Jordan Perry

Research Analyst - Egypt, Jordan & Lebanon 🇪🇬 🇯🇴 🇱🇧 @FCDOGovUK.
Previously Israel & Palestine RA; @ukinisrael; @MaplecroftRisk. 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈

[Trey Yingst @TreyYingst]

New statement from President Trump on Israel/Hezbollah:

"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back. Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel."

[Guy Goma @RealWrongGuy]

At least I was alive when the BBC interviewed me.

[UK in Italy 🇬🇧🇮🇹 @UKinItaly]

A sincere thank you to everyone who made these two days so special. We look forward to welcoming The Princess of Wales back to Italy again soon! 🇬🇧🇮🇹

📷@KensingtonRoyal

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

Israeli settlers blocked children in Masafer Yatta from playing football on their village field threatened with demolition. The settlers sat before them chanting in Hebrew to intimidate them, while the children watched helplessly. How much longer will this continue?

[Tom Ough @tomough]

Jeeves (may he rest in peace) was the product of a very different cultural, technological and demographic era. Anachronistic as he might seem today (and minor though he turned out to be in the story of the internet), the trope of the omniscient English butler was, for a few years, a successful addition to an American search engine, and, in some ways, a manifestation of British "soft power".

When Ask Jeeves was launched, in 1996, Britain had a bigger GDP than China and India put together; had hundreds of hereditary peers; and could count a higher percentage of Americans among its diaspora. Wodehouse had died less than a generation ago, and digital services, which were yet to be truly globalised, were still in a period of playful non-optimisation.

Today, Jeeves would be a nonsensical addition to the branding of an LLM. The cultural trope of the omniscient English butler still exists, but has lost its potency. Farewell, Jeeves: we shall not look upon his like again.

[UK in Italy 🇬🇧🇮🇹 @UKinItaly]

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Stephen Hickey CMG @sblhickey as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Italian Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino, succeeding @EdLlewellynFCDO.

https://t.co/jND6kOZF61

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

Following the completion of an initial examination regarding a photograph published earlier today of an IDF soldier harming a Christian symbol, it was determined that the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon.

The IDF views the incident with great severity and emphasizes that the soldier’s conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops.

The incident is being investigated by the Northern Command and is currently being addressed through the chain of command. Appropriate measures will be taken against those involved in accordance with the findings.

Furthermore, the IDF is working to assist the community in restoring the statue to its place.

The IDF is operating to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure established by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and has no intention of harming civilian infrastructure, including religious buildings or religious symbols.

[The Aramaic Wire ܣܘܪܝܐ @AramaicWire]

An Assyrian boy in Iraq singing a rare Aramaic hymn called “O’ Gannana”.

It translates to “O Gardener”, recounting the story of Mary Magdalene encountering the empty tomb.

She thought He was the Gardener, before realizing He Lives.

We must rescue this dying language.

[Elizabeth Tsurkov @LizHurra]

The Israeli Army continues to advance around Bint Jbeil

[Jordan Perry @JordanMPerry]

Wishing friends, colleagues and followers a very happy and restful Easter

[Khalil Sayegh @KhalilJeries]

Nothing will stop us from publicly celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord.

المسيح قام حقًا قام

[Zeina Khodr @ZeinakhodrAljaz]

#Hezbollah says targeted Israeli warship with cruise missile #Lebanon

[UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 @UKUN_NewYork]

The UK condemns Hizballah’s attacks against Israel.

But Israel’s expansion of ground operations threatens Lebanon’s sovereignty and undermines work to disarm Hizballah.

Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon are needed to secure peace for those on both sides of the Blue Line.

[Nick Freiling @NickFreiling]

A cutting reflection from Cardinal Ratzinger, Good Friday 2005:

"Pilate is not utterly evil. He knows that the condemned man is innocent, and he looks for a way to free him. But his heart is divided. And in the end he lets his own position, his own self-interest, prevail over what is right.

Nor are the men who are shouting and demanding the death of Jesus utterly evil. Many of them, on the day of Pentecost, will feel "cut to the heart," when Peter will say to them: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God... you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law."

But at that moment they are caught up in the crowd. They are shouting because everyone else is shouting, and they are shouting the same thing that everyone else is shouting. And in this way, justice is trampled underfoot by weakness, cowardice and fear of the diktat of the ruling mindset. The quiet voice of conscience is drowned out by the cries of the crowd.

Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think."

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

TV reporter tells David Bowie the internet is "hugely exaggerated"

David Bowie's response is the closest thing to perfection about the future.

[UK in Israel 🇬🇧 @ukinisrael]

הצהרה משותפת של 🇩🇪, 🇫🇷, 🇮🇹, ו 🇬🇧 על הצעת החוק בישראל להחלת עונש מוות:

"עונש המוות הינו עונש בלתי-הומאני ומשפיל, ללא כל אפקט הרתעתי ומניעתי שהוא. זו הסיבה שאנחנו מתנגדים לעונש המוות, בכל נסיבות שהן ברחבי העולם."

ההצהרה המלאה 👇🏻
https://t.co/qcjz0zpW79

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

I so deeply admire and respect this man.

After being denied entry to the Holy Sepulchre, Cardinal Pizzaballa prayed at Gethesmane, blessing Jerusalem, this city where I was born and that I love so much:

“Today Jesus weeps once more over Jerusalem. He weeps over this city, which remains a sign of both hope and sorrow, of grace and suffering. He weeps over this Holy Land, still unable to recognize the gift of peace. He weeps for all the victims of a war that seems without end: for divided families, for shattered hopes. But the tears of Jesus are never fruitless. They open our eyes, challenge us, and reveal the truth.”

Amen.

[Hamish Falconer MP @HFalconerMP]

The right to worship is a fundamental freedom.

Israeli Police should not have blocked the Latin Patriarch from the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Israel must work with religious communities to facilitate worship in line with the status quo.