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Senior Policy Fellow @ecfr . Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.

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Hugh Lovatt

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🚨New @ecfr report 🚨 A weak and unpopular Palestinian Authority, combined with deepening rivalries among Palestinian leaders and factions, are increasing Palestinian political dysfunction, and exacerbating local and regional instability.

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House in disorder: How Europeans can help Palestinians fix their political system

Europeans should leverage their relationships with the Palestinian Authority to revive Palestinian institutions and reverse the PA’s slide towards authoritarianism.

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Israel is deliberately and methodically destroying the civil institutions and infrastructure that will be needed to govern and stabilise post-conflict Gaza.

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Israel blows up Gaza's "Palace of Justice" compound which housed the Palestinian Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance & the Magistrate. 100,000s of vital case documents are gone. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure is a War Crime!

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Appalling European vote count at last night's UNGA. Despite talking about importance of international law viz Russia's invasion of Ukraine, only 7 European states felt this legal right also applies to Palestinians. Shockingly 10 voted against ICJ referral, including UK & Germany.

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The UN General Assembly votes to refer the question of the legality of Israel’s prolonged occupation of the Palestinian territories to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- an important milestone in efforts to hold Israel to account

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The UN General Assembly votes to refer the question of the legality of Israel’s prolonged occupation of the Palestinian territories to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- an important milestone in efforts to hold Israel to account

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From the River to the Sea, there is only Greater Israel according to many Israeli maps. Palestinians are erased. 🧵Thread with examples.

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Israel "made the desert bloom". "Your freedom is our freedom". Celebrating the EU-Israel relation is one thing. But airbrushing the Palestinians and 50+ years of occupation out of existence as Von der Leyen is doing here in this video is deeply painful to watch.

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EU in Israel 🇪🇺🇮🇱

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Today we celebrate 75 years of Israel's independence and friendship with Europe. A special message from President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen:

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Come on @guardian , get it right: (a) East Jerusalem is not in Israel according to the UK (and international law). And (b) these were not two sided clashes. Did you not see the videos of Muslim worshippers being beaten up by Israeli police?

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Lapid, who many European diplomats see as the great hope for relaunching a peace process: there are no West Bank settlements, there is no Israeli occupation, we are on our biblical lands.

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«Ce ne sont pas des colonies. Nous vivons sur notre terre biblique.» Y.Lapid, figure d’opposition à B.Netanyahou, exclut comme lui de démanteler les colonies illégales de Cisjordanie. Le constat du fossé entre les positions israéliennes et européennes en vue d’une après-guerre.

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A Mubarak-era Egyptian joke that seems very apt in the current UK political context: An advisor come to Mubarak during protests and tells him: "Sir, the Egyptian people are here to bid you farewell." Mubarak looks puzzled at his advisor and says: "Why? Where are they going?"

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Reactions of some European govts to Amnesty's Apartheid report seem to prioritise Israel's 'Jewishness' over Palestinian rights. This was easier to reconcile in a make-believe two-state peace process. But the entrenching one-state reality is bringing this tension to the fore.

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According to Al Jazeera investigation, Israel has been using US made Boeing GBU- 31 JDAM and 39 SDB munitions against Gaza, incl in its destruction of tower-block hosting office of US news agency AP.

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Bernie Sanders

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The devastation in Gaza is unconscionable. We must urge an immediate ceasefire. The killing of Palestinians and Israelis must end. We must also take a hard look at nearly $4 billion a year in military aid to Israel. It is illegal for U.S. aid to support human rights violations.

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The Israeli army has lost control of West Bank settlers. This is the result in the middle of a Palestinian town.

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Western moves to suspend UNRWA funding are reckless. It is the primary humanitarian provider in Gaza and an important stabiliser in the West Bank and neighbouring countries. A reduction in services will throw oil on a raging fire, exacerbating human suffering & security turmoil.

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And so it begins…footage reportedly showing IDF demolishing Palestinian homes in northern Gaza.

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What could this look like in practice? --> Extensive 'sterile' areas extending deep into Gaza, encompassing agricultural land and built up areas *lopping off northern area of Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, Jabalia (?) *Significant expansion of buffer zones on eastern border KMs deep

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Jews should never be made to account for Israel’s actions. So why should Germany ask its Muslim citizens to account for Hamas’s?

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DW News

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on people of Arab origin in Germany to clearly distance themselves from antisemitism and the militant group Hamas that runs the Gaza Strip.

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Financial Times: Radar data shows Israel’s six-week offensive against Hamas has left much of the Palestinian enclave in ruins.

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The UAE recognises Israel’s illegal settlements. Israel recognises Morocco illegal annexation of Western Sahara. The Abraham Accords really are built on common values.

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Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

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#Breaking : The Morrocan Royal Court said in a statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the King of Morocco, Mohammed IV, in a letter that Israel decided to recognize Moroccan sovereignty in the Western Sahara.

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My debut on @BBCNewsnight explaining Hamas’ internal leadership & power dynamics. The brutal violence unleashed by Hamas against Israeli civilians represents a take-over by hardliners in the military wing, sidelining political moderates who argued for engament & compromise.

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I don't usually share personal stories. Was just in touch with close friends with young daughter, sheltering in Gaza City. All scared and fearing for their lives. Hearing from multiple sources describing Israeli strikes as worse than 2014 war. This violence needs to stop. Now.

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Israel warned it would treat civilians in northern Gaza as hostile targets. (See below post). And here you have it in practice, an Israeli tank firing on a civilian car on Gaza’s main Saleh al-Din road

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Hugh Lovatt

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Israel reportedly dropping leaflets in Gaza warning that any Palestinian civilian who "chooses not to evacuate from the north of the Strip to the south may be identified as a partner in a terrorist organization."

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The US, UK & Germany argue it would be inappropriate for the ICJ to insert itself into a bilateral dispute without Israel’s consent. When compared to their response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, such opposition to Palestinian recourse in international law is even more disingenuous.

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As the ICJ begins its hearing on the legal consequences of Israel's prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory here is my backgrounder on what to expect going forward.

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Norway warns that the situation in Israel-Palestine "is moving towards a one-state reality without equal rights for all. This is unacceptable. The only acceptable alternative [to a two state solution] is one state with equal rights for all."

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Opening Statement at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee

Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Anniken Huitfeldt's opening statement at the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Commitee in New York 20 September 2023.

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Israel adopts policy of collective punishment against Jenin — coupled with military incursions. It is difficult to see how this will do anything other than stoke Palestinian popular anger.

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Israel vs Jenin: -Halt to all entry of Arab Israelis into Jenin (major econ force) -Halt of merchants into Israel -No entry of Jenin district families into Israel for Ramadan -Laborers to continue being allowed into Israel 2 attackers came from Jenin, 3rd Jenin cell interdicted

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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo: “Even in war there are rules. Collectively targeting the entire population of Gaza is not possible, completely cutting off Gaza from water and energy is not acceptable."

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Stavros Kelepouris

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Premier @alexanderdecroo scherp voor Israëlisch optreden in Gaza. "Zelfs in een oorlog zijn er regels." "Collectief de ganse bevolking van Gaza treffen kan niet, Gaza volledig afsluiten van water en energie is niet aanvaardbaar."

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Polling by WINEP shows a large majority of Arab public opinion, incl in UAE and Bahrain, oppose the Abraham Accords normalising relations with Israel.

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Killing Palestinians and starting a war in Gaza is good domestic politics in Israel.

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The Times of Israel

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Netanyahu poll numbers bounce back after Gaza campaign, surveys show

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In other words, Emiratis will now have greater freedom to travel unrestricted in Israel and the West Bank (incl East Jerusalem) than Palestinians themselves.

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Israeli cabinet, in unanimous vote, ratifies the visa exemption agreement with the UAE -- Israel's first such agreement with an Arab state

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UNRWA has 13000 staff members in Gaza. Israel alleges 12 employees (0.09% of total workforce) participated in the 7 Oct attack. The agency has fired them and is investigating. The suspension of funding at such a critical time by the US, IT, CA & AU is completely disproportionate.

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Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya says the group would accept a Palestinian state on 1967 borders and dissolve its armed wing. This is significant and consistent with what the group has signalled for decades. But the West has not successfully engaged.

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Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

A top Hamas political official has told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a five-year truce with Israel and that it will lay down its weapons and convert into a...

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2 years

A long thread on the UK's upcoming decision to proscribe the whole of Hamas as a proscribed terrorism organisation under the UK Terrorism Act 2000. (1) This goes beyond the EU's listing as it creates a series of criminal offences under UK law punishable by imprisonment and fines.

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My new piece for @972mag 👇 Palestine’s return to the ICJ, the court of last resort, some 20 years later, is in itself an indictment of the West’s continued failure to hold Israel to account for its unlawful behaviour.

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The UN’s vote to request a ruling on the occupation is an indictment of the failure to hold Israel accountable — and carries risks and opportunities alike, writes @h_lovatt .

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For historical comparison and what comes next: This is 1973 Yom Kippur war stuff. Hamas is going all in. So will Israel. No going back to status quo ante. Question now is if/when other factions and arenas (West Bank, southern Lebanon) become involved.

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2 years

…even as Israel blocks entry to EU MEP visiting Palestine.

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Assaf Moran 🇮🇱 🎗️

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MEP @RobertaMetsola , the @EP_President , began her visit to #Israel 🇮🇱 with an informal unmediated conversation with @TelAvivUni students. Bringing the younger generation closer is the future of EU-IL relations.

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Big moment for 🇮🇱🇦🇪 and the settlements. The Israel-UAE agreement on the promotion and protection of investments is finally public. Has the UAE respected international law and its obligations to differentiate between Israel and the settlements as per UNSCR 2334? The answer: No

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Last May, Israel and the UAE signed a wide-ranging free trade agreement exempting 96% of Israeli exports from customs duties. It has now come into force, likely benefiting Israel's illegal settlements built on occupied Arab territory in contravention of international law.

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2 years

The current wave of growing instability and violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem offers a good indication of what a new intifada will look like. Whether we have reached that point yet is unclear. But developments are trending in that direction:

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2 years

Quite a moment for someone who boasted “I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life and there’s no problem with that”.

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History is being made in Abu Dhabi – Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has arrived on the first official visit of an Israeli leader in the United Arab Emirates. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was received by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed @ABZayed and an honor guard. 🇮🇱🤝🇦🇪

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Mass displacement is escalating across Gaza, reaching over 187,518. Nearly half a million people (112k families) cannot get their UNRWA food rations. --> Europeans must support efforts to open humanitarian channels via Egypt to support Gaza’s population.

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How Europeans should respond to the Hamas offensive against Israel

In the aftermath of the brutal assault by Hamas, Europeans need to focus on ensuring the war does not spiral out of control

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3 years

If you wanted to start an intifada, this is how you would do it...

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Absolutely horrendous scenes from inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where Israeli forces attacked peaceful worshippers holding night prayers

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"German media giant axel springer makes money on Israel's illegal settlements. “From the river to the sea,” says an ad for Springer’s classifieds site in Israel, which lists homes for sale in Jewish-only West Bank settlements."

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German Media Giant Axel Springer Profits on Israel’s Illegal Settlements. My latest for @theintercept

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3 years

Big picture: we are witnessing the consequences of a rotten “peace process” paradigm. It’s right to call for deescalation, but to go back to what? Gaza is unliveable. Palestinians in EJ are being squeezed. Those in WB are alienated from PA and suffer daily rights abuses by Israel

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Very powerful image to see Israel being held to account by the Global South at the ICJ.

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3 years

Clip and save. Palestinians are not allowed to seek justice from international accountability mechanisms (ICC), and are not allowed to pursue non-violent grassroots campaigns (BDS). So what is the message that the United States is sending?

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US State Department vows to oppose BDS after Ben & Jerry’s settlement pullout

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Sinister indeed. In other words, Palestinians cannot have equal rights in an independent state of their own. Nor can they have equal rights in one state. So we should embrace the supremacy and superior rights of one people over another. That system is called apartheid.

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3 years

Translated: Israel, you better watch out or we will be concerned. Perhaps even deeply concerned.

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Peter Stano

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Palestine: Latest #demolitions of Palestinian structures in Khirbet Hamsa al-Foqa confirm once again a regrettable trend & are obstacle to 2-state solution. 🇪🇺 calls on 🇮🇱 to halt such demolitions,especially in context of #COVID19 & its humanitarian impact

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6 years

Israeli border policeman who killed unarmed Palestinian teen gets 9 months in prison for "causing death through negligence and causing severe bodily harm". As reminder, Ahed Tamimi was jailed for 8 months for slapping an Israeli soldier and making the occupation look bad.

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Map from Grade 2 Israeli textbook. Densely populated Palestinian areas displayed as "the other" under Israeli sovereignty.

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Tony Karon

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What does "From the River to the Sea" mean? A grade 2 Israeli schoolbook may help. Its map shows everything from the river to the sea as Israel, a state that empowers the 7m Jews who live to rule over the 7m Palestinians, most dispossessed and most denied citizenship

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The UK charity – Toremet – has resumed its channelling of funds to Israeli settlements – which the UK says violate international law. Between 2018-20, Toremet transferred more than £6million on behalf of 3rd parties to settlements implicated in Palestinian human rights abuses.

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Hugh Lovatt

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Given that the U.K. charity commission dragged its feet when it came to a British charity funnelling money to illegal settlements, it is also safe to assume its threshold for doing anything one way or the other is pretty high…

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As they instinctively come out swinging behind Israel and its right to self defence, European governments should be mindful of what will come next: a massive disproportionate and no-holds barred military reprisal against Gaza by a humiliated Israeli nation, government and army.

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The U.S. would be sacrificing one red-line (and thousands of Palestinians) to try to save another, rather than holding firm and saying no to Netanyahu. As an exasperated Bill Clinton famously remarked in 1996: “Who the fuck does he think he is? Who's the fucking superpower here?”

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Glad to see all that EU funded rule of law and human rights training for security forces is really paying off…

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The Palestinian security forces dressed in civilian clothes attacked protesters in #Ramallah by throwing stones & sticks This man is a shop keeper who was filming the protest and was beaten badly &arrested with me at the police station. The pal police brought him an ambulance

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We are now in a situation where the Arab League and quite a few members of the US Congress have taken more decisive positons against Trump’s Apartheid plan than the EU. The sad truth is that the EU is making itself irrelevant while failing to live up to its professed principals.

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"Come March for Equal Rights"! Map circulated by Israel's Yesh Atid opposition party. Gaza, the West Bank and Golan Heights are erased.

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Yorai Lahav Hertzanu - יוראי להב הרצנו 🎗️

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השנה יותר מאי פעם: בואו לצעוד באירועי הגאווה ברחבי הארץ🏳️‍🌈🇮🇱

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Israel orders 117,000 Palestinians in Khan Younis, including 50,000 IDPs, from the north, to move E & S to Rafah. Another humanitarian crisis and another step in Israel's forced displacement of Gaza's population towards Egypt. 1.8 million, 80% of Gazans, are now displaced.

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Israel's PM Yair Lapid: "Twenty percent of the [Israeli] population are Arabs and we can and should give them civil equality. [But] on the other hand, we won’t give them national equality, because this is the only state Jews have."

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Opinion | Quietly and politely, Lapid distances himself from Arab Joint List – again

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2 years

To be fair to the EU, it is far from alone in de-prioritising Palestinian rights. But it has spent years preaching values and human rights to others. Ultimately, brushing off AI's findings once again underscore how empty and self-serving this has all been (to put it mildly).

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The policy community depends extensively on the outstanding work down by OSINT experts analysing conflicts from Ukraine to Syria. It is very troubling to see @TwitterSupport blocking leading accounts for no apparent reason.

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Benjamin Pittet

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Why are OSINT accounts being muted ? @KyleJGlen , @NeuroneIntel and probably many others 🤔

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What?? So the over 80 Palestinians killed so far this year -- including by undercover Israeli soldiers posing as civilians — might not be a factor for strong popular emotion against Israeli cars bearing Israeli flags in the heart of Nablus?

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Steffen Seibert

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A mob attacking tourists because they don‘t like their license plate is disgusting and cowardly. I thank the Palestinian Israeli citizen who saved them from the bottom of my heart.

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Map greeting travellers using Wi-Fi at Ben Gurion airport erasing the 1967 borders. Welcome to the one state reality.

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Struggling to keep up with many settlements advancements: East Talpiyot, Gilo, Nof Zion, 'Lower Aqueduct', French Hill, Givat HaShaked etc + expanding settler infrastructure. All designed to constrict Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem, coupled with evictions and demolitions

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EU response to Hamas offensive: shoot the Palestinian Authority sherif that has kept them down in the West Bank and drive Palestinian socio-economic collapse which will benefit armed groups. Crazy.

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Oliver Varhelyi

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The foundations for peace, tolerance and co-existence must now be addressed. Incitement to hatred, violence and glorification of terror have poisoned the minds of too many. We need action and we need it now.

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Hugh Lovatt

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Fascinating imagery: Greater Morocco and Greater Israel brought together through continued occupation and annexation of foreign territory.

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George Deek

3 years

The normalization agreement between Israel & Morocco is a major step to peace. Today I met my friend Ambassador of Morocco H.E. Adil Embarch. We discussed history, culture and the way forward for the region, in Arabic. I even tasted delicious home-made Moroccan sweets! شكراً 🇮🇱🇲🇦

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Taliban showing off more newly acquired hardware -- and U.S. tax dollars at work. In this video, a couple of US supplied UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters left at Kandahar airport. Also 2 Russian helicopters (Mi-17s?).

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**correction: Albania also voted against — bringing total European ‘no’ votes to 11. h/t @MartinKonecny 🙏

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Israel's Land Authority website. 'The West Bank is ours. But we don't want Gaza'

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UN OCHA: Since 7 October, 155 Palestinians, including 45 children, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and Israeli settlers.

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@intifada @Twitter In the interest of FoI, full @intifada story can be found here: All info already in public domain so doubly silly to be censuring...

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Israel's espionage crimes in Gaza and abroad

Spyware sold to governments used against journalists and dissidents.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Happy to be launching my new @ECFRMena report on the future of European strategy on Israel-Palestine Europeans must adapt to the emerging one-state reality by re-orientating their vision towards equality and deoccupation as the basis of a just resolution

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The end of Oslo: A new European strategy on Israel-Palestine

Instead of its rigid focus on the Oslo peace process, the EU should craft a new peacemaking paradigm based on equality and deoccupation.

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Over 3 thousand British war dead are buried in Gaza, most from WW1. Some are Jewish. Since 1948, the graves of all British soldiers have been lovingly cared for by generations of the Palestinian Jaradah family who had to flee to Khan Younis due to the war (Cc @dgcwgc @janeylaw )

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Israeli soldiers disrespecting British Commonwealth war graves in Gaza. This is hallowed ground where British soldiers who fell during the First World War rest. @FCDOGovUK

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Feels like a repeat of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war when Bush admin blocked international pressure to give Israel additional time to continue hitting targets.

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Martin Konečný

3 years

Latest at UNSC on Isr/Pal escalation. European members urging a statement, US keeps blocking. US should explain why it supports UNSC statements on dozens of other conflicts worldwide but in this one case says it would not be helpful.

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4 years

One good thing coming out of all this annexation talk is that international media is finally listening to a new generation of articulate Palestinian opinion leaders such as @InesAbdelrazek , @MariamBarghouti , @yarahawari , @TareqBaconi , @Barahmeh , @4noura , @fadiquran and many more

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The Guardian

4 years

What would annexation of parts of the West Bank mean for Palestinians? — podcast

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

German foreign policy seems to be on an autumn break. Even putting aside its actions in Gaza, to say that Israel is committed to international law when it comes to its settlement and annexation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights is quite ein Sprung.

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DW Politics

6 months

"The accusations being made against Israel are absurd." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Israel is acting in accordance with international law in defending itself against Hamas.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 months

Me on Channel 4 News just now: Escalation in the Red Sea is entirely a product of the war in Gaza. Restoring security there will not come through military action but through a ceasefire in Gaza. That should be the priority of the British government.

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Houthis vow retaliation after latest UK and US military strikes on Yemen

Yemen's Houthis say the latest round of airstrikes by the UK and US will not affect their decision to show support for Gaza. The Iran-backed group, which controls a large part of Yemen, has vowed to...

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

Another Yesh Atid map of Greater Israel showing anti-government protests.

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Yair Zivan

1 year

This week’s protest locations across Israel on Saturday night. I’ll be there along with hundreds of thousands of others. No amount of abuse, insults or attempts at intimidation will keep us away.

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Hugh Lovatt

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UK International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan meeting her counterpart Orna Barbivai in 2022. Behind, an Israeli government map annexing Palestinian territory, including the West Bank.

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Hugh Lovatt

5 months

The escaped Israeli hostages were holding white flags and still shot dead by Israeli troops as they were considered to be in a “sterile zone.” This speaks volumes about the levels of Israeli violence dealt against Palestinian civilians, some also killed carrying white flags.

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BBC Breaking News

5 months

IDF says Israeli hostages in Gaza were holding white cloth on stick when Israeli forces mistakenly shot them

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

European response...

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Salem Barahmeh

3 years

US Sec of State Pompeo is visiting an illegal Israeli settlement a few miles away from Ramallah and the PA Presidential Compound. If that isn’t the biggest F U to the two-state solution, international community and Palestinian leadership - not sure what is.

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Hugh Lovatt

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Israeli plan for Rafah civilians seems like a copy/paste of violent approach adopted in north Gaza: leave humanitarian aid to UN/NGOs, pressure civilians to evacuate through leaflets and air strikes, consider those remaining as hostile, ‘clean’ the area.

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IDF ready for Rafah operation, just waiting for green-light from gov't

The IDF announced on Wednesday morning that it recruited two reserve brigades to continue the defense and attack mission in the Gaza Strip under the command of Division 99.

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

A constructive response would be to say: Apartheid conclusion underscores EU warning of consequences of Israel's undermining of 2SS (). Instead European rhetoric indicates it has no problem living with 'open occupation and unequal rights' -to quote the EU

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

Great thread on extensive use of 'Apartheid' till now. Even the EU has repeatedly warned of an entrenching "one-state reality of unequal rights, perpetual occupation and conflict". A confidential EU report also documented the "discriminatory dual legal regime in the West Bank...

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Hugh Lovatt

5 years

Today's fun fact: 28 out of the 29 Likud members of the Knesset running for re-election are on record as supporting annexation.

All Likud MKs eyeing reelection, but Netanyahu, favor West Bank annexation

Out of the 30 Likud members who hold Knesset seats, 28 have made statements or signed a declaration in support of the application of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection. Again, 'give us the West Bank and Golan Heights. Leave Gaza.'

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Hugh Lovatt

3 months

Securing Palestinian self-determination remains the best and only guarantee for lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians. The starting point for this should be European recognition of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.

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Recognising Palestine: How Europeans can support a post-Gaza war political track

Recognising the state of Palestine is an important step towards Palestinian self-determination. But to be impactful, it needs to be accompanied by concrete measures to challenge negative dynamics on...

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

Netanyahu campaign video from January 2021 celebrating the Abraham Accords...

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Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו

3 years

רק יחד ננצח! #עםאחד 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

Israeli Foreign Ministry map. 'Yes please, the West Bank and Golan Heights. Gaza, no thanks'.

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Hugh Lovatt

4 years

Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister on UAE/Israel deal: I think you can't just let your own brothers down in order to pursue economic interests and perhaps also have more security for yourself

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Luxembourg: UAE selling out Palestine with Israel deal

No Middle East peace possible until resolution of Israel-Palestine dispute, says Luxembourg top diplomat - Anadolu Ajansı

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Hugh Lovatt

4 years

Dutch pension fund ABP has divested from Israeli banks Hapoalim and Leumi. According to ABP's spokesperson: "We expect companies operating in areas with high risk of human rights violations to have a human rights policy."

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ABP breekt met Israëlische banken om nederzettingen

Pensioenfonds ABP is gestopt met beleggingen in de twee Israëlische banken Hapoalim en Leumi. De twee banken zijn betrokken bij bouwprojecten in Israëlische nederzettingen op de Westelijke Jordaano...

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

As a reminder: Collective punishment against an (occupied) civilian population is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.

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Stefanie Dekker

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3 years

Oh my god. The building where al Jazeera’s office is housed has just been taken down by Israeli airstrikes. There was a warning and evacuated. It houses offices and private homes. I can’t believe it.

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

Any loss of life is a tragedy at a personal level. Cpl Lazar was a soldier enforcing Israel's military occupation of Palestinian territory. What Germany is effectively saying here is that it values the safety of the occupying military force above that of the occupied population.

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Steffen Seibert

2 years

Deeply saddened by news of a young @IDF soldier killed & another seriously injured in a shooting in #Shuafat . The shooter must swiftly be brought to justice. This is another reminder that this recent wave of violence must be broken - that requires dialogue and political efforts.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Israel shuts down East Jerusalem event on Palestinian elections and arrests Fatah's secretary general in Jerusalem Since this happened virtually on your doorstep, any response from @EUpalestinians ?

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

For more on Israel's one-state maps, see @LaraFriedmanDC 's thread

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Lara Friedman

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5 years

@PeterBeinart @AdamMilstein Ever looked at pretty much every map produced by the government of Israel? I did back in 2015...

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

Ultimately, we need to talk to Hamas to advance peacemaking efforts. UK organisations/individuals who have been involved in various backchannels and mediation efforts with the group – including myself -- could now face up to 14 years in prison.

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Hugh Lovatt

4 years

Wow. Call for ban on settlement products @guardian by former Amb to France Eli Barnavi; former Knesset Speaker and Jewish Agency Head Avraham Burg; former foreign ministry D-G Alon Liel; 5 Israel Prize recipients, Amb Ilan Baruch; & 1 EMET Prize Laureate

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Ban import of Israeli settlement goods | Letter

Letter: Israeli settlements are the leading cause of human rights violations against Palestinians, and settlement expansion is destroying the possibility of a two-state solution, say signatories...

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Hugh Lovatt

1 year

Smotrich’s call to wipe out Huwara was broadly condemned in Israel and abroad. Yet Palestinians in numerous villages and hamlets continue to face the daily threat of home demolitions and forced evictions by the State of Israel. How is this fundamentally different?

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Yehuda Shaul

1 year

BREAKING: Today the Israeli authorities went for the third round of demolitions in Shi'b al-Butum.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Israel opens tenders for 1257 housing units for the new ‘doomsday’ settlement of Givat Hamatos which would sever East Jerusalem from the southern West Bank. Spare a thought for the EU officials who have to rush into the office on a Sunday to dig out the ‘Concern-O-Meter’.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

European response...

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

This is a good example of the difficulty of trying to build a state under, and beholden to, the occupation while simultaneously trying to challenge the occupying power.

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Palestine in the UK

3 years

Breaking: Israeli occupation forces confiscate travel permit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Riad Malki over consultations with International Criminal Court (ICC), interrogate his delegation members upon return from EU trip

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

Today the 31st session of the PLO's Palestinian Central Council (PCC) will take place in Ramallah. It will last 2 days and is expected to take decisions on PLO strategy and formally elect new members of the Executive Committee. Some deep background 👇👇

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Hugh Lovatt

6 months

Prime Minister Netanyahu proudly showing off his map of Greater Israel to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

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Hugh Lovatt

3 years

Abbas and his PA are in full autocrat mode. They are also lost. Their crackdown against political opponents & activists has intensified since Abbas cancelled elections. Once again it is clear there can be no future for Palestinians without new, legitimate & accountable leadership

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Khaled Abu Toameh

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3 years

Palestinian Authority security forces arrest Issa Amro, a political activist from Hebron, on charges of criticizing senior Palestinian officials on social media.

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Hugh Lovatt

2 years

Abbas 2020: I support a two-state solution EU: ... Abbas 2021: I support a two-state solution EU: ... Lapid 2022: I support a two-state solution [with caveats] EU: Warm welcome. Let's have an Association Council. Abbas 2022: I support a two-state solution EU: ...

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