→ Advocating for Palestinian Reforms & Democracy → Palestinian-Israeli Coexistencehttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lrd6yzr3ck2p“From a moral point of view, I felt that I need to go to Yarden Bibas and offer him my condolences, and also deep from my heart, on behalf of my people, ask him for pardon, because we killed his babies, we kidnapped them. (1/2)11 Jun 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrd6yzr3ck2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lp4ns7kknk2sOctober 7 shattered Israeli trust—just like the Second Intifada did before. And when trust dies, so does compromise.⁠ ⁠ Here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: Israelis won’t make peace until they feel safe. ⁠(1/2)14 May 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4ns7kknk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lolm45e6c22fThe cynics who say “there’s no one to talk to” are wrong. Most Palestinians and most Israelis still believe in living side by side. Not divided by walls, but connected by a shared future. Peace hasn’t disappeared. It’s waiting: for us to stop yelling at each other and start listening to one another.07 May 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolm45e6c22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3loglflurb22jThe result? We’re still stateless, while Israel is an advanced OECD country.05 May 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3loglflurb22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lnwvvne4ms2jAre we fighting over land—or over the illusion that one side can erase the other? The war will end. But Israelis and Palestinians will still be here—side-by-side on the same land, sharing the same sky, breathing the same air, burying our dead in the same soil. (1/2)29 Apr 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwvvne4ms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lnkw2nk77k2qIn 100 years, Palestinians have been led by three men: al-Husseini, Arafat, and Abbas. All Palestinian mistakes were theirs—not the people’s, who've never had a say through a referendum. (1/2)24 Apr 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkw2nk77k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lmzdxxmstc2tI was honored to meet with a delegation of bipartisan mayors from across the US who were in Jerusalem as part of a trip organised by the American Jewish Committee (AJC). (1/3)17 Apr 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzdxxmstc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lmtl5ppzss24Trump changes everything. The best example is the hostage release deal. Joe Biden put it on the table in May 2024. His Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the region ten times to try and get it over the line. All in vain. He never managed to secure even a temporary ceasefire.15 Apr 2025 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmtl5ppzss24https://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lmgzlobxfk2oThere was a time when hate didn’t define us. When Palestinians and Israelis could sit across the table, and exchange not vitriol, but ideas and dreams. When leaders weren’t defined by how loud they could yell, but by how deeply they could listen. (1/5)10 Apr 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmgzlobxfk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lmc5av4qo22uSome of the voices waving Palestinian flags aren't raising pro-Palestinian slogans at all. The same goes for many waving Israeli flags. You chant “from the river to the sea” like it's a slogan of freedom. But do you even know what Palestinians on the ground actually want? (1/2)08 Apr 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmc5av4qo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lm7u27u45c2lAlong with ridding the Palestinian people of Hamas, we must get rid of Mahmoud Abbas. Here’s why: lack of leadership, vision, and internal divisions have blocked progress. To make Israel a partner, we Palestinians must make ourselves a partner. (1/3)07 Apr 2025 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7u27u45c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lm7mnwhgys2lI often get asked what I think of Trump. I’ll leave the economics analysis to the experts, but in terms of the ME—despite Trump’s statements about relocating Gazans, I don’t believe he’s ideologically aligned with Israel’s far right. (1/5)07 Apr 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm7mnwhgys2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llync3xjpc2lThe international community won’t accept Hamas keeping weapons, nor Israelis staying in Gaza. Israel must leave Gaza and never return—because the Jenin model won’t work in Gaza. Hamas must surrender its weapons—because the Hezbollah model won’t work in Gaza. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llync3xjpc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llynborrmc2gThe Palestinian issue can only be resolved without Hamas. We need new leadership in Gaza that forces Hamas to disarm and step aside for a political structure capable of working with the world, with the region and especially with Israel. This is the only way to stop Palestinian suffering.04 Apr 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llynborrmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llvfgib6e22xNow, with the protests still not over, let me state the obvious. Hamas need to go: hand over their weapons and depart the scene. Gaza’s future and security must be guaranteed by a moderate Arab and Palestinian mandate. (1/2)03 Apr 2025 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvfgib6e22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llthw5wx5c2eNo one dares say publicly that in the interests of the Palestinian people, Hamas must be held accountable. It must pay for what it did by exiting Palestinian political life altogether. October 7 wasn’t just a moral outrage—it politically destroyed Palestinians and dragged us back to the Stone Age.02 Apr 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llthw5wx5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llr57bovwc2eThese marches could be our exit ramp – not just from the Gaza war, but from the whole conflict. People don’t seem to understand the significance, the scale, or the impact. Either that or they don’t care. Zero (Palestinian, Arab or international) efforts to help. (1/2)01 Apr 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr57bovwc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3llbs5fynlk2fGazans are rising up… this is Day 2 of a growing mass protest movement in Gaza. Palestinians from across north, south and central Gaza are on the march, chanting “Hamas out!”, and demanding they leave the Strip. Their voices should ring out, not just in Gaza but also in Israel and worldwide.26 Mar 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbs5fynlk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lks432xbik2vThere is no military solution to Hamas. Bombing Gaza only strengthens their hand. What does Bibi hope to achieve with this current military campaign that he hasn’t been able to over 15 months of relentless war? Who is he fooling? (1/3)20 Mar 2025 06:47 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lks432xbik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lknpaz4txc2vHamas won’t free us. Abbas won’t save us. Netanyahu won’t see us. (1/3)18 Mar 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknpaz4txc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lkl6yj7v7k2zPeople often ask me where are the others like you. There are many. And with just a little push there can be many more. Last week I brought along three fellow Palestinian activists from Gaza and the West Bank to a meeting with Jewish community leaders in Paris. (1/8)17 Mar 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkl6yj7v7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lkdjfjdy5s2zAs Israelis and Palestinians, we need to fix the way we portray the other side in the classroom (the dehumanization may be less obvious on the Israeli side, but it’s there). (1/2)14 Mar 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdjfjdy5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lkao4die4s2zMany people in the West Bank will tell you, ‘I support armed resistance.’ But then when you ask them whether they’re willing to actively participate in the violence, they will all say no. I know these people very well. In theory, pro-violence. (1/4)13 Mar 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkao4die4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lk3vgus6k22aOver the weekend, they arrested the leader of the protest movement at Columbia University. While I support the right to protest, these activists rallying under a Palestinian flag could be the most anti-Palestinian people without them realizing it. (1/5)11 Mar 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3vgus6k22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3ljz5k3de4c2jAbbas’s security personnel control all civil life in the West Bank – there is no freedom of movement, no free press, no freedom of expression. (1/3)10 Mar 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljz5k3de4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3ljrhiujiks2jYesterday I visited the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s “Old City” for the first time. The Jewish organization Aish Hatorah hosted me for a speaking engagement, a “Ramadan dinner” for a tour group of around 100 UK students and maybe 10 or 20 rabbis. (1/5)07 Mar 2025 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljrhiujiks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3ljk6kaqtl22mLife has taught me that when it comes to the sanctity of life, there is no room for equivocation. No moral grey areas. No justifications. We either stand against all inhumanity, or we betray our own humanity. We must have the courage to condemn every act of brutality (1/2)04 Mar 2025 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk6kaqtl22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3lj66ohnskk2nI was deeply moved by the video of former Israeli prime minister @Yairlapid during the @FDD event in Washington earlier this week commiserating for the death of Palestinian civilians: (1/4)27 Feb 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj66ohnskk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ssinijlawi.bsky.social/post/3liydpz2lm227The peace train rumbles on. We’re like a bunch of uncool, overdressed hippies. But what we’re espousing is not pie-in-the sky idealism – it’s pragmatic and reasonable, grounded in what is both real and necessary:25 Feb 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:cswp66zhilbrb4ri26fuib3y/app.bsky.feed.post/3liydpz2lm227