Maarten Dirkse

Dad, husband, software engineer. Likes history, photography & baking pizza. @VVD @PSV

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

As of June 6, Israeli terrorists perpetrated 950 terror attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2026. 6 terror attacks a day. https://t.co/GgLZ0ccSBR

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"the Israeli military released a statement . claiming that its soldiers “perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them”

"But new video obtained by B’Tselem . paints a different picture. Rather than accelerating, Fahd’s vehicle slows to a stop as it nears the soldiers."

[+972 Magazine @972mag]

In first since Oslo, Israel seizing land for army base inside West Bank city

The seizure order, near Jenin refugee camp, is the latest move aimed at expanding military and settler presence in the north of the occupied territory.

https://t.co/hbt3z1Kv7A

[Martin Konečný @MartinKonecny]

Politico this morning: EU Council legal service confirms that the EU can curb trade with Israel's illegal settlements as a trade measure, with qualified majority.

This adds further pressure on EU Commission to act, removing its excuse.

Aligns with what experts have said⏭️

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

Of course, @tparsi’s crime is his incisive ability to explain why the war with Iran is stupid & harmful to both US & Iranian interests (& to the world economy & the human cost…etc.). For the people who want to sell you this illegal & idiotic war, silencing educators is critical.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

This is obscene. I've called on @MayorofLondon and @YvetteCooperMP to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.

[Zeteo @zeteo_news]

Over 130 Lebanese paramedics have been killed since Israel’s re-invasion of southern Lebanon.

Lebanese journalist Ali Awada speaks to the colleagues and families of those killed, noting growing evidence of the Israeli military targeting medical personnel.

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.

Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam���s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.

Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.

In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.

[Emily Thornberry @EmilyThornberry]

More sanctions and stronger guidance to British businesses is very welcome.

But we must go further and faster: a full ban on trade in goods & services to and from settlements on the West Bank.

[Maarten Dirkse @mdirkse]

Dit doen na de afspraken die gister gemaakt zijn maakt alweer duidelijk wat al heel lang het geval is: #Israël en de regering Netanyahu zijn met afstand het grootste gevaar voor stabiliteit in die regio, en moeten een halt toegeroepen worden.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre after Iranian warning to stop attacks https://t.co/BzWekJVaUu

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

This is an astonishing turnaround in public opinion, one of the legacies of Bibi Netanyahu. And because it is most evident among younger Americans, it is not yet fully felt in the political system.

[The IMEU @theIMEU]

Israel is kidnapping journalists and holding them hostage in its notorious torture camps where they are being beaten, starved, and denied medical care.

Israel is deliberately targeting journalists to stop them from sharing the truth of its war crimes.
https://t.co/V81Pqua8cu

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

For the first time in two decades of polling, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians (41%) than Israelis (36%), a reversal from 55% to 26% in Israel’s favor before to the October 7th attacks. Even 57% of Republicans aged 18 to 49 now disfavor Israel.https://t.co/A1nure5zJO

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Strangely, I haven't seen the op-eds and pearl clutching from the Western media about the U.S. hosting the World Cup that I did when Qatar hosted it.

[Maarten Dirkse @mdirkse]

Het bewijs: overweldigend. De journalistiek: zo goed dat het prijzen wint. Israël schiet gericht op kinderen in Gaza, en schiet ze vaak dood. Het is al langer hoog tijd dat we elke Nederlander die vrijwillig voor Israël is gaan vechten hetzelfde benaderen als de ISIS-gangers.

[Liberaal Collectief Nabije Oosten @libcno]

Mooie Europese erkenning voor een uitstekende Nederlandse journalistieke productie over hoe #Israël in #Gaza gericht op kinderen schiet, meestal met dodelijke gevolgen:

https://t.co/Z1puHpC1L7

[Liberaal Collectief Nabije Oosten @libcno]

Mooie Europese erkenning voor een uitstekende Nederlandse journalistieke productie over hoe #Israël in #Gaza gericht op kinderen schiet, meestal met dodelijke gevolgen:

https://t.co/Z1puHpC1L7

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

"Khalil was killed by the third of three successive Israeli airstrikes."

"The first strike hit a car driving in front of her, the second destroyed her car as she hid nearby, and the third collapsed the building where she had taken shelter with another journalist."

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

A surveillance camera caught a brutal assault by an Israeli soldier and settlers on two young Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Video shows the victims being thrown to the ground and repeatedly beaten, including with a wooden plank, leaving them motionless.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

I say this often. And I think it needs to be repeated often.

The IDF is an army that kills children. They have killed children *for decades*. Enough.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

The Israeli army shot dead a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the West Bank.

It was in broad daylight.

The father says:

"I stopped as I was instructed to, and then they simply shot at the car."

Israel routinely kills babies - and the West is silent.