Waleed Shahid

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

We got to a hostel and walked to the Western Wall. One of my friends on the trip was Jewish and went to pray. He came back and said an Israeli handed him a kippah and said "Welcome home." "I felt so ashamed when he said that after what happened to you at the border," he told me. https://t.co/k1Tr1W6ccl — PolitiTweet.org

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Eventually, I was called back up to the front and allowed to cross the border. My friends were waiting on the other side extremely worried and angry. — PolitiTweet.org

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At every point, it felt like the border agents were trying to get me to doubt my own story of why I was visiting Jerusalem -- like they were trying to get me to break and start to believe in their line of questioning. It was horrible. I was so mad but all I wanted to do was cry. — PolitiTweet.org

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Then I was detained for 5 hours in a separate room of Arab/Palestinians (many were carrying giant water containers). Every hour a new border agent would take me aside and ask me the same questions in a hostile manner. They opened my backpack and kept asking why I packed so light. — PolitiTweet.org

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The separate line took forever. Once I got there, the Israeli border agent asked me a bunch of questions: Why did I pack so light? What was my grandfather's first and last name? How often do I call relatives in Pakistan? Why didn't I speak Arabic even though my name is Arabic? — PolitiTweet.org

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I told the Israeli border agents that I was with an American study abroad group and that I was an American citizen -- and that I wasn't Arab. My friends affirmed this. The border agents shouted "Wrong line!" and pointed to the Arab line. — PolitiTweet.org

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During a study abroad program, I took a bus from Jordan to Jerusalem alongside 7 (white American) students. When we got to the Israeli border, Israeli border agents told me I was in the wrong line (which was all white people) and pointed to a separate line that had only Arabs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jacksonhinklle @justicedems @RepMarieNewman @RepRoKhanna @RepJayapal @RepRaulGrijalva @RepBowman This is citing donations from @jstreetdotorg which is classified as “pro-Israel” by @OpenSecretsDC classifications. https://t.co/TRou9F0Oq8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jacksonhinklle @justicedems @RepMarieNewman @RepRoKhanna @RepJayapal @RepRaulGrijalva @RepBowman This is citing donations from @jstreetdotorg which is classified as “pro-Israel” by @OpenSecretsDC classifications. https://t.co/FD4EykkBQe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MenInBlazers: SOUND UP. Rog breaks down Alisson Becker's header vs. West Brom frame by frame. An iconic moment in Premier League histor… — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 Biden opposed speedy extradition of IRA: ''To take the Administration position, one has to make the judgment that the current British system in Northern Ireland is, in fact, a legitimate and good system. If we pass this...we are codifying that system.'' https://t.co/d0Iv4adEsO — PolitiTweet.org

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📅 "Four Democrats - Senators Dodd, Biden, Pell and Kerry - want to retain the old distinction and in effect allow asylum for agents of the Irish Republican Army accused of murdering British soldiers. Understandably the caveat angers the British." https://t.co/RaGvMAzEsb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexWardVox: A House Democrat I just spoke to is incensed by Meeks’ decision not to send a letter asking for a delay on the Israel sale… — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Biden is visiting Dearborn, Michigan today -- one of the largest Palestinian communities in the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

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Stringer up 9 points and Yang down 17 suggests this primary is probably not happening on Twitter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexbkane no https://t.co/rrC5FOMwfa — PolitiTweet.org

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just a hall of fame moment in the american foreign policy discourse + kellerman's reaction https://t.co/W265G3XVtx — PolitiTweet.org

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"Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel downed tools for the day on Tuesday, as did workers across the occupied West Bank and in Gaza, protesting violence..." https://t.co/fMTLvnMajl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Bsamuels0: I had a wide-ranging conversation with Rep. Marie Newman about why she has quickly become one of the biggest champions for P… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @justicedems: Primaries matter. — PolitiTweet.org

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😉 https://t.co/lMkCcvCgnI — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm voting for @bradlander. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @baparkr: Obaida Jawabreh, the subject in this @DCIPalestine short film, was killed by Israeli forces today in Al-Arroub refugee camp in… — PolitiTweet.org

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🤔 https://t.co/IgGIQTwAYo — PolitiTweet.org

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We should definitely trust the Israeli government because the Prime Minister is tweeting out videos from the reputable and esteemed Prager U. — PolitiTweet.org

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Such a wild story from 1979 about Congress and British rule in Northern Ireland. https://t.co/xdnS9vdGT5 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexbkane: VIDEO: Yesterday at a protest in Dearborn, Rep. @DebDingell was confronted over why she rescinded her support of McCollum's… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bradlander: Our city needs a just recovery. That’s why I’m running for NYC Comptroller. So proud to have @AOC @ewarren @JumaaneWillia… — PolitiTweet.org

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just holy shit wow — PolitiTweet.org

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

just holy shit wow — PolitiTweet.org