Rohan Talbot
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Rohan Talbot
@rohantalbot.bsky.social
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Director of Advocacy and Campaigns, Medical Aid for Palestinians.
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Trump inauguration was a starter pistol for an annexation push on the northern West Bank.

As one colleague there put it: "Now that there is a suspension in Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza, it feels like the Israeli military is starting a war on us in the West Bank."
Our statement on the ceasefire deal: "While we hope this temporary pause will alleviate some of the suffering the Israeli military has inflicted on Gaza, it marks the beginning, not the end, of efforts to restore health, dignity and freedom to the Palestinian people." www.map.org.uk/news/archive...
MAP welcomes suspension of hostilities in Gaza as crucial step toward saving Palestinian lives
MAP welcomes the announcement of an agreement between Israel and Hamas to suspend hostilities in Gaza. It marks the beginning, not the end, of efforts to restore health, dignity and freedom to the Pal...
www.map.org.uk
Ceasefire comes into effect on Sunday. Colleagues in Gaza are very worried about what comes next, experience shows Israel always escalates its destruction in terrifying ways before a ceasefire deadline.
It's no accident that this disgusting and dangerous opinion is being given space in the WSJ at the same time as Trump is talking about taking over Greenland. Annexation is having another moment. We are being encouraged to accept Might is Right for this new era.
I've never looked ahead to a new year with such dread. The media is barely paying attention to what is going on in Gaza, politicians have almost given up pretending to even care. We're going to have to dig really deep to end this.
Our leaders must demand the immediate and safe release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and all detained Gaza health workers.

Health workers are not a target, and impunity for Israel's destruction of Palestinian healthcare must end.

Please share.
Free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya!
Has any Western government yet said anything about Israel's manifestly illegal destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital?
The grim predictability of Israel waiting for the holidays to escalate its attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital. When Western media and governments are distracted. We all knew this would happen, but nobody with power did anything to stop it.

There must be consequences.
BREAKING: 5 staff killed during Israeli targeting of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Those killed:
• Dr. Ahmed Samour (pediatrician)
• Israa Abu Zaida (laboratory specialist)
• Abdul Majeed Abu Al-Aish (paramedic)
• Maher Al-Ajrami (paramedic).
• Fares Al-Hudali (maintenance specialist).
Literally already happening among some in the UK's ruling party
At some point liberals are going to start saying, okay there was a genocide but it’s really the fault of the left for how annoying they were about pointing it out
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"As areas are emptied of Palestinians, Israeli forces have demolished entire neighborhoods, established military fortifications and built new roads, according to a Washington Post analysis of high-resolution satellite images."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Israel is demolishing northern Gaza and fortifying military positions, imagery shows
Visual analysis and interviews show how Palestinians have been forced from their homes in the north as the Israeli military cuts a new corridor through Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
Can you show that it was? I'm not supporting people killing children en masse, the burden of proof isn't with me.
Israel's relentless brutality against Kamal Adwan Hospital continues unabated.

Take action: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/em...
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For all those who’ve said since 8 October that we’re being “sensationalist”.
Soon! Just a matter of capacity (our digital team is one very talented person!) but we're hoping to start posting in the new year.
Deserving of more coverage: “I think that has been grossly exaggerated, but we need to be able to demonstrate very clearly what the level of military presence was, if at all, in these hospitals because I think we’ve been misled about that in the press.”

www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor
Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes
www.theguardian.com
Israeli forces have issued new 'evacuation' orders vs areas of Al Remal and Sabra neighborhoods in Gaza City, encompassing the Patients' Friends Benevolent Society and Public Aid hospitals.

Israel continues to chase Palestinians around its Gaza death map like a sick boardgame.
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My reply to the BBC's unsatisfactory reply back to the complaint about it's erasure & deliberate omission of Jasleen Kaur's personal conviction in solidarity with Palestinians, & very public statements against ongoing genocide in Gaza.

& why ignore questions on Melanie Phillips?