My interview on TRT World about the UK recognition of Palestine - a boost to Palestinians but it will not stop the atrocities on the ground www.caabu.org/news/video/i...

Reposting my article for Middle East Eye in July, as it remains very much relevant today - Palestinian statehood is a right, not a diplomatic pawn www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-s...

Next month @chris-doyle.bsky.social will join us as we consider the context and history of the conflict that envelops Palestine….. www.kwaku.org.uk/Speakers/202...

At least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, according to UN data.

I discuss Israel's plans for Gaza on Al Jazeera English www.caabu.org/news/video/c...

Dear BBC @bbc, the story is about the killing of a Palestinian footballer, Suleiman Obeid in Gaza & FIFA's failure. Why make it about Mo Salah? He did not. (This is not a criticism of Salah at all) It should be a photo of Obeid here www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Palestinian statehood is a right, not a diplomatic pawn - my article on the UK statehood move - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-s...

Quick reaction from me on the British cabinet announcement on Palestine today - one wonders why it was recalled frankly youtu.be/OyLrJKhfY1g

My interview this morning on Trt World about Keir Starmer, recalling the cabinet and what he might do re: Gaza www.caabu.org/news/video/c...

I do hope that his home is not being blockaded, food, water and medicine denied, he and his family denied exit.

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, say two major Israeli rights groups - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-committing-genocide-gaza-say-two-major-israeli-ngos

Two Israeli human rights groups have come out and said that Israel is comitting genocide in Gaza. Is there anyone credible left who does not thinkg this is the case? The evidence is overwhleming and terrfiying www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israeli air force chief who oversees Gaza strikes visits UK - Serious questions as to why this is happening given his direct involvement in genocide. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...

The world is looking on in horror as Netanyahu's Government plots to lock Gaza's entire population into effectively a giant prison. The Prime Minister should make it clear that the UK won't stand idly by, starting by sanctioning Netanyahu himself.

For those who truly wish to understand the horror of the Israeli GHF death traps in Gaza this from Forensic Architecture is clear, factual and devastating frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid/isr...

Time to put principles above profit - my article in Arab News on corporate complicity in Israel's genocide and regime of apartheid www.arabnews.com/node/2608078

It's utterly unconscionable for the Israeli Defence Force simply to blame a "technical error" for killing Gazan children waiting for water. The UK Government must insist on accountability within the Israeli military and Government and an end to a culture of impunity. news.sky.com/story/idf-bl...

BCG earned more than $1mn for Gaza aid barge project - www.ft.com/content/172c...

The proposals from Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz to contain all 2.1m Gazans in a new compound are illegal and utterly abhorrent. I have written today to David Lammy asking him again to sanction Minister Katz, and to set out the Government's legal view of Israel's occupation of Palestine.

Macron: "And today working together in order to recognise the state of Palestine.... is the only path to peace." Cue: Clapping from Starmer, Davey and others, but not Kemi Badenoch.

‘If this collapses, Syrians will be in civil strife.’   As David Lammy visits Damascus, Middle East expert @chris-doyle.bsky.social says Britain has faced a ‘hard balance’ while re-establishing ties with Syria. @matthew-wright.bsky.social

My interview about the appalling situation in Gaza and why the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is an abomination www.caabu.org/news/video/c...

Gaza genocide upate: Two Gaza infants die under Israeli siege amid baby formula shortage www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-fo...

BBC’s biased coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza -My piece for @arabnews.com.web.brid.gy arab.news/y8hfe

Israel’s Strikes on Iran Will Have Consequences for Decades and Threaten the Entire Middle East’ my piece for BylineTimes wirtten pre-US strikes but still relevant. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/21/i...

Outrageous from @thetimes.com carrying an Oped coauthored by a man wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the ICC. (If you don't know which one look it up)

Israel's war on Iran: Why the UK must stay out - My article in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social - Starmer would be wise to avoid a reckless gamble on a conflict pursued by an increasingly desperate Netanyahu www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

European powers must push for Iran-Israel ceasefire - My piece in Arabnews - www.arabnews.com/node/2604693

The theft of antiquities in Syria has rocketed since December - this is about Syria's future as well as its past www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Missiles fired inside Syria into occupied Syria - the Golan Heights. The missiles did not leave Syrian territory @BBCNews (This does nto mean firing the missiles was ok) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

All 72 Lib Dem MPs have signed this Early Day Motion on Gaza - contains the sorts of position every MP should back - condemning Israel actions in West Bank and Gaza and calling for sanctioning Smotrich, Ben Gvir and Katz edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

Release Ala'a.

Is there no Israeli crime horrific enough to shatter UK Tory support? My article in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-i...

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

For those who did not watch this exchange between Lammy and Patel today on Israel and Gaza - the toughest language so far from a UK Minister (It needs more) whereas Patel channelled Netanyahu's talking points www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl23...

@caabu.bsky.social welcomes Foreign Secretary’s statement on Israel and Gaza. More needs to be done to end the genocide www.caabu.org/news/press-r...

Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza - itrejects the US-Israel aid model for Gaza, calls on Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately & enable UN & humanitarian orgs to work independently & impartially to save lives www.gov.uk/government/n...

Smotrich: "we cleanse" Gaza.

"As Prime Minister of post-Brexit Britain,Keir Starmer has public permission to strengthen ties with the EU in the UK's interests. Doing that isn't going to send most people back into the Brexit referendum trenches" my comment on new May 2025 Focaldata @britishfuture.bsky.social poll findings today

My interview on LBC news today about Israel's expanded military operation in Gaza youtu.be/RWQTM_7hQwU

Will be on @lbcnews.bsky.social with Andrew Peach at 1540 to discuss Israel's expanded ground offensive in Gaza.

Without substantive external pressure on Israel there will be no credible ceasefire (pause maybe) www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Great to discuss today Trump's visit to the Arabian peninsula with @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on LBC including the issues of Syria and sanctions, as well as the failure to end the mass starvation and atrocities in Gaza www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKu-...

Not only should the UK not be pursuing a trade deal with Israel, it should be suspending the existing trade arrangements given Israel's role in genoicde and ethnic cleansing www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Reflecting on my recent visit to north east Syria, my piece in @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social - it is a very lond road to recovery and will require constructive relations with both Ankara and Damascus. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/long...

Looking at how Israel sells starving Palestinians in Gaza in @AJListeningPost including comments from Daniel Levy & @sarahleah1 and yours truly www.aljazeera.com/program/the-...

Ayman Asfari voices his concerns about Syria's new rulers. He is clear and speaks sense. search.app/nCRooqbKrtvK...

Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Israeli finance minister has uttered yet another genocidal comment - that Gaza should be “entirely destroyed” - incitement to genocide should be punished under the genocide convention www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Lammy has now confirmed that the UK and France are in talks over recognition of a Palestinian state - something I was arguing for last week www.arabnews.com/node/2598772