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Alison Phipps OBE FRSE FRSA FAcSS a University of Glasgow professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies and holds the first… more

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We have started a multi-phase operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages and detainees as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

More details here: ms.spr.ly/6182s2AQs
We have started a multi-phase operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages and detainees as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The complex operation, which takes place at the request of the parties, is crucial to reuniting separated families. The ICRC’s role in this operation is that of a neutral intermediary, and is strictly humanitarian. The parties to the conflict determined the terms of the ceasefire agreement, including the individuals to be released and the timeline; the ICRC was not involved in the negotiations. It is the responsibility of the parties to the agreement to ensure these operations are conducted safely and with dignity.
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by Alison Phipps

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This is what not-denying looks like

It is vital as those perpetrating try to ‘move on’

Evidence must co tinir to be collected of the vast universe of crimes committed, which have erased the conditions for life of a people in Gaza.
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A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened
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Dominic Waghorn reports that Israel refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, "who is arguably the Nelson Mandela of Palestinians".

The release of Mandela heralded the end of apartheid South Africa. Its not hard to see why the Israeli apartheid regime wants to keep him locked up.
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in a syntactic death
announced in
a lexicon of what was
#GazaGenocide
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by Alison Phipps

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Reporting Peace
Reporting Peace Peace is a deadly trap a return to rubble city shooting at those reporting the existence of rubble And life
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Palestinians returning to northern Gaza say they have no means to rebuild amid what they describe as indescribable destruction by Israeli forces, as limited aid trickles in but remains scarce, according to officials.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/n5k3lj
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Reposted by Alison Phipps, Anand Menon

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Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
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by Rebecca Solnit — Reposted by Alison Phipps

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He says: "such a statement portends a push for “bothsidesism” and arguments reliant on false equivalences. There can be no equivalences drawn between the two political extremes in this country....
That deal and the hiring of Weiss signals to everyone, especially to the man in the Oval Office, that CBS is no longer independent, but under the tutelage of a conservative billionaire who is putting more than his thumb on the scale. Another example came last month when, after complaints from the White House about an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on “Face the Nation,” CBS agreed not to edit taped interviews on the show. The American people will pay the price for this move, as will the journalists of CBS News who can no longer credibly serve as watchdogs because the ones they are meant to hold to account are signing their paychecks and hobnobbing with the president. Rather than doing their jobs as sentinels of democracy, who independently cover the news and hold the powerful accountable, they now have to be concerned about how their pitches, their stories, and their scripts will be received by someone with a clear political agenda. They will be dogged by worry that anything they do, any question they ask, will be scrutinized to ensure that it suits the political powers. Anything that runs afoul of Trump’s agenda may be flagged and is unlikely to be aired unaltered, if aired at all. No journalist or their work can remain unaffected by toiling in such an environment. The ones who remain at CBS will work hard and do the best they can under the circumstances. But they now are being forced to deal daily with this new reality. I wish I had been wrong decades ago when I warned about the corporatization and politicalization of the news media
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With tickets going by fast, this year's online Spring School is approaching with only 2 more weeks to go!

Link to tickets and full programme on our Linktree!
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Reposted by Alison Phipps, Juan Cole

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A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰

How genocide happened
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Reposted by Alison Phipps, Mark Priestley

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BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n
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Reposted by Alison Phipps

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Nothing is gained. Everything is lost
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by Alison Phipps

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No words left to describe this ordeal layered on a genocide
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by Alison Phipps

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And salt the earth
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Breaking | Israeli-backed gangs execute Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi in Sabra neighborhood, Gaza City.
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The voice of Gaza. He was continually banned from social media and the evil occupation continued to target him and spew propaganda about him so they can murder him. Yet his voice still reached the world. Glory be to our martyrs.
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Reposted by Alison Phipps, Håvard Kauserud

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The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’
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by Alison Phipps

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I honestly cannot for the life of me understand this
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Reposted by Alison Phipps

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Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit
Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit
<article data-history-node-id="430045" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-officials-wont-attend-egypt-peace-summit" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli officials won't attend Egypt peace summit</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>No Israeli representative will participate in the peace summit for Gaza hosted by Trump and el-Sisi in Sharm el-Sheikh.</p> <p>“No Israeli official will attend,” Shosh Bedrosian, a spokeswoman for Netanyahu, told reporters on Sunday.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Reposted by Alison Phipps

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 Thank you, Ambassador Zomlot.

Scotland will always proudly stand with the people of Palestine, in the pursuit of peace, justice and a lasting two-state solution.
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by Alison Phipps — Reposted by Alison Phipps, Raffaella Ravinetto

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Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
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by Alison Phipps

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Too good
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Priti Patel smears the hundreds of thousands who marched in London yesterday in support of the Palestinians & against our govts complicity in Israels genocide.

Patel also claims people are burning copies of the Torah on the pro Palestinian protests. Which is a lie of course
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Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday
Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday
<article data-history-node-id="430024" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-and-al-sisi-set-chair-gaza-peace-summit-monday" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Trump and al-Sisi set to chair Gaza peace summit on Monday</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi are set to co-chair a Gaza peace summit in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to discuss Trump's proposal to end Israel's genocide in Gaza.</p> <p>The Egyptian presidency said that the summit aims to&nbsp;"end the war in the Gaza&nbsp;Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability".</p> <p>Some 20 heads of state&nbsp;are set to attend, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Turkish President&nbsp;Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as&nbsp;United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.</p> <p>Axios is reporting that&nbsp;leaders or foreign ministers from Germany, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Indonesia are also set to attend. It is currently unclear whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will participate, Hamas is also yet to confirm if any of the group's representatives will attend.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Priti Patel is asked if she condemns Netanyahu saying there will never be a Palestinian state. Patel says we've moved on from what was said in the past.

#bbclaurak points out Netanyahu said it only a few days ago.
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🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’.

Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...
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by Alison Phipps

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Returning Peace
Returning Peace In their thousands In their millions into the rubble the blood and bones are returning Palestinians A sacred rite a rite of return The living steps of justice in a right to real peace. The land knows. The courts will know too.
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In every possible way Labour's changes to immigration rules are profoundly stupid and damaging.
Not only will they ruin lives of migrants, they will cripple the economy, cost jobs, undermine crucial infrastructure etc etc. Everyone suffers with anti-immigration policies.
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'Visa changes will make it worse for my business'
Aneesa Khan says she hires chefs from South Asia to meet her restaurant's need for skilled workers.
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Reposted by Alison Phipps, Juliet Lodge, Lorna Hughes

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UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

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