Daniel Tester

Journalist, usually @MiddleEastEye

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[Daniel Hilton @DanielHiltonCFC]

Under the cover of truces and diplomacy, Israel has been *literally* cementing its presence in Lebanon and Syria. It suggests an intention for some sort of long-term occupation. We looked at how they've done it

With @adamchams @leventkemaI @ReemAouir
https://t.co/AapYshWsGc

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

Plugging this again today in light of a certain someone’s latest interventions.

Our FOIs @MiddleEastEye this month revealed that Starmer’s Labour is not ignoring Blair and his hot takes.

Rather it is inviting them into Whitehall for secretive off-the-record chats.

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

SCOOP: @YvetteCooperMP hosted a secretive meeting with Tony Blair ‘to discuss the Middle East’ - and the foreign office mysteriously recorded no minutes.

That same month Blair’s think tank lobbied EU diplomats to join Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza.

https://t.co/eHiOZzUas3

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

SCOOP: @YvetteCooperMP hosted a secretive meeting with Tony Blair ‘to discuss the Middle East’ - and the foreign office mysteriously recorded no minutes.

That same month Blair’s think tank lobbied EU diplomats to join Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza.

https://t.co/eHiOZzUas3

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

Tuareg separatists, a brutal al-Qaeda affiliate, Russian mercenaries and a new pan-Sahel army using Turkish drones.

New explainer on everything you need to know about the chaotic, shifting situation in Mali @MiddleEastEye

Read the full article below:

https://t.co/pluGr4dpu2

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

New explainer on Christain Zionism

It is the story of how a small group of Evangelicals within Trump’s inner circle have framed the invasion of Iran as the fulfilment of biblical prophecies of Armageddon.

With thoughts from @stephenWalt and others.

👇
https://t.co/6XIB4fhIJn

[Shadow World Investigations @ShadowWorldInv1]

An important escalation from Norwegian civil society.

Now it’s crucial that public pressure and media attention build, so this investigation can move forward without being shut down by those in power!

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Criminal complaint filed against Norwegian politicians over complicity in Gaza genocide

Prosecutors recommend police investigation into Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and cabinet members

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

EXCLUSIVE @MiddleEastEye

Norwegian prosecutors have formally recommended a criminal investigation into Norway's PM, @JonasGahrStore over the country's sovereign wealth fund's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza

Full story:
https://t.co/JtWU8Y6RIH

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

Israel has been accused this week of again using white phosphorus in Lebanon.

WP causes painful burns and death, and is regarded by many experts as an incendiary weapon.

Here, @MiddleEastEye explains everything you need to know about the munition.

https://t.co/Rvsd9NT2Rw

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

@suckstobeher I made a smilar argument for the Morning Star back in 2024 https://t.co/V6NzwDbfHU

[Kholood Khair @KholoodKhair]

More and more evidence is coming to light about the base in Ethiopia, that the RSF is relying on to receive UAE weapons supplies...

Great investigative work by @oscarrickettnow and @HRL_YaleSPH.

#KeepEyesOnSudan
#Sudan

[Imran Mulla @Imran_posts]

NEW: British minister Sarah Sackman has refused to declare the Iran school massacre - which killed 165 people, including many children - a war crime.

She said it was the "realities of war"
https://t.co/bFvoYWXpy6

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW INVESTIGATION: Cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea are routinely setting sail with two extra crew on board: a pair of Russian men with backgrounds in security organizations.

https://t.co/qWWo2qQwMP

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

For @MiddleEastEye , I spoke to Ibrahim Dafallah and Abeer Abdoun, two Sudanese students with offers to study master’s degrees at the University of Oxford who are now barred from attending based on their nationality.

Read the full piece:
https://t.co/iGacPpJB1a

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

NEW: UK government transparency releases reveal that Qatar is lobbying senior government ministers through Peter Mandelson’s consultancy firm, despite revelations that the business was set up with help from Jeffrey Epstein.

Read more: @MiddleEastEye

https://t.co/ol4bpHEois

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

Red Sea crisis: What do Israel and the UAE want from Somaliland?

The east African territory has declared independence from Somalia and is locked in dispute with Puntland

[Daniel Tester @danieltester_]

In Tangier, I spoke to the families of imprisoned Moroccans about how the chaos of AFCON sportswashed away the country's brutal crackdown on the largest protests its seen in a generation.

Read the full story @MiddleEastEye

https://t.co/49AcCiYu51

[Rayhan Uddin @Ray_Uddin]

From Algeria to Egypt, how a Patrice Lumumba tribute revived pan-Africanism at this year's Afcon

My feature for @MiddleEastEye, with the thoughts of @nihalist___, @nyeusi_waasi and @willackah: https://t.co/78PT91yciV

[Rayhan Uddin @Ray_Uddin]

Spoke with Sudanese activists outside Manchester City’s stadium about the club’s owner Sheikh Mansour.

Mansour (vice president of the UAE, and brother of leader MBZ) is accused of playing a central role in arming the RSF paramilitary: https://t.co/eVEtVJqTSk