Chris Doyle
@chris-doyle.bsky.social
Commentator on Middle East, international politics & Director of @Caabu Council for Arab-British Understanding. (Views mine alone)
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israeli Armored Corps commander says about the collapse of norms in Gaza that "If you want to shoot without restraint, you can," - as rather too many Palestinians in Gaza have found out - watch Breaking Ranks - Inside Israel's War on ITV www.itv.com/watch/breaki...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Israeli Armored Corps commander says about the collapse of norms in Gaza that "If you want to shoot without restraint, you can," - as rather too many Palestinians in Gaza have found out - watch Breaking Ranks - Inside Israel's War on ITV www.itv.com/watch/breaki...
Acc to UNICEF Israel is denying the entry of essential items, including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula, because they "are considered dual-use by Israel." Sadly the gencoide is not over - it has just slowed.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
UNICEF Said It Faces Serious Challenges Getting 1.6 Million Syringes and Solar-powered Fridges to Store Vaccine Vials in Gaza as It Launches a Mass Children's Vaccination Campaign
www.haaretz.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Acc to UNICEF Israel is denying the entry of essential items, including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula, because they "are considered dual-use by Israel." Sadly the gencoide is not over - it has just slowed.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
Low turnout expected in the Iraqi Parliamentary elections - disillusionment is widespread as voters do not believe it will change the existing political order.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Low turnout expected in the Iraqi Parliamentary elections - disillusionment is widespread as voters do not believe it will change the existing political order.
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"Much of the international media and political classes do not want to highlight coverage that proves Israel is not the democratic, law-abiding, Western nation of the widespread myth"
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@chris-doyle.bsky.social
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In Israel, whistleblowers are criminals and rapists are heroes
A great scandal currently playing out in Israel is highly revealing of the fault lines in its society when it comes to the Palestinians. Israeli society is divided between those who think the scandal ...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Much of the international media and political classes do not want to highlight coverage that proves Israel is not the democratic, law-abiding, Western nation of the widespread myth"
@chris-doyle.bsky.social
www.arabnews.com/node/2622123...
@chris-doyle.bsky.social
www.arabnews.com/node/2622123...
In Israel, whistleblowers are criminals and rapists are heroes - the Sde Teiman affair and what it reveals about what too many Israeli politicians think of Palestinians. My piece in Arab News today www.arabnews.com/node/2622123
In Israel, whistleblowers are criminals and rapists are heroes
A great scandal currently playing out in Israel is highly revealing of the fault lines in its society when it comes to the Palestinians. Israeli society is divided between those who think the scandal ...
www.arabnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Israel, whistleblowers are criminals and rapists are heroes - the Sde Teiman affair and what it reveals about what too many Israeli politicians think of Palestinians. My piece in Arab News today www.arabnews.com/node/2622123
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse - includes my comments to Al Jazeera Egnlish's 'The Listening Post' about this horrific Israeli abuse of Palestinians www.caabu.org/news/video/s...
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse
Chris Doyle contributes to Al Jazeera English's "The Listening Post" about the Sde Teiman scandal in Israel involving the abuse and rape of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers - 9 November 2025
www.caabu.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Sde Teiman - where the leak is the crime not the rape and abuse - includes my comments to Al Jazeera Egnlish's 'The Listening Post' about this horrific Israeli abuse of Palestinians www.caabu.org/news/video/s...
On Al Jazeera Ori Goldberg and I discuss the latest in Gaza including how regional powers have more influence over the Trump administration than ever before youtu.be/n9k4nbtF4HI
Chris Doyle and Ori Goldberg discuss the situation in Gaza on Al Jazeera English 1 November 2025
YouTube video by Caabu
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November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
On Al Jazeera Ori Goldberg and I discuss the latest in Gaza including how regional powers have more influence over the Trump administration than ever before youtu.be/n9k4nbtF4HI
Who is shocked to discover that Israel is dumping waste and rubble from Israeli inside Gaza? Top reporting and investigation from @haaretzcom www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-10...
IDF disposes of huge piles of construction waste and rubble from Israel inside Gaza
According to Haaretz, the Trucks Transporting the Waste Are Owned by Private Companies. IDF Officers Say the Decision Was Made by Army Commanders and Warn That Hamas Could Exploit the Waste for Its Ow...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Who is shocked to discover that Israel is dumping waste and rubble from Israeli inside Gaza? Top reporting and investigation from @haaretzcom www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-10...
I discussed the future of Gaza in two interviews on Al Jazeera English today incl about Palestinian agency, future of UNRWA and a stabilisation force www.caabu.org/news/video/c...
Chris Doyle interviews on Al Jazeera English about latest in Gaza - 25 October 2025
Caabu Director Chris Doyle did two interviews on Al Jazeera English about future plans for Gaza 25 October 2025 including a Palestinian technocratic committee; a stablisation force and the future role...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I discussed the future of Gaza in two interviews on Al Jazeera English today incl about Palestinian agency, future of UNRWA and a stabilisation force www.caabu.org/news/video/c...
My interview today on TRT World about the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and Israel's disgraceful restrictions on lifesaving aid into Gaza youtu.be/VQ9YJzWDYas?...
What will it take to keep the Gaza ceasefire alive?
YouTube video by TRT World Now
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My interview today on TRT World about the fragile ceasefire in Gaza and Israel's disgraceful restrictions on lifesaving aid into Gaza youtu.be/VQ9YJzWDYas?...
Reflecting that this time last week, the world endured Trump's charade in the Knesset & Sharm El Sheikh - eternal peace, as if it was all sorted. Now Witkoff & Kushner are in Israel trying to rescue a ceasefire. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
Gaza ceasefire: This is not a 'new dawn'. The war is not over
Any peace plan needs to address the issue of genuine accountability, so that this genocide never happens again
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October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Reflecting that this time last week, the world endured Trump's charade in the Knesset & Sharm El Sheikh - eternal peace, as if it was all sorted. Now Witkoff & Kushner are in Israel trying to rescue a ceasefire. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
My article in Middle East Eye - the hype over peace in Gaza is dangerous. It is a ceasefire, and the Trump-Netanyahu 20 points are not a proper plan. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
Gaza ceasefire: This is not a 'new dawn'. The war is not over
Any peace plan needs to address the issue of genuine accountability, so that this genocide never happens again
www.middleeasteye.net
October 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
My article in Middle East Eye - the hype over peace in Gaza is dangerous. It is a ceasefire, and the Trump-Netanyahu 20 points are not a proper plan. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza...
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Nothing else is more important than this. Not your job, not your country, not your food, not your home.
If we do not immediately tax (or sue) fossil fuel companies out of existence, nothing else will matter. We get this wrong, nothing can go right www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
If we do not immediately tax (or sue) fossil fuel companies out of existence, nothing else will matter. We get this wrong, nothing can go right www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Level of CO₂ in atmosphere rises by annual record
Scientists believe the increase could be due to trees, oceans and peatlands absorbing less carbon because of heatwaves and drought
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Nothing else is more important than this. Not your job, not your country, not your food, not your home.
If we do not immediately tax (or sue) fossil fuel companies out of existence, nothing else will matter. We get this wrong, nothing can go right www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
If we do not immediately tax (or sue) fossil fuel companies out of existence, nothing else will matter. We get this wrong, nothing can go right www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Why was he there?
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is also at Trump's summit in Sharm El-Sheikh for peace in the #Gaza Strip (in the photo, he is with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi).
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why was he there?
Officially 67,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023, probably many more. 83% were civilian acc to Israeli military's own data - so 75 civilians killed every day on average. Yet media & political comment focussed overwhelmingly on 20 living Israeli hostages, 28 dead.
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Officially 67,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023, probably many more. 83% were civilian acc to Israeli military's own data - so 75 civilians killed every day on average. Yet media & political comment focussed overwhelmingly on 20 living Israeli hostages, 28 dead.
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Appalled by this attack on a place of worship. Members of the Muslim community must be free to worship and live without the fear of Islamophobic violence and intimidation. I stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with British Muslims and against this hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Police release photos of mosque arson suspects
The images are of two people in balaclavas seen outside the mosque before the large blaze spread.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Appalled by this attack on a place of worship. Members of the Muslim community must be free to worship and live without the fear of Islamophobic violence and intimidation. I stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with British Muslims and against this hate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Trump comprehesive plan for Gaza is anything but. It is not comprehensive, but dangerously vague. It is not a plan - but a series of points. It is not for Gaza or Palestinians but for Netanyahu. 1/
September 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Trump comprehesive plan for Gaza is anything but. It is not comprehensive, but dangerously vague. It is not a plan - but a series of points. It is not for Gaza or Palestinians but for Netanyahu. 1/
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...
It will give a boost to Palestinians but recognition will not stop the atrocities on the ground
It will give a boost to Palestinians but recognition will not stop the atrocities on the ground - Chris Doyle is interviewed on TRT World about the UK recognition of Palestine, 21 September 2025
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September 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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...
Palestinian statehood is a right, not a diplomatic pawn
By threatening to recognise Palestine unless Israel complies with British demands, the prime minister reduces a right to a bargaining chip and fails to apply real pressure to halt genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
September 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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...
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Next month @chris-doyle.bsky.social will join us as we consider the context and history of the conflict that envelops Palestine…..
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September 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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...
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At least 1,760 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid in Gaza since late May, according to UN data.
Israeli attacks continue to target aid seekers across Gaza
At least 25 Palestinians, including 12 aid seekers, killed by Israeli attacks across Gaza today.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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...
Chris Doyle is interviewed on Al Jazeera English about Israel's plans for Gaza - 16 August 2025
Chris Doyle is interviewed on Al Jazeera English about Israel's plans for Gaza - 16 August 2025
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August 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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...
Suleiman al-Obeid: Mohamed Salah calls out Uefa over tribute
Mohamed Salah calls out Uefa over a tribute to Palestinian footballer Suleiman al-Obeid it posted on social media which failed to refer to the circumstances surrounding his death.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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...
Palestinian statehood is a right, not a diplomatic pawn
By threatening to recognise Palestine unless Israel complies with British demands, the prime minister reduces a right to a bargaining chip and fails to apply real pressure to halt genocide
www.middleeasteye.net
July 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Palestinian statehood is a right, not a diplomatic pawn - my article on the UK statehood move - www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-s...