Dr David W 💙
@davidwhetham
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Professor of military ethics, trombone player, husband, dad, and eater of cake. Views expressed are own but RT/likes ≠ endorsement https://t.co/vH0DR1slPp
Joined November 2014
It was a privilege to be appointed as an Assistant Inspector-General of the ADF in order to be able to contribute to the vital work carried out by Justice Brereton and his team, investigating allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan
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BREAKING: 🇬🇧🇺🇳🇮🇱 ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says the UK threatened to defund the court and withdraw from its founding treaty if it pursued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant - The Guardian
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Things that are simultaneously true: Antisemitism exists in U.K. & must end Maccabi fanbase incl a hardcore racist hooligan faction U.K. policing has been substantially under-resourced for years PMs & Home Secs should stay out of operational decisions made by police forces
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Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, the man most capable of leading negotiations for a Palestinian state, was beaten unconscious by eight Israeli prison guards on September 14 as he was being transferred between prisons.
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Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons
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Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty & this tweet has been doing rounds today. Now imagine my investigation into Russian interference hadn’t been crushed by lawfare, my news org had doubled down & carried on & govt had opened an inquiry as MPs demanded. 😢
Former Brexit Party MEP, Nathan Gill has been arrested for taking ‘Russian-linked bribes’ from Oleg Voloshyn. Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife
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Another day another news blackout from most of our media on the story of a Farage ally in European Parliament and leader of his party in Wales taking bribes from Russia to spout their lies and BS … Nathan Gill should be a household name by now. But the media that gave you phone
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LIVE La Flotilla in navigazione verso Gaza: diretta video
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The defense starts with awareness. Disinformation doesn’t win by persuading you. It wins when we fight against each other. 12/
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Whoever that guy was who forged Trump’s name on the Epstein card in 1995 and patiently waited 30 years for a leak was a next-level strategist. It’s almost unbelievable.
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Fascinating thread 👇. Please read. Chris was Mentioned in Despatches for his courage, professionalism and judgement as a young Captain during the Falklands War 1982. Today arrested for calling out Israeli war crimes. What a tragic indictment of this government’s moral collapse
Meet Colonel (ret.) Chris Romberg, former British army officer (29 Commando Regiment), military attache at UK embassies in Egypt and Jordan, and son of a Holocaust survivor. Chris was arrested today for supporting a terrorist organisation. A quick thread >
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These problems require considered, intelligent solutions. Any “tough on crime” policy which does not have this as its centrepiece is a distraction. A con. Don’t let con artists and hatemongers distract from the real issues.
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We've added four new online short courses to our growing learning portfolio. Delivered by renowned experts from @KingsCollegeLon, @MartinBricknell & @davidwhetham, through @edXOnline, these courses explore key ethical challenges in defence and security.
securityanddefenceplus.plusalliance.org
What ethical dilemmas arise at the intersection of medicine and the military? How should we make ethical decisions in modern warfare? What does it mean to lead ethically in challenging environments?...
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Utterly heartbreaking. This cannot continue. With no journalists allowed in that war zone, brave surgeons like Victoria Rose are saving lives but also acting as important witnesses. And their testimony is crucial.
British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... really small children with massive injuries.. bits of their bodies blown off... every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"
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So Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a flunkie goes "Deport!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
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The Settlers, the doc I made for the BBC, is now available to stream in the US on BBC Select. It couldn’t be more timely with the announcement today that the Israeli govt has approved construction of 22 new settlements in the West Bank - which are illegal under international law.
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Is Israel committing war crimes in Gaza as its former prime minister Ehud Olmert says? Watch ‘Unspun World’ on BBC Two tonight at 11.05. If you can’t stay up, catch it on iPlayer or BBC News Channel — or listen on BBC World Service.
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🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?! If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone. But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why. 🧵 1/16
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