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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

If you support this, you’ve lost your moral compass, and any sense of right and wrong.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

I spent 34 years in the Army - front line service in Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan etc. Not once would I have thought it acceptable to be filmed with detainees in this sort of scene. It’s unconscionable. Maybe not a huge deal but symptomatic of an IDF that has lost any morality.

Younis Tirawi | يونس

@ytirawi

4 months

Tulkarm, West Bank | Israeli occupation forces displaying Palestinian hostages in the city.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

What total performative BS this is. With one hand US airdrops 38,000 meal packs…while the other hand continues to provide Israel with the arms, munitions and funds required to sustain this conflict. Performative BS. It fools no one.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

The brazen hypocrisy of Israeli security forces, accusing Hamas of hiding behind protected medical facilities & misusing ambulances in Gaza, while themselves use the cover of medical professionals to carry out covert killings shouldn’t be lost on anyone.

Israeli forces kill three Palestinian fighters in West Bank hospital raid

CCTV captures undercover forces disguised as medics and nurses in the hospital with weapons raised.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

In the words of my 17 year old daughter: “How on earth can anyone feel comfortable doing this?”

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

Not entirely sure that killing the sons and grandsons of your enemy’s leadership is the smartest way to negotiate a ceasefire. Unless you really don’t want that ceasefire. 🤔

Sky News

@SkyNews

1 month

'The killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s sons could have been designed to reassert military pressure on Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.' Sky's @AliBunkallSKY adds that in Haniyeh's words if that was the tactic, it was "delusional" 📺 Sky 501 and YT

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

One can only assume there’s a total collapse of leadership and discipline here. A hugely dangerous state of affairs for any military, especially one at war.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Two types of people in this world: those who find these images entirely justified and acceptable; and those who find them really quite uncomfortable. If you’re in the former, unfollow me now. A short thread why.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

I don’t accept that the strikes were the result of a ‘lack of discipline’. They were the result of systemic flaws in IDF rules of engagement whereby everyone in Gaza is viewed as a legitimate target to be killed. It’s as plain and simple as that.

Shashank Joshi

@shashj

1 month

“The strike that killed seven WCK aid workers in Gaza was a result of lack of discipline on the part of commanders on the ground, and not due to coordination problems between the army and the humanitarian organization, sources in the IDF told Haaretz.”

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Is there any point even talking about when Palestinians will be allowed to return to their homes in north Gaza? As far as one can tell, there’s little to return to. Just a post-apocalyptic wasteland. How can any decent human actually support this? 💔

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Posting on behalf of a journalist friend. Excerpt of a poignant message she received this week from a female UNRWA teacher colleague, aged 57, who is currently in Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip: 1/7

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

11 days

In announcing the name of her replacement (Vanessa Feltz) @LBC have pretty much confirmed that @SangitaMyska was silenced for questioning the conduct of Israel’s war. This is insane. #GazaWashing at its worst. Our mainstream media is fast becoming a farce. Boycott @LBC

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

Finally. An editor and a newspaper with the moral courage to say what all decent members of the public think. Thank you @Independent 🙏

Alastair Jamieson

@alastairjam

1 month

Our front page tomorrow @Independent ‘The moment has come to do whatever it takes to force Israel to end its war. It has to stop.’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Yes, yes, I know it’s divisive. Hate me. But stripping Shamima Begun of her citizenship, leaving her in Syria, effectively stateless, says as much about us as a nation as it does about her. She was a 15 year old child when she went to Syria.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

14 days

October 7 will be remembered as one of the worst terrorist crimes this century. What followed will be remembered as one of the worst State sponsored crimes this century. That it was undertaken by an alleged democracy with US/UK support is shocking.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 years

My 2007 🇦🇫 interpreter. Rejected for relocation by the UK. On his way to a new life with another NATO country. As chuffed as I am, I’m fuming that he and hundreds of others have been denied relocation to the UK. It’s a stain on us as a nation @DefenceHQ @ukhomeoffice @FCDOGovUK

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 years

1/ Asked today why I’m fighting so hard for the Afghan interpreters. 👇 Here’s why. ‘Z’ with Dave. They worked shoulder to shoulder in Sangin until the day ‘Z’stepped on an IED. Lost both legs. And an arm. That, folks, is why we have an obligation to them.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

28 days

Feels a bit grubby receiving thanks for our military support from the ambassador of a country that’s being accused of genocide.

Tzipi Hotovely

@TzipiHotovely

28 days

Thanks to the brave servicemen and women of the @RoyalAirForce and to the British people for your friendship & support in upholding Israel’s security.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 years

RIP Private Stu Collins, B Company 1 SCOTS. Wounded in action in Sangin, Afghanistan 11 years ago. Died yesterday of complications arising from his injuries. Think today of him and all our young veterans and what they endure.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

Yep. Great precision. Great accuracy. Great intelligence. Great weapon selection. Not hearing of any civilian casualties. 👍 Why on Earth can’t the campaign in Gaza be fought in the same way? We all know why - because Israel are punishing all 2.3m civilians for 7 October.

Jake Wallis Simons

@JakeWSimons

4 months

Picture is alleged to be scene of drone killing of Hamas leader Saleh Arouri in Beirut. Impressive precision

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

#Gazawashing Definition: The systematic attempt to smear those who speak out against the IDF’s conduct in Gaza or who question Israel’s military strategy, in order to silence them. Is this really what we want from mainstream media?

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

2 months

🔴 Exclusive: One of the UK’s most senior military figures in Afghanistan was sent home in disgrace after drinking champagne with colleagues, The Telegraph can reveal

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

The utterly callous disregard with which she writes off the unlawful killing of three British citizens (‘a terrible mistake’) says pretty much everything about the majority of our political leaders today. Abhorrent.

Suella Braverman MP

@SuellaBraverman

1 month

Today I met with senior military & political figures in Israel to discuss the war in Gaza & the tragic strike on the aid convoy. My thoughts & prayers go out to the family & friends of those killed. This was a terrible mistake for which Israel has rightly apologised.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

24hrs on I’m still staggered at the cruelty of suspending UNRWA’s budget. Israel’s sharing of the evidence concurrent with the ICJ imposing special measures on them was just cynical and pre-planned. Appalled that the UK has played a part in supporting this. It’s amoral.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

16 days

Another weekend without @SangitaMyska on @LBC I reckon. Another victim. Guilty only of having the integrity, courage and principles to question the conduct of Israel’s war in Gaza. We must not allow mainstream media to smother freedom of speech on this topic, or any other.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

Folks, protesting the killing of thousands of women and children and seeking an end to the violence really does NOT equate to supporting Hamas. Do please stop suggesting that it does.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

But holding all 2.3m people in the Gaza Strip responsible for 7 October, making them accountable for what happened, and collectively punishing them strips Israeli politicians of any moral superiority, and effectively reduces them to the level of Hamas.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 years

Don’t know about you Twitterati, but I’ll remember Marcus Rashford’s campaign for free school meals for considerably longer than I’ll remember his unfortunate penalty. A fine footballer, and an even finer human.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

When you have the capability to do this sort of time sensitive targeting, it does rather beg the question why you’ve had to kill thousands upon thousands of women and children in Gaza in a warfighting campaign so lacking in distinction, proportion and at times legality.

Israel Defense Forces

@IDF

2 months

🔴IDF aircraft struck a vehicle in southern Lebanon containing terrorists who launched rockets into Israeli territory. The terrorists operated under the Imam Hossein Division, which is affiliated with Iran and operates for the Hezbollah terrorist organization. IDF fighter jets…

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

“Israel has been defeated - a total defeat. The war's aims won't be achieved, the hostages won't be returned through military pressure, security won't be restored and Israel's international ostracism won't end.” (Haaretz) Eviscerating Israeli assessment

Saying what can't be said: Israel has been defeated – a total defeat

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www.haaretz.com

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

If you describe this as an ‘accident’ you’re mistaken. Every IDF officer in the kill chain yesterday knew exactly what they were doing when they authorised and executed three separate strikes against these three vehicles. Massive error, maybe, but certainly not an accident.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

A campaign to eliminate Hamas? Or a war against the entire people of Gaza? I’ll leave you to decide what this conflict is.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

7 days

“LBC, lovely. What happened to Sangita Myska? What happened to Sangita Myska everyone”. Count Binface @SangitaMyska @LBC Silenced. For daring to question Israel’s incoherent strategy.

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Charlie Herbert

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1 month

@MikiMullor Insufferable fool…

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Surely set to be among the most enduring and iconic photos of this conflict.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Chance of this little fella planning the 7 October attacks, or holding any of the hostages are pretty slim, I reckon. But many people on this platform will go on justifying his injuries on that basis. Deranged.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Something rather dark, and wrong, when a pro-Israel group (who usually do great work at preventing antisemitism in the UK) try to close down my voice as a media military analyst because my views on the war differ to theirs. Aren’t these the rights we should all seek to protect?

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 years

Goodbye to all that. Final day in uniform after >33 years. It’s been a blast! Huge thanks to all those legends with whom I’ve had the pleasure of soldiering alongside. Still think there’s no finer profession than the profession of arms. @BritishArmy

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

30 days

No one in their right mind thinks 7 October was anything but abhorrent. But the IDF’s response over the past six months has been the most inappropriate and strategically flawed use of military force since we invaded Iraq in 2003. And that is some bar to reach.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

Criticising Israel’s conduct of this war is not antisemitic. Supporting South Africa’s IJC case is not antisemitic. Denouncing civilian casualties is not antisemitic. Simple, really. But a few people are struggling to understand this.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

Deep breath. The account of the IDF strikes on the three vehicles of @WCKitchen is even worse than I had imagined. 👇 This is the top of the iceberg though. One can only imagine what is being done to Palestinian civilians if the IDF strike humanitarian aid workers like this.

Haaretz.com

@haaretzcom

1 month

🧵1/9 An Israeli drone fired three missiles one after the other at a World Central Kitchen convoy escorting an aid truck to a food warehouse in Deir al-Balah, according to defense sources familiar with the details

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Charlie Herbert

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2 years

Remembering this month Private Sean McDonald, killed in action in Sangin, Helmand in early 2010. Hard as nails - cage fighter, lead scout, all round Scottish warrior. Taken from us far too early, but not forgotten. #RemembranceDay

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

I don’t question the need for visual checks for suicide vests. That’s standard SOP when dealing with a suspected bomber. But in 34 years of quite challenging infantry soldiering I’ve never once seen scenes like those in the IDF photos. Not once.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Hmmm. Nothing like starting a second fight when you’ve just realised that the first one is largely unwinnable. Especially when you’re desperate to get your best, much bigger and only friend involved.

Israel Defense Forces

@IDF

5 months

“Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon follows the same extremist and dangerous ideology as Hamas, firing from holy sites in Lebanon and Gaza, and firing at holy sites across Israel.” Watch RAdm. Daniel Hagari addressing Hezbollah’s continued aggression:

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

I could have told you. But this you knew. Powerful, moving poetry by the talented @vean_ima

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

@JohnSimpsonNews I’m sorry? Even if there was an ‘armed man’ it wouldn’t legitimise the striking of three separate vehicles known to be carrying aid workers. This is insane. Call it out for what it is. An unlawful killing of civilians.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

What Hamas did on 7 October was barbaric, murderous, abhorrent. Utterly sickening. All involved deserve a special place in hell, and a fast track route there. I think every rational person feels much the same. Hamas must go.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Any suggestion that ‘anything goes in war’ and that the IDF has a right to do this after the awful events of 7 October is just plain wrong. If IDF wishes to retain moral superiority over Hamas, it needs to operate with morality. Which I don’t see in those photos.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Just do a cursory online search, and try to find equivalence. ISIS maybe? Abu Ghraib? But you won’t find many photos of soldiers in a democratically elected nation treating suspects like that. So please don’t suggest it’s standard practice.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

I saw what went wrong when the West lost its moral compass after 9/11. Renditions, waterboarding, detention without trial, Abu Ghraib, detainee abuse in Basra etc. So please don’t think I’m claiming the moral high ground. I’m definitely not.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Her name is Hind Rajab. She was 6 years old when killed in Gaza, alongside her family and those who came to rescue her. If your response is to simply to say ‘unverified’ or ‘information warfare’ you seriously need to address your values and standards.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 years

Born today in the UK. Two weeks ago his heavily pregnant Mum was in Afghanistan 🇦🇫. Thank you to all who made her rapid route to the UK possible. You know who you are - military, civilian, official, unofficial - you’re all totally awesome!! ❤️ @DefenceHQ

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

What most horrifies about this video is that the bulk of this destruction was done using precision weapons. Deliberately. Not as collateral damage. But deliberately. Think about that for a moment, and tell me this campaign is legitimate. Video @SkyNews

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

Meanwhile, in the West Bank. ‘As a father and his two small sons drove home after doing errands in their village, Israeli soldiers fired at their pickup, killing the 10-year-old. The traumatized 7-year-old blames himself for his brother's death’.

He was shot by Israeli troops in front of his father, and died in his brother's arms

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www.haaretz.com

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

24 days

I despair. At what point will Israel realise that it can no more kill its way to peace in Gaza than the US led coalition could do so in Afghanistan? Utter folly. Tragically so.

ToI ALERTS

@TOIAlerts

24 days

Live update: US agreed to Israel’s plan for Rafah in return for not carrying out large Iran strike – report

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

1 month

@sarahnadav Answer: Right now, a fool.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

The strategic incoherence of the IDF’s approach in Gaza is really quite extraordinary. It’s not a serious campaign to genuinely destroy Hamas. It’s a medieval raid, on an enormous scale, whose only purpose is to punish the population. Staggeringly incompetent strategy.

Gaza war unit tracker

@2023gazawar

2 months

Unit rotation: 7th Brigade, Givati Brigade (84) and Commando Brigade (89) have withdrawn from Hamad Town. Given that Bislamach Brigade (828) withdrew on the same day, it's possible that the IDF will fully withdraw from the entire rest of the Khan Yunis suburbs in the coming days.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Sickening photograph, irrespective of context. Palestinian detainees in north Gaza, stripped to their underwear, placed in uncomfortable positions, waiting to be loaded on trucks. Even if some are Hamas members, this is abhorrent conduct by @IDF

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 years

Remembering this month Corporal Jon Moore. Superb young leader, brave as a lion, respected by all. Killed in action in Sangin, Southern Afghanistan in early 2010. Gone but not forgotten. #RemembranceDay

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

7 October was murderous, barbaric and abhorrent, and no one seeks to deny Israel the right to defend itself. But those of you on this platform using 7 October to continually justify the killing of Palestinian children makes you no better than Hamas in my eyes.

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

3 months

The body of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab has been found decomposing in the car where her family were killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza City. A few metres away, the ambulance sent to rescue Hind was burnt out with the remains of two medics inside ⤵️

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Charlie Herbert

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1 month

Something utterly screwed up when the only evidence of very low yield, super precise targeting in Gaza over the last six months is against international aid workers. Seriously? 🤔

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

I’m simply cautioning about what happens when nations and their militaries do lose the moral high ground. When a blind determination for retribution causes their moral compass to waver. Because that’s what I see when I look at those photos.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

16 days

So the IDF will soon attack Rafah. Innocent women and children will be killed. Some Hamas forces will fight & die. Most will move to safety or merge into the population. The hostages won’t be recovered and Hamas won’t be eliminated. Pointless. Utterly pointless.

Gaza war unit tracker

@2023gazawar

16 days

#Gaza | 2 additional battalions are preparing for #Rafah : - The 101st and 890th Battalions of the Paratrooper Brigade (35) have been withdrawn from protecting the Gazan border in order to train and prepare them for the coming invasion of Rafah.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

It looks to me far more like a determined and deliberate effort to humiliate, degrade and dehumanise. Sure, it’s not one millionth as bad as what Hamas did on 7 Oct. But that’s not the point, is it?

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

The very definition of satire? 🤔 Being lectured about suicide vests by keyboard warriors with zero military experience, despite having done six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and three years in Mogadishu. Thanks for the advice. Now get back to your PlayStations🤦🏻‍♂️

Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Sickening photograph, irrespective of context. Palestinian detainees in north Gaza, stripped to their underwear, placed in uncomfortable positions, waiting to be loaded on trucks. Even if some are Hamas members, this is abhorrent conduct by @IDF

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Charlie Herbert

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1 month

“The army also decided during the first weeks of the war that, for every junior Hamas operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 or 20 civilians.” And some people still think the conduct of this campaign is legitimate? Insane.

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local...

www.972mag.com

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Every time I’m unfairly accused of being a ‘Hamas shill’, a ‘Sinn Fein shill’ or of being antisemitic…it just makes me more determined to say, with honesty, experience and objectivity, why I think Israel’s campaign in Gaza will not bring them better security. Simple.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

When the IDF are clearing the very same area they cleared - at huge cost to civilian life - only a few months ago, then they can no longer pretend they’ve got an effective operational plan, let alone a winning strategy. Such a waste of life. For no discernible gain. Tragic

Gaza war unit tracker

@2023gazawar

2 months

⚠️ | According to Palestinian reports the IDF have begun advancing North and East of Al-Shifa Hospital.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

And when this doctrine of collective punishment is allowed to penetrate into the ranks of the IDF the outcome can only be disastrous for a campaign where the human terrain is the vital ground. Think about that.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

4 months

Uncomfortable to think that the UK government tacitly support this destruction, in abstaining from the last UN Security Council vote for a ceasefire. Not in my name.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

At no time in my career did I or any soldier under my command ever strip a detainee. Not once. Never. I simply can’t think why it would ever be necessary, except perhaps on entry to a formal detention centre or POW holding facility. Not on the street.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

10 days

The furore over the silencing of @SangitaMyska isn’t going away @LBC . This censoring of those who dare to question Israel’s war is simply wrong. It does the Israel-Palestine issue no good. It only serves to further undermine public confidence in mainstream media. Madness.

BladeoftheSun

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Sangita Myska was named Radio Presenter of the Year in 2023. Yet she was sacked from LBC simply for reporting the truth, bad, bad choice. #BoycottLBC

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4 months

Heartbreaking footage. These kids don’t deserve this irrespective of the sins of Hamas. Yet certain people today rejoice on this platform in describing yesterday’s ICJ decisions as a ‘non-event’. What a staggering lack of humanity.

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Charlie Herbert

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3 years

Closing thoughts on the disastrous handling of our 🇦🇫 interpreters over the years. No words left anymore.

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Charlie Herbert

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2 years

Remembering this month Captain Walter Barrie, killed in action on Remembrance Day ten years ago in Helmand, Afghanistan. A soldier’s soldier. Thoughts as always with his widow Sonia and son Callum. Gone but not forgotten. #remembranceday2022

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Charlie Herbert

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My faith in British politics briefly restored. Far right party, Britain First, outvoted in election for London Mayor by a man known only for wearing a bin on his head, and formerly known as Lord Buckethead. Thank you London for rejecting racism and bigotry.

Count Binface

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I just beat Britain First.

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Charlie Herbert

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4 months

Once considered the most capable military in the region, how did the IDF come to be associated with accusations of genocide, disproportionate violence, a lack of distinction between combatants & non-combatants, & a lack of discipline among its soldiers?

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Charlie Herbert

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5 months

If you disagree with me, by all means comment and put forward your counter view, but please do so with decency and respect, and then unfollow or block me. Thank you.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

So, the IDF “regrets the harm caused” to civilians on Christmas Eve, when ‘the wrong weaponry’ was used in an attack on a refugee camp. 86 killed. I’m speechless. What about the other many thousands of civilians killed without justification?

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Charlie Herbert

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5 months

Twenty year old @guardian article about Gaza.Fascinating read from 2003. This was before Hamas control, before the Israeli blockade. But even then the visceral descriptions of the inequality and repression facing the Palestinians could not be more telling

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 years

Wonderful Christmas photo ❤️. Former 🇦🇫 interpreters with the @BritishArmy 🇬🇧 meeting today at Edinburgh Castle esplanade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Good people, universally grateful for the support of the British public after a traumatic year in their homeland.

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Charlie Herbert

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‘Not in our name is the message’. Searing, heartfelt, credible and remarkably powerful commentary by Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, calling out the killing of children in Gaza and his continued presence on the peace marches. Beautiful soul.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 years

As yet another provincial capital falls to the Taliban tonight, my anger with this withdrawal decision has never been higher. Why? Everything we fought so insanely hard for is now under threat. Totally predictable that this would happen. Totally avoidable. Why. Just why? 🇦🇫

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

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I say that a former soldier. 34 years in the Army. Gulf War, NI, Bosnia, Sierra Leone etc. Six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three years in Mogadishu. Not an expert, but some experience. Left in 2019 as a Major General.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

Don’t be seduced by this 🇺🇸 BS about a floating port. It’ll never happen. It’s just a play on US domestic politics. If the US cared one jot about the Palestinian people this war would be over. But it doesn’t. So they suffer. Endlessly.

‘Who is going to distribute it?’: the key flaw in US’s plan to build aid port in Gaza

‘You need drivers, trucks and a distribution system that doesn’t exist,’ says president of Refugees International aid advocacy group

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

Now just imagine if this was reversed.

Middle East Eye

@MiddleEastEye

3 months

Ofer Rosenbaum, a controversial Israeli PR figure and founder of the “The Civilian Front” organisation, gave a speech to a large crowd in Jerusalem where he said: “The new Jew looks at his enemy with the whites of his eyes, then takes his head off”

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

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Welcome to the UK! Their dad is a former 🇦🇫 interpreter. Granted eligibility for relocation to UK 13 months ago. Yes, 13 months ago. Left behind in August. Just one example of how flawed the Afghan relocation system has been for years. But lovely to see them arrive in the UK now

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

13 days

“When I watch what goes on in Gaza, it actually rhymes very strongly with my own experience.” Stephen Kapos. Holocaust Survivor. Lost 15 family members in Auschwitz. God bless you, Sir.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

In the final hours of her life, trapped in a car surrounded by the bodies of her murdered family, Hind Rajab could only pray for salvation. Collateral damage, apparently. She wasn’t even seven years old.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

5 months

Hmmmm. If Israel is able to target Hezbollah combatants with such accuracy, distinction and proportionality in south Lebanon, then why hasn’t it been able to do so against Hamas combatants in Gaza? Thoughts?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

@hahussain

5 months

Since Hezbollah launched war on #Israel on October 8, Israel has killed 123 Hezbollah fighters. Only five civilians (3 journalists in war zone) have been killed by mistake. This is the best ratio of combatant to non-combatant casualties of any army in any war. And still, some US…

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

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One of the features of 21st C conflict - pretty much every tactical activity is caught on camera / downlink / helmet cam So, why won’t IDF release any footage of the drone strikes on @WCKitchen aid workers and Al Shifa hospital operation? To prove their case + disprove doubters

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 years

Remembering this month L/Cpl Joe Pool. Killed in action while serving with the Brigade Recce Force in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan in 2010. Husband, father, son, soldier. Gone but not forgotten, Joe. #RemembranceDay

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 years

Remembering this month Captain John McDerrmid, killed in action in an IED strike in 2007 while embedded with the Afghan National Army. A brilliant soldier who taught my young self a great deal about leadership and being a good human. Gone but not forgotten. #RemembranceDay

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

3 months

‘God, I hate these worthless words that I’ve been hearing for most of my life!!!’ 7/7

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

2 months

Could someone in the pro-war lobby please explain to me why they think the creation of these conditions in Gaza will bring about a better peace and greater long term security for Israel. Because I don’t see it myself. Quite the opposite to be candid.

MSF International

@MSF

2 months

“The current situation in Gaza is catastrophic and words can’t describe it.” In rare contact with one of our staff members in northern #Gaza , MSF nurse Loay Harb describes the situation there, including the lack of food and the medical support he provides where he can.

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Charlie Herbert

@Charlie533080

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Leaving Afghanistan without a political settlement is ill judged. Leaving without our former interpreters and local staff is immoral. Totally disillusioned with UK MOD half hearted approach to this. An institution I once held dear I now hold in slight contempt.

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