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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Jan 21

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."

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Jan 15

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

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Jan 15

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Jan 9

Today @medicalaidpal.bsky.social called for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained Gaza medical staff, as the illegal detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya continued into its second week with no news of his whereabouts. www.map.org.uk/news/archive...

MAP calls for release and protection of detained Palestinian healthcare workers, including Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

The UK Government must take urgent action to protect healthcare workers and patients and ensure the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained medical staff, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.

www.map.org.uk

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Jan 9

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 30

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 28

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 28

Free Dr Hussam Abu Safiya!

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 28

Has any Western government yet said anything about Israel's manifestly illegal destruction of Kamal Adwan Hospital?

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 27

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 26

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).

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 24

Literally already happening among some in the UK's ruling party

Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social · Dec 24

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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Reem Akkad @reemakkad.bsky.social · Dec 24

"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

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 24

Can you show that it was? I'm not supporting people killing children en masse, the burden of proof isn't with me.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 24

Israel's relentless brutality against Kamal Adwan Hospital continues unabated.

Take action: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/em...

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 16

"It’s very clear to me that the children I witnessed yesterday are not members of any militant organisation, these are young children who are trying to escape war by sheltering in a UN school. Yet they were massacred, I’ve got no other way to describe it."

www.map.org.uk/news/archive...

“Injuries I’ve never seen in my entire career” – Israeli military attack on UN-run school a “massacre” of civilians, reports MAP doctors

Yesterday evening (16 December) an Israeli military airstrike hit a United Nations-run school sheltering Palestinian civilians driven from their homes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

www.map.org.uk

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Hafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · Dec 14

For all those who’ve said since 8 October that we’re being “sensationalist”.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 14

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.

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 14

North Gaza Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Hit With Evacuation Order time.com/7202257/gaza...

Last North Gaza Hospital for Premature Babies at Risk

The Israel's military warns neighborhood of an attack, including Patient's Friends Benevolent Society Hospital.

time.com

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 13

Israel’s latest forced displacement order threatens to end advanced neo-natal care in northern Gaza

www.map.org.uk/news/archive...

Israel’s latest forced displacement order threatens to end advanced neo-natal care in northern Gaza

MAP condemns Israel’s latest attempt to systematically dismantle healthcare in the region even as hospital staff have so far said they will not leave their patients.

www.map.org.uk

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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · Dec 5

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Full report, out now.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

www.amnesty.org

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 12

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

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Rohan Talbot @rohantalbot.bsky.social · Dec 12

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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Joseph Willits 🍉 🦩🦚🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇱🇧 @josephwillits.bsky.social · Dec 5

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?

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