Hugh Lovatt (@h_lovatt) 's Twitter Profile
Hugh Lovatt

@h_lovatt

Senior Policy Fellow @ecfr. Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.

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linkhttp://ecfr.eu/mena calendar_today07-03-2012 16:00:52

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Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Biden administration wasted a year trying to "bridge the gaps" and accomplished nothing. If Trump is serious about a deal it requires pressure on Netanyahu to end his forever war, not "wordsmithing" axios.com/2025/05/28/gaz…

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A reminder that Israel’s blatant violation of international law and denial of Palestinian rights is not confined to Gaza. The 22 new settlements includes plans to renew settlement activity in northern West Bank and new communities in the Jordan Valley. m.jpost.com/israel-news/ar…

A reminder that Israel’s blatant violation of international law and denial of Palestinian rights is not confined to Gaza.

The 22 new settlements includes plans to renew settlement activity in northern West Bank and new communities in the Jordan Valley.

m.jpost.com/israel-news/ar…
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UN confirming ECFR research: "The real theft of aid since the beginning of the war has been carried out by criminal gangs, under the watch of Israeli forces, and they were allowed to operate in proximity to the Kerem Shalom crossing point into Gaza." ochaopt.org/content/briefi…

Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Israel is now demolishing any buildings left standing in Gaza after 20 months of bombardment The IDF recruited "a large number of civilian" workers to "crush" thousands of buildings that were previously damaged but not fully destroyed

🚨Israel is now demolishing any buildings left standing in Gaza after 20 months of bombardment

The IDF recruited "a large number of civilian" workers to "crush" thousands of buildings that were previously damaged but not fully destroyed
Hugh Lovatt (@h_lovatt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

UN: "...Israeli authorities have banned most other items, including fuel, cooking gas, shelter and hygiene products. They also imposed the condition that we could only deliver flour to bakeries and not directly to families." ochaopt.org/content/statem…

Democracy in Exile (@dawn_journal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Europe and its partners can amplify Israel’s anti-Netanyahu faction while reinforcing the Israeli voices insisting that a ceasefire and diplomacy offer the only path to securing Israel’s long-term future," writes Hugh Lovatt, @ecfrmena senior policy fellow. dawnmena.org/is-europe-fina…

Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨Conclusive evidence of Israel running the very criminal gangs looting aid in Gaza🧵 Hamas released footage today of an ambush against what they thought were Israeli Mista'arvim (undercover) soldiers in Rafah But upon closer inspection, they turned out to be Abu Shabab's gang;

أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@anasalsharif0) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The situation in Gaza City and the northern areas is growing increasingly dire. Relentless Israeli airstrikes thunder across the region, with explosions so constant it’s nearly impossible to know where they’ll hit next. All around, the cries of terrified civilians fill the night.

Marc Botenga MEP (@botengam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scoop: Israel Aerospace Industries, le plus grand groupe de défense israélien, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, entreprise publique de défense, et même le Ministère de la Défense israélien (!) reçoivent des subventions européennes, dévoile L'Echo [1/4] 🧶 lecho.be/economie-polit…

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BREAKING: Red Cross hospital in Gaza says at least 21 people were killed and another 175 were injured as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation. apnews.com/article/israel…

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More casualties are being evacuated following the unspeakable Israeli massacre which targeted a crowd of Palestinians en route to receive aid from the U.S. aid distribution center on the outskirts of Rafah, southern Gaza. At least 30 have been confirmed killed and many others

Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Hind Khoudary reports that in two of the 'aid distribution hubs' Israel has established in southern Gaza Israeli drones & tanks have opened fire on Palestinians collecting aid. Many people have been killed, shot in the head or upper body as they were trying to get food parcels

Philippe Lazzarini (@unlazzarini) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Gaza: aid distribution has become a death trap. Mass casualties including scores of injured & killed among starving civilians due to gunshots this morning. This is according to reports from international medics on ground. A distribution point by the Israeli- American plan was

Mosab Abu Toha (@mosababutoha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is beyond belief. Reports that the israeli forces opened fire just now at people heading to the distribution site in Rafah. Three people were killed and 35 were wounded.

Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When genocide becomes a Facebook job ad: A New Yorker is looking to hire a bulldozer operator with “demolition” experience to help flatten Gaza. The job? Destroy homes. The pay? 1,500 shekels a day (about $420).

When genocide becomes a Facebook job ad:

A New Yorker is looking to hire a bulldozer operator with “demolition” experience to help flatten Gaza.

The job? Destroy homes.
The pay? 1,500 shekels a day (about $420).
Clash Report (@clashreport) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Flattening Gaza: Israel’s Demolition Offensive Escalates Israel has launched a sweeping demolition campaign in Gaza, razing homes and infrastructure in what rights groups warn could amount to ethnic cleansing. In just days before June 2, over 240 residential units were

Flattening Gaza: Israel’s Demolition Offensive Escalates

Israel has launched a sweeping demolition campaign in Gaza, razing homes and infrastructure in what rights groups warn could amount to ethnic cleansing.

In just days before June 2, over 240 residential units were
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Backing Morocco's autonomy plan is everything to do with UK business & investment, and nothing to do with peace which remains remote. Rabat has little interest in implementing its plan and even less now in negotiated compromise. Meanwhile, autonomy is unacceptable to Polisario.

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The UK and Moroccan ministers "applauded the expansion of economic ties, which reached £4.2 billion in 2024....Both parties expect this new partnership to drive further trade growth....[&] recognise the untapped investment potential..." gov.uk/government/new…

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European policy "shouldn't be restricted to removing Netanyahu from power to achieve a Gaza ceasefire but to eventually shift the Israeli public's calculations away from its current support for perpetual domination over Palestinians". Via Democracy in Exile dawnmena.org/is-europe-fina…