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Commentary on social media and other media coverage on the current conflict and its repercussions (please see earlier posts on my content selection). I will continue to update this page. Many of these posts also feature on my X page (please follow @garybunt), and are usually posted there first, along with related materials (there’s often a time lag between posting on X and posting here!). The intention here is to keep a record of these posts (X posts disappear from time to time). This relates to my interest in digital archiving as well.
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This is what the Home Sec has unleashed
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) November 7, 2023
Made the issue an incendiary political topic, politicised and pushed the @metpoliceuk into a corner who have panicked and despite initially supporting have now asked the main organisers @PSCupdates to postpone pic.twitter.com/2sk9gX2HsV
I admire the Israelis who speak out against this monstrous occupation, dispossession and subjection of the Palestinians more than I can say. Just listen to this clip: heart-breaking https://t.co/bgo55J4cjG
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) November 7, 2023
This is what you need to know about the blockade on Gaza 👇 pic.twitter.com/PhRnCCb9M9
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) November 6, 2023
This is one of those historic and noble political actions whose significance will be remembered for generations to come. https://t.co/NsppqMneeA
— Asad أسد 🗽🍎 (@AsadFromNYC) November 6, 2023
This elderly Palestinian woman describes her love for pets and how she rescued them while escaping Israeli bombardment in Gaza ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/jSdUaH3tHx
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 6, 2023
Israeli forces have arrested Ahed Tamimi, a prominent 22-year-old Palestinian activist, for “inciting terrorism” on another night of Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank https://t.co/dL3legskP2 pic.twitter.com/o1DvVpQE8w
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) November 6, 2023
Israeli-British Oxford University Professor, Avi Shlaim, speaking at @ICJPalestine on October 30th 2023:
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) November 5, 2023
"Anti-Semitism is a very ugly thing and can never be justified. Most of the anti-Zionist statements that I've come across are reasonable, evidence-based and legitimate. The… pic.twitter.com/1hFykuGsDg
This is a Home Sec who is dangerous & divisive
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) November 6, 2023
Her language can no longer be dismissed as the petty ramblings of a woman desperate to be PM
She previously shared sensitive HO docs
& despite being briefed by @metpoliceuk she continues to misrepresent & embolden the far right https://t.co/6PmffiLNZM
" I’m Jewish, I’m Israeli, my parents were the only survivors of their families from the Holocaust.
— Abier (@abierkhatib) November 6, 2023
I’m not going to support a genocide , am I ?”#Gaza #Israel pic.twitter.com/SjESpD4a4w
Just for one moment imagine if this was Russian soldiers brutally assaulting a 12 year old girl on the streets of Kyiv.
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) November 5, 2023
But it’s not, it’s Israeli occupation thugs and it happened in Jerusalem, so you only get to find out about it on social media.
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Louise Callaghan, The Times & Sunday Times,, Both sides in Israel-Gaza conflict are waging a disinformation war, 5 November 2023. “The spin and propaganda has become increasingly feverish and divorced from reality — and India is helping spread conspiracy theories.”
Jews Unlearning #Zionism is my absolute favorite genre on TikTok
— Abier (@abierkhatib) November 2, 2023
Incredible transformation #Israel#Gaza pic.twitter.com/OAmQnfmUAI
Me just after another Israeli military officer repeating on TV that Israel is doing the outmost to avoid killing civilians in Gaza (and that was before the bombing of Jabalya refugee camp). https://t.co/FBXAd8cqaz
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) November 2, 2023
Language matters.@Barahmeh attends one of the largest marches for Palestine in British history. He asked people there why they support Palestine.
— uncivilized media (@uncivilmedia) November 1, 2023
Full video on YouTube on the uncivilized channel: https://t.co/nP4D0ExwHI pic.twitter.com/KrsCAObncH
A Palestinian nurse working for days non-stop treating the wounded, suddenly receives her own daughter on a stretcher | @OsaidesserMD pic.twitter.com/1GgWxXwsvP
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) November 1, 2023
Today, during a police raid to take down Palestinian flags in the anti-Zionist Jewish neighborhood, Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, the Israeli policemen were recorded attacking residents and knocking residents down on the road, hitting, and punching them in the face.
— Torah Judaism (@TorahJudaism) November 1, 2023
Police violence… pic.twitter.com/sUNYZg749i
More tragedy from our pediatric cancer department, opened in 2019 thanks to hundreds of donors from all over the world: this is Majd, a 7-year-old and hemophilia patient from north Gaza. He was injured with his mom & sister in an airstrike on their house where….
— Steve Sosebee (@Stevesosebee) November 1, 2023
Cont’d pic.twitter.com/tUVmVvzFtm
#Palestinian health care workers put their lives at risk by saving others under conditions that are inhumane. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes – what these paramedics are doing in #Gaza right now is an act of selfless heroism. @PalestineRCS @UN @WHOoPt @FranceskAlbs @MSF_USA https://t.co/pMmqGAB7av
— State of Palestine (@Palestine_UN) November 1, 2023
Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ https://t.co/DlzIXLdPHr
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) November 1, 2023
This photo will haunt me. https://t.co/NXMYJ0crUP
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) October 31, 2023
This is a refugee camp in Gaza, today. I respect some believe a ceasefire is not plausible, but they should stand up and explain what they'll do to avoid more devastating bloodshed like this. This conflict has escalated and too many people are standing by, not doing enough. pic.twitter.com/NWtYVZgyzo
— Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (@DrRosena) October 31, 2023
#Putin [rightly] gets slammed for firing cruise missiles into residential buildings in #Ukraine, but when #Israel vaporizes an entire residential block, it's ok & "like the tunnels of Chu Chi."
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) October 31, 2023
I'm sorry, but if our principles can't be universal, they count for nothing. pic.twitter.com/BeUlezzxFW
The killing of innocents escalates
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) October 31, 2023
The world watches as a people are erased
Once before in our lifetime Europe watched as a siege &genocide of people based on religion unfolded in Srebrenica & beyond
We watch again – not even able to find the moral fibre to say #CeasfireNOW https://t.co/rfuqSDIoU1
NEW: Sisters Uncut are leading another train station sit-in, this time at Liverpool Street, demanding a ceasefire on Gaza. And it’s absolutely massive. pic.twitter.com/D94nXIosh3
— Clare Hymer (@ClareHymer) October 31, 2023
Israel has admitted to bombing this refugee camp, killing dozens of innocent people.
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) October 31, 2023
Their justification? Killing a single Hamas commander.
It is difficult to see how those continuing to support this massacre see Palestinians as human beings. https://t.co/WcZifovlKq
Meet Israeli military spokesman Richard Hecht. As you can hear from his accent, he is from Newton Mearns, Scotland.
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 31, 2023
Settler-colonialism.
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This should be front page news in mainstream media. But it probably won’t even warrant mention in this climate. Crazy. https://t.co/WzWfq6bhjE
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) October 31, 2023
Imagine if this racist paternalist drivel–which apart from being factually ridiculous as thousands are displaced & killed by the hour **at this very moment**–referred to another group's 'historical grievances' where 'Palestinians' currently sits. Just imagine. pic.twitter.com/GFk6BidwcV
— Priyamvada Gopal © (@PriyamvadaGopal) October 31, 2023
“It is just so horrific, so unbelievable, so unconscionable that every single Palestinian and… person with just an iota of humanity is shaken to their core.” Veteran Palestinian politician @DrHananAshrawi reacts to the strike at Jabalya refugee camp & the ongoing bombing of Gaza pic.twitter.com/0HpocP7yVg
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) October 31, 2023
A man at the Rafah crossing in Egypt with #Gaza showing his support for #Palestinians under constant bombardment right now from #Israel with hardly any aid going through the crossing point pic.twitter.com/gqLfR4cjJT
— Alex Crawford (@AlexCrawfordSky) October 31, 2023
"Let me explain what we've seen over the last few weekends. We've seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets… there's only one way to describe those marches. They are hate marches"
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) October 30, 2023
The demonising of people standing in solidarity with the Palestinians continues apace pic.twitter.com/mvOXVe1Eia
We’re offering this as a resource to help mitigate burnout. A digest of the news featuring updates in Gaza, UN, geopolitical updates, legal efforts, popular organizing, & media. @jadaliyya: The War on Palestine Podcast: Episode 1 (October 29, 2023) #Gaza https://t.co/R8SnCK3Yiu
— Noura Erakat (@4noura) October 29, 2023
Well done @Channel4News for having covered the issue of what has been happening in the West Bank. This must not be ignored https://t.co/kKtk7hgpWj
— Chris Doyle (@Doylech) October 30, 2023
🛑 Latest @UNRWA remarks from @UNLazzarini ⬇️
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 30, 2023
🗣️ @UN Security Council Emergency Briefing on "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question" https://t.co/0KbTXV279M pic.twitter.com/VjB1cuwi4q
Divisive and untrue.
— Zara Mohammed (@ZaraM01) October 30, 2023
People from all faiths, communities, backgrounds peacefully marched together in solidarity for peace and for an end to the killing of innocent civilians in Palestine.
The Home Secretary would do better to stop stoking division with such irresponsible words. https://t.co/adckB2a4Ww
“Hamas Is Not ISIS. Here’s Why That Matters”
— Monica Marks (@MonicaLMarks) October 30, 2023
For @TIME, I explained why the “Hamas=ISIS” conflation is dangerous for the security of both Israelis & Palestinians.
Thanks to @gershonbaskin & @azelin, who are quoted in the piece. https://t.co/Gwmajn8jnc
Here are the top 20 Muslim constituencies in England. Most are safe Labour seats. The reason why Keir Starmer maintains his pro-genocide line is he does not believe any of these seats are at risk, especially in an election where Labour expects to win. pic.twitter.com/Yu8HF8P0zR
— Muhammad Jalal (@jalalayn) October 29, 2023
"the [Gaza] health ministry’s figures from previous conflicts have been reliable, according to the UN and human-rights organisations, which have scrutinised them, and come up with their own estimates" https://t.co/toMOvWaiaf pic.twitter.com/LRqHjh7ExF
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) October 30, 2023
Kinan always wants to put his face against something when he hears bombing. #Gaza pic.twitter.com/qgYwNpGtCy
— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) October 29, 2023
This journalist from Gaza found a kitten in the rubble a few days ago. Since then, he has taken her with him wherever he goes, caring for her diligently. Today, he moved to southern Gaza and did not leave the kitten behind. Even in times where death lurks around every corner,… pic.twitter.com/Q4Htt7AWtG
— Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة (@alijla2021) October 29, 2023
Let's be VERY clear. Invoking Amalek means calling for the total erasure of every adult, every child, every pet and livestock, indeed every trace of the nation.@netanyahu is making it absolutely clear that the aim is the annihilation not of #Hamas but of the #Palestinian people. https://t.co/Ja6KaIjiYa
— Mitchell Plitnick 🔥🕎 (@MJPlitnick) October 29, 2023
🚨@Palestinercs has received serious threats from the occupation authorities to immediately #evacuate Al-Quds Hospital in the #Gaza Strip, since it going to be #bombarded.
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) October 29, 2023
📢We urge the international community to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. #SaveAlQudsHospital… pic.twitter.com/qsWtUuB7HU
The Israeli occupation forces deliberately continue to launch rockets directly near Al-Quds hospital in #Gaza to force medical staff, displaced individuals, and patients to evacuate the hospital. This has caused significant damage to hospital departments and exposed residents and… pic.twitter.com/Nh3nkeGadp
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) October 29, 2023
Of all the disturbing and graphic images I’ve seen of the murderous siege on Gaza, this is one of the most upsetting and heartbreaking. It’s unimaginable. Don’t let anyone dehumanise them. Their lives are equal to yours. Their grief is equal to yours. This could all be stopped. https://t.co/2AZ1EzBTnG
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) October 29, 2023
Israel has targeted and killed 35 Palestinian journalists in Gaza so far since October 7th, these are their names and faces. pic.twitter.com/UIwcb2OcPT
— Mnar Adley (@MnarMuh) October 29, 2023
Carpet-bombing two million Palestinians in the dark.
— Richard McNeil-Willson (@mcneilwillson) October 27, 2023
This is "counterterrorism". This is "self-defence". This is "democracy". This is "civilisation".
This is what Western powers have shown unconditional support for. pic.twitter.com/ViCYW6Q7jB
This phone call is from a journalist stationed at a Gaza hospital. He is able to make a call because of data roaming on Turkish SIM card. Translation:
— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) October 27, 2023
“We’re in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. We have no idea what’s happening. There’s no connection, no Wi-Fi, no reporters. We’re cut… https://t.co/SS0oifGVDw
This is an essential thread from @Shayan86 on image verification. I wish it was more straightforward on X but with a few clicks, many images can be contextualised. This is important for researchers too. https://t.co/vIcb79z7ql
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 28, 2023
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 28, 2023
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 28, 2023
Deeply moving and incredibly sad interview about Gaza with Gabor Mate, who lost much of his family in Auschwitz, and knows a thing or two about trauma and loss https://t.co/5BioDcXd1v
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) October 28, 2023
I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a global protest on this scale before. Quite incredible scenes in London and from around the world #CeaseFireInGaza #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/lKfvxgpWoK
— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) October 28, 2023
Westminster bridge right now pic.twitter.com/NAUJou8gkE
— A (@AhmedB100) October 28, 2023
Gazan journalists are going to incredible lengths to get any phone signal to upload a video or a picture in the desperate hope to awaken the sleeping conscience of the "civilized world"!
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) October 28, 2023
This will be one of modern history's darkest chapters! A televized, livestreamed carnage… pic.twitter.com/kCt7cBbZYP
Gaza before and after Israeli airstrikes, as documented in this short video from The Guardian on Instagram pic.twitter.com/N2ICOs1WZw
— Sanaء (@sanaakhouri) October 28, 2023
I'll be listening to this shortly … https://t.co/RwlUr4Wi2u
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 28, 2023
We have extracted all the names of the killed from the #Gaza Health Ministry list as recorded up to Oct 26 and have created a spreadsheet with ChatGPT transliterations of the Arabic names for English-speakers. Please share and use respectfully. Excel file: https://t.co/Xk5xs2cJkL pic.twitter.com/sdrIhPi09n
— Iraq Body Count (@iraqbodycount) October 28, 2023
A full page ad in the New York Times this week. pic.twitter.com/2ALFIjUVuP
— Rhana Natour (@RNatourious) October 28, 2023
For 75 years, Palestinians have been prevented from exercising their own self-determination. They should choose their own authority, answerable to them. Palestinians have no desire to be ruled over by Gulf states. It is a patronising racist view that they cannot govern themselves https://t.co/Nm6sv6aFAL
— Chris Doyle (@Doylech) October 28, 2023
"Arabs and Muslims, we don't want your money. We are just making this video to show that you didn't move. And on the Day of Judgment there will be no excuse." #Gaza_Genocide 🇵🇸
— Majid Freeman (@Majstar7) October 28, 2023
Video credit: The Muslim World. pic.twitter.com/DB2YovrAMM
NOW: Hundreds of Jewish Americans being arrested at Grand Central Station in what might be the biggest mass civil disobedience that NYC has seen in two decades. pic.twitter.com/mUL7ZtIBer
— AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) October 27, 2023
⚠ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel 📉 pic.twitter.com/nDPf7HnjKF
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) October 27, 2023
BREAKING: Total blackout on the internet and communications in Gaza now, paramedics can’t be reached or dispatched, and heavy Israeli attacks the likes of which "we've never seen before," says a friend of mine in Gaza. "This is the first time Israel has cut off the entire phone… pic.twitter.com/TPGT2MzJGZ
— kakasloi 🔻☭ (@kakasloi) October 27, 2023
Israel has killed more than 2100 children in Gaza in less than 21 days. Think about that. 2100 children! pic.twitter.com/ZyNW9qfKHo
— Palestine and MENA Info Center (@PALMENA_IC) October 26, 2023
So remember last week I managed to get Richard the Editor @JewishNewsUK to partially withdraw his dangerous& divisive comments 👇🏽
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) October 27, 2023
“This is plain &simple historic Islamic bloodlust, passed down through the generations from birth”
Now blocked 😂
Looks like someone’s a snowflake ❄️ pic.twitter.com/rpiEq7LTZW
Wael Dahdouh, whose family was killed in an Israeli strike yesterday, is back on air reporting out of "an obligation to cover this historic story despite everything"
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer) October 26, 2023
There are journos sacrificing everything to cover this and journos sacrificing their conscience to cover it up https://t.co/CzQXvKURkl
He should win every journalism award there is. Fearless, courageous and dedicated. ❤️ https://t.co/acVrho6qww
— AssedBaig (@AssedBaig) October 26, 2023
BREAKING: Approximately 50 people held hostage in Gaza have been killed by Israeli airstrikes, according a spokesperson for Hamas's armed wing, Abu Obeida.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 26, 2023
Latest: https://t.co/MILGn9TZiR
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/MLZty2jaic
I gasped. Just so unreal this is happening. The lies we all told ourselves. About the Civilized West. In a week, fundamental, bedrock freedoms and values evaporated like smoke in the wind. https://t.co/ZulWockR8y
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) October 26, 2023
"Gaza's religious affairs ministry has authorised burials in mass graves… some families have begun to wear identification bracelets, or are writing names on the arms of their children, to increase the chance they can be identified if they die." https://t.co/xSrHyqnT5U
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) October 26, 2023
Secretary General of @MuslimWales @AbdulAzim on why Kier Starmer's visit to a Welsh mosque was an 'underhand' move by #Labour.
— Hyphen (@onlinehyphen) October 26, 2023
🔗Click here for the full episode ➡️ https://t.co/CVuL5isJEP pic.twitter.com/AkuNMElx2l
The son and daughter of the director and correspondent of Al Jazeera channel in Gaza Strip, Wael Al-Dahdouh, who were martyred today due to the #Israeli occupation bombing, had recently filmed a video in English language to reveal the truth about what is happening in Gaza Strip.… pic.twitter.com/L6YQn4jJL8
— State of Palestine – MFA 🇵🇸🇵🇸 (@pmofa) October 25, 2023
"When double standards are exposed, the motives of the EU are questioned, and its credibility is eroded."@TiranaHassan addresses @EP_HumanRights on Israel, Palestine, and international humanitarian law ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/uOUzVCIeU3
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) October 25, 2023
They’re going after the journalists and their families one by one. Open your eyes https://t.co/sxE8rgYwIo
— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) October 26, 2023
HEADLINE: Labour and Conservatives at risk of losing majority of their Muslim vote following reactions to events in Israel and Palestine
— Muslim Census (@MuslimCensus) October 26, 2023
The findings from our survey of over 30,000 British Muslims are live.@UKLabour move from 71% of the Muslim vote, to just 5%. pic.twitter.com/Dw9EC8lnEa
Omer and Omar: How two 4-year-olds were killed and social media denied it https://t.co/Ph5IjS5Woa
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 26, 2023
Tragic that such a website is necessary…
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) October 25, 2023
Children killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 2000 until today.https://t.co/h1mjARTz1I
Messaging app Telegram blocks Hamas channels on Android as conflict rages on https://t.co/oFr7WS08M2
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 25, 2023
Israel bombed the family of Al-Jazeera’s chief correspondent in Gaza, killing his wife, son, daughter & others.
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) October 25, 2023
Wael Al-Dahdouh has been one of the most prominent voices covering the war on Gaza.
He was quoted saying “do they want to take revenge on us by going after our kids?” pic.twitter.com/Z6SVHtM2Ao
The skyline in #Gaza is cloudy with continuous Israeli air strikes on a small area crowded with people – civilians, families, journalists – all of whom are meant to be protected under international law https://t.co/sld5txwOul
— Alex Crawford (@AlexCrawfordSky) October 25, 2023
Pamela Brown & Zachary Cohen, CNN, Hamas operatives used phone lines installed in tunnels under Gaza to plan Israel attack over 2 years, sources familiar with intelligence say, 25 Oct 2023 “Intelligence shared with the United States suggests a small cell of Hamas operatives planning the deadly surprise attack on Israel communicated via a network of hardwired phones built into the network of tunnels underneath Gaza over a period of two years, according to two sources familiar with the matter.”
There is no electricity in Gaza at all but Alhamdulillah lsrael can’t block the sun. pic.twitter.com/6qo1WwWUgW
— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) October 25, 2023
It is truly disgusting to imply that Muslim MPs are Hamas supporters and as such voting for Labour, gets you Hamas.
— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 25, 2023
This hate is not new from this former editor of The Sun but he is still brought onto national news shows as a commentator without his hate part of his intro https://t.co/J9p9FR7dtl pic.twitter.com/U2y4hNg2y6
If there is one account to follow on Instagram it’s this guy : Motaz Azaiza. If you want to see the daily hell that’s unleashing in Gaza and the preposterous crimes that Israel is committing every single minute go see his videos. Two days ago a child was killed every 15 minutes .… pic.twitter.com/Gmc5xDqkbG
— Bassem Youssef (@Byoussef) October 24, 2023
Oh my god. Kids too young to go to protests are virtually marching for Palestine https://t.co/x8NGlWPxef
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) October 24, 2023
"Ghayda, we're under the rubble
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) October 24, 2023
But I have my phone
There is no one to rescue us
And I'm screaming
I don't know if the others are alive
I can't feel anything
Layali is in my lap
There is rubble on top of me & that's all" pic.twitter.com/UQekfLoXsr
These are messages sent from under the rubble. The girl telling her friend that she’s under the rubble, she has her phone, no one came to pull them out, she’s screaming, not sure if the the rest are alive, she can’t feel anything, she’s holding Layal, she’s covered with rocks.… pic.twitter.com/P1xzfeoxFw
— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) October 24, 2023
Gaza strikes: Hamas-run health ministry says 700 killed in 24 hours https://t.co/3NUCKYMdMc
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 24, 2023
What the Israeli Hostage said about Hamas captivity-
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) October 24, 2023
"When we arrived in Gaza, they first told us that they believed in the Quran and would not harm us, they fed us well, were kind, a doctor and paramedic visited us regularly, everything was provided for us.
What @CNN said- pic.twitter.com/vtpZ5ee1US
'They are blindly supporting Netanyahu.'
— LBC (@LBC) October 24, 2023
Speaking to @AndrewMarr9, Tory peer Baroness @SayeedaWarsi calls out Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer – saying the Israeli Prime Minister is clearly 'no partner for peace'. pic.twitter.com/OGMZtbkWRl
Keir Starmer slammed for 'embarrassing photo-op' following mosque visit https://t.co/VVNF8FDE9q
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 24, 2023
Gaza strikes: Hamas-run health ministry says 700 killed in 24 hours https://t.co/3NUCKYLFWE
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 24, 2023
I went through hell, says 85-year-old hostage released by Hamas https://t.co/517xhhC8UU
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 24, 2023
People often don't get that the "do you condemn Hamas line" is a rhetorical device to somehow implicate any Palestinian or pro-Palestinian discussing the current situation in Gaza to partially legitimise Israel's bombing as a provocation, not a continuation of Occupation https://t.co/57djKTuViD
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 22, 2023
GAZA UPDATE: At least 1,756 Palestinian children have been killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) October 21, 2023
DCIP is preparing regular reports on the UN's Children and Armed Conflict agenda & grave violations against Palestinian children.
Read more: https://t.co/sHWC9rpA5i pic.twitter.com/vslsM6a78N
Courageous, gut-wrenching. Read this from the BBC correspondent in Gaza, who is also a father and husband. https://t.co/pFNMBxnnaF
— Jeremy Bowen (@BowenBBC) October 21, 2023
A #Palestinian muezzin in Gaza performs adhan (call to prayer) from above the rubble of a mosque that has been razed to the ground by Israeli airstrikes.#Gaza_Under_Attack #GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/CNYfuBcn3M
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 20, 2023
The moment when a Palestinian Christian woman was rescued from underneath the rubble of a church bombed by lsraeli warplanes in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/GeEsIYnd7J
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 20, 2023
For those of you not familiar with Sara Sidner, she is one of many CNN/ mainstream journalists who repeated Israel’s claims of beheaded babies. She later walked back her statements claiming she was “misled”. Of course she never attempted to verify the claims in the first place. https://t.co/6EPFrfeQDn
— Yumna (@yumna_patel) October 20, 2023
Feedback to media coverage from podcaster Rahma Zein. https://t.co/pVFzRtctWm
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 20, 2023
Sisi called for pro-Palestine protests in Egypt today and a crowd of Egyptians wound up going to Tahrir Square (which was not a state-sanctioned protest location) and chanting, among other things, the old Arab Spring refrain of "bread, freedom, social justice" https://t.co/qHSNcx3SFq
— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) October 20, 2023
Protests in Egypt reach Tahrir Sq. https://t.co/eeHA1VPjWV
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 20, 2023
This is an appalling and devastating loss of innocent lives.
— Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) October 17, 2023
The Ahli hospital is run by the Anglican church. I mourn with our brothers and sisters – please pray for them.
I renew my appeal for civilians to be protected in this devastating war.
May the Lord God have mercy. https://t.co/47Jl1X5pf2
If anybody wants to know what an actual level-headed mainstream media report on this should look like. It's physically possible. https://t.co/E3dAuhHoTs
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) October 17, 2023
Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al Ahli hospital blast https://t.co/jgndh9HuPs
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 18, 2023
Channel 4 News in the UK suggesting, based on their reporting, that the Israeli audio of the alleged Hamas guys talking about the attack “is a fake.” So many claims and counter-claims in this conflict. https://t.co/99L5M0LyAj
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 18, 2023
This is what is happening in Gaza. @jondonnisonbbc @mgisholtminard & Jimmy Michael's latest BBC report. "This is Jabalia, once one of the world's most densely populated neighbourhoods, and where those who've survived are clinging on" pic.twitter.com/hXKzsXkj8U
— Azadeh Moshiri (@Azadeh_Moshiri) October 16, 2023
“We stand together to express our shared commitment to protecting the relationship between our communities. British Muslims and Jews have much in common and there are many personal ties between us.”
— Zara Mohammed (@ZaraM01) October 17, 2023
My thanks @IbrahimMogra @JustinWelby @RabbiWittenberg https://t.co/cD2W6L4Ams
Really great statement on how the label 'terrorism' is being used to enable war crimes by Israel against Palestinians – including collective punishment and ethnic cleansing – and repress democratic activism in the UK.
— Richard McNeil-Willson (@mcneilwillson) October 16, 2023
Important reading by leading scholars at @CST_WG @MYBISA. https://t.co/M8rVahtoyl
“Not in my name” Jews are speaking against the genocide and the injustices that Palestinians are enduring. #Gaza#Israel pic.twitter.com/HZsAUhzIpH
— Abier (@abierkhatib) October 17, 2023
Remember, it’s not just the death toll of children we should account for in this genocidal campaign Israel is waging against the Palestinians in Gaza.
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) October 17, 2023
It’s also the kids that survive that will never be the same. https://t.co/zuB0oxbXan
Ascending racial & anti-Palestine attacks in Europe have to be recognized, stopped & investigated just like anti-semitic attacks. European gov'ts curtailing pro-Palestine speech & gatherings has to be reversed as it's part-and-parcel of the environment that creates these scenes. https://t.co/qXGZ3853YM
— Amr Magdi (@ganobi) October 17, 2023
If you can watch anything today. Please watch this from #Gaza. Our producer who lives there shows you life during Isrseli airstrikes https://t.co/3bF1yTiStA
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) October 17, 2023
#InternetShutdowns during conflict endanger more lives!
— Felicia Anthonio (@FelAnthonio) October 17, 2023
People living in the Gaza Strip are under a “complete siege,” cut off from supplies of fuel, food, water, medical provisions, and electricity, and a near-complete communications blackout: https://t.co/Wep35ywuI2 #KeepItOn
Israeli continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza, including in southern areas of Rafah and Khan Younis where Israel told Palestinians to forcibly evacuate for their safety.
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 17, 2023
🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/msxr0m1DFu pic.twitter.com/dGhJCU3Irx
CNN anchor discovers the intent of Israel's war crimes in Gaza after a retired US General says the quiet part our loud: pic.twitter.com/VncMZRqTe6
— Omar Baddar عمر بدّار (@OmarBaddar) October 15, 2023
This is your concrete sign they are losing the media battle. The hearts and minds of the people are turning against these oppressors. pic.twitter.com/9uSz6V9frM
— AkhiTweet (@AkhiTweet) October 15, 2023
More Islamophobic scaremongering. This tweet with thousands of shares falsely claims Hamas supporters are calling for a Jihad in Europe. They are singing about 'Intifada' (resistance) against Israel. Jihad isn't even mentioned. If you don't speak Arabic, don't just make stuff up pic.twitter.com/m36kP2p7cF
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 14, 2023
This fake news story about Qatar cutting off gas ended up getting over 25,000,000 impressions, over 61,000 reposts, and over 185,000 likes. If you compare that versus the impressions from those debunking – well you can guess which has more https://t.co/PavRSGCYQi
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 14, 2023
⛔️ @instagram deletes the most important account reporting LIVE from #Gaza, journalist #MotazAzaiza. He lost his family yesterday. He is one of the few that reports in English.
— Ala Hamdan • الاء حمدان (@AlaHamdann) October 13, 2023
❌ This is IG taking sides❌
Give Motaz his account back! We have the right to tell our side of the… pic.twitter.com/MAMQDEkE3e
This account @Sprinter99800 is a disinfluencer (a disinformation influencer) and has spread at least 3 false stories in the past 24 hours – all related to #Gaza and #Israel. They've got hundreds of thousands of impressions and tens of thousands of reposts. #Gazaunderattack pic.twitter.com/knJShgsPHR
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 13, 2023
Who's behind Israel-Gaza disinformation and hate online? https://t.co/ZUNI7xha3i
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 15, 2023
Aware that they had been abandoned by world powers, Palestinians in Gaza used their remaining cell phone battery life and internet connection to post on social media what may be, and in some cases were, their last messages https://t.co/QTO1TuWt4L
— Electronic Intifada (@intifada) October 14, 2023
Israel ordered 1.2 million Gazans to "evacuate" to the south & is now bombing that very south!
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) October 13, 2023
This from the Nuseirat refugee camp, where 90,000 people live on 0,68 sq km (plus 100,000s of IDPs today)
No where is safe in all of Gaza!
Over 1800 killed inc. 583 kids in 7 days… pic.twitter.com/WoMA2VVPlL
A must read. Well put by @KarenAttiah https://t.co/qp6QHMKHie
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
This series/thread from @Shayan86 brings important perspectives on ongoing digital misinformation https://t.co/U0fObzuRmA
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
Hamas massacre captured on Israeli mothers’ WhatsApp group – BBC News https://t.co/q7h7oEOzsq
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
https://t.co/SkLB95VIcJ “A UN expert said: ‘Forcible population transfers constitute a crime against humanity and collective punishment is prohibited under international humanitarian law’”
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
“EU ultimatum to TikTok over spread of harmful content relating to Israel-Hamas conflict” https://t.co/T9egk0HfyC
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 14, 2023
Two videos: the first clearly shows convoys carrying families out of northern #Gaza as ordered by Israel, the second shows the very same convoy after being targeted by Israeli bombing https://t.co/olp15XIxhv
— Yusra Ghannouchi (@yusraghkh) October 14, 2023
Gruelling shifts are leaving the hospital staff exhausted as medical supplies run ever lower. #HumanitarianCrisis #Gaza pic.twitter.com/KUONnj3WnZ
— GazaMedicVoices (@GazaMedicVoices) October 13, 2023
🇵🇸 #Gaza: This statement by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s daughter, Maria Guardiola has put a lot of politicians, celebrities, journalists and others with a platform to shame:
— Majid Freeman (@Majstar7) October 13, 2023
‘My God.
So is this really what we're going to do now? Just sit back and watch a genocide… pic.twitter.com/VGiEgKF6Bp
More Islamophobic scaremongering. This tweet with thousands of shares falsely claims Hamas supporters are calling for a Jihad in Europe. They are singing about 'Intifada' (resistance) against Israel. Jihad isn't even mentioned. If you don't speak Arabic, don't just make stuff up pic.twitter.com/m36kP2p7cF
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 14, 2023
"#Qatar has been in talks with #Hamas about the hostages that the militant group is holding inside #Gaza, and the US has been coordinating with the Qataris as they play a key mediating role with Hamas, according to a senior US official"https://t.co/t8mguhjN8V
— Dr Andreas Krieg (@andreas_krieg) October 14, 2023
"This is Gaza's saddest moment."
— Fakhri | Buku Baru Mac 24! (@fakhrifadzli) October 14, 2023
Journalist Mutaz Azaiza shows the terrible damage in Gaza after a week of constant attacks by Israel from the air, land, and sea.
The scale of destruction can only be described with tears.#TaufanAlAqsa #Gazagenocide pic.twitter.com/z8Bs9Hpkz8
This fake news story about Qatar cutting off gas ended up getting over 25,000,000 impressions, over 61,000 reposts, and over 185,000 likes. If you compare that versus the impressions from those debunking – well you can guess which has more https://t.co/PavRSGCYQi
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 14, 2023
⛔️ @instagram deletes the most important account reporting LIVE from #Gaza, journalist #MotazAzaiza. He lost his family yesterday. He is one of the few that reports in English.
— Ala Hamdan • الاء حمدان (@AlaHamdann) October 13, 2023
❌ This is IG taking sides❌
Give Motaz his account back! We have the right to tell our side of the… pic.twitter.com/MAMQDEkE3e
IDF's Arabic spokesman, despite telling 1.1 million people to evacuate in 24 hours yesterday, now says that the main road to southern Gaza will only remain protected for the next 6 minutes. He made this tweet only an hour ago.https://t.co/WfsOV1Iqdo
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) October 13, 2023
No fuel, no electricity, disrupted internet access & the water & food supplies have been also been cut by Israel
— AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) October 12, 2023
Israel threatened to bomb any Egyptian aid trucks coming into Gaza.
A massacre is being committed in total blackout. pic.twitter.com/zOJBxl14Jw
How I charge my phone?
— Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸 (@MuhammadSmiry) October 12, 2023
Battery + inverter
How I charge the battery?
Local generator or solar panels.#Gaza pic.twitter.com/iE8tcFVyia
https://t.co/LD5QRhJTKe “The social media giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has said its moderation teams are working "round the clock" amid pressure from governments regarding the misinformation on social media platforms around the Israel-Hamas war.”
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 12, 2023
Social media is awash in misinformation about Israel-Gaza war, but Musk's X is the most egregious https://t.co/ig842hcNAe opinion/analysis
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 13, 2023
People in Gaza are posting their wills, last words & pleas for forgiveness if they've ever wronged anyone in any way.
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) October 12, 2023
Israel killed 1417 Gazans, inc. 447 children & 248 women in 6 days.
Everyone believes it could be their turn next; either from an airstrike or starvation… pic.twitter.com/hRnq8BCbCB
UN has said the order to move 1.1m people in 24 hours will lead to "devastating humanitarian consequences"
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) October 13, 2023
The international community must step up and demand an end to collective punishment. Enough. There can be no justification for the death of innocent men, women & children. https://t.co/b2IlGARfXT
Al-Shifa Hospital, a sanctuary amidst the rubble in Gaza City, is now wrestling with a looming crisis — power cuts that could cut short numerous lives. pic.twitter.com/5NRLhUQc08
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 12, 2023
"Are you seriously asking me about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you?"
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) October 12, 2023
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett on Gaza war crimes.
pic.twitter.com/awF9amdDLv
BBC Sounds, The Conflict: Israel-Gaza. This is a new podcast series fronted by Lyse Doucet, with contributions from Jeremy Bowen and others from the BBC. Episodes are concise, bringing together updates from the previous 24 hours (it seems to be recorded in the early hours). Amidst some of the other media coverage, this podcast is welcome for its balance and insights.
No, there is no "religious war" between Israelis and Palestinians.
— Mustafa Akyol (@AkyolinEnglish) October 11, 2023
Because Muslims have no problem with Judaism. And Jews have no problem with Islam. They worship the same God.
Instead, this is a war over land. And it will end — one day, inshallah — by them sharing the land. https://t.co/hF9rfuTSax
Sharing for you all to see with your eyes what the main and biggest hospital in Gaza face now. No capacity in morgue fridges anymore. The dead bodies are placed outside the hospital, on the ground. https://t.co/mUD20k5GXg
— Malaka (@MalakaShwaikh) October 12, 2023
Online accounts linked to Iran spread anti-Israeli disinformation – The Times and The Sunday Times (paywalled) https://t.co/NKdDlvrHZS
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 11, 2023
Labour Muslim Network reacts to Sir Keir Starmer’s statement on LBC:
Sir Keir Starmer must retract his comments on LBC, and apologise.
— Labour Muslim Network (@LabourMuslims) October 11, 2023
Our statement: pic.twitter.com/6QpHIYoHVT
Significant opening discussion of @TheNewsAgents from @maitlis and @jonsopel https://t.co/2tlxT0OnfR
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 11, 2023
This is an incisive piece by Antony Loewenstein on ABC News (Australia):
Happy that my recent @abcnews interview on #Israel and #Hamas, which has gone truly viral as I’m receiving literally 1000s and 1000s of messages about it globally, is now translated into #Arabic: https://t.co/0AARtBSqz8
— Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein) October 11, 2023
Shocking.
— Zara Mohammed (@ZaraM01) October 11, 2023
2,000,000+ Palestinians live under total blockade in the Gaza Strip.
Food, water, electricity & freedom of movement, all cut off.
This is collective punishment.@MuslimCouncil https://t.co/K30jgY3JFC
Another Western journalist walks back on the most lurid Israeli atrocity misinformation of the war so far.
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) October 11, 2023
Damage done: the lie is on many of Britain's front pages today. https://t.co/SL5SuKBYrp
🧵So far on X the unconfirmed report about 40 murdered babies have at least 44 million impressions, 300k likes, over 100k reposts (retweets). The key propagators of the story were @i24NEWS_EN and @Israel, the story was based on a report by @Nicole_Zedek pic.twitter.com/XNgfAdTvYF
— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) October 11, 2023
In contrast to some other media outlets … https://t.co/nJYLSakyPB
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 11, 2023
opinion/analysis on social media 'coverage': https://t.co/YLGNFy7VIb
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) October 11, 2023
At least 5 British Newspapers have produced a front page on a story that has not been independently verified and is at present nothing more than a claim. This is not journalism and shows why so many in Britains #Muslim communities have no trust in the Country's media pic.twitter.com/PR5YWXR83t
— Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) (@cfmmuk) October 11, 2023
The ongoing violence in the Middle East has triggered a spike in #Islamophobia among political and media voices.
— Community Policy Forum (@PolicyCommunity) October 10, 2023
Such rhetoric only divides communities and stokes further hatred against Muslims. 🧵 (1/7)https://t.co/Cctz3cEzIL
Thread: Online misinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict – Day 5
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 11, 2023
This video, viewed nearly 300,000 times, falsely claims to show Israel drop white phospherus bombs on Gaza.
The video is from March, and shows Russia using incendiary munitions in Vuhledar, Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/N3NBff73A8
The siege of Gaza & collective punishment of civilians.
— Sayeeda Warsi (@SayeedaWarsi) October 11, 2023
This isn’t terror by non state actors this is war crimes committed by a State in full view , documented & broadcast as it happens & we choose to turn a blind eye.
THIS is the hypocrisy of our policy on Israel & Palestine https://t.co/Q3oZAad4A0
irresponsible journalists just tweeting unsubstantiated none sense for follows and clout become the perfect fodder for the racist British media. hope the few likes were worth you being used to justify more Palestinian deaths pic.twitter.com/lZXU6iYnxm
— Nihal | نهال (@nihalist___) October 10, 2023
We're aware of a fake BBC video circulating on social media falsely claiming that Bellingcat has verified Ukrainian weapons sales to Hamas. We've reached no such conclusions or made any such claims. We'd like to stress that this is a fabrication and should be treated accordingly. pic.twitter.com/kX7R8ZVPzr
— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) October 10, 2023
This video, viewed 760,000 times, falsely claims to show one of the Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas militants.
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 10, 2023
But it was posted to TikTok in September, and is unrelated to the current conflict and the hostages taken by Hamas; fact-checked by @ReutersFacts. pic.twitter.com/vHeMyjMurq
Two million views so far on this video clip of my appearance on @MSNBC last night.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 9, 2023
Glad people are interested in understanding what Gaza is, what it’s endured, and who actually lives there (lots of kids!) – and not just conflating the whole place with Hamas. https://t.co/Qpj4XKVTD6