I fear Germany (and a lot of the ‘West’) is setting the stage for antisemitic mass violence. This explicit conflation of Israeli and Jewish by Spiegel just as many of Europe’s press and politicians begin to use the term genocide should worry all of us 1/2

Thanks to everyone who came along to the launch of I’m Going to Make a Friend. Such a lovely evening hosted by @Ink84Books and organised by @LittleTigerUK

Enoch Powell in the ‘rivers of blood’ speech: ‘But while, to the immigrant, entry to this country was admission to privileges and opportunities, the impact upon the existing population was very different. For they found themselves made strangers in their own country.’

Taken literally, ‘Island of Strangers’ is nonsensical. But symbolically it weaves Powellism, notions of belonging, and blood and soil nationalism into one phrase. And it further emboldens the racists.

I think it's a big mistake to accept the framing of 'island of strangers' and then argue about it. The implied notion of nation as family is insidious - it's not something we should be aiming for.

"The Nakba continues until today." 77 years ago today, Huda's father was one of more than 800,000 Palestinians forced from their homes when the state of Israel was created. Today, Huda's neighbours and community in Sheikh Jarrah are threatened with eviction by the Israeli

Oh yes. Finally. The wait is always too long 😉 The latest Books for Keeps is out. We’ll be sharing our fave articles over the coming days, of course #BfK272

in these discipline policies, speaking in ‘correct grammar’, ‘standard English’, in ‘full sentences’ and not using ‘slang’ were perceived to be signs of well behaving children - whilst the opposite was true for badly behaved children. these are ideological, not empirical links.

📣And for all those of you who enjoy swerving Ama*zon and putting your money in to regular tax-paying companies, there’s joy over at @bookshop_org_UK where we’ve just listed the: 💚Little Rebels Award Longlist💚 https://t.co/T5kg1uOPNM?

A perfectly observed sketch on the ludicrous, degenerated state of both politics and culture in Britain today.

Dr Harry McCarthy explores how young male actors transformed into women on stage in early modern theatre. Watch his full course on MASSOLIT.

Short 🧵For 20 months now, we have borne witness to the livestreamed genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. We must talk of the moral injury caused by bearing witness (links in replies). But we should note that people who are looking away and silent will bear greater moral injury

Just got on a train at Farringdon, the 9:01pm, going to Sutton. And this has been left in the luggage rack. Let’s try and reunite it with its creator. @TfL

Posted last night. Still no joy folks. Please spread far & wide. Let's remind ourselves what Twitter used to be. @TLRailUK Can you help?

Israeli authorities blocked tens of thousands of Palestinian Christians from entering Jerusalem for Palm Sunday—granting permits to only 6,000 out of the 50,000 Christians living in the West Bank.

This hellsite is choking most if not all Gaza updates. Nothing on my following or for you feeds. Am manually going through accounts and lists. I assume I am also shadowbanned, so if you see this, please boost Pal voices.

Adding this fundraiser for the doc. Donate and share please

Huge respect Francesca, and specially for your untiring work but sorry, this IS exactly the Europe you belong to! Going by info on Wikipedia, you were born in the midst of the Cambodian genocide. You began primary school during the Guatemala genocide. 1/n

Now available to pre-order: #Refuge: Stories of War (and Love). My new book is “an ode to humanity's ability to endure, love and retain dignity and compassion.” https://t.co/0waHMHrt06

The Israeli assault on Gaza is relentless. At least 97 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours, plus 3 bodies recovered from under the rubble, according to Ministry of Health. Over 1,160 killed since Israel's resumption of full scale military campaign on March 18.