Today Israeli authorities barred me and other European elected representatives from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders, as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
We knew that by crossing into the occupied Palestinian territories, we risked being detained, interrogated and turned away by Israeli authorities. And that, alas, is exactly what happened.
For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.
The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.
Ultimately, we went to show solidarity. But we left with an even greater determination to speak out. We will not be silenced, and we will not look away. None of us should.
Are you deranged? They politically cleansed the left, anti Zionists, Jews and blacks in unprecedented numbers. They have a hierarchy of race and are continuing the economic policies that have caused social and economic disaster. They still back a genocidal state. They have no real internal democracy and you want your members that you treated like shite back???? Go swivel
There's a guy on TikTok who's taking Harman Singh Kapoor's videos and putting his own voice-over on them. Kapoor is absolutely fuming and has threatened to sue him if he doesn't stop. But the guy is trolling him in the Dms and he hasn't clocked because he's thick.
@tom_watson Thanks for the clarity Mr Watson. Given you’re ’pausing’ your role serving the public to be a PR for Plantir - will you ever have to declare your income from the company that vies for government contracts?
The most immoral army continues to slaughter children. Nearly daily.
UN bodies and human rights groups have documented the pattern in detail. Anyone who denies it should read these reports.
We keep receipts and there will be accountability.
#PalestineTrials
The ICJ found Israel's occupation unlawful. It must end.
Until then, under int'l law, Palestinians have the right to resist it through lawful means.
Israel shall protect its youth by ending the colonial project that traps many of them in committing atrocity crimes.
The Board of Deputies have taken the Jewish faith hostage in order to protect their rabid anti Palestinian racism, we will not submit to their smears, intimidation & gaslighting. Read, reject this & if you care about the environment AND reject all forms of racism & imperialism, join us in the Green Party!
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This is nonsense. You may have taken a leave of absence but you remain a peer and you can sit in the Lords again. You enjoy a formidable network and considerable influence because of that status.
It's a revolving door and you are cynically swinging through it.