It took me 30 years, but today I got a diagnosis for autism. Still awaiting an official diagnosis as to where I am on the spectrum, but my God it's a relief. It's not really surprised me, but it's been so liberating and has helped me to better understand myself
I don’t want to hear any bullshit about “legitimate concerns” and “working class revolt”
It’s working-class Black and brown people being pushed out of their homes. This is racist violence and intimidation. Don’t dress it up as anything else.
Entire Palestinian communities are disappearing from the map.
This is not an accident.
It’s by design.
New Amnesty research exposes the scale of Israel’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and unlawful annexation in the occupied West Bank.
Our new report details how Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign is state-led, and state-sponsored, not driven by rogue settlers or so-called extremist ministers.
We’re calling on all states, including the UK, to halt all trade, cooperation and investment relations enabling unlawful occupation, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and impose sanctions on implicated officials
Read on: https://t.co/rJDPPcVdKE
@Kyeyune__@bethTmufc United should just walk away without revealing what our top price was so as not to let West Ham know what we'll bid for Fernandes. £120mn is a joke and beyond Rice and Caicedo who had more than 1/2 good seasons. We'd be right to give up
BREAKING: The UK Government's new sanctions on Israeli apartheid in the West Bank are wholly insufficient', it has been warned
Medical Aid for Palestinians say Yvette Cooper's latest statement 'barely moves the dial'
"Today we are acting with our international partners to sanction those who support and sponsor violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank."
Except, of course, those in Israel's government and military most responsible for this violence...
https://t.co/2TS7BJ9FwC
Classic Yvette Cooper on Gaza: "The ceasefire remains formally in place but it is being regularly violated. Since October, more than 900 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. Some 1.9 million Palestinians remain displaced."Who was killing, who was violating, who was displacing?
Our reaction: woefully insufficient, and will barely move the dial on Israeli annexation and apartheid.
We need far more. The barest minimum would be: Ban settlement trade, ban arms trade with Israel, suspend the UK-Israel Trade Agreement.
@rohantalbot@MedicalAidPal :"These new sanctions are necessary but wholly insufficient. They will barely move the dial on ending Israeli annexation and apartheid in the West Bank and fall well below the Government’s obligations to uphold international law.
Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP announces coordinated sanctions with international partners targeting individuals and entities involved in financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank. 👇
https://t.co/7Q8PeSwKiP
We see the consequences first-hand: livelihoods destroyed, people injured and killed in violent attacks, and patients travelling hours for basic treatment while life-saving care remains out of reach.
The government must immediately end trade with illegal settlements.
.@Fikr_shaltoot@MedicalAidPal "We should be clear: the closure of every land crossing into Gaza is a form of collective punishment against Palestinians and egregious use of starvation as a weapon of war. It is illegal under international law & it could cost countless more lives"
Aid organisations and rights advocates have warned that Israel's decision to shut all land crossings into Gaza could have catastrophic consequences for Palestinians in the territory, with experts telling me that the move risks accelerating hunger
https://t.co/WbvXkTG8x9
It's extremely exhausting to see "leaders" of the Jewish community (we, as any community aren't just one monolithic community) speak over us, to have the media routinely erase anti-Zionist Jewish voices (of which there are plenty in the UK) and to conflate us all with Israel
This is getting exhausting now. I was temporarily held up in parliament on Monday for a reception we were hosting on Palestine. I was told our MAP badges "might offend certain members of the public." I then proceeded to tell security guards that I'm Jewish and not offended
'This is about the kind of Britain we want to live in.'
Dr Toby Greene from the Board of Deputies of British Jews reacts to Jewish Travelodge guests being greeted with a pro-Palestine slogan in their rooms.
I'm glad the takeaway from Germany is "embarassment" not "how could we stop arming a genocide in Gaza?" Would someone please think about Baerbock's ego in all this
A reality check for #Germany?
Euronews’ Stefan Grobe breaks down on #EuropeToday Germany's failure to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, arguing that the outcome is embarrassing and a setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Millions more are shocked and appalled to see the government continue to sell arms to Israel involved in killing and maiming children in Gaza. Disgraceful to see The Economist phrase it as if it's a "passing phase"
This is demonstrably untrue, given that our @MedicalAidPal poll with @SaveUKNews@christian_aid showed a stonking majority among Labour voters for ending the genocide in Gaza and ending trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank: https://t.co/excA8VwR1k