I've been thinking about this.
At what point do we stop demanding a ceasefire and instead demand an international force is sent in to prevent further genocide against Palestinians?
UPDATE 2 FROM GENEVA:
1/ 12 hours since arriving. Just heard from Swiss authorities. Entry into Switzerland denied - at the request of the French government. So much for Swiss ‘neutrality’! Disappointing
1/ It's been 6 hours since I landed at
@GeneveAeroport
. I'm still detained, obstructing me from speaking at conference at
@UNGeneva
HQ. Border police, though professional, are as baffled as I am. Despite clearances obtained by my lawyers from a week prior, here I am. Puzzling 🤔
IMO, Dr. Abdul Wahid has been the best Muslim representative so far to attend an 'interview' with Piers Morgan. On both messaging and substance, Dr. AW held his ground without conceding any core principles, nor did he say anything that would harm the Palestinian cause, nor hurt
1/ It's been 6 hours since I landed at
@GeneveAeroport
. I'm still detained, obstructing me from speaking at conference at
@UNGeneva
HQ. Border police, though professional, are as baffled as I am. Despite clearances obtained by my lawyers from a week prior, here I am. Puzzling 🤔
News emerging of remarkable solidarity & mobilisation in Tower Hamlets, East
#London
, as convoy of nearly 100 cars weaves through the city, with call to
#FreePalestine
. This grassroots initiative was announced via insta ac:
@pal_convoy
#Pal_Convoy
🇵🇸
So many ways to show support!
FINAL UPDATE FROM GENEVA:
After about 18 hours at Geneva Airport, Alhamdulillah, I’m now in a secure facility for the night. Arrived here in a police van after a short drive. Looking forward to some rest before heading back to the UK tomorrow, insha’Allah.
First impressions?
UPDATE 2 FROM GENEVA:
1/ 12 hours since arriving. Just heard from Swiss authorities. Entry into Switzerland denied - at the request of the French government. So much for Swiss ‘neutrality’! Disappointing
Dr Ghassan is a powerful witness to the Gaza genocide. Today he's being banned from speaking in France. I'm also barred from France and will try and shed some light on these travel restrictions as my legal team is challenging this currently in court 🧵
I am at Charles De Gaule airport. They are preventing me from entering France. I am supposed to speak at the French Senate today. They say the Germans put a 1 year ban on my entry to Europe.
@DrShadeeElmasry
The perception is that Muslims are far larger in number. When the public is polled in these countries, they consistently show that. This is clearly due to the propaganda and social conditioning that western publics have been subjected to over last two decades
The
@UK_CAGE
team has gathered in London for a two-day strategic review, focusing on refining our forward strategy for the upcoming two years. May Allah make it guided and enable us clarity and tawfeeq in our pursuit of justice
Very significant event here in London tonight: launching UK East Turkistan Society, a new independent body advocating for Uyghur rights. A significant step for those fighting against the injustices in East Turkistan. Supported by the
#Stand4Uyghur
campaign
I found
@michaelgove
sneaking down a side street whilst rest of UK was calling for justice for Palestine. He and this gov are not only endorsing genocide and but he also has track record in systematically demonising Muslims in Britain. Don’t forget Trojan Hoax case
#Wasteman
Michael Gove (
@michaelgove
) confronted by CAGE’s
@Rabbanitweets
for his complicity in Gaza Genocide at todays Palestine million man march.
He refused to stop to comment on his views on a ceasefire or say anything about the over 10,000 men, women and children killed by Israel.
UPDATE: BACK FROM GENEVA
I just landed in London a short while ago, alhamdulillah. Back at
@UK_CAGE
HQ, we are working on some crucial initiatives:
1) We are marking 20 years of CAGE. In the two decades of the
#WarOnTerror
, Muslim communities have faced huge challenges. CAGE
Very sad to read this. Aafia Siddiqui has endured long enough. It’s surreal to be reminded that she is still stuck in appalling conditions in an American jail. It’s been years. May Allah protect her and grant her freedom soon. It is a shame upon the whole ummah if it cannot
Dreadfully sad today: Aafia ended our meeting sobbing, "I'm not going back to that cell & the sexual predators. Take me out of here. I'm innocent!" Over&Over&Over for 28 minutes before they made me leave.
@Aafiamovement
@FowziaSiddiqui
@senatorMtalha
@SenatorMushtaq
Shaykh are you referring to
@Israel
and
#Gaza
or some tragic stories of a past nation?
I always wonder why many in public life express their shock and sympathy for victims but they choose to not name the murderers who carry out the killings..?
A
#PhantomKiller
strikes again
Destroying the entire population of a few million and bombing them into smithereens is the worst war crime. It's happening right before our eyes. Those who suffered in the past are now doing the same if not worse to others. How do they expect peace?
An 11 page document by
@MuslimCouncil
with advice to community on how to "advocate for Palestine" doesn't mention the word "Israel" even once. How? Why?
Also no mention of the words: condemn, oppose, genocide, occupation, siege, massacre...
🚨Guidance for Palestine - How you can help 🇵🇸
The situation in Palestine can feel hopeless but there are still lots of ways you can help.
Our guide covers useful ways families, young people and communities can help
The question is: How is
@LBC
allowed to broadcast open justification of genocide and state terror? I can’t tell from the clipping whether the presenter posed the ‘Do you condemn genocide?’ question to her or pushed back at all
1/ 🧵on todays protest in Oxford Street by
@SistersUncut
, supported by
@ukblm
and others. It was a big success:
a. Huge numbers
b. Evaded police disruption
c. Economic disruption: Zara/ Puma closures
d. Social media awareness
e. And zero arrests!
2/ This brings us to a crucial point: Human rights defenders must be allowed to work without state interference. It's fundamental. How is it right that state structures are allowed to prevent members of civil society from engaging in vital discourse at international conferences?
Video clip sent by activists of
@UK_CAGE
who participated in a huge sit in protest tonight demanding
#CeasefireForGaza
The compassion ordinary people have for
#Palestine
cannot be contained. Disruption, direct action and boycott. That’s the way forward to
#StopGenocideInGaza
Many were surprised when David Cameron announced bans on “those responsible for settler violence from entering the UK”.
Some thoughts:
1) UK is signalling to Zionist state that it’s not happy with the way Israel is looking. Hence public criticism now emerging from foreign
After having assassinated so many journalists in Gaza and killing their families even,
@Israel
now shutting down ITS OWN MEDIA. This totalitarian move to silence
@haaretzcom
reveals what Occupation fears most: facts and truths emerging in public.
#Apartheid_Israel
is WEAK
לאור הפצה באופן עקבי של "תעמולה תבוסתנית ושקרית, וחתירה נגד מדינת ישראל בשעת המלחמה" בעיתון הארץ, הגשתי כעת לממשלה, הצעת מחליטים להפסקת המימון של עיתון הארץ, כולל הפסקת הפרסום ודמי המנוי של כלל המשתמשים בשירות המדינה, כולל צה"ל, משטרה, שב"ס, משרדי ממשלה וכל חברה ממשלתית.
Deeply disappointing from
@sh_hamzayusuf
at a time when Palestinians are defending themselves against Genocide. I'm sure the shaykh knows that in such contexts, armed struggle is virtuous but he seems to be employing, what Orwell called, 'double speak'?
What is jihad and what does it mean? “In Arabic, it literally means struggle. There is no holy war in Islam. There's nothing that says war is holy. War is actually the absence of holiness. War is the failure of holiness”
@sh_hamzayusuf
Here, Dr Zakir Naik sets the example and leads the way - for all of us, but especially for our 'ulamaa community.
1) He challenges those who defamed him, instead of just letting it pass by
2) He donates publicly to
#Palestine
, which encourages others
I would like to thank the High Court of Malaysia for ordering Ramasamy, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Penang, to pay me RM 1.52 million in defamation damages.
I would like to donate the full amount of RM 1.52 million ($320,000) to the Palestinian cause. I pray that Allah
Veteran journalist and truth teller
@johnpilger
has passed away. This is a major loss for true journalism in todays world. Pilger was one of those rare journalists who possessed real integrity, spoke truth to power, rigorously investigated those in power, and focused on stories
How many Palestinians attacked
#America
? How many Palestinians ever threatened or harmed the people in the US? So why is
@StateDept
sending bombs and weapons to kill and blow up Palestinian women and children??
This
#GazaGenocide
would NEVER be possible without US support
What a painting. The apartheid Zionist state is going to be buried. Masjid al-Aqsa and Palestine will remain. The movement to free Palestine is unstoppable. Too many innocents have been killed and their deaths will not be in vain
Students at
@ucl
are continuing their on-site encampment, now five days in...
@CAGEintl
team had the opportunity and the blessing of spending some time there with them today, alhamdulillah.
Even on a Bank Holiday Monday, and during a wet rainy day, their spirits were not
This ruling is an example of how terror laws are highly politicised. 3 women using an emoji = terrorism offence. (The judge who found them guilty couldn’t evade the political witch-hunt either! Check The Times report on the case yesterday.) Meanwhile British nationals go to Gaza
Three women were on trial for supporting Hamas for displaying images of 🪂 at a protest.
The judge found
🔻no evidence the women supported Hamas
🔻no evidence they were showing support for Hamas
🔻 they did not act deliberately or maliciously
🔻one of the women is a
3/ Restricting freedom of association of NGO's, especially at international forums like, is totally unacceptable. It's not just an intrusion; it's a tactic of disruption by state structures to suppress critical voices and shield themselves from accountability efforts
1) The
#FreePalestine
movement in the West has been consumed with the debate on supporting a
#CeasefireInGazaNOW
. Ceasefire is a must, but the fact that we're even discussing the legitimacy of a ceasefire in the context of genocide shows how debate has been framed. Its been weeks
5/ I'm going to be taking legal advice to challenge this harassment for sure. Such tactics won't weaken our resolve but will only strengthen our voice for justice insha'Allah. I'll try and post updates if I can iA
Why? Why has the moment come now? Why is it ONLY NOW that it has to stop?
6 months of live streamed genocide armed and financed by the US, UK and allies - and only NOW it is “enough”?
All those arriving at this conclusion are the ones who provided cover that killed 13,000
Our front page tomorrow
@Independent
‘The moment has come to do whatever it takes to force Israel to end its war. It has to stop.’
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Where are the 300k troops that you’ve been amassing?
@IDF
Where is this ground invasion that you keep threatening?
You prefer to bomb WOMEN AND BABIES.
@IDF
cowards cannot battle the men of Gaza face to face.
Each of our dead is a martyr, cowards will die a hundred deaths
This is AL-Quds
#Hospital
that is facing threats of bombardment and demands for the evacuation of 12,000 citizens who sought refuge in this place for safety.
#NotATarget
#Gaza_under_attack_now
Back in march 2014, our banking facilities were withdrawn as part of an unsuccessful disruption programme by elements within the British state. Alhamdulillah 10 years on
@CAGEintl
now has 4x the number of team members and over 4x the budget. Our reach has expanded and we are
Phenomenal…
That’s how your support for CAGE International has been this Ramadan.
We can now continue delivering on your trust, supporting our heroes, challenging oppressive laws, being a voice for those unjustly imprisoned AND defending Palestine 🇵🇸.
Eid Mubarak to you
They send “aid” to Palestinians?
At the same time:
- they block a ceasefire resolution at UN
- pass a senate resolution 97-0 to fully back Israel’s right to continue killing civilians
- prepare $10bn worth of weapons and finances to “aid” Zionist ethnic cleaning programme
I just announced $100 million for humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank.
This money will support over 1 million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians.
And we will have mechanisms in place so this aid reaches those in need – not Hamas or terrorist groups.
Iran is finally taking military action against the Zionist state, although it's more symbolic than impactful. It's launching drones and some ballistic missiles, which are largely going to be intercepted.
A proportionate military retaliation might have been to bomb the Israeli
4/ Personally, this is a minor setback. It doesn't bother me or CAGE's commitment to advocacy. Yet, it's fundamentally wrong. We will continue, we won’t stop, and wont silenced insha’Allah. Its just an unfortunate diversion of resource, time and energy that should be channeled
The US is now exerting pressure to exempt Israel from the Geneva Conventions
A 🧵with few points from this:
1) For the US to go to this length means that it acknowledges Israel is guilty of war crimes, but it cannot allow that guilt to be established.
US diplomats are trying to persuade Switzerland – the custodians of the Geneva Conventions governing the rules of conduct during war, with the ability to decide when meetings are held to discuss non-compliance – to set aside the application of the Conventions to Israel’s
Im a life time resident of Tower Hamlets. Community support for
#Palestine
here has been exemplary. As most MPs betrayed Gaza, young people lead the way. When leaders fail to halt atrocities, moral duty to advocate for justice can justify skipping school
3/ Regarding our Swiss friends, rest assured, we’ll be taking action for the contradiction between their email and their decision today. And as for the French they’ll be held accountable too insha’Allah. Keep an eye out for updates on that too insha’Allah
The
@metpoliceuk
must immediately remove the photos and tweet thread profiling innocent protestors (It’s got 1.4m views?!) This intimidation against those expressing solidarity with Palestine is unacceptable. This is Suella Braverman inspired policing
Did you know? There is a secret database that the UK Police use to profile thousands of travellers each year.
The data is passed to
@GCHQ
and then probably onwards to
@NSAGov
and others. That database is called Phantom Parrot (as revealed in
@Snowden
docs). This is a mass
Has anyone noted the
@MuslimCouncil
calling on the community to join today’s
#Palestine
march? Or any of the past marches that have seen hundreds of thousands of brits attend? I’m curious to know if there’s a deliberate policy to not invite support to demos
On Armistice Day, we commemorate all of those who sacrificed their lives in war for the freedoms we have today.
Among them many faiths, including over 2.5 million Muslims.
This was a day of ceasefire, and true of what hundreds of thousands of Britons will be marching for
1) Disturbed by
@metpoliceuk
's profiling of 15 rally participants. The exposure, reaching 1.4m views, isn't just excessive; it fosters hate & risk for those now recognisable on social media. Question: Why this intense scrutiny on peaceful protestors??
Can you believe this is actually a Chris Hedges quote from TWENTY THREE years ago! He wrote this observing what the US backed Zionist occupiers were doing to children in Khan Younis in 2001
History didn’t begin on October 7th
Another great screening tonight here in Oxford alongside
@kate_stonehill
@DaniellaLock
and
@jimkillock
. Many interesting questions from the audience. One question that someone asked was: what are the figures of people being stopped under
#Schedule7
?
I explained:
1) Schedule 7
Just a five-minute walk from
@UK_CAGE
’s London offices, a striking mural captures the community’s solidarity with Palestine, with powerful message from Malcolm X in the background. Great work by locals and
@thpalestine
#FreePalestine
Elon Musk pushes the idea that Muslims across Europe are an inherent threat, and therefore harsher conditions, more control and surveillance is justified against them.
Btw the UAE put this islamophobic belief into practice by launching a secret programme of spying and
2) Dr Ghassan is a survivor of the Gaza genocide, who worked under bombardment, bravely served his patients, and was one of the many who communicated the true extent of the horrors in Gaza to the world. I can never forget the macabre press conference on 18th October, where he
Unfortunately, it's challenging to find individuals in the West - including amongst Muslims sometimes - who consistently oppose state-led oppression, driven purely by principle. Many speak against Zionist aggression in Palestine yet overlook the atrocities in Syria, the genocide
And a reminder for all non Palestinian Muslims of our ummah: the blood of the Muslims outside Palestine is not more precious than that of those inside Palestine. The ordinary men, women and children of Palestine are paying a heavy price to protect the blessed land and masjid
In an interview with Al Jazeera, the head of Hamas' political bureau said that the blood of his sons is not more precious than the blood of Palestinians, murdered by Israel.
Shocking overreach by
@metpoliceuk
here. They arrested a 16 year old girl for a placard that says “Zionists are terrorists”…at a protest against the terrorism of Zionist occupation on Gaza!
Suella Braverman inspired policing
#FreePalestine
1) Braverman’s sacking today isn’t just a nod to her failure; it’s an admission. Her tenure? A masterclass in stirring hostility and hatred - against peaceful protestors, minorities, refugees, and even the homeless. The government admits she is now past her utility as brown face
1/ In other words, David Cameron is calling for 'regime change' in
#Gaza
? Haven't the UK and US learnt ANYTHING from their catastrophic ventures in Iraq and
#Afghanistan
? Arrogant colonial countries continue aiding settler colonial project in
#Palestine
Hamas can have no future in Gaza.
Today's sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad will continue to cut off their access to funding and isolate them further.
We will continue to work with partners to reach a long-term political solution so that Israelis and
1/ A 🧵prompted by this powerful speech of Pastor
@MuntherIsaac
of
#Bethlehem
. Many are unaware that Jesus' (Isa) birthplace, peace be upon him, remains under US-backed military occupation. This should've sparked huge outcry among Christian communities...
Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac criticises global inaction on Gaza at Bethlehem's Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church.
He highlights the loss of over 9,000 children and 1.9 million displaced Palestinians, condemning Western hypocrisy and church complicity.
4) The decision to bar Dr. Ghassan from Germany is merely the 'opinion' of some officials in that country. It is not based on any alleged wrongdoing but aims to silence and censor voices speaking out against genocide.
There was no court process to determine any misconduct by
Waiting for my brother
@MansoorAdayfi
for his first visit to the UK. Holding up a sign even though I know exactly who he is! It’s an honour to work alongside brothers like Mansoor who are gems in our ummah
Student Encampment Now Also at SOAS
While I was at the UCL encampment yesterday, someone mentioned that students at
@SOAS
had just initiated an encampment there too! So we went down to take a look.
Numerous tents were up, with large, clear signs showing solidarity with
Event in Parliament yesterday highlighted case of four innocent men who were framed by Police
Whilst I was in Bristol yesterday for screening of Phantom Parrot, colleagues from
@CAGEintl
contributed to an event at Parliament highlighting one of the most egregious miscarriages
Look how
@BBC
introduces false debate in an issue that no human being would ever question! Western media propaganda is shaped by
#IDFtalkingpoints
. A better question would have been - does colonial occupation of
@Israel
have a right to exist?
@OSCE
8) On behalf of everyone at
@CAGEintl
, we offer our solidarity to
@GhassanAbuSitt1
. His voice needs to be amplified.
There should be efforts by elected officials to intervene and remove this arbitrary ban and end the witch hunt against him.
The entire alert system in the
A few things we can deduce from the IDF killing 3 of its own hostage citizens...
About the nature of the Zionist military:
1) IDF continues to implement Hannibal Directive? It considers it better to kill its own than risk enemy capture. Preference to kill than negotiate or
3) After last month's conference, Germany imposed an entry ban on Dr Ghassan and most likely then placed an alert on his name in a Europe-wide database called the Schengen Information System. Consequently, every country he visits within the Schengen area will now bar his entry,
2/ In the meantime, I’ve been sipping coffee and enjoying snacks, all the while keeping a close eye on the launch of CAGE’s enhanced branding and its more international outlook. Please be sure to visit upgraded site
We need your continued support and du’a
The
@metpoliceuk
have explaining to do. A week ago, they published a twitter thread (viewed x1.4m) profiling 15 public protestors against genocide, treating it like a national manhunt! One profiled was CAGE member, Jahan. Watch him, outside Police station
CAGE's Jahan Alom, 1 of 15 Pal Car Convoy participants who were paraded by the Metropolitan Police across the media stands outside Bethnal Green Police Station asks have the police become the UK arm of the IDF?
CAGE is supporting him and over 100 penalised for supporting 🇵🇸
Questions to ponder…
1) Why has the US chosen today to initiate its attack against Yemen (clue:
#InternationalCourtofJustice
)
2) How many Yemenis have actually bombed the US or the UK? Why then are these governments bombing a country thousands of miles away?
3) From where are
Many tough lessons must be learnt through days like these. One lesson from today: stop exclusively focussing on danger and harm posed by racism and Islamophobia of the Tories and far right - today is devastating evidence of the murderous racism and Islamophobia of Labour
Eternal shame on the British parliamentarians who voted for the
#GazaGenocide
to continue or abstained today.
In a vote for
#CeasefireNow
:
Yes - 125
No- 293
This is what happens when you let war criminals get away with bombing hospitals, massacring innocents at weddings etc. They turn up later with the audacity of thinking their voice carries ANY credibility or integrity
@BarackObama
justice will catch up with you 1 day
#Palestine
The
#FreePalestine
movement needs to invest greater effort and resources into the tactics of:
◻︎Disruption
◻︎Direct action
◻︎Boycott
alongside 'managed' tactics of demonstrations and marches. Good actions by
@Pal_action
@BDSmovement
@SistersUncut
I spoke at an international conference today on
#neocolonialism
. Though my talk was on France’s systematic racism and Islamophobia, I had to raise my voice for a
#FreePalestine
and to stop
#Gaza_Genocide
Each of us must use every opportunity we have to support Palestine
Given the context in Palestine and Gaza, it was inappropriate to end without a call to
#FreePalestine
"We are behind the Palestinian people to get back their homeland from a foreign occupation force, which is the foremost settler colonial state in the world today."
“How did [oct 7th] happen? What is the root cause?”
Prof
@MearsheimerJ
: goal of Israel lobby (and complicit western media) is to shut down all questions on Zionist occupation.
#Israel
has only survived because the public have been shielded from its true face. Now game is up
Why didnt
@PaulBrandITV
ask the Rabbi to condemn
@IDF
atrocities? This is how Western
#media
amplifies Israeli framing
Anyone have even a single example from Western media where
#Israel
supporters are asked to condemn the mass murder of Palestinians committed in broad daylight?
EXCL: Britain’s Chief Rabbi tells me that British Jews are more fearful now than at any time since World War II.
We joined him on a visit to a synagogue in Leeds where he sought to reassure a very anxious community, as antisemitism soars.
5) Authorities across Europe seem to be afraid. They have abandoned even the pretense of valuing free speech, freedom of movement, and freedom of association etc - values they frequently tout from their podiums.
This move against Dr Ghassan represents a tried and tested pattern,
Very sad to hear of the passing of the wife of Dr Saeed al-Ghamidi who is a muhajir scholar living in exile in the UK due to the persecution of ‘ulamaa and du’aat in Saudi Arabia.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
The shaykh cannot be with his family and is forcibly separated even at
We at SANAD team extend our sincere condolences on Mrs Azizah Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, Wife of Dr. Saeed Al-Ghamdi
@saiedibnnasser
, We pray to God to grant her a spacious place in Paradise.
May Allah have mercy on the deceased. We can only pray that we will have patience in the death
SIGNS OF THOSE THAT ARE TRULY FREE
At tonight’s Iftar event in Manchester, Shaykh Ali Hammuda shares 4 traits of those who are truly free:
1) they don’t surrender their personality or dignity to others - whether society, authorities or customs.
2) They don’t overreact during
Is Palestine/Israel conflict going to widen and draw in other actors, or will it remain contained?
1) Yemenis have been carrying out attacks and threats on ships and route in Red Sea (see attached visual by
@detresfa_
) and it’s resulted in significant consequences. Four major
It’s time to ask: Does ‘Israel’ have a right to exist?
Join online
16th Jan @ 7pm
Professors Avi Shlaim and Bill Bowring will discuss genocide in
#Gaza
, the ICJ hearing and explore Professor Avi Shlaim's paper on Israel's right to exist
In response then, would it now be considered legitimate and proportionate for Hamas to carry out a targeted assassination of an Israeli political representative in, say, Washington or London?
#InternationalLawLOL
#DoubleStandards
Hamas stated that the Deputy Head of its Political Bureau, Saleh Al- Arouri, was assassinated in a drone attack that targeted a building housing a Hamas office in Beirut.
More details:
🧵 Watch this video. The propaganda from
@israel
has hit such desperate lows, it would be laughable if not for the savagery and horrors Palestinians are enduring.
3 reasons why the Zionist occupiers’ aren’t even bothering to make their propaganda credible…
I have heard reports that there are men in the
#Muslim
community who hold leadership positions in the houses of Allah, and others who command people to follow them in salah, and yet they are afraid of a single tweet issued by a bunch
#zionist
genocide enablers?
This is positive. We are seeing across the board, more and more masjids taking a stand. This is far better than a culture of apathy and quietism that pervades in many places. Our masjids are more than places of worship; they’re pillars of moral authority and social conscience.
“We call for an immediate end to this cycle of violence and adherence to international law.”
Along with several other Masājid in Birmingham, BCM have released a joint press statement.
6) Last December, due to the work that our organisation
@CAGEintl
has done looking into State sanctioned islamophobia in France, I was barred from entering Geneva
Phantom Parrot documentary will be screening in
#Leicester
this Wednesday at
@PhoenixLeic
. I'm looking forward to the Q+A afterwards alongside
@DrChrisAllen
of University of Leicester.
If you're in or around Leicester, you can book tickets via this link
@Charlie533080
@Independent
This does not deserve thanks. It demands questions - why is it only now that media organisations think the killing has reached “enough”?
Another huge impact of this exchange: the plight of captive Palestinians is on global stage now. An apartheid state lacks the legitimacy to imprison them. The thousands its holds captive are hostages held by an illegal occupation. Must read thread for more info
#غزة_تنتصر
🧵It may surprise many that prior to 7 Oct, Israel was holding over 1200 Palestinians, incl nearly 200 children, as hostages (what it euphemistically calls 'administrative detention'), held indefinitely without charge, based on secret evidence, with no means of challenging it.
She gets an appropriate slap from Douglas Murray himself. Shameful (and very revealing) that
@SayeedaWarsi
equated the two
All respect and power to our brother
@DillyHussain88
☝🏽✊🏽
‘Two sides of same coin’? You’d know, wouldn’t you Sayeeda - having spent the past decade equating the young men and women of the IDF to ISIS. You can jog right on.
Check out
@MiddleEastEye
’s report on yesterday’s entry denial in Geneva. We suspect this is part of
@GDarmanin
’s strategy to disrupt
@UK_CAGE
’s work. But such attempts will not succeed - our work is only set to expand and grow insha’Allah.
“Human rights defenders must be allowed to work without state interference. It's fundamental"
Border authorities in Switzerland stopped the director of a UK-based human rights group from entering the country to address a meeting at the UN
1/ short🧵on this video message on Christmas - Many great points raised in this video. And I’d also suggest that 𝙞𝙛 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 (𝙄𝙨𝙖) 𝙥𝙗𝙪𝙝 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙
Remarkable determination and diligence. Murray commands the highest respect for his pursuit of public interest journalism. His work puts to shame many ‘journalists’ in the West who engage in state-sanctioned stenography instead of real journalism.
Please follow his work
Incredible news from
@wikileaks
: Julian Assange has been freed from Belmarsh prison after 5 years. A symbol of principled truth-telling in the West, he was persecuted for exposing grave crimes committed by the US and UK during the global ‘war on terror’
Julian Assange boards flight at London Stansted Airport at 5PM (BST) Monday June 24th. This is for everyone who worked for his freedom: thank you.
#FreedJulianAssange
We’re here with the Manchester community for iftar this evening. Brother
@Moazzam_Begg
tells us new details that he has uncovered during recent visit to Afghanistan to investigate the tragic case of Aafia Siddiqui. There are eye witnesses that he spoke to that reveal shocking
I salute the men and women of
@Pal_action
for their courage and determination. They are pioneers.
8 of them are facing prosecution - not because they’re criminals but because they’ve been disrupting weapons suppliers who arm
#Israel
!
Listen to them 7pm on link in next tweet
The
#ElbitEight
were sick of appealing to the government to stop killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine.
3 years ago, they decided to take direct action to disrupt the production of Israeli weapons instead.
Palestine Action began.🧵
Your lies, deception and propaganda aren’t working
@Israel
. All the ads on
#YouTube
, all the corporate media briefings to shape the narrative aren’t working! People the world over oppose you and it’s only their hypocrite political leaders who support you.
#Palestine
will be free
Hundreds of thousands on the streets of London for a
#FreePalestine
“From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.”
Compassion has won! Fear and intimidation have lost!
Can we have
@MuslimCensus
and
@mendcommunity
look into this please? My basic reading is that 64% of Muslims who choose to vote, will STILL vote Labour, even after witnessing a whole month of massacres in Gaza and
#LabourParty
refusal to call for ceasefire?
Welcoming back one of the UK's staunchest supporters of Zionist occupation? Not to mention
@David_Cameron
was the key driver of the infamous "muscular liberalism" agenda which accelerated securitisation of Muslim communities in the UK
The Moral obligation to shut down Israeli weapons manufacturers
Our head of campaigns, Naila Ahmed, has been supporting the
#ElbitEight
and has shared her reflections on their courage for Palestine here.