Studied Arabic, anthropology, fieldwork: Palestine, Yemen, Netherlands; former Uni Leiden, professor emerita UvA, uses twitter for research
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Never forget...
"Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who kept Kamal Adwan Hospital open as Israeli forces invaded northern Gaza, has now been imprisoned for a full year without charge. “A full year of injustice has passed,” his family says. He remains in Israeli custody under a law allowing indefinite detention without trial, along with at least 95 other Palestinian healthcare workers still detained by Israeli authorities, including 80 from Gaza and 15 from the West Bank."
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Mar 25
🚨 BREAKING : Fears Grow for Detained Gaza Doctor Amid Reports of Abuse
Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician detained by Israeli forces since December 2024 without charge or trial, is facing growing concerns over his safety and possible mistreatment in detention.
“This forced separation doesn’t just kill those inside the prison, it breaks their families too,” his son says, marking over a year without seeing his father.
Dr. Abu Safiya was leading one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza when he was taken. Today, his family’s message is clear: this is an urgent appeal to save his life and end his suffering.
Mar 24
🚨BREAKING: UN experts are calling for the immediate release of a detained Palestinian doctor from Gaza, citing torture and life-threatening health risks.
According to United Nations rapporteurs Tlaleng Mofokeng and Ben Saul, Dr. Abu Safiya, former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has been arbitrarily detained by Israel since Dec 27, 2024, after being abducted by Israeli forces from the hospital.
He is reportedly being tortured inside Israeli prisons, denied critical medical care, and his condition is now described as dire.
The experts warn his life is in serious danger and stress that targeting healthcare workers and denying detainees medical care violates international law.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Free Dr Mohammed Obeid
#FreeDrMohammedObeid
#FreeThemAll
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Mar 17
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
Don't let this become just another news item; talk about it.
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RT @V_MatthiesBoon: It feels as if we really are in the middle of a Kuhnian scientific revolution with regards to #MECFS, wherein the old f…
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Mar 7
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
Don't let this become just another news item; talk about it.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Mar 4
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
Don't let this become just another news item; talk about it.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Dr. Mohammad Al-Derdisawi, a Pediatric gastroenterology specialist, abducted by Israel from Nasser Medical Complex. His whereabouts are unknown 💔
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Mar 1
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
Don't let this become just another news item; talk about it.
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Interessant. Reactie UNL is teleurstellend, zeker gezien de gefundeerde kritiek op het rapport. Ook door deskundigen op het terrein van de studie van antisemitisme.
Feb 23
Universiteiten van NL @tweetsunl publiceert reactie op rapport Taskforce Antisemitismebestrijding.
universiteitenvannederland.n…
Er is kritiek:
1) Er is gefundeerde kritiek op kwaliteit "rapport", ook door Joodse wetenschappers: broddelwerk! nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/02/10/mis…
1/n cc @elsclegal
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🚨 BREAKING: According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ society, detainee Fidaa Assaf (49) from Qalqilya — held since February 2025 — is suffering from leukemia and facing serious health deterioration due to medical neglect in Israeli occupation prisons, despite urgent need for treatment.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Feb 19
Join the "One Million Voices for the Free of Hussam Abu Safieh" campaign.
Reply with 🇵🇸 or even a dot.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Feb 18
Bidding Leila Shahid farewell is heartbreaking. Her passing has deprived Palestine, her family & friends, of an exceptional human being whose vitality, dedication, & undaunted spirit left an impact on the global diplomatic & political arena. Since our days at AUB, I have maintained a special friendship with Leila, witnessing her warmth, vivacity & commitment to Palestine & its people with a rare luminosity & persistence. Rest in peace, power, & love dear Leila.
Feb 18
I am profoundly saddened by the passing of Ambassador Leila Shahid — a towering figure, a role model and one of the most inspiring diplomats Palestine has ever known.
Palestine has lost a seasoned and steadfast voice — one who carried her people’s cause with grace, conviction, and unwavering dedication.
We will honour her legacy by walking in her footsteps, pressing forward on the long march toward freedom and justice.
May she rest in eternal peace and power 🙏🏽✊🏽
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Where happened to the call "all hostages must return home"? Why is Israel - who has no legal authority in Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem according to the highest world's court - continues to hold captive thousands of Palestinians, mostly without even charge or trial?
Feb 16
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
Don't let this become just another news item; talk about it.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
URGENT! Let's stay focused on Gaza, and the rest of occupied Palestine.▶️Israeli soldiers-including European citizens/double nationals-continue to slaughter Palestinian civilians. Politicians should use their leverage to stop 🇮🇱 crimes instead of trying to silence the critiques.
Feb 17
The story of the Abu Nasser family reflects the lived reality of countless Palestinian families. Entire bloodlines erased, homes reduced to rubble, and corpses remain under the rubble for months or are pulverized by US-made bombs.
When the massacre and war crime took place on October 29, 2024, much of the Western media, particularly in the country supplying the bombs, remained largely silent. There were no urgent headlines, no sustained outrage, no prime-time panels demanding answers.
Shame on that silence and complicity.
Over 200 people were killed.
No one was held accountable. No independent investigation brought justice to the victims. Instead, more war crimes unfolded in broad daylight, as the world watched, or chose not to.
Now, after 474 days, the family has managed to recover the remains of more than 67 loved ones from beneath the rubble. Imagine that: 474 days of digging, waiting, identifying fragments of those once held, loved, and known. And still, their suffering is met with indifference by the media and officials.
And still, there is no accountability.
Shame on the media’s silence and complicity.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Feb 17
The wife of Dr. Hossam Abu Safieh is pleading with the world to intervene urgently to save his life, asserting that "his only crime was saving the lives of the wounded," and demanding immediate action before he dies in prison.
DON'T STAY SILENT!!!!
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Statement from Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal:
This afternoon, nearly a year after we won the Oscar, the same settler who attacked me shortly after I returned from Los Angeles--Shem Tov Lusky--again led an attack against my home and my family. Four of my family members are currently arrested and one is in the hospital.
I invite all journalists and diplomats to come visit me and my family this Tuesday, February 17, to hear about how the situation has gotten worse in the year since we won the Oscar, as it has across the West Bank. Email me to coordinate your visit: hamdanalhrane90@gmail.com
Two weeks ago we managed to get a decision from the Israeli court that the area around my home is closed to non-residents, but the settlers break that order and still come with their flocks almost every day.
We call the police, they do nothing. The army comes, they do nothing. Today, Shem Tov Lusky--the settler who attacked me in my home shortly after I won the Oscar last year--came with his flock to my home. My brother called the police to report the incursion. The army came first and immediately raided our house, attacking everyone inside. Then they arrested two of my brothers, a nephew, and cousin. Another brother was badly injured and is now in the hospital.
The Israeli court decision was supposed to make things a bit quieter for us. But the opposite has been true. The settlers have ramped up their harassment and the Israeli authorities have done nothing to enforce the decision, and today they joined the settlers in the attack.
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Feb 14
His only “crime” was treating children in Gaza 💔
The imprisoned doctor Hussam Abu Safiya 😢🇵🇸
Please share… comment… spread the word…
and make a heartfelt prayer for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya 🫶🤲
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Annelies Moors الدكتورة اناليز retweeted
Feb 7
This brave man who faced a tank is still being illegally held by Zionists, a doctor, a man who saw his own dead son being bought to the hospital, a man who tried to save children. Release Dr. Hussain Abu Safieh
Never forget, Dr. Hussam Abu Safieh, keep talking about his release. Be his voice !
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