Simon Speakman Cordall
@sscordall.bsky.social
Senior Producer at AJE Digital. Gentleman explorer and noted raconteur. Currently banned in Israel. Bylines in: lots of stuff.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Big in Israel: blogs.timesofisrael.com/sincerely-a-...
The Blogs: Sincerely, A British Jew
From the blog of Tali Smus at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Big in Israel: blogs.timesofisrael.com/sincerely-a-...
The police came early. Patricia's camp was emptied this morning.
April 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The police came early. Patricia's camp was emptied this morning.
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Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.
April 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.
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Israel has just sent an evacuation warning for an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs after two rockets were fired from south Lebanon this morning (one intercepted & landed on Lebanese territory).
March 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Israel has just sent an evacuation warning for an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs after two rockets were fired from south Lebanon this morning (one intercepted & landed on Lebanese territory).
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Disclaimer for some talk of sexual violence in this.
February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Disclaimer for some talk of sexual violence in this.
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
"The total number of bodies recovered, found in 55 graves, has now climbed to 39, after the attorney general said on Sunday... authorities had recovered the corpses of 28 others in the north of Kufra, a huge southeastern district of the country."
#Libya
www.reuters.com/world/africa....
#Libya
www.reuters.com/world/africa....
Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The total number of bodies recovered, found in 55 graves, has now climbed to 39, after the attorney general said on Sunday... authorities had recovered the corpses of 28 others in the north of Kufra, a huge southeastern district of the country."
#Libya
www.reuters.com/world/africa....
#Libya
www.reuters.com/world/africa....
It's from that other thing, but: x.com/DavidLammy/s...
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's from that other thing, but: x.com/DavidLammy/s...
".... she (Tunisian MP, Fatma Mseddi) suggested limiting and controlling births among sub-Saharan migrants."
#Tunisia
www.businessnews.com.tn/fatma-mseddi...
#Tunisia
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Fatma Mseddi : il faut contrôler les naissances chez les migrants subsahariens
Dans une interview accordée à The Independent Arabia, la députée Fatma Mseddi a exprimé ses inquiétudes quant à l'impact de l'augmentation des naissances parmi les migrants subsahariens sur la composition démographique de la Tunisie. Selon elle, il n'est pas exclu qu'un jour un élu tunisien d'origine subsaharienne soit élu au parlement...
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February 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
".... she (Tunisian MP, Fatma Mseddi) suggested limiting and controlling births among sub-Saharan migrants."
#Tunisia
www.businessnews.com.tn/fatma-mseddi...
#Tunisia
www.businessnews.com.tn/fatma-mseddi...
Far-right obsession w obstructing refugee journeys undermines security.
A Libyan militia member wanted by the ICC for trafficking, war crimes & crimes against humanity released by Italy, apparently to lubricate anti-migrant cooperation.
Meloni under investigation.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
A Libyan militia member wanted by the ICC for trafficking, war crimes & crimes against humanity released by Italy, apparently to lubricate anti-migrant cooperation.
Meloni under investigation.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals
Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.
www.aljazeera.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Wondering how the US media is complicit in genocide? Here you go!
By that logic, why can’t Israelis? Somehow that would be bigotry but this isn’t.
February 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Wondering how the US media is complicit in genocide? Here you go!
Can't say who wrote this, but all credit to David Yambio and Lam Magok, not just for their work, but for simply surviving.
#Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
#Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals
Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.
www.aljazeera.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Can't say who wrote this, but all credit to David Yambio and Lam Magok, not just for their work, but for simply surviving.
#Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
#Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
@lewisgoodall.com Firstly, congratulations on this morning's black polar neck decision. I made the same (excellent) choice. However, I just listened to the podcast, "pens and printing presses"?
February 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@lewisgoodall.com Firstly, congratulations on this morning's black polar neck decision. I made the same (excellent) choice. However, I just listened to the podcast, "pens and printing presses"?
My latest:
Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
US president’s comments, which appear to offer the Israeli far-right much, may ultimately deliver little, analysts say.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My latest:
Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Reassuring to know which side the UK government is on.
Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...
Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...
Redirecting...
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February 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reassuring to know which side the UK government is on.
Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...
Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency.
www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...
"The state of emergency in the entire country “will be extended from Thursday to Dec. 31, 2025,” said the Journal of the Republic of #Tunisia, an official biweekly gazette."
english.news.cn/africa/20250...
english.news.cn/africa/20250...
Tunisia extends state of emergency till year-end
english.news.cn
January 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"The state of emergency in the entire country “will be extended from Thursday to Dec. 31, 2025,” said the Journal of the Republic of #Tunisia, an official biweekly gazette."
english.news.cn/africa/20250...
english.news.cn/africa/20250...
Channel 13 news reported that the meeting lasted for two-and-a-half hours, and quoted senior Israeli officials as saying the officials discussed possible outlines for the transfer of Gaza’s population
www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...
www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...
Meeting Netanyahu after Gaza visit, Witkoff said to push for full implementation of truce
Reports say PM and Trump envoy discussed US president's proposal to move Gazans to neighboring states; Israeli officials 'got impression Americans are serious about this idea'
www.timesofisrael.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Channel 13 news reported that the meeting lasted for two-and-a-half hours, and quoted senior Israeli officials as saying the officials discussed possible outlines for the transfer of Gaza’s population
www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...
www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...
"These prosecutions are based on laws that violate both the 2022 constitution and international standards”
#Tunisia
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...
#Tunisia
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...
'Moral values': The new pretext to repress freedoms in Tunisia
The arrest of influencers on morality grounds is part of President Saied's crackdown in Tunisia, where fear and self-censorship are on the rise
www.middleeasteye.net
January 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"These prosecutions are based on laws that violate both the 2022 constitution and international standards”
#Tunisia
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...
#Tunisia
www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...
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Euphemism is one thing, but describing Smotrich, who makes no secret about supporting genocide, as an 'advocate' who 'helps' Gazans 'leave to depart' is another level of genocidal white-washing. nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
January 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Euphemism is one thing, but describing Smotrich, who makes no secret about supporting genocide, as an 'advocate' who 'helps' Gazans 'leave to depart' is another level of genocidal white-washing. nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...