Elisabeth Schweiger (@elischweig) 's Twitter Profile
Elisabeth Schweiger

@elischweig

Lecturer @UniStirling, researching counterterrorism warfare, silence, international law #postcolonialism, #feminism, #security, gardening, making bread

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calendar_today16-09-2019 13:29:10

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حسام شبات (@hossamshabat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When I speak with my family, they describe the situation in Rafah as apocalyptic - like judgment day. Everyone is desperate to escape, yet there is nowhere to turn. Walking the streets, all you witness is a sea of displaced individuals in sheer panic. Hospitals are

Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵1/ I am somewhat dismayed (though sadly unsurprised) by this extremely disingenuous and callous reporting about Palestinian death figures. Claims that the UN have revised down its death toll are absolutely untrue but have been repeated by right wing outlets but also the CFR 🤔

🧵1/ I am somewhat dismayed (though sadly unsurprised) by this extremely disingenuous and callous reporting about Palestinian death figures. Claims that the UN have revised down its death toll are absolutely untrue but have been repeated by right wing outlets but also the CFR 🤔
Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Right after the State Department admits Israel has “likely” used US-supplied weapons in violation of humanitarian law, right after Israeli forces attack a United Nations car in *Rafah*, killing an Indian worker...Biden moves to send $1 billion more of weapons to Israel:

Right after the State Department admits Israel has “likely” used US-supplied weapons in violation of humanitarian law, right after Israeli forces attack a United Nations car in *Rafah*, killing an Indian worker...Biden moves to send $1 billion more of weapons to Israel:
Elisabeth Schweiger (@elischweig) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My friend Sharyn is an amazing midwife who has worked with the Red Crescent in Gaza before. She is planning to go to Egypt to provide care and birth basics to Palestinian refugees. Donations welcome. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/M…

Norway MFA (@norwaymfa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Norway recognises Palestine as a state, in line with international law and relevant UNSC resolutions. That means that Norway will consider Palestine to be an independent state with rights and duties this entails. - PM Jonas Gahr Støre & FM Espen Barth Eide regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/nor…

Norway recognises Palestine as a state, in line with international law and relevant UNSC resolutions.
That means that Norway will consider Palestine to be an independent state with rights and duties this entails.
- PM <a href="/jonasgahrstore/">Jonas Gahr Støre</a> &amp; FM <a href="/EspenBarthEide/">Espen Barth Eide</a>
regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/nor…
Husam Zomlot (@hzomlot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Earlier today on BBC News (UK): Recognition of the State of Palestine is not a gift, favour or reward. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people and it is long overdue. Countries, including the US and UK, who argue that this must only happen as a result of negotiations are

Seána (@grantsana) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Someone watched that little ones every move for the 1st months of their life, worried about their milk intake, their sleep & development. Dressed them, brushed their hair. Kissed their cheeks 1000s of times, that little ones whose body was held up against the flames with no head

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing (@adequatehousing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attacking women and children while they cower in their shelters in Rafah is a monstrous atrocity. We need concerted global action to stop Israel’s actions now. aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

Rituparna Chatterjee (@masalabai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don't think people elsewhere fully grasp what's happening in NCR and just how hot it is. At 7am, the tap water is boiling hot. The sun hurts the eye. There's no night time anymore. For 24 hours the temperature feels above 40C. Which means during night the water is as hot

I don't think people elsewhere fully grasp what's happening in NCR and just how hot it is. At 7am, the tap water is boiling hot. The sun hurts the eye. There's no night time anymore. For 24 hours the temperature feels above 40C. Which means during night the water is as hot
Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Assange may be free, but justice has not been served. Justice would look like Assange being granted a full and unconditional pardon and receiving millions of dollars in compensation from the US government for the torment they put him through by his imprisonment in Belmarsh

Richard Reeve (@rj_reeve) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've been reading the party (🔵🌹🔶💚R🇬🇧) manifestos (so you don't have to) and doing an initial analysis of how they talk about security, defence, foreign affairs and development/conflict/peacebuilding. A 🧵on a little of what I found...

Adam Johnson (@adamjohnsonchi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It really is night and day how the NYT frames these two conflicts: Russia is clearly the author of the suffering, they actively do the bad thing. Israel is not even in the headline, there is no responsible agent, just a “deadly strike” of mysterious origin.

It really is night and day how the NYT frames these two conflicts: Russia is clearly the author of the suffering, they actively do the bad thing. Israel is not even in the headline, there is no responsible agent, just a “deadly strike” of mysterious origin.
Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The US Pier allowed only one day's worth of aid to go into Gaza, and was likely used for military purposes in an operation where Israel killed 274 Palestinians to rescue 4 hostages. Sweet land of liberty theguardian.com/world/article/…

Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Israeli airstrikes have killed the young Palestinian runner Wasem Ayman Abu Deeb, member of the Palestinian National Athletics team. The occupation forces bombed his family home in Khan Younis last night.

Israeli airstrikes have killed the young Palestinian runner Wasem Ayman Abu Deeb, member of the Palestinian National Athletics team. 

The occupation forces bombed his family home in Khan Younis last night.
UNRWA (@unrwa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UNRWA Headquarters building in #Gaza has been completely destroyed. United Nations facilities are not a target and must be protected at all times. This is fundamental to international humanitarian law and to our ability to do our lifesaving work.

Matiangai Sirleaf (@matiangai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I argue "the fraying seams of the racially unjust world order are increasingly visible as Israel’s carnage of Palestine continues unabated." The "capacity to define who matters and who does not, who is disposable and who is not, as well as who deserves empathy and recognition."