“Israel has been defeated - a total defeat. The war's aims won't be achieved, the hostages won't be returned through military pressure, security won't be restored and Israel's international ostracism won't end.” (Haaretz)

Eviscerating Israeli assessment

haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Anita consistently reports on injustices that no one else is touching and more and more people are now trusting her to tell their stories

She’s a star, and she’s just getting started. She should be walking into whichever newsroom she wants

🚨More than 120 leading academics, politicians and campaigners have written to the UK Gov following a series of openDemocracy stories last year by Jenna Corderoy, Martin Williams, fin and me. Signatories inc. Caroline Lucas MP, John McDonnell MP and Sir Robert Buckland MP.

As this thread shows, Adam is the real deal

His work showing the human impact of our asylum system is as good as it gets and he’s also a relentless hard news reporter who can find a line others won’t. They’ll just nick his

He can do it all - hire him!

Look at this amazing cuttings list and offer Anita a job immediately. We desperately need more reporters like her who don't just repeat the same lines as everyone else but actually want to reveal how the changing world affects real people - especially those at its sharp end.

Gutted to see so many reporters made redundant openDemocracy. Was a pleasure working with Ramzy Alwakeel Adam Bychawski Anita Mureithi ruby lott-lavigna. They are fantastic at what they do. If you're looking for talented editors and journalists, they should be your first call.

Not everyone who's read Sam's crucial work at the Hackney Gazette, Big Issue, HuffPost and openDemocracy will know it - because news editors are largely invisible to the public. But he's one of the very very best there is, and he'll make your newsroom *much* better.

I'm absolutely devastated that Anita is going.

She's one of the most insanely talented journalists I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Her brilliant stories speak for themselves.

Newspapers: HIRE ANITA NOW!

Ruby is the BEST lobby correspondent.

Absolutely devastated that she's being made redundant, along with so many others.

No doubt she'll be snapped up immediately.

This is a huge loss. Sam is an incredibly talented news editor, who has been instrumental in openDemocracy recent editorial successes. Hire him!!

Gutted to see the redundancies at openDemocracy - the UK is losing so many vital independent journalists and outlets at the moment, there are real implications for scrutiny of politicians and corporates. Solidarity with everyone laid off.

Ramzy is the best editor I’ve ever worked with. Utterly baffling to ever want to lose him. Everyone should be fighting each other to hire him quickly

Ramzy is the best editor I've ever worked with, bar none.

He's the absolute powerhouse of the newsroom - and has transformed openDemocracy's editorial output into a phenomenal success.

Along with other colleagues being made redundant, he will be massively, massively missed.

Adam is quite simply one of the very best reporters in the business. Hire him.

Incoming Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Simon Harris addresses Benjamin Netanyahu directly with some remarkably strong words:

'Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Irish people could not be clearer. We are repulsed by your actions.”

Great to see The Times cover this letter calling for more transparency and accountability over university funding: opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-… Coordinated by openDemocracy, it follows a series of investigations we did last year.

🚨 Academics call for transparency over university funding

Open letter follows Jenna Corderoy's investigation into secret donations.

Also reported in tomorrow's Times.
opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-…

Don't bother with education unless it leads to money, kids.

Forget music, art, literature and philosophy.

Get a degree in tax havens, landlordism, asset management and insider trading instead!

Please stop with all this. You don’t get to keep giving weapons to Netanyahu, in defiance of American law, to kill innocents with, including innocent Americans, and then pretend you’re ‘pissed’ at Netanyahu. Come on. We weren’t born yesterday.

Labour shadow minister Darren Jones is asked directly - is Israel breaking international law. He says its not for politicians to say.

Except Labour politicians have no problem publicly condemning war crimes when they are committed by Russia #GMB