Mark Whiley

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[Adam Ramsay @AdamRamsay]

Solidarity and thanks to @EdinburghGreens MSP Kate Nevins, @labourlewis, @nickdearden75, @SamTarry and @larabirdsnp who tried to get into the West Bank from Jordan to help with the olive harvest today, but were turned back by Israeli soldiers.

[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

Small news item today

https://t.co/eWaVR4Dqd6

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@antonioguterres Did you mean to post this a year or two ago?

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

The BBC’s Middle East correspondent frames the Israeli elections as Netanyahu against “leftist” and “centrist” figures like Eisenkot, whom she describes as “softly spoken” and “lowkey”.

What she leaves out is that he’s a former general and the architect of the Dahiyeh Doctrine, which calls for disproportionate force and deliberate targeting of civilians and their infrastructure.

In what world is that left wing?

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@Daniel_Sugarman We want Israel to stop systematically mass killing Palestinians. I don't actually know if you do, I don't know if I can even ask.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@Cherniak "It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why he’s only talking about Israel."

Probably because they are systematically eliminating Palestinians. Would you like me to buy you a cinema ticket to see NAZA?

[Jon Wiltshire @JonWiltshire_]

I've been revisiting @UKLabour's 2024 manifesto, and some of the commitments are extraordinary given where we are today...

- Defend the international rule of law.

- Uphold international law in Gaza.

- Recognise Palestinian statehood as an inalienable right.

- Reject new oil and gas exploration because it worsens the climate crisis.

These weren't demands from protesters.

THEY WERE LABOUR'S OWN PROMISES!

The government shouldn't need reminding what the principles are. It already wrote them down and commited to them!

The question is why those principles become negotiable the moment defending them carries a political cost.

@andyburnham @ZackPolanski

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@daverich1 @mehdirhasan It is the Israeli government's propagandists that have been conflating Israel, Zionism and Judaism for the past several years while they have been carrying out the systematic elimination of the Palestinians. Everyone else, most of the world, wants Israel to stop the genocide.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@FurkanGozukara I see Fleisher went to the Pro-Israel propaganda school of loudly and aggressively shouting over your opponent.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@MarcGoldberg111 Na, you need to understand Israel's systematic elimination of the Palestinians. Watch NAZA. Those conflating Judaism and support for Israel are largely not pro-Palestinians.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@EAzizlerli @PeterTatchell @TheGreenParty @ZackPolanski Did an argument about definitions of words ever help us in fighting for gay rights? As as opposed to calling out death e.g. Act Up. I actually disagree with Rachel below, I think this is a great comparison, because it demonstrates clearly where tactics are wrong.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Mike Tapp: 'Zionism isn't ethnic cleansing!'

Shehab Khan: 'So why can a Jewish guy in London get Israeli citizenship but a displaced Palestinian can't?'

Mike Tapp: '...I didn't know that. That doesn't sound equal to me.'

The absolute intellectual collapse. He spent whole time defending the ideology, only to admit he doesn't know how it actually works on the ground

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@MikeTappTweets This is coming from the former VC of Labour Friends of Israel and a guy who spends most of his time online sounding like a Reform MP.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@BenKentish Are the headlines of these articles antisemitic, Ben?

https://t.co/7ij7XAMULQ

Or https://t.co/P2VBk6SDNY

The Board of Deputies regularly takes positions on Israel's policy and meets all of the time, very publicly, with government and opposition.

[James McAsh @mcash]

I'm fond of Miatta but this isn't good.

The Labour Party is forcing her to back policies she clearly does not support.

We don't do that in the Greens. I'm never asked to lie. When someone asks me a question, I tell them what I think.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@perayahmet On the day you approved Jackdaw. Data Centre Moratorium? Cancelling the Heathrow expansion? We had a huge number of climate, energy, nature and sustainable transport motions at our conference. It's you that can't stop trashing the planet and talking against antizionism.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@bethanyinpain @_tomscotson @TheSun Just that. I think most parties do the same. The Sun however wants to bash the Greens as anti-British pub which is ridiculous.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@TheCanaryUK The left needs its own media. It doesn't need you. Good riddance.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@NeilGarratt Gaza is an occupied territory of the one state of Israel. Israel decides whether there are elections in Gaza and East Jerusalem. Gaza's people are currently being mass murdered of which the UK government are complicit through arms sales and reconnaissance flights for intel.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@_tomscotson @TheSun It's all very clear that you have an agenda.

[Mark Whiley @markwhiley]

@_tomscotson @TheSun Yet, you'll find Green Drinks events being promoted by local Green Parties across the country. Yes, we do aim to make events inclusive for all members, including those who don't drink. And what?