Norman Finkelstein describing conditions in Gaza in 2018 –conditions that have only worsened since then. Any reporting or commentary that doesn’t acknowledge these basic, incontrovertible facts is essentially Zionist propaganda.
An enormous red flag. Akehurst is one of the most crazed right-wing attack-dogs in the party. Hiring Labour First's Matt Pound is another clear signal from Starmer that he is aligning himself with the right, and would work to undermine internal democracy
You know how Keir Starmer could have prevented
#DarkMoneyStarmer
trending? By declaring who funds him from the outset. As any honest and principled candidate would
@JamesHeartfield
@MaxWindCowie
Owen Jones took a universalist stance on human rights and pointed out that 93% of victims are Palestinian.
Hodge dismissed opposition to apartheid as an ‘obsession’ and made excuses for war crimes.
Those are the facts of what happened in that exchange.
@michaelwhite
"vanity" yet he spends his spare time on his allotment; "unsuitable" yet he peaked at 40% of the vote; "courting martyrdom" yet he's remained a Labour member because they couldn't find any legally sound pretext to expel him
@EliLake
What 'concessions' did Israel make compared to its obligations under international law?
I'll tell you: it made ZERO concessions. All the concessions were on the Palestinian side.
Labour left MPs
@johnmcdonnellMP
and
@IanLaveryMP
calling for warplanes to be sent to Ukraine & cheerleading the insane rush to nuclear escalation.
Parliament's anti-war left has been silenced, a situation worse than pre-2015
@simon_schama
July 2019. Hamas distanced themselves from his statement.
Has Israel's defence minister Yoav Gallant walked back his 13 October statement of intent to "eliminate everything" in Gaza?
@simon_schama
In other words: Hamas demands something Israel has been legally obliged to do for over 50 years, namely end the occupation; while Israel demands something it has never had any legal right to do, namely dominate the Palestinians indefinitely.
@lukeakehurst
Have you no shame? Their first step - their first! - was to cut off everything necessary to support life in the strip, while stating explicitly that this was what they were doing. A grotesque crime against a helpless civilian population.
@ryangrim
From 2005:
"Gaza was considered a playground for sharpshooters."
"[There was] pressure to get kills"
"The commanders said kill as many people as possible"
"'Every person you see on the street, kill him'. And we would just do it."
“Just yesterday Nordhaus told his undergraduate economics class, “Don’t let anyone distract you from the work at hand, which is economic growth.”” Absolutely jaw-dropping.
@GeorgeMonbiot
@KateRaworth
@redbethmond
Career journalists can quite naturally lose touch with the reality of what they're covering, I think. Kind of an occupational hazard. For most people it's a horrific crime, for families it's a personal tragedy, but for the reporter it's overwhelmingly just an incredible scoop.
@lukeakehurst
Israel's war aims: "Gaza will not return to what it was before. We will eliminate everything." (Yoav Gallant, 13 October)
I think that merits "singling out".
@flying_rodent
Oh yes, enormous constraints. Enormous. He's only the US President. He's obliged to bypass congress to illegally arm any genocidal lunatic state that comes knocking. Can't get out of it. It's in the Constitution, probably
Swedish newspaper reporter: “I enjoy great respect. People listen to what I say and want to hear my opinion”
UK newspaper journalist: “Even my own friends hate the fact that I work here and think I’m a disgrace, but I’ve just learned to ignore it”
Hey
@SkyNews
I know you guys are scrupulously impartial so I expect you’ll soon be interviewing Hamas soldiers about 7 October and reporting all their unverified claims as fact
"It seems like there was a systematic genital mutilation of women."
Israeli Defence Forces reservist, Shari Mendes, speaks on the sexual violence she witnessed from the victims of the 7 October attack in Israel.
📺 Sky 501
@hearnimator
@NickCohen4
‘Moral decency’ requires opposing genocide, especially when your own government supports it. It does not require opposing resistance to that genocide.
The absolute state of this. That anyone considers this man a serious public intellectual is STAGGERING. He doesn't have the first fucking clue what he's talking about. Not a fucking clue! He just ploughs on regardless
@EFischberger
Refaat was known for his anti-racist education. He ran courses teaching his students to distinguish between Jews and Zionism. And the IDF murdered him for it.
Since 2001, Palestinian rocket strikes in southern Israel have killed roughly one person per thousand hits.
Now that death toll has suddenly increased 50 million percent - three days after Israel's hi-tech air force threatened to bomb a hospital. Weird!
@timjacobwise
Gonna get out the blackface paint and give us all a little vaudeville song & dance on why we have to vote for lynchings in Palestine now are you