julie lee

Londoner.

[julie lee @mummahlee]

@SkyNews @giulio_mattioli It’s not been a year!!!! Why is everyone saying this? Using the anniversary of a massacre is vile! The war on Gaza happened weeks later as a response to the massacre on Oct 7th. Can’t anyone have just a bit of respect for the murdered people and those who mourn for them?

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

At first I thought she was laughing at the aging infrasturcture in Haifa.

Nope. She thought that a manhole cover from the British Mandate somehow "debunks" Israel.

But the one she shared was manufactured at Vulcan Foundries, which was founded by a company called "Foundries and Metal Works of Israel Ltd." It was owned by Alexander Kremner, a Jew originally from Germany who made aliyah.

Kremner's name is written in Hebrew letters on the manhole cover. You can see it in the photo she shared, if you zoom in.

Being deeply confused about history isn't just a side effect of the Free Palestine movement. It's a membership requirement.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

For those who haven't been following -- and nobody's been following because nobody cares, least of all the journalists' NGOs -- Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been steadily releasing death notifications for one "journalist" after another, listing them invariably as fighters and commanders in the organizations' ranks.

It's dozens now. Maybe more.

But the "Israel targets journalists" meme is forever. The facts will never penetrate the thick fog of ideological confirmation bias that has overtaken the NGO and activism world and its journalistic arms in the mainstream media.

Literally no one cares about whether journalists were actually hunted down by Israel, as it was depicted by @pressfreedom and others, or whether Hamas used fake "journalist" claims to protect combatant commanders, counting on a global NGO and media ecosystem it knew was looking to confirm its biases.

No one will examine these falsehoods or report on them in a visible way because no one cares about the wellbeing of the real journalists, who are desperately endangered when combatant commanders are labeled "journalists" -- and even the world's major journalist advocacy groups decide to play along.

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

I LIVE here in northern Israel.

Hezbollah terrorists are firing rockets and suicide drones at us every SINGLE day.

Asking us to stop defending ourselves is SHEER MADNESS!

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Well done.

"But Ben Gvir" definitely washes away the murderous, eternal muqawama.

Good on you for being so clever.

This is it. This is the campaign in a nutshell. When you point to the nature of Israel's enemies as a possible explanation for some significant part of Israeli behavior, the bigots always, always acknowledge the point. They know.

"But Ben Gvir."

As though decades upon decades of genocidal rhetoric, genocidal intentions and genocidal action against Israeli Jews might not have played some slight role in forging Israel's Ben Gvirs. As though Ben Gvir himself in his worst, most racist moments ever said or did anything half as evil as the routine rhetoric and behavior of the ayatollahs, of Hamas and Hezbollah, of heroes lionized among so many Western elites.

Alas, none of this matters. With the likes of Zaid, we're speaking into a vacuum. They don't want to understand. They're not here to teach or learn or solve anything. It's not about justice or peace or even cold strategy. There isn't even an analysis here.

It's just bigotry, the mindlessness of the self-satisfied bully.

But, you know, Ben Gvir. Case closed.

[Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain]

America won the war but Iran prevailed. Why? Because America has forgotten why it has bases in the Gulf region in the first place: to keep oil flowing through Hormuz. Iran lost the war and closed the strait.

America had no answer to that because it was not willing to go beyond an air campaign, even for crucial missions such as opening Hormuz using force to keep the U.S. and global economies chugging.

America is now conceding to Iran, with Lebanon (and compromised Israeli security) as the prize for the Iranians, because OECD is running out of reserves.

From The Economist: Slower pumping by America and Japan could cut flows from IEA members’ SPRs from 2.5m b/d in June to 0.7m b/d in July, estimates Morgan Stanley, a bank.

[Amjad Taha أمجد طه @amjadt25]

According to President Trump's new standard, if al-Qaeda or Iran were to target Washington with "only" a few drones or missiles, and nobody was killed or injured, America should stand down and sign a deal with the aggressor. That approach will not bring peace to the region, including Lebanon and Israel. It risks teaching every side the same lesson: rearm, regroup, and prepare for the next round. A pause is not peace if everyone is simply loading more weapons for tomorrow.

[Ahmed pak 🇵🇰 @Ahmedpak378456]

Colonisers are those who build a “Al aqsa” mosque over a Jewish temple in Israel. 🇮🇱

Colonisers are those who converted an Eastern Orthodox Church “hagia Sophia into a mosque in occupied constantinople. 🇬🇷

[julie lee @mummahlee]

@domdyer70 Grok can you verify this story and that the photo is real and not AI

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

It's amazing, in a way, that I just think nothing of this. Just: yeah. Of course.

[John Aziz @aziz0nomics]

Rami is an incredibly important Palestinian voice for peace.

[julie lee @mummahlee]

@LordWalney @stephenpollard It is because they totally believe there has been a genocide and that it’s being ignored and covered up. Until they can begin the process of understanding that the premise for their anger has been an unlikely event they will continue and press harder. 🤷‍♀️

[Lord Walney @LordWalney]

This is extraordinary. Time and again, Palestine Action activists and supporters act like the law shouldn’t apply to them

[Tomos Doran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @portraitinflesh]

If a cage fight were merely *part* of America's 250th birthday party, that would be extremely defensible. It's a very popular sport, and martial prowess is part of the American story. But for that to *be* the 250th birthday party speaks of a desperately impoverished civilization.

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

this is exactly it. you see it on here. And it was predictable

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

2) The event itself has strongly denied that it is selling any land in the West Bank.

https://t.co/gus6ZEirio

This did not stop a variety of politicians from effectively egging on the protests we have seen today.

[Charlie Moloney @CharlieMoloney]

If these Filton 4 sentences are too high, the Court of Appeal can look at.

But I am just genuinely amazed there are commentators who were not aware that if you cause north of £1million in criminal damage then you will usually be looking at 3-5 years inside minimum regardless

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

One of the most troubling aspects of the Palestine Action/Elbit case is the moral psychology involved.

It is what happens when a political cause becomes a total identity and creates the opportunity for malign actors to exploit it.

Once “Palestine” is transformed from a cause into a sacred symbol of moral standing, ordinary ethical boundaries begin to collapse. Violence is described as “direct action,” criminal damage as “solidarity,” arrest as “repression,” and prison as martyrdom.

The worker in the factory, the police officer with a family, the public frightened by political violence, even the activist discarding their own future, all fade into a heroic narrative about resistance.

It is radicalisation. Outrage narrows the mind; group approval encourages escalation; online applause replaces conscience. The slogan provides moral permission, and the crowd offers emotional insulation. Every consequence is then reinterpreted as proof that the system is evil, making self-correction nearly impossible.

The most tragic aspect is how cheaply lives are destroyed. People with futures sacrifice them for a fantasy of moral purity. Supporters enjoy the warm glow of righteousness. The accused face the sentence, the criminal record, the terrorist notification requirements, and the ruin of adulthood.

You can care about Palestinians without excusing political violence. You can condemn civilian suffering without romanticising criminality or being duped by false propaganda narratives about “genocide”.

Having a just cause does not make a person just. Sometimes the most dangerous lie people tell themselves is that because they have chosen the “right side”, anything they do in its name must be good.

You can read my report on the Psychology of Disinformation, here: https://t.co/6jA4m151gr

[Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 @montie]

No! No! No!
The British state has special powers to at least delay major works of national art being bought by overseas investors and leaving the country.
@TrevorPTweets is a rare voice and sage in our culture - above party, allergic to groupthink, immersed in understanding and context, never personal. We can't afford to lose him. Close the airports. Take away his passport. Double his pay. DON'T GO TREVOR.
i'm serious. We need you.

[Realign For Palestine @rfpalestine]

“I don’t want a state made up of skeletons or graves,” says Ahmed Fouad

When ideology is allowed to supersede the sanctity of human life, the result is a “martyrdom culture” that perversely celebrates death and destruction . The Palestinian should not keep burying people for a lost cause. It should be about building a society where Palestinians can live, prosper, and be free.

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

I told Members of the European Parliament that Africa is emerging as a launchpad for Russian influence operations targeting Europe. Drawing on years of reporting on disinfo campaigns, I presented evidence of Russian networks in Africa now actively targeting elections in Europe.