights experts have
called a systematic policy to “undermine the right to education.”1
Since June 2nd, Sama has suffered under appalling conditions in Israeli military detention. She
has been transferred through multiple facilities, including an illegal transfer out of the occupied
West Bank to the Damon Israeli military prison near Haifa—a blatant violation of the 4th Geneva
Convention.2
 Sama has described the use of serious physical violence by guards against
detainees, including frequent physical assault, shackling, and the throwing of gas and stun
grenades into al…repeated verbal abuse and being placed in painful stress positions, as well as the presence of
rapidly spreading infectious skin disease, rats, and mattresses reeking of feces.
These inhumane conditions and violence towards detainees are not unique to one facility. They
are systemic and well-documented throughout Israel’s vast military prison system, where
thousands of Palestinians are held every day, many indefinitely and without charge. In
December, the United Nations Committee Against Torture denounced Israel’s application of “a
de facto State policy of organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” in these prisons,
including evidence of sexual violence, electrocution, waterboarding, systemic denial of medical
care, denial of adequate nutrition and water, and deprivation of clothing, sleep, and access to
hygiene facilities.3
Such wretched conditions and treatment have caused Sama’s health to rapidly decline to
dangerous levels in detention. Sama suffers from a severe and complex chronic medical
condition known as Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), which requires regular monitoring,
daily medication, and recurring specialized biologic treatment abroad. Sama has reported
receiving her medication inconsistently throughout her detention, resulting in frequent missed
doses. Since returning to detention on August 16 following a brief medical release, Sama has
reportedly not once received her daily medication nor been seen by doctors. Stress positions and
shackling have exacerbated her condition, causing severe rheumatoid and chest pain. Her doctors
have warned that with her continued military detention and “being constantly exposed to
conditions that exacerbate her inflammatory status, the possibility of progressive tissue injury
and irreversible organ damage is our greatest concern.”
Every day that Sama remains wrongfully detained in these inhumane conditions, she is at greater
risk of irreversible and life-threatening repercussions. On August 17, over 100 fait…
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: B’nai Brith Canada won’t rent units in its Toronto apartment buildings to non-Jews, according to property management reps. www.readthemaple.com/bnai-brith-c...
readthemaple.com
B’nai Brith Canada Won’t Rent To Non-Jews, Reps Say
Its Toronto apartments have received more than $30 million in government funding
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Raffle for Gaza! Put in a $20 bid for these two exquisite handmade pillows. One of us will win the pillows. Families in Gaza will benefit from every bid. Every penny will go to families in ongoing dire need. It's a great way to help! See deets: www.instagram.com/p/Db4IVcogL_N/
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Church of England calls upon its members to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians mondoweiss.net/2026/07/the-...
mondoweiss.net
The Church of England calls upon its members to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians
The church’s action follows resolutions by two other religious bodies at their summer meetings — the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the American Academy of Religion — both of which named Israel’s war…
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
LAST STEP ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Mohammed, 26, was an English teacher in Rafah. He's on his way to a master's program in Glasgow -- and needs help with the airfare. open.substack.com/pub/rabbidav...
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LAST STEP ON AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Please help make it happen!
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Ms. Unformation @msunformation.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Of all the things that didn't happen this week, this didn't happen the most.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Following reports that Trump fired the leadership on the Election Assistance Commission, lawmakers, election officials and voting rights advocates are sounding the alarm that the move is an attempt to meddle with voting in the months before midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
‘Dangerous … reckless … desperate’: Trump’s firing of EAC leaders escalates his war on voting, election chiefs and lawmakers warn
Without four commissioners leading the agency, it leaves states with a huge resource gap as they prepare for the midterm elections.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
They're literally bunkering down. Trump won't leave peacefully or legally, folks. www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/p...
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The White House is upgrading its front door to fortify the entrance | CNN Politics
The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that’s expected to take months.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 10/07/2026
Abdul vs Haley summarized:
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The last survivor of four brothers in Gaza, 18-yr-old Sameer was wounded by an Israeli missile attack (after the "ceasefire") and is now paralyzed from the waist down. He needs to pay rent to live in a place with a floor, not in a tent. Please help as best as you can. chuffed.org/project/help...
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Help 18-year-old Sameer Alshaer in Gaza, paralyzed by bombing, three brothers killed, with needs of daily life
Sameer is an 18-year-old in Gaza.  He is the only one of four brothers who survives -- and he was severely injured in November by an Israeli missile and is paralyzed from the waist down.  Both of his ...
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"1,000 Days of Horror" by Gaza photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad in On The Line Media three hours ago: www.patreon.com/OnTheLineMed... Please join me in supporting his family: chuffed.org/project/1811...
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1000 DAYS OF HORROR | On The Line Media
1000 DAYS OF HORROR by On The Line Media on Patreon. Join On The Line Media's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 02/07/2026
Pretty easy to see this will fall apart. The guy didn't damage anything. Pirro should face consequences for this.
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m SO proud to call USAF member Jason Watson a friend of mine. He was arrested yesterday for protesting in his uniform against the administration. Bravo sir. #Impeach #Convict #Remove.
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Gaza photojournalist Rizek Abdel Jawad published 3 hrs ago by Samira Mohyeddin's "On The Line Media" based in Toronto: https://www.patreon.com/OnTheLineMedia/posts/1000-days-of-162716419 It's critic...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/07/2026
Didn’t see this coming. Another Senate race to watch closely. Lindsey Graham spent years acting like South Carolina belonged to him. The voters might have other plans. Dr. Annie Andrews is at 45%, and among informed voters, she leads Graham 46% to 43%.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/07/2026
🚨 Trump's state fair is really filling in today! There are tens of people there now
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The publication, known for its coverage of UK politics and pro-Palestine editorial stance, has been unable to access its funds after Lloyds shut its account without explanation. Despite banking with Lloyds for nearly a decade, The Canary said the move was implemented with immediate effect
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Rabbi David Mivasair @mivasair.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @ifnotnowmovement.org theintercept.com/2026/06/29/a...
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Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group
The political arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, known for protesting the genocide in Gaza, is endorsing El-Sayed for Senate in Michigan.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you owe a woman $5 million for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 01/07/2026
Congratulations to @melatkirosco.bsky.social for securing the Democratic nomination in #CO01! Standing against genocide is good policy and good politics!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
imagine trying "I know I've been gone four months but I'll explain when I'm back" if you were a shift worker at Arby's
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Liking Mayor Pete Buttigieg 👍🏼.....
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