Joseph Willits
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Head of Parliamentary Affairs at @Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding). Tweets my own 🍉 https://t.co/v4C5vgj9EN
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Joined February 2010
What is the UK government @Keir_Starmer, @DavidLammy, @HFalconerMP, doing to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? What are they doing to prevent the same in Lebanon? . The UK is complicit. It’s shameful and disgusting. My piece:
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Habib Zaidi Adil El Tayar Amged El-Hawrani The first three British NHS doctors to have died from Coronavirus. Just imagine for a moment the combined service of these three men. Rest in power #NHSheroes.
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Canadian national Chrissy Archibald named as first fatality in #LondonAttacks. This statement from her family is really lovely. Honour her.
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Absolutely the right decision for the BBC to sack Danny Baker for his Tweet Why though is Alan Sugar still in a job? They need to be consistent about racism, or it doesn't mean a thing
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The grim levels of state brutality in Germany against those demanding justice, accountability and dignity for Palestinians, and against genocide in Gaza, continue. This from the police in Berlin. There should be travel warnings for Germany.
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This is heartbreaking to hear from the mother of Iyad Hallak, the 32 year old disabled Palestinian man with autism who was murdered by Israeli police in Jerusalem. I hope she gets justice for her son’s death - but I fear she won’t.
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Over 70 UK Parliamentarians call for UK action to stop Israeli plans to forcibly evict Palestinians in Masafer Yatta. The forcible transfer of protected persons in occupied territory constitutes a war crime. "It cannot be business as usual with the UK.".
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'If England get beaten, so will she'. This is grim. Domestic abuse increases 26% when England play, 38% when England lose & 11% the day after. Powerful from @_NCDV
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The Sun, part of Murdoch's hateful empire which hounded George Michael for years, referred to him as 'poof' & 'pervert', pays 'tribute'.
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That smile when Priti Patel says “ending the free movement of people once and for all” is absolutely chilling, and “this daughter of immigrants needs no lectures from the north London, metropolitan, liberal elite”. Reckless, dangerous, sinister.
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❤️💛💚💙💜 This is quite an image. British Muslim Mayor addresses one of the world's largest #LGBT events #Pride2016
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A powerful intervention from @kitmalthouse on the political failures to end the genocide, ethnic cleansing and horrors for Palestinians in Gaza, and the anti-Palestinian racism so rife, that such horror isn't enough to compel political leaders to act. Shame is all around.
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Shameful BBC erasure of Jasleen’s Kaur’s speech winning the Turner Prize. Solidarity with Palestinians removed. A call for an end to arms sales to removed. Mention of Israel’s genocide removed. Her Palestinian scarf removed.
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I've complained to the BBC about erasure of Turner Prize winner Jasleen Kaur's words & display of solidarity with Palestinians & demands inc to end Israel's genocide, whilst platforming racists like Melanie Phillips engaged in atrocity & genocide denial
Shameful BBC erasure of Jasleen’s Kaur’s speech winning the Turner Prize. Solidarity with Palestinians removed. A call for an end to arms sales to removed. Mention of Israel’s genocide removed. Her Palestinian scarf removed.
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Beautiful from @susanabulhawa . “Someday your impunity & your arrogance will end. Palestine will be free…restored to her multi-religious, multiethnic, pluralistic glory. And you will either leave, or you will finally learn to live with others as equals.”.
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Brussels, Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, Ankara, Istanbul & many more. I think this sentiment speaks for many of us.
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Powerful speech from @SayeedaWarsi, who condemns UK government failure to uphold its own policy on Palestine. “We do nothing to deter Israel from expanding settlements, forced evictions & home demolitions. This is ethnic cleansing.” . Full video here:
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Fun fact. There’s an Anneliese Dodds (the new FCDO minister responsible for international development) poster on the ceiling of Abou Elie’s, a communist bar in Ras Beirut.
Anneliese Dodds MP @AnnelieseDodds has been appointed Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office @FCDOGovUK. She has also been appointed Minister for Women and Equalities in the Department for Education @educationgovuk. She will attend Cabinet.
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"Don't bother, it doesn't matter any more. We're waiting to die.". Messages of Palestinian colleagues in Gaza on what to say to our politicians communicated by @rohantalbot of @MedicalAidPal to @CommonsIDC. Israel is committing the crime against humanity of extermination in Gaza
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Maureen Lipman, an anti-Palestinian racist and extremist who tries to act up as a normal, friendly northern old woman whilst constantly and frequently dehumanising Palestinians, denying their lived experiences and rights, and lying about international law
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Priceless. German neo-Nazi politician crashes his car and is rescued by two Syrian refugees.
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Why is the BBC Head of News @rburgessbbc taking part in a panel with those like Melanie Phillips & Jake Wallis Simons, who have a long history of Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian & anti-Arab racism? . Given that the BBC platforms these horrific views continually, it’s no surprise.
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Mark Smith, the UK Foreign Office official who resigned over UK arms sales to Israel, and UK complicity in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, spoke with @MishalHusain. "It's actually quite clear that Israel is perpetrating war crimes in plain sight.". [Part 1]
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The journey from supposedly radical, anti occupation, pro-Palestinian keffiyeh wearing Israeli leftist, to the enjoyment of occupying and blowing up south Lebanon, posting about their atrocities, is one that isn’t discussed enough. That’s what this invader Eran Bril has done.
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127 British politicians demand UK impose sanctions on Israel in the event of annexation of occupied Palestinian territory See the Guardian's coverage of the letter from former Cabinet members, ministers, diplomats, MPs & Peers.
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As Palestinian journalists in Gaza have targets on their back & are executed by Israel, Jerusalem Post "journalist" @StarrJpost openly confesses to his part in Israel's genocide, murdering a young man in civilian clothes carrying food. Absolutely horrific
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The Salhiye family forcibly dispossessed on a freezing winter night in Sheikh Jarrah & their home demolished by Israeli regime forces. Real time ethnic cleansing. The brutality, cruelty & illegality of policies of occupation & apartheid for Palestinians
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Rest in power Sarah Hegazy. Devastating to hear that Sarah died by suicide. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a @mashrou3leila concert. She had claimed asylum and was living in Canada. Awful. #LGBTQ
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Really grim, horrid @shaunwalker7 piece on the treatment of gay men & anti-gay purge in Chechnya. Vital read #LGBTQ
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Rest in Power Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian feminist and activist who has died at the aged of 89. Here she is speaking to @krishgm on @Channel4News .
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Over 80 British parliamentarians have called on Israel to stop the dispossession of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, or face diplomatic consequences, in a letter to Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab
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Former Leader of the Labour Party & MP for Islington North, @jeremycorbyn called for an end to the occupation of Palestinians & an end to the siege on Gaza, highlighting a visit to Sheikh Jarrah. Recommended watching @farah_nabulsi's 'The Present'.
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“Palestinians have been robbed of their calm for 73 years” says @NazShahBfd in a powerful speech, highlighting the siege on Gaza, dispossession of Palestinian homes & Israeli apartheid - with reports by @btselem, @hrw and others. Full speech here:
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Another incredibly powerful video of a woman who appears to be a migrant worker in Lebanon, instinctively protecting a child from the Beirut blast. These are some of the worst treated & most vulnerable already, who will become even more so
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Unless the UK position, that of the Labour Party & international law has changed, this is occupied Palestinian territory. I’m sure @Christian4BuryS & @_LFI knows this, as does @alancampbellmp @Keir_Starmer, @DavidLammy & @BambosMP. This should be deleted and an apology issued.
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Only an anti-Palestinian racist is angered by this Instagram post from @EmmaWatson. Only an anti-Palestinian racist who deliberately fails to see Palestinians as human or denies them justice, rights and agency is having a meltdown over this post.
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Absolutely heartbreaking images from the funeral of 13yr old Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, the youngest person in the UK to die of Coronavirus. His mum, nor siblings were able to be there to say goodbye. #StayHomeSaveLives.
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Shameful that @Keir_Starmer has been so silent on actions of the Israeli gov & engages in this denial of lived realities for Palestinians. Labour supposedly cares about human rights and international law, yet appears to have utter contempt for Palestinians
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65 dead, 300 injured in #Lahore, mostly women & children enjoying the park #PrayForPakistan
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Priceless. #UKIP office in #Luton next to gay sauna, Polish supermarket, Lebanese restaurant & Turkish kebab shop. http://t.co/qqH3Dfcgvc.
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The brutality, cruelty, and vindictiveness of Israeli occupation and apartheid, in life and in death. Day in day out. Nothing isolated about this. Anyone who denies such horrific realities for Palestinians are entirely morally bankrupt & racist.
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Exciting that @FadiKattan is opening a new Palestinian restaurant, Akub, in London in Notting Hill. If anyone has ever been to his restaurant, Fawda in Bethlehem, then you’ll know this is a real treat.
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Wow. You think Tony Blair can't go any lower, but apparently he demanded £330,000 to speak at forum on world hunger. http://t.co/qJ9AD7LCh1.
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Predictably vile from Melanie Phillips who says there’s no evidence of children in Gaza dying of malnutrition. Palestinians aren’t seen as human, deserving of life or dignity by those who deny, diminish but also encourage such atrocities & genocide.
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The Telegraph vying for a place in the gutter alongside the Daily Mail with its 'Brexit mutineers' front page. Mutineers, saboteurs, enemies of the people, traitors - the state of this. I want my country back.
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Odious and disgusting. Classic anti-Semitic trope straight from the far-right and Viktor Orbán playbook from Jacob Rees-Mogg: . “The remoaner funder in chief was one George Soros."
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Israeli regime forces are forcibly evicting & dispossessing the Palestinian Salhiye family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem. The brutal reality of a vicious Israeli occupation which sees them dumped onto the street in cold winter
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Unhinged, anti-Palestinian racism, targeted at British-Palestinian MP @LaylaMoran, denying her experiences of Nakba, & millions of Palestinians. Nakba denial is so prevalent, inc from those consumed by an explicit hatred of Palestinians, denying lived Palestinian experiences.
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That you can consistently put out things dripping with racism, dehumanisation, & make libellous claims about those standing in solidarity with Palestinians is abhorrent. That there is no accountability & Rachel Riley hasn’t been fired by @Channel4 for it, is sadly unsurprising.
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The Express, who have contributed so much to #PostRefRacism, continue in dehumanisation of migrants. Floods. Swarms.
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Little girl from #Syria offers a policeman in #Hungary a biscuit. Her lovely & innocent response to him blocking her http://t.co/gPsuG8jbw0.
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Between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett & Russia’s Vladimir Putin who met today, there’s expert knowledge in abundance on annexation, occupation, severe breaches of international law, attacks on civil society & oppressing Palestinians & Ukrainians
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‘@BernieSanders addresses the thousands of Palestinians & Israelis protesting in Tel Aviv against Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian territory: “The plans to illegally annex any part of the West Bank must be stopped. The occupation must be ended”.
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Another day and another example of the brutal and cruel reality of Israeli occupation and apartheid with the demolition of a Palestinian home of 18 people (11 children) in Khirbet Al-Fakhit, in the South Hebron Hills. 🎥 by @basel_adra via @btselem
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“The reason that it looks like apartheid is simply because it is apartheid”. Few are as lucid as @HagaiElAd of @btselem. On @democracynow about Israel’s apartheid & Palestinians living under it.
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Roughly 5.5mil Palestinians live in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967. They can’t vote, run for parliament & have no representation in political institutions that dictate their lives. Not a “vibrant democracy”. This is apartheid. @btselem report
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This from a few days ago in Gaza absolutely destroys me. Ahmad Gansi filmed this to help his daughters feel a little less frightened about Israeli airstrikes. The next day, with his brother, he was murdered by those airstrikes. 3 girls now without a father
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Mo Farah as a refugee would be depicted as one of these rats by the Daily Mail. But Mo Farah the Olympian? #Rio2016
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Two men murdered by the police & structural racism - George Floyd murdered by US police & Eyad Al Hallaq, a Palestinian with autism murdered by Israeli police. If you condemn one but justify the other, you’re the problem. #blacklivesmatter.#palestinianlivesmatter .By @ThePIPD
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#ThisIsMuath We should share his smile not #ISIS monstrosity.Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh http://t.co/uPDFCpqj1r
http://t.co/xchdKIsdR5.
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Borussia Dortmund invited 220 refugees to watch game 4 free. More than UK taken in frm #Syria
http://t.co/4fiSHqzkkl.
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"There are no innocent Gazans", says @michellefroome, wife of UK Olympic winning cyclist @chrisfroome, going full blown depraved, unhinged, dehumanising racist. The levels of dehumanisation of Palestinians in Gaza to justify Israel's genocide against them are constant.
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The devastation in Gaza isn’t enough. Countless Palestinians killed, displaced, their livelihoods, communities & homes destroyed. Here an Israeli soldier masturbates as the sun sets on Israel’s genocidal destruction. Frequently, their atrocities documented with pride & glee.
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Police officer Imad al-Rekaibi died as he stopped suicide bomber from entering church in Alexandria, preventing more loss of life #Egypt
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'REFUGEES WELCOME' - amazing response from German football fans this weekend #refugeeswelcome #Germany #Syria
http://t.co/Y0dBMkv3qz.
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Amazing scenes as people queue to donate blood in #Lahore after atrocious & sickening attacks #PrayForPakistan
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Incredible photos from #Baghdad by @alieale1 - protestors call for a secular #Iraq
http://t.co/cm2RyLd4BU.
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A Syrian father sells pens whilst carrying his sleeping daughter in #Beirut. Heartbreaking photo #Syria #Lebanon
http://t.co/snR1wT4VWF.
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Among the things that Liverpool & Egypt’s Mo Salah has said on Gaza is “do not get used to their suffering”. Such is the hatred of Palestinians and Arabs, that people like Simon Jordan (whoever he is) are upset by simple displays of humanity. Horrid.
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A beautiful show of thanks from Palestinians in Gaza to students in the US & elsewhere for the encampments and displays of solidarity. Take no lessons from those who try to undermine this. A reminder that Israel has destroyed all of Gaza’s universities
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They lie about there being no churches in Gaza, no Christians in Gaza, no innocents in Gaza. This is what they dream about. All part and parcel of the genocidal rhetoric and total lies from Israeli officials, and yet we still entertain it?.
'There are no churches in Gaza…’. Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum responds to reports the IDF have targeted a Catholic Church in Gaza.
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In life & in death, Palestinians are dehumanised and treated with utter contempt by the likes of Suella Braverman, disgraced UK ex Home Secretary, who has consistently sought to trample on the most vulnerable in society. Depraved anti-Palestinian racism.
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The Irish government recognises Israel's illegal settlements as a de facto annexation of Palestinian land, the first EU state to do so. The UK should also do the same. Huge credit to all those in Ireland & elsewhere who have worked so hard on this.
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The grim, daily & brutal realities of Israel’s occupation over Palestinians. Five Palestinian children aged between 8 & 12 arrested by the Israeli army after gathering wild vegetables near an illegal settlement in the South Hebron Hills. @btselem video
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France & terrorism. #NiceAttacks July 2016, #ParisAttacks November 2015. Two chilling cartoons from @LatuffCartoons
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Literally how dare @DavidLammy stand here, and say that those who talk of a genocide happening against Palestinians, of the elimination of people in Gaza, of “undermining the seriousness of that term”. You’d only say that if you were complicit. Vile.
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“There is no army in the world that does more than the Israeli army, in the Israeli security services, in Israeli intelligence to prevent collateral damage” said Netanyahu to foreign diplomats. @btselem here adding some receipts from Gaza.
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108 British Parliamentarians demand British Prime Minister @BorisJohnson act robustly to any Israeli annexation of Occupied Palestinian Territory. Flouting international law should have serious consequences for UK & EU's relationship with Israel
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Come on @BBCNews, isn’t it about time that you stopped referring to Palestinian cities such as Bethlehem as being “in Israel”? It isn’t. Palestinians across the West Bank inc in Bethlehem are occupied by Israel and live under brutal Israeli military occupation. @samanthaTVnews
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40,000 dead Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli attacks (000s more under the rubble), violent state-backed settler pogroms & violence in the West Bank & a friendly laugh & hug between @DavidLammy & foreign minister of a country charged with genocide. Diplomacy or complicity?
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Man shouts 'f*^k Muslims' & shoots two Muslim men on the way to their mosque in Minnesota
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A harrowing & grim compilation (content warning) of Israeli killings of Palestinians from @btselem: . “Whitewashing and absurd punishments are not exceptions. They are policy.”
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In the hope the world will find & save them, Syrian children hold up pictures of Pokemon. #PokemonGO
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Some news. I’m now @Caabu’s Head of Parliamentary Affairs. I’m proud of our vital work. The horrors & brutality faced by Palestinians, & the depressing and dehumanising reactions to it, make me & so many of us determined to fight harder. We have failed Gaza & Palestinians.
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“You’re a fascist, you’re a racist, and the Southside of Glasgow will reject you.” . It’s important to see a politician like @NicolaSturgeon calling out the hate, racism and fascism like this, of the racists and fascists. More should do the same.
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Haunting image on a #Dublin beach of 556 infant vests, one for each child killed in #Gaza in 2014 #Gaza1YearOn
http://t.co/cPsXhYSrt3.
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So appalling to see @Keir_Starmer & Labour gaslighting Palestinians, denying their lived realities, & denying the reality of a current Israeli government made up of fascists, racists & supremacist annexationists. Where’s the lie in what @KimJohnsonMP says?
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Seriously, how much anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, anti-black racism & Muslim hatred do you have to spout off before it’s unacceptable for the BBC to host you? . A total disgrace that Melanie Phillips & her vileness is consistently platformed across the BBC
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Not a mention of anything Jasleen Kaur said in her speech winning the Turner Prize about Palestine, about Israel’s genocide, about arms embargo or a ceasefire. Total erasure of her, Palestinians, & solidarity with them Absolutely disgraceful from the BBC.
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“Who are we as British politicians, to dismiss and gaslight the lived experiences of Palestinians who speak of apartheid and systematic discrimination?” . Important speech from @JulieElliottMP. Watch in full here: #SaveSheikhJarrah
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The sheer barbarity & depravity of Israeli soldiers who murdered 24yr old Muhammed in Gaza with Down’s Syndrome. Dogs set on him, mauling him, his screams as they did & as he was left to bleed out and die. His body found days later, worms eating his face.
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The myth of Labour Friends of Israel demonstrating any interest in justice and accountability for Palestinians laid bare for everyone to see. That they are “deeply disappointed’ with UK government supporting mechanisms of international justice like the ICC, shows the contempt.
Our statement on the UK’s withdrawal of objection to the ICC chief prosecutor’s case.
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“There are no journalists in Gaza.”. Palestinian journalists deserve our respect, solidarity & love, not erasure (even if unintentional) from @DavidLammy. Killed, maimed, denied their trade, working with execution targets on their backs to show the horrors of Israeli genocide.
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Sadly, the far-right across Europe will seek to gain from #ParisAttacks. This cartoon sums that up v @TeamKenFM
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So you flee death in #Syria, & in #Kos the Sun makes some vile Brits stand in front of you & moan about their holiday http://t.co/6VFWIHdUDQ.
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