Here are the names of the Palestinian children I taught in Gaza 30 years ago. Zahra, Rana, Hussein, Khalid and their 52 friends. I pray they are alive and well. I fear they are not. Their human rights are no less than anyone else on this planet we share.

And if my words reach even one heart beyond this siege, then I have broken through the wall. Samah Mustafa Yousef Bashir darajapress.com/publication/…

There's a white supremacist in this photo we need to talk about. No, not @realDonaldTrump, @JDVance, @PeteHegseth or @MikeWaltz47. Winston Churchill -- his bust is on the table behind the president. A thread 🧵 1.

The Key Man is now available in Chinese. The book tells the true story of the rise and fall of an ingenious Asian entrepreneur who tried to harness the great powers of America and China to raise the living conditions of the poorest people on earth and reap profits too.

Northern lights over Sussex, southeast England, last night.

It is beyond belief, beyond grief, and beyond tragedy, that 27 years after I was in Gaza and 30 years after the peace accords the conflict has become so much worse. 4/ #WhereAreThePeacemakers?

Three years earlier, in 1993, Israelis led by Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinians led by Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo peace accords. At the time, I hoped and believed I was witnessing the end of a terrible conflict. I was wrong. 3/ #WhereAreThePeacemakers?

I worked as a volunteer teacher in a Palestinian refugee camp in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza in the summer of 1996. I had the good fortune to meet the truly wonderful people of Gaza. Gazans are friendly, generous, brave people. 2/ #WhereAreThePeacemakers?

I marched through London on Saturday with thousands of people, including this man. The conflict in Palestine and Israel is terrifying. Who will stop the cycle of violence? Where are the peacemakers? I can’t hear the peacemakers among our global leaders. #Gaza #Palestine #Israel

And a third Liz Truss (I think) effigy at Lewes bonfire night, also featuring Rishi Sunak. It’s unusual to score a hat-trick of effigies in Lewes. Kudos to Liz!