Aliya Abidi

Working in refugee protection and forced migration.
daughter of people who travelled to get here.
#refugeeswelcome - especially when it's not trending

[UN Palestine Committee @UNISPAL]

🚨BREAKING🚨
The U.N. 🇺🇳 Security Council voted 14-1 in favor of the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the war in Gaza, but it was not adopted because of the U.S. 🇺🇸 veto.
https://t.co/1yBOKI9Itr

[RSA @rspaegean]

New #shipwreck in #Rhodes #Greece today. 4 refugees were found dead: one woman and three men. 25 people have been found ashore. A rescue operation is underway. #RefugeesGr

Enough is enough! We need safe routes for people seeking #asylum

#SafePathwaysNow

https://t.co/kceBZe2wSk

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

@darwish_amir Looking forward to attending and hopefully saying hi !

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

Looking forward to attending tonight's poetry readings with @OtherSideLitMag. It's a beautiful publication of writings and poems from migrant and diaspora communities. @southbankcentre
#southbank #poetry #Migration

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponized water in its military campaign in Gaza
#WaterIsLife #IHL #Gaza
https://t.co/FaicNFzK7x via @oxfamamerica

[DiEM25 @DiEM_25]

Shocking but not surprising: Israel has just cut ties with Haaretz after publisher @AmosSchocken1 spoke out:

1. Israel’s policies amount to apartheid
2. Palestinian resistance is a legitimate response to occupation
3. A 2nd Nakba is unfolding
4. Sanctions on Israel are overdue

[Zoe Gardner @ZoeJardiniere]

We protected 200,000 Ukrainians in the space of 2 years.

30,000 people is a speck. It's emminently manageable if we didn't leave it to the chaos of the smugglers but set up visa facilities like we did for Ukraine.

Not doing that keeps Simon and his clicker-counter busy though🤷‍♀️

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

@Pal_action @DavidLammy your turn now - isn't it past time for a full #armsembargo on Israel to stop the endless killing of Palestinians?

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

Israel gvt finally goes for all out ban on #UNRWA - showing once again it is a rogue state with no place at UN. Other states still openly supporting them - like the UK - are also endorsing this behaviour.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #endcomplicity

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Israel's decision to effectively ban UNRWA from operating in Gaza and the West Bank is an "extreme measure by extremists in the Knesset", says the Norwegian Refugee Council.

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

Norway says Israel’s banning of UNRWA is illegal under international law and takes the case to the International Court of Justice.
“No-one should be above international law. Israel is obligated to enable relief for civilians in areas they occupy”. https://t.co/TecMdc86GN

[Mat Nashed @matnashed]

By outlawing UNRWA, Israel is trying to generate so much hardship to facilitate the expulsion of Palestinians from WB and Gaza.

Experts say the PA nor other UN agencies can fill UNRWA's void. Thus, this move must be assessed as part of an anatomy of a genocide.

[Hind Hassan @HindHassanNews]

Israeli forces have killed the son of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. This happened after Dr Hussam refused to leave the hospital after it came under attack. The hospital is featured in our @AJFaultLines doc Starving Gaza.

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

Israel continues its targeting & killing of journalists - Palestinian and Lebanese journalists are dying while documenting the realities of Israeli aggression.
#ProtectTheJournalists
#Lebanon #WestBank #Gaza

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

Israel killed three journalists (Al Mayadeen & Al Manar) in an overnight Israeli strike on their ACCOMODATION in eastern Leb village of Hasbaya — where 18 journalists from various outlets were sleeping.

Hasbaya not a frontline village and press vehicles outside clearly marked.

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

Turkey airstrikes once again targeting power stations and infrastructure in North East #Syria. #Kobani being hit a lot. Elsewhere in North Syria - Russian strikes are reported. Syrians everywhere deserve to bring up their children w/o the constant threat of bombs.

[NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH @NPA_English]

Smoke rising from an oil field in Tirbe Spiyeh (al-Qahtaniya) town in Northeast #Syria due to Turkish airstrike. #Turkey
#North_Press

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

No doubt Iz would not have managed this level of death & destruction w/o this type of direct assistance from #UK military.
Whatever partial suspension they ve announced to selling licenses is simply not enough.
#ArmsEmbargoNow

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"It is this air bridge, together with the vast number of surveillance flights and air to air refuelling, that has sustained Israels brutal war in Gaza"

A report on the scale of US/UK involvement in Israeli military operations & how its been vital in sustaining Israels genocide

[Mat Nashed @matnashed]

These smears are so terrifying. Everyday, I fear for the lives of my colleagues.

#Journalismisnotacrime

[NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH @NPA_English]

#BREAKING/#North_Press
A blast targets an infirmary in the city of Qamishli in Northeast Syria amid Turkish strikes on several cities.

[Mat Nashed @matnashed]

My god. The summary killings in Gezira have reportedly skyrocketed since a senior fighter among them defected to the army last week.

Reports coming out are likely just a glimpse of the horror people are living through.

Thinking of everyone in #Sudan

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

The siege on #Gaza MUST be lifted. Oct so far has seen only a handful of aid trucks entering. We are beyond heartbroken and this is beyond inhumane.
#breakthesiege #endoccupation

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

Month after month, for more than a year, we have received assurances that humanitarian aid will be allowed to flow unhindered into Gaza.

But it has never happened.

There has not been a single week where we have been able to bring in even the bare minimum of supplies.

[Aliya Abidi @aliyabidi]

@minnierahman Agreed. Done being patronized by cutsie gimmicks while HO does real systemic harm to countless people. This changes nothing of reality and annoys me a bit when advocates believe it's some kind of win?!