#Rafah facts:
'Israeli forces have struck refugee camps in Rafah in recent days, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of people.
'The intensified offensive in Rafah has further reduced provision of and access to healthcare, with facilities forced to stop operating.'

Comhrá gan chuimse ar roghanna Eorpacha.
🇪🇺 #EP24 #TE24

Great stuff for election anoraks and anyone who wants to know more about the choices facing us in #le24 .

Ireland recognizes the state of Palestine. 🇵🇸
It has not yet decided to recognize the state of the world. 🌎

“All I see is destruction.”

Hind Khoudary is a Palestinian journalist reporting from Gaza. Over 200 days, Hind and other Palestinian journalists filmed Israel’s military assault on the Gaza strip for a Channel 4 Dispatches special - made by basement films.

When the IRA were murdering people in England, we didn’t drop 2000lb bombs on Belfast because the terrorists were living among civilians.

‘Ar buile faoi na hionsaithe Iosraelacha a mharaigh mórán daoine díláithrithe…
‘Ní foláir éirí as na hoibríochtaí seo…
‘Éilím meas iomlán ar dhlí idirnáisiúnta agus sos cogaidh láithreach’ - Emmanuel Macron, Uachtarán na Fraince.
#Rafah

‘Gaza is hell on earth.’
#CeasefireNOW

Thinking deeply about Israel, Gaza and dehumanization.🧵

If looking for a trustworthy guide to the work MEPs do (and how they do it) before deciding which Euro-candidates are worth voting for, this is a must-read.

Meanwhile, on the #WestBank …
#realitycheck by a journalist who went to see.

This is intolerable.

No member of the Gardai, no person, should have to put up with this sort of vile, hateful abuse as they go about their work.

Enough already. This is not protest. It is hate.

Words never heard before, during or after a pub trad session:
Great musicians, but a pity they’re without an uninvited volunteer on the bodhrán.
🙄 #ceol

Israeli Gov filming Ambassadors forced to watch footage of Hamas massacres is a disgrace. Are Israeli Ambassadors to be filmed watching the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian woman and children? Of course not. Ireland, Spain and Norway would not sink to that level.