"The blood of Palestinian children is on your hands!"
A speech by Ursula von der Leyen was briefly interrupted by a man who accused her of being a "criminal" over her support for Israel.
It appears that the University of Groningen has banned a talk I am scheduled to give tomorrow night. The talk’s title: How Europe enabled the Gaza genocide. I won’t be bullied by dodgy Dutch academics. My understanding is that the talk will go ahead online.
Use your vote. Only support candidates who have denounced
@vonderleyen
for endorsing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Make your voice heard by shouting FREE PALESTINE!
In 40 days, Europeans will start going to the polls.
This is the moment to show the power and vitality of our democracy.
So use your vote.
Make your voice heard.
I don’t normally commend
@bbc
reporters. But
@tombateman
has done a good job here. He provides solid evidence that Israel’s military lied to try and excuse its killing of Raed al-Naasan.
The moments before Raed al-Naasan, 21, was shot dead by Israeli troops on Tuesday are captured in video from a clearer angle. The army said it fired live ammunition at him in response to him throwing petrol bombs
Israel is pleased to rejoin African Union as observer after being kept out for 2 decades. FM
@yairlapid
: 'this is a day of celebration for Israel-
#Africa
relations’
I look forward to discussing some key issues for young voters at
@_StudioEuropa
debate on 29 April in Maastricht
A Europe that provides opportunities for all.
That promotes our core values of democracy and equality.
That can defend itself.
Our Europe.
I hope you can tune in.
BANNED: The University of Groningen has forbidden a talk I was scheduled to give tonight (Wednesday). Title: How Europe enabled the Gaza genocide. The talk will now take place online at 7pm Dutch time. Link:
Israel’s new government has more female ministers than any other government in the history of Israel.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli PM
@NaftaliBennett
met with the 9 female ministers today.
Congratulations to my good friend and a great friend of Israel,
@TrussLiz
.
Our nations are allies united by our commitment to freedom and a shared vision for the future.
I look forward to continuing our work together to take that alliance to new heights. 🇮🇱 🇬🇧
I was honoured to attend the Remembrance Service at Westminster Abbey today, commemorating those who gave their lives for our freedom. I also remember the thousands of Jewish volunteers from the Land of Israel, who courageously chose to join the effort.
#LestWeForget
🚨 Man interrupts speech of Ursula von der Leyen, calling her a “criminal” over her support for Israel.
“The blood of Palestinian children is on your hands. You are criminal, Ms von der Leyen, you should be at The Hague, you should not be here!”
Welcome to 🇮🇱
@SecBlinken
It’s an honor to host you on your first official visit to
#Israel
.
Every visit by Sec of State is a special occasion, let alone when it is his first.
Looking forward to our discussions on strengthening the US-IL relations & on regional developments.
What is Bono and who is he for?
On today’s Free State, Dion and Joe look at Bono’s activism, what he has said and, as importantly, what he hasn’t said. (🧵1/3 )
In real life, Israel uses exploding bullets, Hellfire missiles, white phosphorous, drones and DIME. War crimes are not a Disney movie for the people of Gaza.
Balloons: Strong enough to lift a house in the
@DisneyPixar
family movie, Up. Dangerous enough to carry explosives towards Israeli families in real life.
Today, Hamas launched explosives attached to balloons from Gaza into Israel. This isn't a movie, it's real life.
Good morning
@Reuters
. I am the protester in question. Further information about why I tried to arrest
@vonderleyen
for aiding a genocide can be found here:
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's speech at the European Defence and Security Summit in Brussels was interrupted when a protester said she was aiding a 'genocide' in Gaza
I recall that Priti Patel wanted British aid to benefit Israel’s military. And that she recommended threatening Ireland with a 21st century famine. No surprise that she has a soft spot for slave traders.
Home Secretary Priti Patel says the toppling of a statue of slaver Edward Colston in Bristol is "utterly disgraceful" and 'undermines' anti-racism protests.
Follow live updates:
I unequivocally condemn the attack carried out by Hamas terrorists against Israel.
It is terrorism in its most despicable form.
Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks.
BREAKING: A Palestine solidarity demonstration gathers outside the entrance of the White House Correspondents Dinner, confronting celebs and high-profile guests as they arrive.
Hi
@IntlCrimCourt
. The president of America has given the go-ahead for fresh weapons deliveries to Israel. Almost certainly these weapons will be used to commit war crimes. How can
@JoeBiden
be brought to justice?
Scoop: the Biden admin has approved the sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to Israel, raising red flags for some House Dems more open to questioning DC’s support of Netanyahu, suggesting the sale be used as leverage. W/
@karoun
:
Hoping that the International Criminal Court will do the right thing and issue a warrant for the arrest of Benjamin
@netanyahu
. It should then follow that up by putting his chief sponsors
@JoeBiden
and Ursula
@vonderleyen
on trial.
So you want praise because you ‘approved’ the entry of a medical delegation to Palestine? Why should doctors need approval from an artificial occupation? And do you think this offsets Israel’s attacks on hospitals and ambulances?
#Israel
Approved the Entry of an International Medical Delegation into the
#Gaza_Strip
-
During the course of the past week, an international delegation of physicians from the MedGlobal organization worked in
#Gaza
Strip hospitals after Israel had approved its entry. 1/6
A child is killed every 10 minutes in the📍
#GazaStrip
A deplorable number of children have also been injured amid intense and often indiscriminate attacks.
An immediate
#Ceasefire
is the last hope remaining.
Open letter to the Guardian, signed by over 1,000 people, arguing the Guardian's failure to adequately report on Julian Assange's extradition hearing "is truly shameful". The letter was published in the
@M_Star_Online
, not the Guardian.
@medialens
@markcurtis30
Collective punishment is illegal under international law. Are you preparing sanctions against Israel for resorting to it - once again -
@JosepBorrellF
?
On this day in 1904, the Herero people began a revolt against the colonizers of German South West Africa. In response, the Germans ordered the killing of every Herero person within the occupied territory, marking the first genocide of the 20th century.
We are delighted that the first shipment containing Oxygen generators & concentrators sent from Israel 🇮🇱 last night has now arrived in India 🇮🇳.
#Israel
is committed to helping our precious friend
#India
to win this battle against
#COVID19
.
#IsraelStandsWithIndia
What is the ‘tsunami of anti-Semitism’ to which you refer
@kschnurbein
? Are you talking about the major protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza? If so, you are smearing people who defend Palestinian rights. Withdraw your comment now and apologise!
As you gather around the Seder table may you draw strength from the story of liberation of the Israelites from slavery & hope that those still in captivity will soon fill the
#emptychairs
at your table.
#ChagPesachSameach
!
#LetThemGoNow
John Lennon opposed British state violence in Ireland and the US war in Vietnam. His political views were completely at odds with those of Israel’s apartheid government. Quit using his songs in a sordid propaganda exercise.
I don’t recall ever seeing the Custom House illuminated for Palestine, despite how vast numbers of Irish people object to Israel’s war crimes. Double standards in the heart of Dublin.
Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Ireland condemns Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked and immoral attack on Ukraine. We illuminate the Custom House tonight in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We continue to call on Russia to end its military operations immediately
#Ukraine
Sinn Féin has posted a video of a meeting it hosted this week featuring a representative of the Palestinian Authority. Unless I've missed something, Sinn Féin has edited this video so that nobody will know that the representative's speech was interrupted by Palestinians demanding…
Many thanks to
@johncusack
for describing me as a ‘barking dog’! I’m sure
@vonderleyen
and other enablers of the Gaza genocide would be very upset if this video is shared any further. So share away.
Today, 11 defense companies from Israel visited the
@NATO
Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) HQ in Luxembourg. The delegation was led by the International Defense Cooperation Directorate of the
@Israel_MOD
(SIBAT) and the Defense Attaché to NATO.
Hi
@kschnurbein
. Could you kindly explain how the slogan “free Palestine” threatens the safety of Jewish students? It might discomfit Israel’s supporters. But I hope you’re not conflating Israel with Jews around the world. By your own yardstick, that would be anti-Semitic.
Shocking & unacceptable that debate
@Europarl_EN
about
#EUelections
is hijacked in a way that Jews no longer feel safe. At a time when we need to build bridges, this creates polarization & breaks alliances
@Youth_Forum
Full solidarity with
@Emma_Hallali
and
@EUJS
delegation. 🙌
Another rocket was just fired from
#Gaza
at
#Israel
.
This is the 4th consecutive day that terrorists in
#Gaza
have launched rockets at Israeli civilians.
Sick propaganda. Israel boasts of providing a medical operation to a girl from Gaza. The very same Israel frequently blocks cancer patients from leaving Gaza for urgently needed treatment. The same Israel killed 2 doctors and bombed the road beside Gaza’s main hospital in May.
Israeli doctors managed to restore the sight of a girl from
#Gaza
in an innovative surgical procedure.
For many years Hadassah Medical Center has been providing medical services to Palestinians who live in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Bloody Balfour. He was given that nickname because he approved brutality against political activists in Ireland. Later, the same Arthur Balfour sponsored the Zionist colonisation of Palestine. The genocide now being carried out in Gaza is a consequence of that sponsorship.
Politicians have condemned a "moronic act of vandalism" after pro-Palestine activists damaged a portrait of Lord Balfour.
Palestine Action shared a video on social media of a demonstrator defacing and slashing the historic painting ⬇️
This report of the European war industry summit omits the most interesting thing that happened at the event: I disrupted it to put Ursula
@vonderleyen
under citizen’s arrest for aiding the Gaza genocide.
As a graduate of
@ucddublin
, I applaud Martha’s stance. It is shameful, though unsurprising, that the Irish establishment wants to honour an American political leader who enabled the Gaza genocide.
I was thrown out with excessive force from Nancy Pelosi's honorary doctorate of law
@ucddublin
earlier today for representing the views of students as
@UCDSU
President. Why does UCD continue to platform Zionist warmongers whilst silencing students?
Hugely impressed by massive and peaceful demonstrations in Minsk and across
#Belarus
. They show determination and courage of the Belarusian people to seek democratic change.
Authorities must enter into a national dialogue without delay.
On 4 July, let us remember that Shireen Abu Akleh was killed with an American-made bullet. And now the administration of
@JoeBiden
is offering excuses for her murder.
BREAKING: A UK judge has ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the US where he will face a 175 year sentence for publishing
The decision will now move to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel – the defense have until May 18 to make submissions
Stunts like this are deceptive. EU diplomats in East Jerusalem give impression they are trying to help Palestinians. They don’t spell out how their colleagues in Tel Aviv and Brussels support Israel’s aggression. Best thing diplomats in Jerusalem could do is keep mouths shut.
"Whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:8 (37a)).
This week, we exhibit, for the first time at
@NATO
HQ, an exhibition on the humanitarian assistance
@Israel
has been stretching to the world in the recent years.
If you are so alarmed about the imprisonment of Ahmad Manasra, please explain why the EU awards science grants to Israel’s public security ministry. That’s the ministry in charge of the prison where he is locked up.
1)The EU Rep 🇪🇺 met the family of 21 y/o Ahmad Manasra, imprisoned since the age of 13. Alarmed that he’s been in solitary confinement since Nov 2021 despite serious mental health problems. Ahmad should immediately be released to receive necessary mental health care & counseling.
16 year-old Said Odeh was killed by ISF. How many more children have to die due to the seemingly indiscriminate use of lethal force?We call on IL to bring perpetrators to justice.ISF rules of engagement must respect IHL. IL is signatory to the Covenant on the Rights of the Child
This latest eviction is taking place across the street from the British Consulate-General
@UKinJerusalem
, just a few blocks from my home. I bought many a plant at that shop. Sad to see it demolished and another Palestinian family lose their home.
War criminal at large. Commander of Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza seems to be in America at the moment. If anyone sees him please put him under citizen’s arrest.
Today is 2 December. But for a moment I was sure it was 1 April. The EU is sponsoring a film festival in Tel Aviv that puts human rights at the forefront. I’m sure that will bring immense comfort to people in Gaza who have been bombed by human rights-loving Israel repeatedly.
📽️🎞️Solidarity Film Festival puts human rights at forefront at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, with the support of i.a
@MayorOfTelAviv
@TelAviv
Municipality, the 🇪🇺 European Union, the
@goetheinstitut
From 9-18 December 🚨
Also
@dvcronin
book Balfour’s Shadow is essential reading for understanding what kind of battle tested bonds between Israel and Britain are at stake behind the current media mobilisation against a possible PM in waiting
EXCLUSIVE - In 2013
@JeremyCorbyn
spoke at an event hosted by the Palestinian Return Centre in which he made a direct comparison between Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the Nazi occupation of Europe during WW2. Watch until the end…
Just after Israel commits a massacre in occupied Jenin, the state’s president is welcomed to the European Parliament, where he commemorates the Holocaust. This is an insult both to Palestinians and victims of the Nazi genocide.
More than 100 media workers have been killed by Israel as part of the genocide in Gaza. Attending the White House Correspondents Dinner was tantamount to dancing on their graves.
Israel has banned Palestinian political leader Khalida Jarrar from reading books in prison. An outrageous denial of basic rights. Will
@EUinIsrael
protest?
Think you know Ursula von der Leyen? Think again.
With the EU election just over a month away, her team wants to transform her image from a tough crisis-manager-in-chief to a more personal and warm mother and grandmother.
Ursula, rebranded 👇
Ireland’s
@MichealMartinTD
is unhappy that the EU isn’t reconsidering its relationship with Israel. If you’re so unhappy Mr Martin, take unilateral action. Demand that Irish firms and universities stop joining EU-funded projects involving Israel.
Britain signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s military in the recent past. If you must make these videos, at least have the decency to explain that Britain abets Israel’s crimes. And that’s what they are. Crimes. NOT ‘rising tensions’.
It has been a difficult few weeks here with rising tensions and tragic loss of life - we urge everybody to work for peace at this very special time of the year. From the heart of the old city
#Jerusalem
, we wish you and your families a happy and peaceful
#Easter
.
#Easter2022
Decent people around the world condemn Britain for the support it has given to the Zionist colonisation project. The 1917 Balfour Declaration gave the green light to the theft of Palestine. Britain’s role must never be forgotten.
1. The UK condemns Hamas’s attacks on civilians, and affirms Israel’s right to self-defence - which must be exercised with proportionality. We oppose settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the evictions in Jerusalem.
I see
@UKinIsrael
has sent out a message for St Patrick's Day. Here is some history about the links between Ireland and Palestine. We were both victims of your beloved Winston Churchill.
The last line in this statement is the most important. The EU reiterates its commitment to the security of Israel. In other words, the EU regards a state committing genocide and other crimes against humanity as an ally and a partner.
Confiscation of occupied land violates the international law.
The EU will not recognise changes to the 1967 borders, including in Jerusalem, unless agreed by the parties.
Such illegal actions only serve to fuel tensions & undermine Israel’s security, which the EU is committed to.
Appalled by the killing of a 15 year old
#Palestinian
boy, Ali Abu Alaya, near
#Ramallah
today.
#Israel
must swiftly and independtly investigate this shocking and unacceptable incident. Children enjoy special protection under international law and must be protected from violence.
Hi
@IntlCrimCourt
. Israel appears to be threatening the people of Gaza with another major attack. Such threats constitute the crime of aggression, which is illegal under your founding statute. Please take action.
Was Leinster House lit up in the colours of Palestine when a clear majority voted for the Occupied Territories Bill? Or would that have offended
@simoncoveney
?
‘Tragically killed by gunfire’. You make it sound like an accident. That said, it’s not surprising that you want to downplay this crime. The EU regards Israel’s military - the killers of Fula and occupiers of her homeland - as an important ‘partner’.
1/3 Deepest condolences to the family of Fula Masalmeh who was to celebrate her 15th birthday today, but was tragically killed by gunfire from Israeli soildiers near Ramallah yesterday.
BREAKING: UK Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in
#Assange
extradition case.
The extradition decision now moves to UK Home Secretary
@PritiPatel
.
More details soon.
#FreeAssange
As
@stevesalaita
recommends, I have written a letter to Sheffield Hallam University, arguing that
@ShahdAbusalama
has been wrongly accused of anti-Semitism by Israel’s supporters. I would encourage everyone to defend Shahd against a vile smear campaign.
Please write Vice Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, Sir Christopher Husbands, c.husbands
@shu
.ac.uk, and demand that Shahd be reinstated as an instructor.
Today, 13 European Ambassadors joined
@elnetwork_eu
and the
@IsraelMFA
for a tour of our naval base in Haifa to learn how we defend Israeli civilians & the energy infrastructure in the region.
🇮🇱
🤝
🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇬🇷 🇵🇱 🇸🇰
🇫🇮🇭🇷🇦🇱🇨🇭🇭🇺🇧🇬🇮🇪
An Israeli weapons company expresses pride that ‘social responsibility’ is ‘a core value in our daily efforts’. Please tell people in Gaza whose loved ones have been killed with your arms just how responsible you are
@ElbitSystemsLtd
.
Kicking off the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange trade with Maala
#ESG
organization in Israel.
We're proud to be among the leading companies in Israel awarded the Platinum rating, making social responsibility a core value in our daily efforts.
A prominent EU official declares her support for Israel, which has killed more than 30 Palestinian children this week. I am quite sure that
@kschnurbein
is breaking civil service rules on impartiality. I am equally sure she will not be punished for doing so.