The 14th public iteration of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry’s (MOH) death toll list, dated to May 7, 2026 and containing 72,835 entries, was released quietly on July 5 by Iraq Body Count. Long analysis of data quality, demographics, unknowns, and post-ceasefire trends. 🧵
I challenge anyone to find a single photo of a starving adult in Gaza. It’s impossible.
There’s a reason why they only use photos of children born with genetic anomalies due to cousin marriages as examples of ‘starvation.’
A Gaza journalist who was honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination admitted he buried footage of Israeli hostages being beaten by a Palestinian mob on October 7, 2023 to protect the perpetrators. https://t.co/Q3mONhwDVp
Israel in an apartheid state - Arabs make up about 21% of Israel’s population.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab citizens of Israel can vote in national elections on the same legal basis as other Israeli citizens.
Israel in an apartheid state - Every vote has the same legal value. Israel’s parliamentary elections are required by law to be national, direct, equal, secret and proportional.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab citizens serve in Israel’s parliament. As of 2026, Arab and Druze lawmakers serve both in Arab-led political parties and in broader national parties.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab lawmakers can lead parliamentary committees. For example, Arab lawmaker Yasir Hujeirat currently chairs the parliament’s Science and Technology Committee.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab politicians have served as government ministers. Arab citizens have held cabinet-level positions in Israeli governments.
Israel in an apartheid state - An Arab political party has participated in an Israeli governing coalition. In 2021, the Arab party Ra’am became part of the coalition supporting Israel’s government.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab citizens also serve in major political parties that are not specifically Arab parties. Current examples include representatives in Likud, Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beitenu and other parties.
Israel in an apartheid state - Israel’s Declaration of Independence promises complete social and political equality to all citizens regardless of religion, race or sex. It also guarantees freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture.
Israel in an apartheid state - The Declaration of Independence specifically called on Arab residents to participate in building the country on the basis of “full and equal citizenship.”
Israel in an apartheid state - Arabic has legally recognized special status in Israel. Israeli law specifically protects the use and status of Arabic in dealings with government institutions.
Israel in an apartheid state - Non-Jewish citizens have the legal right to observe their own religious holidays and weekly days of rest.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab judges serve in Israel’s court system, including at the highest levels of the judiciary. Arab judges have served on Israel’s Supreme Court as well as lower courts.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab students are strongly represented in Israeli universities and colleges. More than 60,000 Arab students were enrolled in higher education in 2023–2024.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab students now make up about 20% of undergraduate students in Israel. Their share reached a record 20.4%, roughly matching their share of the overall population.
Israel in an apartheid state - The number and proportion of Arab university students have roughly doubled since 2009–10. The increase has occurred at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.
Israel in an apartheid state - Israel operates a large Arabic-language public-school system. Arab children can attend schools where Arabic is the main language of instruction.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab citizens play a major role in Israel’s healthcare system. The share of Arab doctors has risen substantially and is approaching their share of the population.
Israel in an apartheid state - Around 30% of new doctors entering Israel’s medical system are Arab.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab Israelis make up roughly one-third of pharmacists in Israel. This is higher than their share of the overall population.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab men and women work alongside Jewish Israelis throughout the healthcare system. Hospitals, clinics and pharmacies are among the most integrated workplaces in Israeli society.
Israel in an apartheid state - Arab women’s participation in the workforce has increased significantly. Among Arab women aged 25–54, labor-force participation reached about 50% in 2023.
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The last IDF soldier left Gaza on September 12, 2005. The keys went to the PA.
The crossings were open. That blockade everyone complained about? It didn’t exist yet.
Rockets were already hitting Israeli towns that same day. Greenhouses bought so Palestinians could farm were looted and smashed. By night, synagogues were on fire and crowds were celebrating. Here’s what came next:
January 2006: Hamas wins the election.
June 2006: Hamas kidnaps Gilad Shalit — they would hold him for five years.
June 2007: Hamas throws Fatah off the roofs and drags them through the streets. They take the Strip.
That is when Egypt shut the border at Rafah. Israel shut what the PA no longer staffed.
“Open-air prison from the day they left” requires you first delete 2005–2007.
EXC: Miliband and Burnham ignored advice not to sanction Israel now
🚨 Jonathan Powell and the British ambassador in Tel Aviv both told them to wait until after the Israeli elections or it would help Netanyahu
🚨 MI6 warned of risks to intelligence sharing
🚨 Gulf Arab states worried because they get intelligence from us which comes from Israel
https://t.co/0fVg8lUdke
It’s wild that every single Labour MP in the House of Commons was considered too shit to be leader, so they literally manufactured a by-election to get a new guy in by coup, and he’s still *completely* shit.
I'm sure he thinks he is cleverly trolling the Labour government. But what he is actually doing is making moderate and conservative Brits, who have hitherto been strong supporters of the US and of Israel, reconsider their positions.
My condolences to Prime Minister Andy Burnham and all his family. No matter how old you are, or how much you try to prepare, losing your father is a profoundly painful experience. A part of your life that has always been there is suddenly gone forever and it can feel as though a part of you won’t ever be the same again.
May Roy Burnham Rest In Peace.
Natasha Hausdorff @HausdorffMedia, @UKLFI CT Legal Director, refutes misrepresentations by @Ed_Miliband on which new UK policy sanctioning Israel is based. Interview by @iancollinsuk on @TalkTV: https://t.co/in87Abfxod
can everyone be fucking clear on one thing
the two state solution died with october 7.
obviously
hamas purposely brutally murdered citizens in the most peace loving communities
you're a disgrace @Ed_Miliband
@LeftyCelt@albieamankona 1. There is no legally-binding authority which says they are illegal. 2. It’s not genocide. 3. And where is Palestine, anyway?
The Israeli government could well be toppled in elections in six weeks.
Why would you announce punitive sanctions *now* that will only embolden the hard right instead of waiting for a new government to take this issue seriously?
Why is Labour doing this weeks before an Israeli election?
Why is it helping Ben Gvir and Smotrich like this?
Sometimes I think our politicians are dumb but this is a whole new level of incompetence.
Do British people outraged by Milei’s claim of sovereignty over the Falklands (which are British) understand how tone deaf and hypocritical they sound if they support sanctions against Israel for building in Jerusalem? Like some self-awareness, jeez.