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Richard Jackson

@fr33palest1ne

Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Keen cyclist, guitarist in The Dee Street Band. Free Palestine from the river to the sea.

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Hey, remember the last time when military intervention led to peace, security and stability? No, me either. But I am sure it will work this time.

08.03.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just heard a colleague quip, 'Benjamin Netanyahu is the worst US president in living memory!' Brilliant!

04.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You could make this up, but you don’t need to.

23.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 5530 πŸ” 2023 πŸ’¬ 256 πŸ“Œ 99
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The Palestinian Genocide. It has a name.

The UN Commission found Israel guilty of four out of five acts specified in Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention against Palestinians

12.02.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 401 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 11
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Israel's apologists spent over 2 years sowing distrust in the official Gaza death toll.

Now the Israeli army quietly accepts that it is actually an underestimate.

Eternal shame for the atrocity deniers. They must never be absolved of their guilt.

30.01.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Israel has suddenly accepted the official Gaza death toll.

That's after over two years of claiming that it's 'Hamas propaganda'.

The truth? The figure is so much higher πŸ‘‡

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-sud...

30.01.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 208 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 9

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naΓ―ve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

15.12.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 25524 πŸ” 5549 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 135
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Holding firm for Gaza in Ōtepoti As the first steps appear to be underway to end the war in Gaza, those in Dunedin supporting a just peace are clear what needs to happen. Tom...

www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/ma...

09.10.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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UN Commission of Inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

We welcome this report and call for an immediate escalation in pressure on states to impose sanctions on Israel now. Join our #DisruptComplicity Global Weekend of Action, 18 - 21 September.

loom.ly/gnUoYQY

17.09.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 309 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7

The introduction for this special issue was written by @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social, Griffin Leonard, Aidan Gnoth, Joseph Llewellyn, and Tonga Karena!

17.09.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

It's a genocide and we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to stop it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

16.09.2025 08:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The dam of Gaza genocide denial has broken A hard-hitting analysis by genocide scholar Martin Shaw of how politicians and the media long denied there was a genocide…

This. www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/the-...

16.09.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An Otago Student General Meeting just passed a BDS motion 200 Ayes to a single Nay! This after executive council voted to disregard a BDS referendum. The hero of the day Politics Rep Jett Groshinski who called the meeting in defiance of exec. Hats off to Otago Students for Justice in Palestine.

21.08.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.07.2025 04:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.07.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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26.07.2025 02:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We rarely leave the house anymore, afraid our legs might give out. It already happened to my sister: while searching on the streets for something, anything, to feed her children, she suddenly collapsed to the ground."

22.07.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Western governments are lying to their people about Israel’s attack on Iran. This is a war to β€˜remake’ the Middle East

This is a brilliant analysis of what's going on in the Middle East right now and how to understand it in historical context. www.securityincontext.org/posts/wester...

19.06.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand The Extinction Rebellion (XR) model, including three demands and a disruptive theory of change, were transferred from the imperial center of the United Kingdom to Aotearoa. Initially activists assu...

Excited to see a major article from my doctoral research, Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand, out at Social Movement Studies (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

29.05.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One day, let's hope they face prosecution in court for providing material support for genocide.

27.05.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you ever wondered what you would do during a genocide, you're doing it now.

22.05.2025 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Even Once Reluctant Scholars Now Agree on Israel's Gaza Assault: It's a Genocide | Common Dreams Is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? Leading international experts say yes, with the majority of their peers in academia concurring. The debate is shifting as the death toll ris...

It's a genocide. www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

22.05.2025 08:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to β€˜face daily horrors’ | Asia Pacific Report

The Otago Declaration on Palestine. asiapacificreport.nz/2025/05/12/o...

12.05.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Being pro humanity is being pro Palestine!

11.05.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE We, the staff, students and graduates, being members of the University of Otago, make the following declaration. We fully and completely recogniz...

Otago alumni may want to sign this Declaration on the Situation in Palestine: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

05.05.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Words from @theimeu:

Today marks 77 years since the massacre of Deir Yassin, an atrocity that came to define the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to establish the state of Israel on stolen Palestinian land.

09.04.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12
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09.04.2025 11:07 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

One of the hardest things about watching the Palestinian genocide is the certain knowledge that one day, when the weight of evidence silences all denial, and when it's no longer risky to say it aloud, everyone will exclaim how terrible it was and how they were always against it.

26.03.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

In every atrocity in history, the silent are always principal players.

Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue.

Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians.

New column πŸ‘‡

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

19.03.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 692 πŸ” 312 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 18
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Al-Haq Publishes New Report: β€œThe Systematic Destruction of Gaza’s Healthcare System: A Pattern of Genocide” After 15 months of continuing genocide against the Palestinian people, Al-Haq releases a new report: “The Systematic Destruction of Gaza’s Healthcare System: A Pattern of Genocide&...

Yet another detailed report documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. One day justice will come. www.alhaq.org/publications...

26.01.2025 07:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0