Iolanda Jaquemet
@iolanda-jaquemet.bsky.social
Once a journalist, communicator, Middle East watcher 🇵🇸
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“We do not need your recognition. We need you to stop enabling our annihilation.”
Read Nour ElAssy’s latest:
Read Nour ElAssy’s latest:
I survived Israel's genocide in Gaza. This is what recognition of a Palestinian state means to me
Recognition is meaningless while Gaza is starved, bombed, and occupied. What we need is action.
buff.ly
September 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“We do not need your recognition. We need you to stop enabling our annihilation.”
Read Nour ElAssy’s latest:
Read Nour ElAssy’s latest:
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US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza
American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.
The so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” “appears to have no bank account, no viable address or Swiss resident on its board – all required by law.”
Will Switzerland find the courage to close the Geneva office of this death trap for Palestinians?
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
Will Switzerland find the courage to close the Geneva office of this death trap for Palestinians?
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
As Gaza militarised aid scheme proves deadly, its backers could face a legal reckoning - Geneva Solutions
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is facing mounting scrutiny, with NGOs warning its militarised aid scheme risks violating international law – and setting a dangerous precedent.
genevasolutions.news
July 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” “appears to have no bank account, no viable address or Swiss resident on its board – all required by law.”
Will Switzerland find the courage to close the Geneva office of this death trap for Palestinians?
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
Will Switzerland find the courage to close the Geneva office of this death trap for Palestinians?
genevasolutions.news/peace-humani...
“While commentators now debate geopolitics, families here are being incinerated in their tents. But the world has looked away, and when the world looks away, Israel kills faster and more violently” - #Gaza by Nour ElAssy
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person...
Israel is arming gangs to fracture Gaza’s society from the inside
It is part of a strategy to spread chaos, make Gaza ungovernable, and continue starving the population, writes Nour ElAssy.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
“While commentators now debate geopolitics, families here are being incinerated in their tents. But the world has looked away, and when the world looks away, Israel kills faster and more violently” - #Gaza by Nour ElAssy
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person...
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“Humanitarian principles need to be reinstated [in Gaza],” UNRWA Commissioner-General tells the media.
UNRWA teams in #Gaza continue to manage shelters, provide clean water, and remove waste. They are a model of what humanitarian work is and should be.
Let us bring in aid at scale.
UNRWA teams in #Gaza continue to manage shelters, provide clean water, and remove waste. They are a model of what humanitarian work is and should be.
Let us bring in aid at scale.
June 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“Humanitarian principles need to be reinstated [in Gaza],” UNRWA Commissioner-General tells the media.
UNRWA teams in #Gaza continue to manage shelters, provide clean water, and remove waste. They are a model of what humanitarian work is and should be.
Let us bring in aid at scale.
UNRWA teams in #Gaza continue to manage shelters, provide clean water, and remove waste. They are a model of what humanitarian work is and should be.
Let us bring in aid at scale.
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
This would be another dent in the credibility of the BBC - if it had any credibility left.
BASEMENT FILMS: “Most of all we would like to thank the doctors/contributors/survivors… and to apologize for not believing them BBC would never run a film like this. Turns out they were right.”
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
June 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This would be another dent in the credibility of the BBC - if it had any credibility left.
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BASEMENT FILMS: “Most of all we would like to thank the doctors/contributors/survivors… and to apologize for not believing them BBC would never run a film like this. Turns out they were right.”
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
June 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
BASEMENT FILMS: “Most of all we would like to thank the doctors/contributors/survivors… and to apologize for not believing them BBC would never run a film like this. Turns out they were right.”
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
BBC just shelved a doc about Gaza doctors. 🤔
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Together with our partners, we urge all #EU Member States & the @ec.europa.eu to:
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
June 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Together with our partners, we urge all #EU Member States & the @ec.europa.eu to:
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
❌halt arms transfers
❌sanction those responsible for ongoing atrocity crimes
❌suspend the trade agreement with Israel
Under the Genocide Convention, EU states are bound to act.
Learn more: bit.ly/4eapcyB
At the time of the Nazi death camps, no one from the outside was watching.
Now everyone knows, starting with the many Western leaders pledging unconditional support for Israel and sending weapons for the slaughter #Gaza.
Now everyone knows, starting with the many Western leaders pledging unconditional support for Israel and sending weapons for the slaughter #Gaza.
June 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
At the time of the Nazi death camps, no one from the outside was watching.
Now everyone knows, starting with the many Western leaders pledging unconditional support for Israel and sending weapons for the slaughter #Gaza.
Now everyone knows, starting with the many Western leaders pledging unconditional support for Israel and sending weapons for the slaughter #Gaza.
In my whole life as a journalist and humanitarian worker, I’ve never seen anything as ignoble as this: 2 supposed democracies luring desperate, hungry civilians with food so they can be slaughtered.
Palestinians desperately trying to access aid in Gaza came under fire Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding 207, the Palestinian Health Ministry says.
36 Palestinians killed trying to obtain desperately needed aid in Gaza, officials say
“Every day, people are killed just trying to get food for their children,” said one witness who accused Israeli forces of opening fire “indiscriminately.”
nbcnews.to
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In my whole life as a journalist and humanitarian worker, I’ve never seen anything as ignoble as this: 2 supposed democracies luring desperate, hungry civilians with food so they can be slaughtered.
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⚡️NEW at @dropsitenews.com: A 63-Year-Old Medical Worker Spent Three Months as a Human Shield for Israeli Brigades in Gaza
“They dressed me in military uniform, and asked me to search in homes for explosives.”
Story by Younis Tirawi
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
“They dressed me in military uniform, and asked me to search in homes for explosives.”
Story by Younis Tirawi
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
A 63-Year-Old Medical Worker Spent Three Months as a Human Shield for Israeli Brigades in Gaza
“They dressed me in military uniform, and asked me to search in homes for explosives.”
www.dropsitenews.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
⚡️NEW at @dropsitenews.com: A 63-Year-Old Medical Worker Spent Three Months as a Human Shield for Israeli Brigades in Gaza
“They dressed me in military uniform, and asked me to search in homes for explosives.”
Story by Younis Tirawi
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
“They dressed me in military uniform, and asked me to search in homes for explosives.”
Story by Younis Tirawi
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
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I made a video essay explaining why, in my view, Israel is committing genocide under international law. I hope this helps frame the issue a little bit better and explain why there is a consensus among academics that this is indeed a genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCl...
Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza?
YouTube video by Alonso Gurmendi
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I made a video essay explaining why, in my view, Israel is committing genocide under international law. I hope this helps frame the issue a little bit better and explain why there is a consensus among academics that this is indeed a genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCl...
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"The medical system [in Gaza] has not failed. It has been systematically dismantled through a sustained military campaign that has wilfully violated international humanitarian law"
Feroze Sidhwa addressing the UN security council today.
Feroze Sidhwa addressing the UN security council today.
May 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The medical system [in Gaza] has not failed. It has been systematically dismantled through a sustained military campaign that has wilfully violated international humanitarian law"
Feroze Sidhwa addressing the UN security council today.
Feroze Sidhwa addressing the UN security council today.
Hey @nytimes.com, BBC, & other mainstream media: your not-so-secret Palestine style guide is uncovered.
Just one thing this brilliant piece forgot to add: avoid as much as possible writing “Palestine” & “Palestinian”. It might acknowledge they have an identity - God forbid.
Just one thing this brilliant piece forgot to add: avoid as much as possible writing “Palestine” & “Palestinian”. It might acknowledge they have an identity - God forbid.
May 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hey @nytimes.com, BBC, & other mainstream media: your not-so-secret Palestine style guide is uncovered.
Just one thing this brilliant piece forgot to add: avoid as much as possible writing “Palestine” & “Palestinian”. It might acknowledge they have an identity - God forbid.
Just one thing this brilliant piece forgot to add: avoid as much as possible writing “Palestine” & “Palestinian”. It might acknowledge they have an identity - God forbid.
“We would not be here if western reporters and Joe Biden hadn’t manufactured consent for the genocide by repeating the incendiary lie that Hamas had beheaded babies”
Complicit in genocide, without the excuse that “no one knew”.
Complicit in genocide, without the excuse that “no one knew”.
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“We would not be here if western reporters and Joe Biden hadn’t manufactured consent for the genocide by repeating the incendiary lie that Hamas had beheaded babies”
Complicit in genocide, without the excuse that “no one knew”.
Complicit in genocide, without the excuse that “no one knew”.
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BREAKING: Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
BREAKING: Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
Story for @dropsitenews.com by @worqas.bsky.social and @mazmhussain.bsky.social
El mensaje de RTVE antes de #Eurovision2025: "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción. Paz y justicia para Palestina" www.rtve.es/noticias/20250...
#EurovisionRTVE
#EurovisionRTVE
May 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“The outlets want coverage of the war, but not the responsibility of caring for those covering it. They use our reports to fill their broadcasts, but they don’t even remember our names. They ask for high-resolution images but won’t offer enough to cover a meal. We are used – bled dry and discarded.”
Since starting to work as a journalist in Gaza, Nour ElAssy's life has unravelled in real time under Israeli bombs and siege. But she continues to write articles "praying someone, somewhere, will read them and feel what I feel". Read her latest:
We are the last eyes left inside Gaza
In an urgent and damning World Press Freedom Day plea, Nour ElAssy decries the lack of protection and support for Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
buff.ly
May 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“The outlets want coverage of the war, but not the responsibility of caring for those covering it. They use our reports to fill their broadcasts, but they don’t even remember our names. They ask for high-resolution images but won’t offer enough to cover a meal. We are used – bled dry and discarded.”
“Future generations will hold us to account, we should fear that judgement” - the UN’s top humanitarian official on #Gaza
So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?
This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.
May 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“Future generations will hold us to account, we should fear that judgement” - the UN’s top humanitarian official on #Gaza
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The most recent retweet from the new pope is 👀.
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The most recent retweet from the new pope is 👀.
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"Each new offensive makes it harder not to suspect that the ultimate goal of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is to ensure #Gaza is uninhabitable and drive Palestinians from their land."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Each new offensive makes it harder not to suspect that the ultimate goal of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition is to ensure #Gaza is uninhabitable and drive Palestinians from their land."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
BREAKING: Pope Francis Dies at 88. Here's How He Should Be Remembered
The late pontiff was a progressive pope who was outspoken on Trump, Gaza, the climate, and more.
zeteo.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
Pope Francis was famously reaching out daily to a small parish in Gaza.
April 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Pope Francis was famously reaching out daily to a small parish in Gaza.