I came back today. I thought I had known despair before, but what I saw today is beyond despair. It is not grief, nor horror, nor pain. It is something colder, a stillness where even God seems to have withdrawn His hand. The sky was impossibly blue. The kind of blue that mocks

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my

I’ve reported 18 wars over 35 years. I’ve been shot at, kidnapped, threatened, nearly raped. I’ve lost friends from Sarajevo to Syria. I thought I’d seen the worst of humanity. I was wrong. Nothing compares to Gaza — or the complicity letting it happen. #GazaGenocide #WarCrimes

For nearly 2 years, I have been asking @BBCNews to critically engage with its sources over Gaza. Israel is a bad source. Uncritically repeating its claims, even with the caveat that they’re denied, is not journalism. Do your job. Verify. You have put Palestinian lives at risk 1/2

How on earth did these people manage to present themselves as victims?

Comparing Anne Frank to a bunch of far-right soccer thugs is tantamount to holocaust denial

I don’t think anyone will ever be able to fully comprehend the extent of intergenerational trauma that is being created right now as we speak. This will be a stain on the history of humanity forever.

Superb academic analysis of what is and isn’t a pogrom. Last night was not one, not even close. And to describe it as such does a disservice to Jewish history & undermines the fight against all racism, including antisemitism. To do so in an attempt to justify Israel’s genocide is

I've often said that those who have politicised antisemitism in the UK have made me & other Jewish people less safe. It means genuine cases of Antisemitism get lost amongst the finger pointing. A similar principle here explained by Aaron from the grim events in Amsterdam:

If Egyptian or Moroccan hooligans rampaged violently through the streets of Amsterdam chanting “There are no schools in Israel because all the Jews are dead”, they would be shot on sight. Yet This week the Dutch police, media, politicians, and monarchy have thoroughly disgraced

Some of the most racist politicians across Europe are casually using false claims of 'pogroms' in order to demonise Muslims and migrants and non-white people in general. Media are totally falling in line by unquestioningly quoting such language Good thread by @BrendanMcGeever

The word 'pogrom' is not only ill-suited to the task of explaining last night, it does a disservice to Jewish history and prevents us from comprehending the multiple atrocities being carried out in the here and now.

"Israeli far-right ultras are notorious for their racism and physical violence... [Leaders' statements] failed to mention attacks against Dutch citizens".

All joking aside. Today has been mind-blowing and to be honest frightening. Almost all of our media blatantly lying about the events in Amsterdam. The hysterical use of language like pogrom and kristallnacht. And the only brave person to tell the truth was at Daily Mail Sport 😵‍💫

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans have been involved in violence in Greece, with Cyprus fans, have cursed their own Arab players, have a reputation of racism and here returning to TA airport they chant “why are schools out in Gaza? Because there are no children left”

Those soccer fans - or, more accurately, hooligans - were attacking people, ripping down Palestinian flags, and chanting happily that there are no kids left alive in Gaza. Oh, and it’s you and your administration that helped kill 16,000 Palestinian kids. That’ll be your legacy.

Maccabi fans are your run of the mill racist football hooligans who overstepped the line in Amsterdam. That's pretty much the story.

Since Maccabi Tel Aviv is trending, come and get to know its soccer/football fans who ignited anti-Arab hate and violence in Amsterdam, leading to reprisals from Arabs who were attacked (and who are universally being smeared as antisemites engaging in pogroms). 🧵

They're engaging in theater of "victimhood", supporting a historically violent, racist fanbase who came to Netherlands to assault and incite violence against Arabs, then flipping it to claim the reprisals and anger in return are simply targeting Jews. 9 https://t.co/VHwPWy5Trn

the way antisemitism is banded around to mean any injuries sustained by israelis is so incredibly dangerous, not to mention insulting to real victims of it. a load of hooligans went to a town, chatted shit, got banged there isnt any more to it. shame on lammy for inflaming this