
Douglas Watt
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Historical Crime Fiction set in 17th century Scotland . A Case of Desecration in the West out now from @LuathPress. Historian of the Darien Disaster.
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‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins. My @guardian piece on the erasure of Gaza's past. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present https://t.co/Hrsx3klOkz
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The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
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Spooky season is here! 👻 Explore Luath Press’ top Halloween reads: historical crime, Scottish folklore & witchy tales. Perfect for dark nights & cosy reading. 🕯️📖 Full blog: https://t.co/xOtxLiWRdM
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Well done @guardian for having the guts to publish this Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead https://t.co/Aiz5jsZSlz
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Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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While the Israeli PM denies targeting civilians in Gaza as he addresses the UN, remember the report that his military’s own data indicates a civilian death rate of 83% in the Gaza bombing
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Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
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This is huge news. Italy sending a naval ship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla of aid to Gaza. This is the first, small beginning to flexing of European military power against Israeli atrocities.
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“When governments betray the most basic human values, it is upon us to fix it. We, the people.” Tonight, @FranceskAlbs, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, gave this powerful speech at the Together for Palestine concert.
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UN Commission finds Israel has committed genocide in Gaza - the Commission chair says : ‘It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention’
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GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,...
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NEW: The SNP have launched a motion demanding Starmer strip Peter Mandelson of his Labour peerage with immediate effect. Despite his sacking, Mandelson remains a Lord - and thus is still on the public payroll https://t.co/bfYWI3iauz
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THE SNP have lodged a Commons motion demanding Keir Starmer strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage with immediate effect.
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Completely dystopian & utterly outrageous. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, responsible for daily massacres, needs to be immediately closed & its staff put on trial for murder. Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites https://t.co/l5MaBioZCn
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BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
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This Banksy, which appeared overnight on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in London, is extremely powerful.
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Israeli campaign in Gaza meets definition of genocide, say scholars
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International Association of Genocide Scholars joins growing number of experts warning that Israel has committed war crimes
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Another extended family member killed as he went to the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation for food. Ahmed couldn't bear to see his child without milk. They killed him, as they have so many others. Please listen & share these words from Nadia's cousin Sally who is in Gaza.
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One of the five journalists killed by Israeli forces today in Gaza is Mariam Dagga, a mother, who was often based at Nasser Hospital, most recently reporting on the hospital's doctors struggling to save children from starvation
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❗️BREAKING❗️Rescuers killed in line of duty. Scenes like this unfold every moment in Gaza, often unseen, largely undocumented. I beg STATES: how much more must be witnessed before you act to stop this carnage? 🔴Break the blockade 🔴Impose an Arms Embargo 🔴Impose Sanctions.
🚨Civil defense teams were targeted by an Israeli airstrike during a live broadcast on Al-Ghad TV, the attack was the second on Nasser Hospital, killing journalist , Reuters photographer Hossam Al-Masry and others.
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Imagine being in the Labour government and every night the News is on and you hear about more civilians being killed in Gaza and the West Bank and you have to admit to yourself, ‘We’re part of this.’
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“Was it a mistake, killing five journalists?” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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