Humza Yousaf

Proud girl dad, husband and Former First Minister of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"Under Fire: My Family's Escape from Gaza" Pre-order link below ↓

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

No more delays. No more excuses. We must open all the crossings, mobilize the whole humanitarian community, and get our full Winter plan delivered for Gaza.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Unicef spokesperson James Elder told reporters on Tuesday that Israel had rejected equipment needed to repair a key Gaza rainwater basin, warning that the facility could overflow and endanger nearby residents through flooding and disease.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Dreadful news coming from Glasgow's West End.

Hoping and praying the injured make a full and swift recovery.

At such times, I know how Glasgow pulls together.

Thanks to our emergency workers for their heroic efforts.

[Go Radio @thisisgoradio]

UPDATE: Eight people have been injured after a car hit pedestrians on Hyndland Road, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed.

Two have been taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with the rest being treated on the scene.

A major emergency service response is ongoing.

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

An understatement though a rare recognition by the Board of Peace that shelters, drainage & sewage material allowed into Gaza by Israel are insufficient.

What the statement does not say however is that the same Board of Peace actively supports Israel’s decision to prevent any role by the main UN agency + expert International NGOs & that it does not use any of its leverage to address the disgraceful dystopian misery of the Palestinians in #Gaza

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Astonishingly predictable how many of those on the far-right, who told us they are campaigning to protect women and girls, are the very same ones rushing to the defence of a convicted rapist.

Imagine how different their response would have been in Russell Brand was Black?

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Israel wiped Gaza from the face of the earth.

The survivors have been living in tents for three years.

Those tents are now being flooded.

The West has condemned them to these apocalyptic conditions.

This abomination must end.

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

The current cruel suffering inflicted on the people of #Gaza is bringing more misery amid indifference, with an aim at breaking whatever is left of human dignity

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Gaza is under water.

The people of Gaza are enduring their fourth winter under harsh conditions. All while aid is in sight but being blocked from entering Gaza by Israel.

We must not become desensitised to such catastrophic human suffering happening in front of our very eyes.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Heavy rainfall triggered flooding through displacement camps in Gaza City, with Palestinians saying their belongings, including their bedding, have all become soaked https://t.co/Y6cEO4xdvn

[UNICEF Palestine @UNICEFpalestine]

مع اشتداد الأمطار والبرد في #غزة، تواجه العائلات وأطفالها ظروفًا مأساوية داخل خيام مؤقتة لا توفر لهم سوى القليل من الحماية.

تبذل اليونيسف كل ما بوسعها لتقديم الدعم، لكن هناك حاجة ماسّة لبذل المزيد من الجهود.

يجب ضمان وصول جميع المساعدات الإنسانية وتوفير المزيد من التمويل

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

Last night was one of the worst nights Gaza has seen. The bombs have never stopped raining down on them, and when the actual rain fell upon them, their tents flooded. So many missing limbs, all missing loved ones, most without homes. And the world just pretended it stopped. I didn’t even post an image with people this time because they’re sick of showing us images of themselves in desperation without action on our part. A reminder to you and me to not forget them because they’re no longer in your feed.

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.

(clip via @DropSiteNews)

[fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @fbhutto]

“A “closed” session will take place this afternoon, meaning evidence is being submitted by Britain’s security agencies that neither Ammori nor her lawyers can see or contest” remember what they do to Palestine they will soon to do you

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

It is my honor and privilege to be headed to the US Senate to serve the great state of Michigan. 

Michigan, we did what they said couldn’t be done. We won. Together. Now the real work begins.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Thank you to @OborneTweets for his glowing review of my book, Under Fire, in the @NewStatesman

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Humza Yousaf, author of Under Fire, an important and painfully honest testament, could never have flourished in Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, still less the Conservatives. As a proud Muslim and supporter of the Palestinian cause, that would have been out of the question. In the Scottish National Party, which embraced multiculturalism as its southern counterparts drifted towards coercive liberalism, he rose to the top.

@OborneTweets: Humza Yousaf's private war

https://t.co/OJosV8a3Lf

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

If @AbdulElSayed pulls it off despite the most vile anti-Muslim bigotry hurled his way, the tens of millions AIPAC spent to try and defeat him & Haley Steven's eleventh hour duplicity - it will be one of the most impressive Senate wins in modern times.

I hope he does it.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

A 4-year old boy killed. Another child murdered.

We should never get used to this. It should never be considered normal.

I pray I am alive to see the day those who are committing this genocide - and those who support it - are held to account and tried for their crimes.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say https://t.co/SDJHulk1vb

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

Glowing reviews of my book, Under Fire, from the New Statesman, Guardian, Scotsman and others.

Delighted with the positive feedback from those who have read it, or listened to the audiobook.

Under Fire is available online or at a bookstore near you.

https://t.co/rwjtJ35Mu5

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Q. How democratic is the Israeli vote – and who is being disenfranchised?

A: About 15 million people live in areas under Israeli control. Just over 7 million Jewish Israelis and 1.7 million Palestinian citizens of Israel live within the country’s pre-1967 borders, known as the “green line”, and have full voting rights.

In the occupied West Bank, more than 500,000 Israeli settlers can vote. They live among 3.1 million Palestinians who are subject to military rule and do not have the right to vote.

In occupied East Jerusalem more than 230,000 Israelis with voting rights live among 350,000 Palestinians who cannot vote.

Two million Palestinians in Gaza, who live under Israeli military occupation, according to the international court of justice, also have no vote."
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[Lara Bird SNP @larabirdsnp]

Today I was denied entry into the West Bank, alongside other parliamentary colleagues from across Europe as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.

We were held for 8 hours, interrogated and ultimately prevented from crossing the border.

I came to stand alongside Palestinians being attacked for harvesting olives on their own land. Instead, we were turned away, with no reason given.

More than ever, Palestinians are being subject to terror and violence by the IDF and illegal settlers. Increased blockades, demolitions and unthinkable violence have become the norm for Palestinians in the West Bank.

It is more important now than ever that we bear witness and show our solidarity.

But we were prevented from doing so.

I will continue to do everything I can to apply pressure on the Netanyahu government, and those responsible for the persecution and genocide of the Palestinian people.