Bystanders No More
@bystandersnomore.bsky.social
We offer empowering education and actionable guidance for those ready - or nearly ready - to take a public stand for Palestinian human rights.
As more bystanders speak up, governments will be forced to listen.
As more bystanders speak up, governments will be forced to listen.
Thank you @somoamsterdam.bsky.social for highlighting Dutch government complicity. This is invaluable work.
What's the current status about export of police dogs to Israel?
Is anyone close to Hanan Ashrawi? Please ask her to at least cross post on here
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What's the current status about export of police dogs to Israel?
Is anyone close to Hanan Ashrawi? Please ask her to at least cross post on here
x.com/drhananashra...
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thank you @somoamsterdam.bsky.social for highlighting Dutch government complicity. This is invaluable work.
What's the current status about export of police dogs to Israel?
Is anyone close to Hanan Ashrawi? Please ask her to at least cross post on here
x.com/drhananashra...
What's the current status about export of police dogs to Israel?
Is anyone close to Hanan Ashrawi? Please ask her to at least cross post on here
x.com/drhananashra...
Here's the challenge:
Realpolitik framing→ fails to mobilise bystanders, esp passive allies→ weak political pressure→ can’t overcome entrenched lobbying power→ good policies don’t happen.
60% of Britons & most Labour voters already support key pro-Palestine policies. Justice framing engages us.
Realpolitik framing→ fails to mobilise bystanders, esp passive allies→ weak political pressure→ can’t overcome entrenched lobbying power→ good policies don’t happen.
60% of Britons & most Labour voters already support key pro-Palestine policies. Justice framing engages us.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here's the challenge:
Realpolitik framing→ fails to mobilise bystanders, esp passive allies→ weak political pressure→ can’t overcome entrenched lobbying power→ good policies don’t happen.
60% of Britons & most Labour voters already support key pro-Palestine policies. Justice framing engages us.
Realpolitik framing→ fails to mobilise bystanders, esp passive allies→ weak political pressure→ can’t overcome entrenched lobbying power→ good policies don’t happen.
60% of Britons & most Labour voters already support key pro-Palestine policies. Justice framing engages us.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Is this accurate? If so, what's the fuss about?!
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Is this accurate? If so, what's the fuss about?!
What do Marlene Engelhorn and Rev Mpho Tutu
(Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter) share?
A moral clarity many leaders lack.
(Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter) share?
A moral clarity many leaders lack.
July 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What do Marlene Engelhorn and Rev Mpho Tutu
(Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter) share?
A moral clarity many leaders lack.
(Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter) share?
A moral clarity many leaders lack.
The graphic shows EU countries’ stances on Israel/Palestine.
Our focus: countries in yellow (the fence sitters) & orange (too big to ignore) — key to building pressure at the July 15 meeting.
If you know influencers in these countries, please connect us!
Our focus: countries in yellow (the fence sitters) & orange (too big to ignore) — key to building pressure at the July 15 meeting.
If you know influencers in these countries, please connect us!
July 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The graphic shows EU countries’ stances on Israel/Palestine.
Our focus: countries in yellow (the fence sitters) & orange (too big to ignore) — key to building pressure at the July 15 meeting.
If you know influencers in these countries, please connect us!
Our focus: countries in yellow (the fence sitters) & orange (too big to ignore) — key to building pressure at the July 15 meeting.
If you know influencers in these countries, please connect us!
On December 21, 2023, a group of brave civil servants held their first sit-in outside the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to challenge their government's unwavering support to the Israeli regime. Taking this stand, often in front of supervisors and colleagues, required courage.
December 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
On December 21, 2023, a group of brave civil servants held their first sit-in outside the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to challenge their government's unwavering support to the Israeli regime. Taking this stand, often in front of supervisors and colleagues, required courage.
Globally, platforms like Wikipedia added "Gaza genocide" to their List of Genocides page, reflecting evolving documentation.
Even Israel’s Haaretz, its oldest progressive newspaper, has used "genocide" in analyses discussing international accusations.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
Even Israel’s Haaretz, its oldest progressive newspaper, has used "genocide" in analyses discussing international accusations.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Globally, platforms like Wikipedia added "Gaza genocide" to their List of Genocides page, reflecting evolving documentation.
Even Israel’s Haaretz, its oldest progressive newspaper, has used "genocide" in analyses discussing international accusations.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
Even Israel’s Haaretz, its oldest progressive newspaper, has used "genocide" in analyses discussing international accusations.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2024...
In the USA, MSNBC’s @chrislhayes.bsky.social aired discussions about the report from @amnesty.org on Israel’s genocidal actions:
bsky.app/profile/chri...
In November, a powerful Guardian column cited Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov on the term’s applicability.
December 12, 2024 at 3:23 PM
In the USA, MSNBC’s @chrislhayes.bsky.social aired discussions about the report from @amnesty.org on Israel’s genocidal actions:
bsky.app/profile/chri...
In November, a powerful Guardian column cited Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov on the term’s applicability.
Slowly but surely the media is shifting, and the message is clear: we cannot stay silent.
Across the globe, journalists are now calling out the atrocities in Gaza for what they are: genocide.
Trouw, NRC, de Volkskrant & Nu.nl have all used the "G-word".
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Across the globe, journalists are now calling out the atrocities in Gaza for what they are: genocide.
Trouw, NRC, de Volkskrant & Nu.nl have all used the "G-word".
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
December 12, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Slowly but surely the media is shifting, and the message is clear: we cannot stay silent.
Across the globe, journalists are now calling out the atrocities in Gaza for what they are: genocide.
Trouw, NRC, de Volkskrant & Nu.nl have all used the "G-word".
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Across the globe, journalists are now calling out the atrocities in Gaza for what they are: genocide.
Trouw, NRC, de Volkskrant & Nu.nl have all used the "G-word".
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."
This is what Nelson Mandela said twenty-seven years ago on this day, the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
This is what Nelson Mandela said twenty-seven years ago on this day, the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
November 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians."
This is what Nelson Mandela said twenty-seven years ago on this day, the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
This is what Nelson Mandela said twenty-seven years ago on this day, the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
Also inside 🇮🇱 there is a war against the media. On Sunday, Israel’s cabinet voted to sanction @haaretzcom.bsky.social, the nation’s oldest & widely respected newspaper, over its critical war coverage and its publisher's call for sanctions on government officials after the October 7 Hamas attacks.
November 26, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Also inside 🇮🇱 there is a war against the media. On Sunday, Israel’s cabinet voted to sanction @haaretzcom.bsky.social, the nation’s oldest & widely respected newspaper, over its critical war coverage and its publisher's call for sanctions on government officials after the October 7 Hamas attacks.