Husband, father, freelance trainer, translator and editor. Mainly cancelled for my pro-Palestine X account. Formerly @BBCNews @BBCArabic @AUB_Lebanon etc.

Joined December 2008
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At least two Palestinians have been confirmed killed and others wounded by an Israeli airstrike in the area of Al-Nouri tower, north of Nuseirat refugee camp. There is no ceasefire in Gaza.
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This is the photo of the child I posted about yesterday. He was four years old. Save his photo. It should be on the front page of every newspaper in the world. Shame on the complicit media which has failed to report on this. Remember again, Israel killed Rayyan Abu al-Ajin by a bullet to the eye. Look at his face. Look at his eyes.
THIS SHOULD BE A HEADLINE EVERYWHERE: The child was killed by a BULLET to the EYE.
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THREAD: While details regarding the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding have yet to be confirmed, and although the document is by no means a peace treaty, it resolves a fundamental conundrum for Washington.
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RT @HadiHtt: Big thanks to the heroes who insisted on not abandoning their duties towards patients and wounded people during Wartime, despi…
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Today the EU had a choice on Israel, and it chose nothing. No sanctions on Ben-Gvir. No ban on settlement goods. No suspension of the trade deal. The same day, a leaked document revealed the EU has known since 2017 that it could lawfully do all of this. So this is not a story about what Europe cannot do. It is a story about what it refuses to do, and how it hides the refusal. 🧵 ↳ Reuters : “no consensus” on Ben-Gvir (today): usnews.com/news/world/articl…
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Israel just shot him with a drone, he is undergoing surgery.
We are back to South Lebanon, and hopefully the ceasefire this time will be different. This is my understanding of the situation and possible scenarios:
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Thinking of dear friend, journalist @HadiHtt who is being treated for shrapnel injuries after what appears to be a deliberate, targeted strike by I$rael in Kfar Tebnit, southern Lebanon #journalismisnotacrime
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Awful and extremely disappointing decision on Palestine Action today. The conduct of the judiciary on this and Filton case is chilling. The extent to which our establishment will protect Israel's genocide is dystopian. The Starmer government is relentlessly authoritian, cruel, parochial, captured, corrupt and rightly despised. A stain on British politics and the Labour Party.
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BREAKING: The Court of Appeal has backed the government's appeal against the High Court and reinstated the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. As I've been noting for some time, this was always going to happen. The police ignored the High Court's ruling of proscription as unlawful and continued arresting people as terrorists for holding placards stating: "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." On Friday, Judge Johnson upgraded the criminal damage convictions of the Filton Four to terrorism offences in his sentencing, even though at the time of sentencing Palestine Action was not, in the eyes of the courts, considered a terrorist organisation. It was as though the High Court decision never happened. We have been subjected to legal threatre to make it look as if the judiciary have carefully weighed our most cherished and basic rights against the interests of the British state in continuing its complicity in the Gaza genocide. This has all been a stitch-up to keep the focus on the faux-illegality of opposing a genocide rather than the very real illegality of the British state colluding in atrocities that have killed many tens of thousands – and more likely, hundreds of thousands – of civilians in Gaza. Anyone who has supported this dangerous farce should hang their heads in shame.
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The BBC is at it again. Dahiye is not simply “where Hezb0llah is based.” It is home to 500,000–800,000 people. It’s where families live, where friends meet in cafés and restaurants, where people work, shop, study, and build their lives. The choice of language is deliberate, dehumanising an entire community to justify I$raeli attacks on civilians. Shameful
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Netanyahu's entire career for decades was based on finding an American president who would fight Iran on his behalf. And he did. And they both lost.
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The US-Israeli war against Iran has been such an overwhelming success that not a single one of the war's objectives as enunciated by Trump and Netanyahu during its initial days has made it the negotiating agenda. Regime change in Tehran, unconditional surrender by the Islamic Republic, total Iranian denuclearization, curbs on Iran's missile programs, conventional military capabilities, and regional alliances, not one of these issues is even up for discussion.
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I really wonder what those people feel when they read their names among the media personnel and who legitimised Gaza genocide. @lisang @NicRobertsonCNN @abbydphillip @MattGertz @NorahODonnell @LauraKellyKS
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As former British ambassador Craig Murray notes, a raft of recent legislation has given the police and courts enormous, authoritarian powers, including the right to treat any form of civil disobedience as terrorism because it seeks to "influence the government". The timing of Judge Johnson's sentencing of the Filton Four as terrorists on Friday, after a jury had found them guilty only of a relatively minor charge of criminal damage – as well as the renewed cacophony of fake news about a policewoman having her spine broken / smashed, rebutted by Murray in his latest article – is not accidental. As Murray points out, the purpose is to smooth the path for the Court of Appeal to reverse the High Court's recent ruling that it was "unlawful" of the government to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The Appeal Court will issue its decision tomorrow (Monday). The government is desperate to ensure the crushing of Palestine Action continues and thereby prevent the group from drawing attention to the UK's continuing complicity in Israel's atrocities, such as our hosting of Israeli factories that make killer drones for use in Gaza. More from Murray here: craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…
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Trump's trademark bullshit artistry, claiming he wasn't aware of Israel's strike on Beirut, didn't authorize it, and opposes such strikes, is not going to work. The absence of consequences tells you all you need to know. If the Middle East blows up again, it means Trump is desperate for a pretext to get out of an agreement that is certain to expose him to ridicule and weaken the US. As always, Trump is incapable of taking responsibility for his failures and will blame developments he wants you to believe are beyond his control.
Netanyahu's Beirut strike shows how vulnerable diplomacy remains. But responsibility for Israel's ability to fuel further war lies with Trump 1) the risk re: Lebanon has been clear & the admin hasn't adapted its approach 2) beyond talk, Trump has yet to apply meaningful pressure
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Some of the devastating scenes we saw in Tyre yesterday as we filmed families who remain in the city despite the I$raeli bombardment of civilian areas One of the oldest cities in the world’s very existence is now at stake with fighter jets and drones constantly roaring overhead. We found no evidence that I$rael was hitting anything other than civilian buildings and the people of the city invited us into their homes and told us their stories. Stay tuned for our full report
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Jeremy Johnson - in 50 years time this will be the only 1.39 minutes of your life you'll be remembered for. It'll be played in genocide museums to sum up the complicity and callous brutality of the British state in the face of the slaughter of the Palestinian people - and the courage of those who opposed it.
Here’s injustice Jeremy Johnson handing down the sentences at today’s disgusting stitched up Palestine Action trial. Any faith I ever had in the fairness of the British justice system is completely is dead.
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🚨BREAKING -- The Palestine Action defendants have been sentenced for a combined total of more than 25 years. Charlotte Head - 6 years Leona Kamio - 6 years Fatema Zainab - 5 years and 8 months Samuel Corner - 8 years and 8 months
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🚨 In more than 25 years of working on terrorism cases, I never thought I would see terrorism legislation used in a way that blurs the line between genuine national security concerns and the policing of political expression and protest. The sentencing of the Filton 4 raises profound questions about the direction of our justice system. Counter-terrorism laws exist to protect the public from serious threats, not to chill political dissent, including direct action protest. If we are not careful, we risk setting a dangerous precedent, one that many will view as driven not by principle, but by a desire to shield Israel from criticism. I strongly oppose what happened in this case today.
🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case. It is completely disproportionate to punish protesters for criminal damage as if they were terrorists, a sentence which stays with you for life. The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them. Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future. The use of terrorism laws against direct action protesters must end. Together we must continue calling out the abuse of power and fighting for our right to protest. Read our position: Criminal Damage, Direct Action, Terrorism: Misuse of counter-terrorism powers in the UK: amn.st/6015B87ZCx
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Scale of sentences on the 4 young people who took direct action against the arms supplier to Israel is truly shocking. To impose years of imprisonment for protesting to save lives in Gaza is unjust, especially sentencing on terrorist grounds they were never convicted of by a jury
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