The UK's "historic" recognition of Palestine is a meaningless sideshow so long as there is a genocide in Gaza. It is yet another excuse for inaction. #palestine #gaza

I always argued there was method to Donald Trump's madness. This has become chillingly apparent during his second term. The randomness of his first term has been replaced with a systematic attack on what's left of US democracy. The only thing standing between him and his goal is popular resistance.

What is the common underlying factor behind the rise of authoritarianism and/or fascism in the US and numerous European democracies? The untenable inequality that cause frustration and anger which are easily channelled towards scapegoats, such as women, minorities and other vulnerable groups.

There is one culprit implicated in the assassination of American hate preacher Charlie Kirk that remains a fugitive that the authorities are refusing to pursue but must stand in the dock: America's loose gun culture, which Kirk defended, and its absence of effective gun controls.

When Wright is wrong... There is nothing "common sense" about what US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is trying to ram down the throats of the European Union. ☢️ The EU does not need more US gas or nuclear. Here's why 👇

Speaking with a Palestinian friend in Gaza was unbelievably saddening, disturbing and worrying. He is desperate to get out and be with his family but every avenue is blocked. #Gaza

Donald Trump's decision to switch to a Department of War shows how naïve his supporters were to believe he would be the president of peace.

The 1947-8 Nakba shook to the core or helped lead to the fall of several Arab regimes. The current Nakba could eventually do the same not just in the Middle East but also in Europe.

The new EU-US trade deal reflects how misguided attempts by Brussels to appease the Trump administration run counter to the EU’s environmental responsibility and undermine the bloc’s climate action. CMW's @khaleddiab.bsky.social explains why. carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/08/29/w... #climate #trump

The scientific verdict is in. Global warming made this summer's wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus 10 times more likely and 22% more intense. Without the climate crisis, such intense wildfires would be a once-in-a-century occurrence. www.worldweatherattribution.org/weather-cond...

The Belgian government is wasting precious time engaging in Byzantine debates about whether or not to recognise a Palestinian state. This is a distraction. What the situation demands are sanctions against Israel, both national and European, until the war ends and the blockade on Gaza is lifted.

How many journalists has Israel killed in Gaza? More than were killed during WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and the US invasion of Afghanistan combined. Yet Palestinian journalists continue to put their lives on the line to report the horrors in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

We are now witnessing manmade famines in Gaza and Sudan. And what is manmade can be unmade. But the world is failing to lift a finger. Disgraceful!

"We do not want to have these crimes made in our name," an Israeli protester told Sky News. It's encouraging to see so many Israelis take to the streets across the country and go on strike in opposition to the catastrophic war in Gaza. May they succeed in ending this madness.

Besieged civilians are dying of starvation and the world is ignoring their plight. This is the situation not just in Gaza but also in al-Fashir, Darfur. The Sudanese people deserve better. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Australia joins a growing group of western countries who have indicated their intention to recognise a Palestinian state. This gesture politics does nothing to help the starving, destitute and traumatised people of Gaza. The most urgent priority now is to free Palestinians from this genocidal war

In this essay on Belgium's rightward drift, I explore the paradox of how a loose alliance of nativist far-right nationalist movements on both sides of the Atlantic have resulted in a kind of white internationalism. #belgium #trump #racism #whitesupremacy chronikler.com/2025/08/07/r...

I spent over five years living among and writing about Palestinians and Israelis. Here, I reflect on my time in the Holy Land and the insights I gleaned. It was a difficult piece to write in light of the ongoing situation. #Israel #palestine #Gaza #Jerusalem chronikler.com/2025/08/03/p...

As a European citizen, I am ashamed that the EU decided to take absolutely no action against Israel, despite the grievous war crimes it is committing. #Gaza

Over 70% of students who sat the entry exam for medical school in Belgium were women. This highlights the power of female empowerment and the principle of equal opportunities. Over time, this will help tackle the gender bias in medical treatment that has long harmed women.

Camels, whales and breast-fed babies. They’ve all been put forward as ways to offset emissions. But are these zany ideas credible? CMW's Khaled Diab (@khaleddiab.bsky.social) investigated some of the weirdest carbon crediting ideas out there. carbonmarketwatch.org/2024/06/04/e...

This is Saliha Osmanović. She is holding up the photos of her sons, Edin and Nermin. The two boys and her husband were murdered during the Srebrenica genocide. “Even after such suffering, life is still possible... But it is a life without any joy whatsoever.” chronikler.com/2025/07/10/i...

🚨We don’t need more climate claims, we need climate accountability! Here are 5️⃣ urgent recommendations that cut through the noise and set a new bar for credible, ambitious corporate climate action. Full analysis: carbonmarketwatch.org/campaigns/co...

Political patriot missile It is outrageous that the European People's Party sided with Patriots for Europe to derail a vote to fast track the EU's 2040 climate target. Now this file is in the hands of a political force that wants to torpedo the European Green Deal. www.politico.eu/article/cent...

Not to be outdone by Pakistan, Binyamin Netanyahu has nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize. I believe Trump is far more deserving of the Nobel prize for literature for his innovative ability to disorientate reality and to surpass fiction by actually living it. #DonaldTrump #Nobel

Yesterday was the hottest 1 July ever recorded in Belgium, yet this does not seem to have filtered through the air-conditioning system at the European Commission. The EU's proposed 2040 target contains "flexibilities" that threaten to blow the bloc's climate ambition out of the water.

This @haaretzcom.bsky.social exposé of Israeli soldiers being ordered to shoot at hungry unarmed civilians near food distribution sites in #Gaza is harrowing in its wanton cruelty and sadism. These war crimes must be stopped. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

#AI and power-hungry data centres are threatening the climate plans of tech giants, the latest Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor has uncovered. Time for a climate reboot for #Meta, #Google, #Amazon, #Microsoft and #Apple.

If NATO countries were to allocate 5% of their GDP to development aid and to combating the climate and ecological crises, this would be a far greater guarantee of their and humanity's security than an arms race.

If you're afraid of the nuclear bomb the ayatollahs don't have, you should be petrified that America not only has thousands of nuclear bombs but that Donald Trump has the right to launch them at whim.

The United Nations and international law provided a decent starting point upon which humanity could have constructed a world of fairness and freedom. Instead, the great powers have been systematically undermining, defying and dismantling the system. The result is an emerging world disorder.

Iran's nuclear programme has cost tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of billions in sanctions and now an excuse for warmongers to war And what has this ego/prestige project delivered? Some 1-2% of Iran's electricity use #Iran could become a regional renewables superpower for that price tag.

It is grossly hypocritical and extremely dangerous that two nuclear-armed states ganged up on a country without nuclear weapons just because it may possibly build one at some unknown point in the vague future. #iran #usa #america #Israel

If Javier Mascherano feels that penalty awarded against his Inter Miami team was soft, wait until he discovers FIFA's climate policies. My latest for @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/06/19/f...

If Israel truly wants to deprive Iran of its nuclear ambition and ensure that no other regional power tries to acquire nuclear weapons, the most effective way is to get rid of Israel's "bomb in the basement" in return for a WMD-free Middle East accord under IAEA supervision.

Donald Trump: “I may do it. I may not do it. Nobody knows what I’m going to do.” While the US president behaves like a pantomime character, millions of lives and livelihoods and a war that can flare up into a regional or global conflict hangs in the balance. The right answer is: Don't do it.

The need to project strength to conceal a profound sense of historical and/or contemporary weakness is a psychological trait that Iranians, Palestinians, Israelis and others in the Middle East have in common, though its causes and manifestations differ.

As if Gaza, Syria and Lebanon were not enough, Israel has attacked Iran, yet again, and Iran is launching reprisals, yet again, and regional war is a spark away, yet again.

The Sisi regime in Egypt is so heartless that it refuses to reunite a political prisoner, Alaa Abd El Fattah, with his heart-broken mother, Laila Soueif, both on hunger strike It is so cruel that it keeps tens of thousands of prisoners of conscience apart from their grieving families and loved ones

The activists Israeli soldiers forced off the Freedom Flotilla's Madleen are brave. They took a principled stance in solidarity with a starving, war-ravaged society. The international community needs to show similar moral courage and deliver aid directly, as well as end this cruel war and blockade

Donald Trump's feud with Elon Musk proves that not everything can be bought: Trump's fragile ego is not for sale.

The climate strategies of top agrifood corporations are not cutting the mustard and many of their actions need to be taken with a pinch of salt. Read the first part of NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch's Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor to find out more. #ClimateAction

Trying to help a friend escape the hell of Gaza is nigh impossible. It's frustrating to be so powerless in the face of such an existential situation. Every day could be too late.

Read my poem 'Peaceless'. 😞 #Gaza chronikler.com/2025/05/17/p...

"It is clear that a new, patriotic wind is blowing in the US and in Europe.” In this essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, I explore the many paradoxes of Belgium's political landscape and the alarming trend of the growing internationalisation of white nativism. newlinesmag.com/argument/how...

The world's worst humanitarian catastrophe grinds on ignored Half Sudan's population faces hunger and millions have been displaced. The opposition RSF militia has been accused of genocide while government forces have also committed atrocities It's time to help the people of Sudan and end this war.

⚠️ It's only spring but the EU has already issued a drought warning for Europe. 🏜️ Low rainfall and higher than usual temperatures are causing stress in many parts of Europe. The forecast for the summer looks dry. #climate #globalwarming joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and...

During the Cold War, East and West Germany were divided by the Iron Curtain. Nature thrived in the no-man's-land between communism and capitalism. This fascinating BBC podcast travels back 35 years to recount the efforts to preserve this green belt. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It's saddening how the scrupulous and powerless can lose sleep over the crimes of the powerful, while the unscrupulous and powerful slumber soundly through the night.

That the only power challenging Israel's starvation blockade of Gaza is a ship full of activists that was struck by a drone is a damning condemnation of international apathy towards the plight of Gazan Palestinians. #Gaza #flotilla