@antonioguterres Why is it always time to end wars before there is a winner? Surely someone winning is the best way to end war?
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Russell Franks
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Russell Franks
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The single source of truth. Good in an Evil World
Mostly near you but often not Inscrit le Mayıs 2009
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I have two clear messages:
First, to the United States & Israel:
It’s high time to end this war that is risking to get out of control, causing immense suffering on civilians, with dramatic effects on the global economy & potentially tragic consequences, especially for the least developed countries.
Second, my message to Iran:
Stop attacking your neighbors, they were never parties to the conflict.
The Security Council has condemned these attacks, has ordered them to stop, as it has order to open the Strait of Hormuz.
The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz causes enormous pain for so many people around the world who have nothing to do with this conflict.
It’s time for the force of the law to prevail over the law of the force.
It’s time for diplomacy to prevail over war.
My remarks from the European Council in Brussels: un.org/sg/en/content/…
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@ItsSamG Do you call every other similar thing in the whole world? If you don’t then yes it’s anti-semitism.
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Russell Franks retweeté
What we witnessed in London at the historic Trafalgar Square, in a country built on Judeo-Christian values, was a group of people attempting dominance over our capital city and our culture.
We are not going to surrender everything that was built over centuries and defended at great cost in two world wars for us to be a free, independent nation.
The British people will not put up with this any longer — simple as.
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You can roll your eyes as much as you like, but it doesn’t make you right in any way. Public Islamic prayer like this has been used through the ages as a means of expressing Muslim superiority. I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with Muslims celebrating a Muslim festival Trafalgar Square. Religious prayer belongs in places of worship not on the streets.
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@russellfranks @NJ_Timothy Oh please 🙄
Trafalgar Square has been used by all religions for years as a public celebration of their holy days. Therefore it's absolutely disgusting & indeed racist to perpetually moan about one specific religion doing so.
It smacks of intolerance & bigotry writ large.
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I will not be silenced.
Labour are only demonstrating that they cannot see right from wrong.
They will not stand up for our way of life.
But we will.
Nick Timothy MP@NJ_Timothy
Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.
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There is a massive difference between openly celebrating all religions and tolerance in public which I fully support and praying en Masse in public and praying on pavements, trains, planes and in non designated worship places. I do not want to see any religion holding prayer in Trafalgar Square. This type of overt Muslim prayer is offensive to most people in the UK. IT does not seem to be done to celebrate tolerance and diversity.
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@russellfranks @NJ_Timothy Pathetic. We are free in this country to practice any religion or none, we openly celebrate all religions in public, if you are suggesting that only some are allowed, then the conclusion is clear, you are being racist.
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Russell Franks retweeté
Imagine screaming "Death to America" for 47 years and then when no one hopefully notices, send your children to be educated by the Great Satan.
New York Post@nypost
Children of Iran's regime leaders are educating America's students at colleges from New York to Los Angeles trib.al/f9YO44l
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@AyoubKhanMP You only stand for hate and division so why expect parliament to do what you won’t do yourself?
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Grateful to the MPs who signed my joint letter.
Parliament must stand against hate and division.
Unless Badenoch confronts the rot in her own party, anti-Muslim hate will spread, and British citizens will continue facing intimidation and abuse in the country they call home.
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@KhalilJeries A is correct B is total and utter bollocks…the more interesting thing to note is that Iranians never cared at all one tiny jot about Palestinian civilians! They funded terror for years and there was NO plan apart from dead Palestinians…
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Four Palestinian women were killed by an Iranian missile in Hebron. Two points must be emphasized:
A) Iranian missiles are fired indiscriminately at civilians in both Palestine and the Gulf.
B) Apartheid Israel provides shelters and protection exclusively for Jewish Israelis.
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@kennardmatt Nobody with any common sense will vote green. If the IDF were not there there would be a genocide of the Israelis. If Hamas were not there there would be a future for Palestinians
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It's already Green Party policy that the IOF should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation
This is all basic stuff for any progressive party, but Greens are leading the way
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Greens for Palestine report that their motion 'Zionism is Racism' will be the 12th to be heard at the upcoming Spring Conference
Greens are now leading the polls in Britain for all voters under the age of 65
Very soon, it could be avowedly anti-Zionist
Keep pushing
Greens4Palestine@Greens4P
Our motion Zionism is Racism has succeeded on the prioritisation ballot, it is now E12 which means it’ll be the 12th E motion to be heard at spring conference. So join us and make sure you are there to vote! booking.greenparty.org.uk/spring-confere…
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@Heccles94 Yes we did consent. The Americans are amazing and doing our dirty work for us
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Bombers leaving for Iran from England.
We did not consent to this.
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JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran confirms Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib has been assassinated by US-Israeli strikes.
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@BarryAndrewsMEP @vonderleyen @fiannafailparty @RenewEurope Were you posting when Hezbolla were tossing rockets at Jews and Druze and Israeli Arabs? I thought not…. Why are you so surprised?
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✈️ Just landed back in #Brussels after seeing situation on ground in #Beirut.
🇮🇱 Israel are now collapsing residential buildings in central #Beirut, a city of over 2m people.
This is the Gaza playbook.
Again, @vonderleyen is silent.
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Russell Franks retweeté
This day (March 18) in 1968, Yasser Arafat ordered his Fatah terror group to blow-up a school bus full of Jewish children in the Negev Desert using a landmine. The blast tore through the bus killing two children and wounding 28.
Arafat personally oversaw Fatah’s terror attacks against Israeli civilians for years. This attack against a school bus full of children was the 38th terror attack in the first 2 1/2 months of 1968.
Deliberate targeting of children was no isolated incident either. It was part of Arafat’s objective to terrorize Jews. Under his leadership, Fatah, the PLO, Black September, and other offshoots of the same brand of terror made a specialty of targeting the most defenseless—school buses, kindergartens, teenagers on outings, and families.
Just a few additional high-profile massacres targeting Jewish children include the 1970 Avivim school bus attack (12 killed, nine of them children) and the 1978 Coastal Road massacre (38 murdered, including 13 children).
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I will buy even more sourdough at Gail’s from now on. There is way too much unthinking hate in the world
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It’s time that major news outlets stopped being the drivers of anti Jewish racism!
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@carla_denyer @MothinAli Are there any actions that you think deserve abuse or being called out? Where is the line to be drawn? I do not hate anyone and would not abuse anyone however what level of hate can people exhibit before they deserve to be hated back?
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Solidarity with our deputy leader @MothinAli, who’s calling out the appalling Islamophobic abuse he’s faced from the right. Many politicians are complicit in whipping up this climate of hatred.
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