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Tony Karon
@TonyKaron
Pessimist of the intellect, optimist of the will. Editorial lead at AJ+. Views are my own, not those of my employer. RT ≠ endorsement
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Jan 7, 2024
    How is Israel allowed to play in UEFA and FIFA competition even while slaughtering Palestinian footballers -- while Russia was banned weeks into its invsion of Ukraine? Remember, fans and players have the power to shape the game. Will they stand up to FIFA/UEFA hypocrisy?
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    Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده
    @RamAbdu
    Jan 6, 2024
    Israel kills Captain Hani Al-Masri, a star in Palestinian football history and coach of the Palestinian Olympic football team. #GazaGenocide
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    May 13, 2022
    S. African police in '87 attacking the coffin of Ashley Kriel to seize the ANC flag that draped it; Israeli police attacked the coffin of #ShireenAbuAkleh today, trying to seize Palestinian flags. Apartheid regimes waging war on their victims, even after death
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Dec 26, 2023
    FIFA suspended Russia within weeks of its invasion of Ukraine - how on earth are Israel and its clubs still allowed to okay in FIFA/UEFA competitions?
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Feb 27, 2024
    Biden isn’t Jewish but he’s a Zionist. I’m Jewish and an anti-Zionist. He wants my vote, yet warns that I can’t be safe in his America; that as a Jew, my safety requires a genocidal settler ethnostate in Palestine. A US President who capitulates to anti-Semitism?
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    Mohammad Alsaafin
    @malsaafin
    Feb 27, 2024
    Such an insane thing to say, and he says it all the time. He really seems to believe Palestinians have to be killed in their thousands so Jews can be safe in the country where he is president.
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Oct 7, 2023
    Today’s Hamas operation from Gaza surprised Israel, but it should be no surprise that Palestinians refuse to accept the fate to which Israel seeks to consign them. The fighters of Gaza and West Bank see a choice between living on their knees or dying on their feet 🧵1/7
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    May 5, 2024
    Israel's ban of Al Jazeera is 2nd time I've been part of a media organization banned by an apartheid regime. (1st was SA ‘88) I'm so proud of that! It's a sign of panic by those regimes at the their crimes being exposed, a whiff of the rot at the heart of their systems...
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Mar 10, 2019
    Germans in the 1930s were groomed to accept the extermination of Jews by exactly the sort of lies and hate propaganda routinely peddled on FOX News against Muslims today
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Jul 16, 2024
    FIFA meets Friday to vote on suspending Israel. Daniel Levy and I write on how the threat of disruptive mass action at grassroots could force FIFA bureaucracy to abandon its hypocritical refusal to treat Israel as it treated Russia
    It’s Time to Sideline Israel from International Sports
    From foreignpolicy.com
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Oct 27, 2019
    Jimmy Carter on Sanders: 'Can y'all see why I voted for him?'
    Jimmy Carter on Sanders: ‘Can y’all see why I voted for him?’
    From thehill.com
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Oct 24, 2019
    But not when the non-violent protesters are in Gaza?
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    Nancy Pelosi
    House Democrats
    @SpeakerPelosi
    Oct 24, 2019
    Every day, I’m inspired by the heroism of the countless protestors in Hong Kong working to advance the cause of democracy and human rights. Their bravery is reminding the world of the power of nonviolent action.
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    May 9, 2024
    We are humbled and honored to have @wizardbisan's work grace our platform - her @PeabodyAwards win is a salute to her, and all Palestinian journalists who risk their lives to chronicle Israel's genocide from where the missiles land
    Bisan Owda and AJ+ win Peabody Award for Gaza war coverage
    Bisan Owda and AJ+ win Peabody Award for Gaza war coverage
    From aljazeera.com
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Mar 8, 2020
    Maybe we should get our catastrophes in perspective, and cancel anyone who supported the illegal invasion of Iraq?
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    Paul Krugman
    @paulkrugman
    Mar 8, 2020
    Cornel West supported Jill Stein in 2016. No Democratic candidate should be featuring him at events nytimes.com/2020/03/08/us/…
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Oct 7, 2023
    Replying to @TonyKaron
    Gaza is a giant refugee camp –70% of its population are families forced from their homes by the creation of Israel in 1948. It has been under a brutal siege for almost two decades, facing constant bombardment, thousands of casualties and permanent humanitarian crisis🧵2/7
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    Tony Karon
    @TonyKaron
    Oct 7, 2023
    Replying to @TonyKaron
    Israel has never been held accountable for its repeated war crimes in Gaza. Nor has it faced any consequences for its illegal occupation and land theft in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and for the violent regime of apartheid it imposes on Palestinians 🧵3/7
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