Yusuf O. Ali (II)

Public servant, ex-advisor @NGRPresident & @InstituteGC, ex-management consultant @McKinsey. PhD in Energy Policy @Cambridge_Uni. Retweets ≠ Endorsement, etc...

[Yusuf O. Ali (II) @YalyAli]

No democracy will ever serve its people until the masses collectively realize and harness the power they have over their elected "leaders".

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.

I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.

O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025

This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

Failing to stop evil in one part of the world is a failure for all of humanity.

[Lowkey @Lowkey0nline]

A little girl trying to escape the flames.

This world.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Nine of a doctor's 10 children have been killed in an Israeli missile strike on their home in Gaza, which also left her surviving son badly injured and her husband in a critical condition.

Our international correspondent @AlexRossiSky reports.

Read more: https://t.co/TTFsYFuVWD

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

ICC charges against a democratic leader set a dangerous precedent that the law applies equally to everyone

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant as well as Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes https://t.co/7OJv0fhtcs

[Hon. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar @YusufTuggar]

Op-ed: Struggle for Palestinian Statehood as the defining liminal moment of our time.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that could trap hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without food or water. https://t.co/6uzqEgQOwV

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Around 400,000 people are being pressed yet again in Gaza to move south to an area that is overcrowded, polluted and lacking the basics for survival.

Ordering civilians to evacuate does not keep them safe if they have no safe place to go and no shelter, food, medicine or water.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

If you burn candles for all the Palestinians killed by your weapons, you might set your house on fire.

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

Erdogan shares the below video to commemorate 7 October. Quite a production.

It is a future where Gaza Genocide is accepted world wide and memorised through museums and movies.

And children ask to their grandparents, “what were you doing during the genocide grandpa?”

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

There was no peace on October 6th.

Here is the real history of Israel’s decades-long oppression and genocide of Palestinians — and the lies they told about October 7 as they began a truly evil genocidal rampage.

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

Had any other country on earth coordinated a mass attack against over 2000 unsuspecting civilians carrying an electronic device, killing over 20 (including women and children), and injuring over 400, the world would rightfully have labelled this act of the worst types of modern terrorism, and the media would have gone into a frenzy trying to dissect the mechanics of such an attack and labelling the perpetrators with appropriate adjectives.

Instead, since the perpetrator is Isra*el, and the victims brown-skinned Arabs, politicians and the media turn a blind eye to yet another terroristic, dastardly, inhumane bombing that cannot be justified under any standards of any law.

In generations to come, people will marvel how the world gave this Apartheid regime so much leeway. They will marvel, of course, only after the collapse of this regime and when the blinders have been lifted.

The good news, though, is that such insanity simply cannot last: no matter how dark the hour is, it is clear that we are witnessing the beginning of a new dawn. More and more people are realizing the true nature of the last pariah state on earth, and its unraveling and downfall has begun.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: An Israeli air strike on a school housing thousands of displaced Palestinians has killed 'dozens' of people and injured many more, the Wafa news agency reports.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/fvpwkqS3AV

[Muhammad Jalal @jalalayn]

One death is a tragedy, 40,000 murders are a statistic.

[Anwar El Ghazi @elghazi1995]

So the world was in uproar when we didn’t actually see any evidence of beheaded babies (now debunked as false including by Israeli media), but when we see actual beheaded babies in Rafah we don’t even blink and the Governments and world media are silent. What have we become? 💔

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّا�� @OmarBaddar]

His family survived the Holocaust.
He founded Human Rights Watch.
He directed the ACLU.

Now he’s saying Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Excellent CNN interview:

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Yes we know Israel won't abide by the ICJ ruling, but the ICJ is the highest court of the United Nations, and members states of the UN will now be looking to enforce the ruling. This will put pressure on Israels allies - especially the US.