After Rachel Corrie was killed by a Caterpillar bulldozer in Gaza, the company hired C2i International, an intelligence firm founded by ex-British Army officer Justin King, to spy on her family as they pursued justice for their 23 year old daughter.
.@amnesty has joined Palestinians and many others in calling Israel an apartheid state. Apartheid amounts to a crime against humanity under international law.
Here is a break down on what this means.
Increasing national insurance, while writing off £13 billion on dodgy PPE contracts and Covid loans...
...is LITERALLY robbing from the poor to give to the rich.
#ToryCorruption
I used to do caving when I was a mere slip of a lad and I remember one entry pretty much like this except the entrance was also covered in brambles when we arrived. ‘We are going where now?’
Our official new report looks at the decades-long suffering of Palestinians under Israel’s rule. We've concluded that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians throughout Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territories amounts to apartheid.
Read for yourself. https://t.co/ghC8mU8VXH
There's now a consensus among the world's leading human rights organisations that Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians.
Politicians and commentators who defend this crime will be seen by history as morally despicable, just like defenders of apartheid South Africa.
The Met apologises again. This time its really disturbing behaviour of officers at Charing Cross station where apparently messages about raping colleagues, killing black children + domestic violence were "jokes and banter". One cop known as the "mcrapey raperson". THREAD
Keir Starmer was head of CPS when the 2009 ruling not to prosecute Jimmy Savile was made, but most likely wasn't directly involved in that decision. Make of that what you like.
HOWEVER. Here's a handy list of things you 100% CAN criticise him for while he was DPP... (🧵1/8)
Referenced Israeli apartheid:
Ex-UN Secretary General
370 European MPs
US Congressppl
French Foreign Minister
South Africa gov
Ex-Israeli Attorney Gen, Deputy AG & Ambassadors to SAfrica
Israeli, Pal, intl rights orgs
Israeli MKs
All antisemites or is Israel committing apartheid?
This is a fantastic photo. It shows her true colours. That is a proper snarl.
It would be a shame if it were to be retweeted.
@NadineDorries looks so good here. Lol.