David Smith

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@simon_schama More whataboutery Simon?

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@IsabelOakeshott @reformparty_uk Moronic and unpleasant. My stepdaughter wanted to go there, went there and did well. Do you even live in UK?

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@NormanWhiteside That’s ludicrous mate. Had a similar experience in London this year at Radisson Blu Knighsbridge. £50 for 4 drinks, one of which was a cokes

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@DavidLammy Here’s an idea. Instead of helping Israel to bomb Iran, how about taking direct military action against Israel in order to stop the genocide?

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@LucyJayneWhite1 @marksandspencer Confront them? Why? If they are speaking to you, you need to understand them. If they are speaking to each other you don’t, so how does it have any negative impact whatsoever if they are speaking Hindi?

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@BBCNewsnight Why on Earth do they give this guy so much repeated airtime? It’s like when Farage was on Question Time about once a fortnight.

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire “Smash the gangs” is such a mindless and meaningless catchphrase. Just like “Stop the boats”, “War on drugs” etc.

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

Since October 7, the IDF has detained nearly 6,000 Gazans—men, women, children, elderly, doctors—under the brutal “unlawful combatants” law, a legal loophole crafted to justify mass, indefinite detention without charge or evidence.

Shocking numbers reveal 43% of those detained—2,549 people—were released only after months behind bars once it was clear they posed no threat. Yet thousands remain imprisoned in harsh conditions, forgotten by a system that treats them as bargaining chips, not human beings.

Eighty-two-year-old Alzheimer’s patient Fahmiya al-Khaldi was snatched from a school and locked up for two months without any legal process. She was branded a “combatant” for simply being where she was.

Dr. Khaled Al-Sar, held for seven months, described his surreal interrogation: “The judge wore a Shin Bet shirt. He told me I was arrested because I worked as a doctor.” Doctors and paramedics—around 250—are among those unjustly jailed, accused of aiding hostages.

Najji Abbas from Physicians for Human Rights exposes the cruelty: “There’s no transparency, no criteria, and even detainees don’t know why they’re held. One doctor said, ‘They just came and told me: You’re released.’ No explanation. This is arbitrary imprisonment on a massive scale.”

Hearings before the Supreme Court last mere minutes, rubber-stamping detentions with no real oversight. Testimonies from Sde Teiman detention camp reveal systematic torture—electric shocks, beatings, dogs unleashed on prisoners, and sleep deprivation in “disco rooms” with blaring lights and noise.

Military doctor Yoel Donchin told The New York Times: “They’re taking everyone. Some are clearly innocent—one was paralyzed, another had a permanent neck tube. Why was he arrested? I don’t know.”

Even the Israeli Supreme Court shows indifference, focusing only on how long detainees wait to see a judge, ignoring whether the detentions are justified.

Thousands vanish, held in secret, with families left in the dark. Some detainees have died in custody, their deaths concealed or denied. The system’s opacity means many cases remain shrouded in silence.

This is not security—it’s state violence disguised as law, a ruthless crackdown that tramples human rights and the rule of law in Gaza, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe amid a genocide.

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire Well we don’t understand why you called in the National Guard,
When Donald Trump is the one who belongs in the exercise yard.

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@BBCNewsnight @vicderbyshire https://t.co/BioALDz2kr

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@David__Osland @jonlis1 I think that it is reasonable to ask both.

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@JohnWSCarpente1 @BasicAppleGuy Beats Studio Pro (when they are on sale) basically Airpods Max in a plastic disguise which are more convenient for everyday use.

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@Lowkey0nline Attempted murder.

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@Telegraph My parents were faced with this awful predicament . They couldn’t afford to send me to Eton or any private school. Guess what they did? I just went to ordinary schools. Problem solved motherfuckers!

[Nitin Sawhney @thenitinsawhney]

You cannot be selective about which country’s bombing of children you are outraged by. ALL harm to children of any kind is disgusting. Mass bombing or killing of children is what monsters do.

No exceptions.

[David Smith @DavidMagicsmith]

@CliveMyrieBBC Twitter was such a good name because the posts were called tweets.

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@PippaCrerar @antic2000 Vote out to help out.

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Despicable

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@DrEliDavid They’re not terrorists you prick. You are.

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@AlabamaRitchie Toby Jones.