Alex MacDonald

Middle East Eye, reporter/commentator on Iran, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Turkey, UK etc.

Also on Bsky which is nicer but less useful.

[email protected]

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

Wrote something about the troubled journey of the Global Sumud Convoy attempting to bring aid to Gaza, which ended with 10 activists detained by eastern Libyan forces:
https://t.co/Sjiu8LyaEl

[Selina j 🧚🏻🌙⚒ @OfSelina]

If you’re White living in England which is over 80% White and you genuinely think there is an anti-white campaign against the White population by institutions that are predominantly run by White people I genuinely do not know what to say…

… Other than get off social media

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@dushmanakms59 @DbAshby @OfSelina If you're not a bot then you wind mind posting your real name and a picture of yourself.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

Mariam Abdelbasette, recovering from a caesarean section in an Omani hospital, could be deported soon from the country, citing a false Interpol red notice, for social media posts criticising the Egyptian government:
https://t.co/wSItw1jkOt

[Rafael Shimunov 🍉 🕎 @rafaelshimunov]

Come with me as I learn about each person at the official Israeli delegation at today's Israel Day Parade in New York City.

These are the people some of my fellow Jewish and other New Yorkers demanded Mayor Mamdani stand with today.

🧵

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Total gridlock in #Beirut as familes flee Dahieh under Israeli threat of bombing. Some leaving for the fourth time in 18 months.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

Really, really surprised that Mamdani didn't want to rock up next to Bezalel Smotrich, a man whose political and religious views are such that he has been sanctioned by the UK, New Zealand, Australia and a number of EU countries.

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Israel Day Parade in NYC: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other far-right Israeli lawmakers and American politicians march on Fifth Avenue

NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani decided to skip the event | @Etanetan23

Video: Liri Agami

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani You tell me

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani As I said, if you want to talk about it my DMs and email are open

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani Why

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani If you want to talk (anonymously) about the stresses and pressures of working for a troll farm, I'm obviously open for a DM.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani Or conversely, explain why you need to hide your name and identity?

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani You're lying. But easy to prove otherwise - show me your picture and real name.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@Papsterterf The money you're paid to post right-wing nonsense. That's why you hide your identity.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani Yeah you are. Sadly.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@Papsterterf @doctoriaindarcy But that's where your money comes from? Or are you Indian?

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@Papsterterf @doctoriaindarcy Your religious figurehead is Donald Trump.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani Troll farm employees like you probably

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

An anti-London group in the heart of London. Why does it exist?

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The Soho Society is objecting to *every* new bar/restaurant licence in what is supposed to be the centre of London’s nightlife. More planning/licensing insanity.

I asked them to come on my Sunday LBC show: "We will absolutely not be taking questions from journalists". Of course not.

https://t.co/0UfHJs9Klg

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

@ricster71 @GDC1963 @AaronBastani Yeah fits with your prejudices, doesn't it?

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

My hatred of football as a social phenomenon has softened greatly over the years, but it is still unfathomable and annoying to me.

[Alex MacDonald @AlexJayMac]

What. They lost.

[HK @HKFinalThird]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: More than 2 million fans have attended the Arsenal parade today!

There isn't even room to walk. Media from all over the world are here. Gabriel is dancing. Arteta has a cigar in hand.

This is LARGEST parade in Football history!