Dianne Woodward
@diannewoodward.bsky.social
Tweeting at the interface of environmental & social justice. Unapologetically ProPalestinian & standing with Jews who deplore what Israel does in their name.
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Please tell me of a technological breakthrough that has not been used for malign intent
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
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November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Please tell me of a technological breakthrough that has not been used for malign intent
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Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza
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Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza
This paper examines Israel’s systematic deployment of disinformation during its war on Gaza since October 2023, introducing the concept of ‘alethocide’ – the systemic destruction of truth. Using a ...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza
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Everywhere Israel goes it's occupation, abductions, land theft and ecocide
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Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights
Al Jazeera talks exclusively to families of those taken by the Israeli army whose actions are also causing an ecocide.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Everywhere Israel goes it's occupation, abductions, land theft and ecocide
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Ralph Wilde, a leading international law academic and practitioner, told MEE that the resolution attempts to codify "trusteeship" over Gaza, a colonial arrangement that breaches the Palestinians' right to self-determination.
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UN resolution on Gaza imposes 'illegal trusteeship' over Palestinians, says top legal expert
Security Council resolution that endorses Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza breaches fundamental norms of international law and is therefore legally void, Ralph Wilde argues
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November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ralph Wilde, a leading international law academic and practitioner, told MEE that the resolution attempts to codify "trusteeship" over Gaza, a colonial arrangement that breaches the Palestinians' right to self-determination.
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www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-reso...
Slowly but surely, the tide of popular outrage about the New York Times incessant anti-Palestinian lying, a bias proven over and over again throughout decades of scholarly research, has become difficult to ignore.
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No Opinion for Gaza: Why we are boycotting the New York Times
Sophie Lewis explains why she & 200+ former New York Times contributors are boycotting the outlet until it addresses its anti-Palestinian bias.
www.newarab.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Slowly but surely, the tide of popular outrage about the New York Times incessant anti-Palestinian lying, a bias proven over and over again throughout decades of scholarly research, has become difficult to ignore.
www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
www.newarab.com/opinion/no-o...
The freezing of church accounts creates a cascading crisis that impacts the very foundation of Christian institutional life in the Holy Land.
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Inside Israel’s tax war on Palestinian churches
Systematic financial targeting by Israel, property disputes, and administrative restrictions threaten to undermine the future of Palestinian Christians
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November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The freezing of church accounts creates a cascading crisis that impacts the very foundation of Christian institutional life in the Holy Land.
www.newarab.com/analysis/ins...
www.newarab.com/analysis/ins...
So glad that finally someone gets it, the enormity of the ecocide as well as genocide, called holocide, and has written about it.
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Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation
The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why ...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So glad that finally someone gets it, the enormity of the ecocide as well as genocide, called holocide, and has written about it.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecoc...
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecoc...
For Western governments that continue to supply Israel with arms, diplomatic cover, or economic cooperation, this raises a fundamental question: can a state claim to uphold the rule of law while enabling its systematic violation?
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The ICJ has ruled again on Israel. But will states listen?
The ICJ ruling on allowing aid into Gaza also reaffirmed the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. The test now is not legal, but political
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November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For Western governments that continue to supply Israel with arms, diplomatic cover, or economic cooperation, this raises a fundamental question: can a state claim to uphold the rule of law while enabling its systematic violation?
www.newarab.com/analysis/icj...
www.newarab.com/analysis/icj...
A Swiss parliamentary investigation into the detention and expulsion of journalist Ali Abunimah in January has concluded there was a series of irregularities and evidence of political interference.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A Swiss parliamentary investigation into the detention and expulsion of journalist Ali Abunimah in January has concluded there was a series of irregularities and evidence of political interference.
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“There is a strong argument to be made that Israel’s impunity has contributed to a broader erosion of accountability norms, which groups like the RSF have learned to exploit,”
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www.newarab.com/analysis/blo...
Blood and business: The Israel-UAE nexus fuelling Sudan’s war
As the Rapid Support Forces commit atrocities in Sudan’s war, their firepower traces back to UAE logistics and Israeli technology, with devastating results
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November 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“There is a strong argument to be made that Israel’s impunity has contributed to a broader erosion of accountability norms, which groups like the RSF have learned to exploit,”
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“Genocide devalues everything. Once you’ve carried out a genocide, nothing matters any more. Not the lives of those you’ve killed and, by extension, not your own. Nothing carries any consequence. Not your actions, nothing. We’ve become hollow.” aje.io/vbsweq
Normalising hate: Israel leans in to anti-Palestinian violence, rhetoric
Analysts in Israel say Israel is continuing on the same path, despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“Genocide devalues everything. Once you’ve carried out a genocide, nothing matters any more. Not the lives of those you’ve killed and, by extension, not your own. Nothing carries any consequence. Not your actions, nothing. We’ve become hollow.” aje.io/vbsweq
There's nowt so queer as folk as they say in Yorkshire.
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It’s surprisingly easy to stumble into a relationship with an AI chatbot
We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
There's nowt so queer as folk as they say in Yorkshire.
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www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/24/1...
In this in-depth interview, Professor Haim Bresheeth shares his personal journey from Israeli soldier to academic critic of Zionism and Israeli government policy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9Y...
Holocaust Survivor's Son: From IDF Officer to Critic of Israeli Policy - Professor Haim Bresheeth
YouTube video by Deep Dive Perspective
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November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In this in-depth interview, Professor Haim Bresheeth shares his personal journey from Israeli soldier to academic critic of Zionism and Israeli government policy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9Y...
It’s not just rich and powerful men who may have abused and raped young girls; it’s a lot of rich and powerful people who knew that the abuse was going on and did nothing about it.” aje.io/pffu1a via @ajenglish.bsky.social
New Epstein emails and files: What do they reveal about Trump?
The US House of Representatives will vote on releasing all files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein next week.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s not just rich and powerful men who may have abused and raped young girls; it’s a lot of rich and powerful people who knew that the abuse was going on and did nothing about it.” aje.io/pffu1a via @ajenglish.bsky.social
No criminal charges were filed, and the government never alleged Hamdi posed any actual security threat. His lawyers say "anti-Muslim and pro-Israel extremists" pressured officials to act against him.
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British journalist Sami Hamdi arrives to UK after ICE detention
After agreeing to leave the US, Sami Hamdi’s family shared with ’great relief’ that the journalist is on a flight home to the UK and will arrive on Thursday.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
No criminal charges were filed, and the government never alleged Hamdi posed any actual security threat. His lawyers say "anti-Muslim and pro-Israel extremists" pressured officials to act against him.
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France is facing a storm of academic anger after the Collège de France cancelled an international symposium on Palestine, triggering accusations that political pressure and lobbying interests have overridden basic commitments to academic freedom. www.newarab.com/news/france-...
France doubles down on Collège de France censorship of Palestine
French scholars accused the government of bowing to pro-Israel pressure after the Collège de France cancelled a major symposium on Palestine.
www.newarab.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
France is facing a storm of academic anger after the Collège de France cancelled an international symposium on Palestine, triggering accusations that political pressure and lobbying interests have overridden basic commitments to academic freedom. www.newarab.com/news/france-...
Israeli advertisements published by far-right settlers have offered properties and land for sale in southern Lebanon have triggered outrage in the latter country, amid increasing Israeli threats to resume the devastating war that ended in November 2024.
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Israeli settlers offer Lebanese land for ’sale’ amid outrage
An Israeli settler group has offered plots of land for ’sale’ in south Lebanon, causing outrage in the latter country
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Israeli advertisements published by far-right settlers have offered properties and land for sale in southern Lebanon have triggered outrage in the latter country, amid increasing Israeli threats to resume the devastating war that ended in November 2024.
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Personally I also haven't read a single media report that encompasses the decades long time frame required for remediation of ecocide alongside the reconstruction of an urban environment and reconsitution of a collective psyche traumatised by genocide
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Divisions and deadlock stall Gaza’s reconstruction efforts
Despite international pledges, Gaza’s reconstruction is stalling amid political disputes, resource constraints, and Israeli-blocked access to essential supplies
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November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Personally I also haven't read a single media report that encompasses the decades long time frame required for remediation of ecocide alongside the reconstruction of an urban environment and reconsitution of a collective psyche traumatised by genocide
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www.newarab.com/features/div...
“The bombs may have stopped falling, but giving birth in Gaza is still a dangerous task.”
And where is the western feminist outrage, or don't Palestinian women count?
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And where is the western feminist outrage, or don't Palestinian women count?
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No peace for Gaza’s mothers giving birth in ruins and shelters
The ceasefire has stopped the bombs, but women in Gaza are still delivering babies alone in classrooms, bathrooms, and homes without sufficient medical care
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November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“The bombs may have stopped falling, but giving birth in Gaza is still a dangerous task.”
And where is the western feminist outrage, or don't Palestinian women count?
www.newarab.com/features/no-...
And where is the western feminist outrage, or don't Palestinian women count?
www.newarab.com/features/no-...
While pushback against Western propaganda is necessary, the terms of that pushback matter. Using their language traps solidarity within liberal vocabularies that measure legitimacy through suffering, balance and civility.
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www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...
Why using ‘hostage’ erases the struggle of Palestinian prisoners
Calls to replace ‘Palestinian prisoners’ with the term ‘hostages’ erase the collective struggle & create a false equivalence between coloniser and colonised.
www.newarab.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
While pushback against Western propaganda is necessary, the terms of that pushback matter. Using their language traps solidarity within liberal vocabularies that measure legitimacy through suffering, balance and civility.
www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...
www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...
Palestinians in Gaza continue to face grave dangers from tens of thousands of unexploded ordnances left scattered across the territory following Israel's two-year genocidal war, according to the Gaza Rights Centre (GRC).
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Israel’s unexploded ordnance are killing Gaza’s children
"I was playing… I made a car from a piece of metal… then everything exploded. The ground swallowed me. I can’t run any more. I can’t play."
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November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Palestinians in Gaza continue to face grave dangers from tens of thousands of unexploded ordnances left scattered across the territory following Israel's two-year genocidal war, according to the Gaza Rights Centre (GRC).
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Yet what’s the message of this vast, detailed study? So many Reform voters want an alternative; they stay with Farage because the other parties only offer more of the same.
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The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty
This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Yet what’s the message of this vast, detailed study? So many Reform voters want an alternative; they stay with Farage because the other parties only offer more of the same.
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The reverse, of course, will not hold true.
Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
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Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
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Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
The Israeli parliament has advanced an amendment proposing the death penalty for convicted Palestinian ‘terrorists’.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The reverse, of course, will not hold true.
Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
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More concerned about their career prospects than about stopping ethnic cleansing. Who can respect such people?
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Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
More concerned about their career prospects than about stopping ethnic cleansing. Who can respect such people?
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Four weeks into a fragile ceasefire, which Israel has violated daily, the scale of the environmental devastation, ecocide, is becoming painfully clear.
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Gaza’s water turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Four weeks into a fragile ceasefire, which Israel has violated daily, the scale of the environmental devastation, ecocide, is becoming painfully clear.
aje.io/sfs0ba via @ajenglish.bsky.social
aje.io/sfs0ba via @ajenglish.bsky.social