David Burnett

and as if by magic...

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

The whole world has to isolate this rogue Apartheid genocidal maniac, serial killing, pathologically lying state, isolate it & shame anyone who goes there.

Israel is exposed, Zionism is on its last leg & only exists on the weight of its own collapsed propaganda.

@AbbyMartin 🔥

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

“Girl, 9”

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Chambers’ detention marks the first time anyone has faced extradition to the US from Spain for supporting the Palestinian cause

The sealed indictment conflates his bailing out of pro-Palestine direct action protesters with sponsoring Hamas

It screams political persecution

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Israel insists that reports of rape of imprisoned Palestinians are false. So why not allow unfettered visits by the Red Cross to show there is nothing to hide?

[Paul Holden @pauleholden]

Two important, maybe contradictory take-aways from this.

The first is that this is a change in tone that has been forced by the left exercising its power inside but mostly outside of the Labour Party. Burnham is in office because the Greens helped destroy the Labour Party in May's local elections, which has scared MPs and empowered parts of the Party that wanted a change of approach. So to the extent that this an improvement on Labour's position, it is a reflection of how an electorally relevant and competent force to the left of Labour does impact on our national discourse and forces Labour to humanise its messages. And a change in tone from an incoming Prime Minister does have some, at least limited, impact on shaping our national discussion on Israel's genocide.

The second point is that it is just tone. It's a three minute video for social media. It's not even set-piece for the cameras or in front of the national media. In the context of genocide, it's pretty thin gruel that many will undoubtedly find flippant and incidental.

Certainly, the contrition obscures that on substantive policy, this is no different to the Starmer government's approach. No significant increase in sanctions, strongly implying that there will be no ending the F-35 carve-out from existing arms license restrictions, hiding behind (and effectively misrepresenting) international court rulings to not call out genocide or war crimes, and certainly no steps towards accountability for complicity for domestic actors. It is little different to what Hamish Falconer has been telling Parliament for months.

And it is nowhere near enough. Doesn't even approximate being near enough, which will have to include a total and complete arms embargo, deproscribing Pal Action, and taking the concrete steps to prevent a genocide as required by the ICJ.

So the left must now organise and use the power it has gathered to itself in order to continuing demanding and extracting the concrete changes that are needed to end this genocide and secure justice and accountability. If Burnham wants to cohere an electoral left-alliance to save his skin, some hand-wringing and watery eyes won't cut it.

[Mark Curtis @markcurtis30]

“Significant shift”, lol. The Guardian is insufferable.

[Paul Holden @pauleholden]

"We recognised a Palestinian state only after every part of a functioning state - schools, hospitals, administrative buildings, food production, generators, water & sanitation facilities - had been systematically bombed in Gaza, which we helped with spare plane parts and surveillance flights. And then Israel sort of stopped bombing so much after we made a symbolic gesture, but still did some bombing, but just the right amount so that the BBC could now politely ignore a smaller number of daily deaths and we can pretend the genocide is over even as parents in Gaza have to protect their sleeping kids from rats and disease. History will be kind to us."

Utterly delusional, craven stuff. A stain on British politics that won't wash out.

[? @kxreemasr]

One of the coldest pics of the World Cup

[Assadᡣ𐭩🇵🇸 @Ijussdontcare]

Imagine crying over a rigged win😭😭

[Ana Kasparian @AnaKasparian]

It's shameful that CNN invites this ghoul on as if he's not a genocidal war criminal. @DanaBashCNN are you proud of yourself? How many kids does this monster need to slaughter for you ask him a single challenging question if you insist on having him on.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨 BREAKING: Israel has killed Mohamed Fawaz al-Wahidi, director of public relations for the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, Tuesday evening in a strike on a civilian vehicle near the governorate building in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighborhood, per the Palestinian Information Center.

Two other Palestinians, including a child, were killed alongside him and others wounded, per Arabi Post, bringing the day’s death toll from Israeli attacks across Gaza to six, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire.

The Egyptian Committee, established by President Sisi, is Cairo’s official relief arm in Gaza, distributing food, housing displaced families in camps it built at Netzarim, and clearing rubble.

Israel has killed its personnel before: in January, an Israeli drone struck a vehicle carrying committee workers filming a new displacement camp near Netzarim, killing five people including three journalists working for the committee. Israeli media reported Cairo sent an angry protest demanding explanations for that attack.

The targeted strike and killing of an official of Egypt’s own relief operation comes as Cairo hosts negotiations on the ceasefire’s second phase, with a Hamas delegation in its sixth day of talks there. Reports suggest the strike took place just before the Egypt-Argentina soccer World Cup match.

[Intrapiernoso @Intrapiernoso]

Ni el Museo Británico le robó tanto a Egipto, como la FIFA.

[🅓🅞🅝🅨 @Rmadonyfc_]

POV : You just realized you are getting robbed by Messi

[Preeti @MadridPreeti]

Why is Messi crying !?! What the fck are you crying for !? Your cheating Bastard of a country has robbed another Nation a chance of a World Cup.

Not even an ounce of shame.

[Mo Khan @mokhanhim]

Fuck Messi, fuck Argentina, fuck Israel, and death to the IDF 💯

[the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing]

haven’t seen America this thoroughly embarrassed on the world stage since we lost that war we started with Iran like 3 weeks ago

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

'Destroy "israel"'
'Stop the Genocide'
'No Room for Genocide'
'Zionists Not Welcome'

Banners at the annual San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain 🇪🇸❤️🇵🇸

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

'Israel says' isn't journalism.

As Israel slowly murders Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, this is shameful from the BBC

[Rula Jebreal @rulajebreal]

Dopo aver approvato la legge sulla pena di morte su base razziale nel giro di sei settimane, Israele sta investendo centinaia di milioni di dollari per cercare di giustiziare i palestinesi in diretta televisiva. Il sostegno unanime a queste leggi dimostra che la società israeliana è in grado di unirsi attorno allo slogan: “morte ai palestinesi”.
Dopo il turismo israeliano per godersi lo spettacolo dei massacri a Gaza…Ora il governo israeliano, farà vedere le impiccagioni alla società sadica e malata. Un macabro giubileo!
Esattamente come i Ku Klux Klan facevano vedere i linciaggi degli afroamericani….