
Mehreen Khan
@MehreenKhn
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Economics Editor @thetimes Dormant-ish account
Joined January 2009
We, SGSF stand in solidarity with the activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla, including our comrade David Adler of the @ProgIntl, who have been abducted & detained by Israeli forces for trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 and David Adler!✊🏽
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Turkish journalist and Sumud Flotilla activist Ersin Celik: The Israelis tormented Greta Thunberg, dragged her on the ground, and made her kiss the Israeli flag. Greta is just a small child.
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"I have been abducted and taken against my will by Israeli forces." Israel has detained my friend, and Zeteo contributor, @GretaThunberg. She, like everyone else on that flotilla, needs to be immediately released and her governent needs to speak out. https://t.co/bSWtqp6w0p
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.@davidrkadler's mother tells me: "David is now in an Israeli prison and his US senators (Schiff and Padilla) are not being helpful. The EU is all over the prison and our embassy has not shown up at all." Hey, @SenAdamSchiff and @AlexPadilla4CA. A constituent of yours is in a
Greetings from the Global Sumud Flotilla as we make our final approach to Gaza ⛵️ Today, I am writing a very personal letter to you all — a letter about what it means to me to be Jewish on a mission that is set to arrive to the “Red Zone” during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of
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The Gaza peace plan is an absolute minefield. It allows for Israel to reactivate the war at almost any moment.
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Dear friends, I have just published a very personal essay in the @guardian on the @gbsumudflotilla ⛵️ Who we are, why we sail, what it means to be a Jewish U.S. American aboard this humanitarian mission, and why Gaza — amid the escalation of Israel’s genocide — cannot wait. 🩵
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IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000 https://t.co/T7UPuxaLSP
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Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
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the liberal writer impulse to empathize with the least empathetic party in any situation has long ceased to be an exercise in compassion or humility, it is almost always a way for people to indulge in fantasies of being the most level-headed + benevolent person in the room
Seeing sections of that Ezra Klein piece has me feeling completely insane. I genuinely cannot comprehend, not even a little bit, what liberals think is going on
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“I have not betrayed my people. It is they who have betrayed the tenets of Judaism, which were always full of compassion.” Actor Miriam Margolyes denounces Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, sharing she has lost friends and family members over her outspoken views.
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URGENT 🚨 Once again I am writing from the port of Tunis to confirm a second drone attack on the flotilla. The upper deck of ‘Alma’ has been targeted with an explosive device. The crew has been rescued safely — but the campaign of violent intimidation must be stopped.
BREAKING 🇵🇸🇹🇳 A second drone attack has hit the Global Sumud Flotilla in the port of Tunis, targeting the second principal boat ‘ALMA’ of the convoy.
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Hi everyone. I am here in the port of Tunis. Family was approached by a drone, attacked with a bomb device, and burst into flames. The crew has been evacuated — but the lethal message for the delegates of the flotilla convoy has been made clear.
BREAKING 🇵🇸🇹🇳 The Global Sumud Flotilla’s principal boat, Family, has just been struck by a drone attack in the port of Tunis.
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This week's column is on how nothing will ever be enough to take the sting out of immigration, and that's because political and media elites have an interest in radicalising the issue, constantly moving it along to the next stage of crackdown. https://t.co/PLyO4dUHen
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RT @RanaAyyub: In print today. Stateless by Design, How India is erasing its own citizens @PostOpinions
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Microsoft has worked with law enforcement to prevent its own employees from speaking out on Gaza and protesting its business dealings with Israel https://t.co/kM2fvBM087
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A governor of an Iraqi province post-invasion and a key architect of that war, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed, yuk it up about Jeremy Corbyn being an “extremely flawed person.” This clip says so much about impunity and the political elite failing upwards.
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At least 15,000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli and American forces near the notorious Gaza Humanitarian Foundation since it began operating in Gaza.
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The Office for Budget Responsibility has hardwired austerity into British fiscal policymaking. It is an independent institution with too much power and too little democratic scrutiny. It must go. My new report @NEF suggests what should replace it Thread ⬇️
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Europeans getting the “Africa Summit” treatment, and not liking it.
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Al Jaz reiterates what @pressfreedom and Jon Williams of @rorypecktrust say - there’s no credible evidence against Anas Al Sharif. There was an outcry over Marie Colvin’s death by Syrian regime and Egypt’s jailing of AJ journos in ‘Arab Spring’ - shd be now too @malonebarry
In which the Al Jazeera English director of news, Salah Negm, schools BBC on how to do journalism. Well worth 10 mins of your time.
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