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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 4d

At the latest monthly @ukfost.bsky.social vigil:

"British Palestinian doc Jasr Kawkby said he felt it was important to attend the event following the attack in Manchester. "At heart, we share really the same interests...really important for me to come and to speak my position as a Palestinian"

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Jewish and Palestinian people gather in London for peace

People join together in central London each month to share their hopes for peace.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · 6d

If you’re surprised by the Israeli government and Tommy Robinson being on the same page it’s possible you need to be paying closer attention

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 8d

There will be desperate calls behind the scenes, begging the Israeli government to withdraw the invitation. That may actually work, who knows. But it would constitute another refusal to see the Israeli government for what it is. It's not a bug. It's a feature. They are Tommy Robinson.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).

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Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social · 8d

For anyone who's wondering about this, particularly in the UK: yes, do email or message your Jewish friends with a word of support. It makes a huge amount of difference.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 9d

This is a perfectly appropriate message in response to a horrific event, and the responses to this post are filling me with sorrow.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 9d

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 12d

The claim by Israeli MK Nissim Vaturi that it is in Israel’s interest to have no Palestinians on this land is completely horrific. (1/2)
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Likud MK says it’s in Israel’s interest to expel all Arabs from the West Bank

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 19d

May this Rosh Hashanah, a time that represents the creation of the universe, bring renewed energy to our fight for a different reality for everyone, Jews and Palestinians, on this land.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 23d

“Israeli forces fired upon a clearly identified MSF water truck while it was distributing drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities. 

This attack was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians.”

Statement18 September 2025
On the afternoon of Monday, 15 September, Israeli forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) water truck while it was distributing 10,000 litres of drinking water in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Radwan, in the eastern part of Gaza City, Palestine. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities, as MSF does on a daily basis. 

This attack cannot be dismissed as an error. It was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians who cannot leave the area, particularly the poorest, the sick, and the most vulnerable living in tents or in the rubble of what used to be their homes.

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Benjamin Lowe @benjaminlowe.bsky.social · 24d

We should, in fact, deepen our divisions with ardent ethnonationalists.

We should not make space for them or normalize them or laud them for their dedication to *spirited debate* about whether Black people are mentally deficient or gay people should be stoned to death.

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 24d

"All I can say for me in the work I do is that I want to create a space that takes our disagreements seriously, that takes the stakes of them seriously, the consequences for people seriously, but does so without deepening our divisions irreparably. We are going to have to live here with each other"

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · 25d

Support the resistence.

Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 26d

These posters were put up across Israel to call on soldiers to refuse to take part in an illegal occupation of Gaza that can only bring about more death and destruction. We cannot continue in this nightmare. Everyone must refuse this horrific reality! (1/2)

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 26d

A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd:

"The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children".

Haaretz.

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · 26d

Orthodox synagogues leaving the Board of Deputies because it's too lefty (!). Communal unity has been a mirage for a long time and the events of the last two years have finally shattered the mirage. It's time for a split. www.jewishnews.co.uk/one-synagogu...

One Synagogue leaves Board of Deputies while another considers its position - Jewish News

Jewish News told that concerns about the Board were "reflected across the United Synagogue"

www.jewishnews.co.uk

Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · 27d

Re communal unity: What if I don’t want unity with people who support ethnic cleansing? What if I don’t think that’s a valid perspective to be treated respectfully? What if we should direct our energy towards building new value-based Jewish communities not fighting for our place in existing ones?

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Sep 11

From our disruption action at the Channel 14 studios last night. NO to occupation of Gaza, NO to more death and destruction! We will continue to disrupt until we end this horrific reality!

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our national co director Alon-Lee Green on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · Aug 12

However fucking awful things get - which is already way beyond our wildest imaginings - Standing Together stay strong, principled, committed. I am in awe of their energy and determination.

Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 12

That is the power he fears most: ordinary people joining across every line to replace supremacy with solidarity, despair with hope, and domination with true democracy. The path forward is clear: together, building the only future in which we all belong. (7/7)

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 12

In response to Arab parties uniting ahead of the elections, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a full-on Kahanist whose career is built on incitement, said: “Prosecute them, revoke their citizenship, encourage them to leave. Not voluntarily.” (1/7)

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Aug 11

I expected Israel to lie and claim this was a mistake. It’s incredible that they are now openly admitting to targeted assassinations of journalists.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 11

An Israeli strike near a hospital in Gaza City killed four Al Jazeera journalists. Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent, was among those killed. Israel said it had targeted al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas.

Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says

Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent, was among those killed. Israel said it had targeted Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas, which he had denied.

nyti.ms

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · Aug 8

Call out to anyone who could spend time in the West Bank in September: international / Israeli solidarity presence needed with Palestinians returning to Wadi Siq, a village forcibly displaced by settler violence in October 2023. Please share widely. www.torat-tzedek.org/wadialsiq?fb...

Wadi al-Siq | Torat Tzedek

www.torat-tzedek.org

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now at the Gaza border: Hundreds of Jews and Palestinians calling to stop the annihilation, let aid in, and end this madness!!!

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Aug 4

Israeli media reports that the cabinet is gearing up to instruct the IDF to occupy all parts of the Gaza Strip.
The implications are a severe escalation of the carnage, starvation, and ethnic cleansing.
UK+EU sanctions should preempt this catastrophe - not respond to it belatedly.

Haaretz / Liza Rozovsky

Source: Netanyahu expected to discuss expansion of Gaza offensive to areas where hostages could be located

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to convene the security cabinet to discuss an expansion of the war in Gaza, a source involved in the matter told Haaretz on Monday.

The source added that the cabinet meeting will also discuss invading areas of the Gaza Strip where the Israeli hostages could be located

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Anna Roiser @annaroiser.bsky.social · Aug 3

Hundreds of people joined @ukfost.bsky.social today to say stop starving Gaza, end the war of annihilation& bring the hostages home. Magen Inon & Mira Awad spoke powerfully. We all feel so broken & helpless, but we must keep going.

I spoke about Awdah: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 3

The truth is that the hostages could have been home a long time ago. The catastrophe in Gaza could have been stopped. Instead, the horror is being purposefully, cruelly dragged out by the extremists in power, and we all just got a terrible reminder. (4/5)

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Aug 3

We are completely horrified and sickened by the cynical videos of hostages Rom Braslavski and Evyatar David, who are starving and emaciated, that were published this weekend. (1/5)

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · Jul 31

Justice for Odeh (Hadalin, murdered by settlers this week)
Demo against the killing and starvation of Gaza, Tel Aviv, today
Photo: ‪@arixegal.bsky.social‬

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