@kristyanbenedict
Amnesty International UK Campaigns Manager: Crisis Response, Israel/Palestine, Syria. Also to be found drumming, climbing, and painting - https://www.instagram.com/kristyan_benedict/ Views all mine.
The US is not a dictatorship (yet) - Trumps moves on Greenland following Venezuela & Gaza (to name two of many places) are consistent with wider US imperial ambitions. US power beyond Trump is what needs significantly reducing. Appeasement (hello Keir) is food for the monster.
Blair on Gaza - “The war did end”
Let’s just ignore Israel’s ongoing genocide, expanding illegal occupation, maintenance of its apartheid system, and regular killing of Palestinian civilians since the fake ‘ceasefire’ (100+ children since early October). Up is down.
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My latest in @thenewarab.bsky.social on Keir Starmer’s empty words on Gaza
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The only way for states to protect Israel’s expansionist apartheid system and its ongoing genocide is to undermine the human rights of its own citizens - all of them. This is the toxic effect of the ideology that drives this violent, racist, colonialism.
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Keir Starmer’s one-man counter protest outside the High Court today at the UK arms to Israel case.
Ridiculous - The Danish High Court has ruled that Amnesty International Denmark, Oxfam Denmark, ActionAid Denmark and Al-Haq do not have a legal interest in bringing a case - which focused on the export of weapons parts to Israeli F-35 fighter jets - before the Danish courts. This will be appealed.
Illegal occupation, annexation, and forced displacement can’t be rationalised or ignored for some wider ‘strategic interests’ - such reckless actions will ultimately come back to bite you.
Surely the message to UK & EU politicians is to be totally and consistently opposed to all illegal occupations and annexations - who knows when ignoring, enabling, or normalising such crimes will come back to bite you.
In response to Trump amplifying the Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza, the new UK ambassador to the US (an obsequious clown) says Trump has “some interesting ideas".
Zero tolerance for genocide?
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The ‘plan’ to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza (and other parts of their land) was not invented by Herr Trump - it has been the genocidal fantasy of successive apartheid regimes.
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Ex-UK supreme court judge says ‘arguable case’ Israel’s conduct in Gaza is genocidal
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The @boardofdeputies.bsky.social is falling over itself in its craven attempt to heap praise on fascist and genocidal leaders while pretending it cares about a “comprehensive peace between Israelis and Palestinians.”
In case you’re confused, here’s a diagram to help you out:
The UK has signed this statement supporting the International Criminal Court following US sanctions in support of Israeli impunity buildingtrust.si/79-states-pa...
In sanctioning the ICC, Trump is saying Israel and the US are above the law.
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Trumps executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC - every war lord will love this, starting with Netanyahu.
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Trump’s Gaza plan would require committing every core international crime under international law: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression.
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The fascists feel confident - we shouldn’t dismiss these genocidal plans as crazy fantasies.
He’s definitely not the victim here - if anything, he’s been one of the world ‘leaders’ that has helped enable this genocide.
Wow - was bashing out Paranoid on the kit today as well. Had no idea this was being plotted. www.avfc.co.uk/concerts/bac...
Given the multiple crimes Trump was proposing and their impact, not just on Palestinians, but on international law, and wider global civilian protection mechanisms, his tepid response was insufficient. (The 2SS has long been a slogan backed up with absolutely nothing from successive UK Govs)
It was a pretty tepid response.
It was extremely weak - which was not at all surprising
Any plan to forcibly deport Palestinians outside the occupied territory against their will is a war crime, and when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population, it would constitute a crime against humanity.
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Caretaker President of Syria met with a delegation of survivors’ associations, families of detainees and missing persons a few days ago in Damascus - it’s progress but clear actions and investment in this file are still needed. On that, progress is still horribly slow.
Amnesty on Trumps Gaza ‘plan’:
“Any plan to forcibly deport Palestinians outside the occupied territory against their will is a war crime, and when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population, it would constitute a crime against humanity.”
I’d also bet on cravenness.
It should be extremely simple for Starmer to publicly oppose Grand Wizard Trumps wildly illegal and inhumane genocidal fantasy about Gaza - there is an opportunity at PMQs today - we’ll see.
Trump endorses the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Just a surprise he didn’t scream ‘White Power!’ after his delusional ramble.
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Marking one-year since the International Court of Justice found plausible risk that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty said the UK government’s disregard for its legal obligations to prevent genocide had contributed to Israel’s impunity.
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Unpopular opinion for some, I guess, but if Assad is still in Syria, and is captured, it would be far wiser to ensure he is detained and brought to trial in a credible court to help give his many victims some answers, some level of closure, and most importantly, justice.