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Maarten Dirkse retweeted
This is a disgrace. 1) the organisers lied. As reports have showed settlement properties were being marketed 2) no places of worship including synagogues should be used for marketing proceeds of war crimes as settlements are.
We are deeply disturbed at the wholly unjustified protest called for this morning outside a synagogue. We are calling on the police to ensure such protests are kept a significant distance from places of worship to prevent intimidation to members of the Jewish community.
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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. ochaopt.org/content/humanita…
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"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."
Video of the immediate aftermath paints a singular portrait of tragedy and despair: Fahd, cradling his bloodied baby, pressing his hand to Sam’s head in a futile attempt to staunch the bleeding. He looks around – quietly, desperately – as the wails of Sam’s mother and grandmother rise into the air, before whisking Sam away into a passing car. cnn.com/2026/06/13/middleeas…
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Maarten Dirkse retweeted
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. 972mag.com/oslo-israel-seizi…
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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⏭️
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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.
⭕️ The State Department has launched an investigation of Trita Parsi, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), and could seek to deport him, according to U.S. officials and documents reviewed by The Free Press. Parsi, who holds a green card, is one of the most prominent U.S.-based critics of the war with Iran. He was born in Iran, grew up in Sweden, has lived in the United States for over 25 years. A Trump administration official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was taking “a hard look” at anyone whose work “furthers” the agenda of U.S. adversaries, invoking a provision of federal immigration law allowing the secretary of state to personally determine that a noncitizen’s presence compromises a “compelling U.S. foreign policy interest”—the same authority Rubio used in the ongoing effort to deport Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil. Quincy’s CEO told staff and donors in April that the think tank was retaining an immigration lawyer and preparing a writ of habeas corpus “to have at the ready” if Parsi were suddenly detained. The outlet that broke this story, The Free Press, has repeatedly published articles that amplify official pressure on critics of Israel, U.S. wars, and aggressive foreign policy, contributing to a chilling effect intended to deter others from speaking out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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RT @EmilyThornberry: More sanctions and stronger guidance to British businesses is very welcome. But we must go further and faster: a full…
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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.
Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre after Iranian warning to stop attacks bbc.in/4fF8la1
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Maarten Dirkse retweeted
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.
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.trib.al/dcUq28Q
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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. 972mag.com/palestinian-journ…
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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.trib.al/dcUq28Q
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Maarten Dirkse retweeted
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.
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.
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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.
Mooie Europese erkenning voor een uitstekende Nederlandse journalistieke productie over hoe #Israël in #Gaza gericht op kinderen schiet, meestal met dodelijke gevolgen: volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/…
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"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."
Medical records, call logs, satellite & ground images, along w/ 17 interviews w/ survivors, witnesses, first responders & military officials found that rescuers were denied access to Amal Khalil during a crucial period when she was still alive Our report: washingtonpost.com/business/…
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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.
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Maarten Dirkse retweeted
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.
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