Pinned Tweet
Every single word.
I use this test. Feminists who support Hamas, musicians who support Hamas, writers who support Hamas, actors who support Hamas - all worthless, wicked trash.
Yesterday, @StephenESachs asked a good question: How do we act within a world where supporting or justifying Oct. 7 is no barrier to polite society? I have some answers: commentary.org/seth-mandel/o…
Tamara retweeted
🚨The IDF has announced the elimination of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist who took part in the kidnapping of Alexander Dancyg and other civilians from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and later was involved in holding hostages, including Nimrod Cohen, in Gaza.
Credit: IDF
Tamara retweeted
Missing some context here.
There was, in fact, a political party in Israel that long embraced the possibility of a Palestinian state. That was the Labor Party. But then the second intifada happened, the Palestinian Authority abandoned any pretense of democracy, and Hamas was elected in Gaza, killed off the opposition — and then, well, attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, murdering more than 1,200.
Had the Palestinians, at any step along the way, accepted the Jewish state, and embraced self-rule, they would, no doubt, be in a very different place today. They might even have a state.
But because Palestinians can’t push past their hatred of Israel, because so many of their “supporters” insist on viewing them as toddlers and encourage that hatred (financially and otherwise), they remain confined to a quasi-permanent liminality. Which is awful for Palestinians but very useful for those who wish to use them as a cudgel with which to bludgeon Israel.
Tamara retweeted
Your regular reminder that Alan Lester is not a historian, has no academic training or degrees in history & doesn't work for the history department of his university. He is a geographer & the academic reputation of human geography ingloriously, & deservedly, precedes itself.
unavailable
Tamara retweeted
Completely pathetic. He throws about insinuations of racism from the pulpit of a church, gets challenged, comes up with a weasel response, then blocks. This says a lot about Alan Lester's character as a historian.
Tamara retweeted
According to @bbclysedoucet the Israeli election impacts food prices in the UK. She doesn't explain how or why, but I guess it's just those pesky Jews controlling the world again.
Tamara retweeted
Douglas Murray asked again that question about the Home Office and the Abedi family. He asks it because the obvious answer is they don’t care. They never did. Our lives are utterly worthless to them. They’ll watch you die and try to sue the men who go after your murderers
🚨#BREAKING:
The British government announces it will start issuing expedited visas to Gazan students so they can move to the UK & study at British Universities.
The UK will also "establish a permanent framework for more refugee students to come study in the UK"
Tamara retweeted
Breaking: Switzerland just froze $1.52 million in funding to Doctors Without Borders following reports of at least 59 cases of staff sexually abusing Sudanese refugees in exchange for aid.
You wouldn't believe how common this is among international aid organizations
Tamara retweeted
Labour’s vindictive assault on education has real consequences. Leweston School near Sherborne is closing permanently after half-term, leaving hundreds of pupils, families and staff in turmoil. Nobody benefits from these closures—not even the Exchequer.. dorsetlife.co.uk/leweston-sc…
Tamara retweeted
Likewise, the @guardian has forever been the go-to place for media industry news.
A story involving the BBC, a huge out-of-court settlement, Israel & antisemitism ticks every box for them.
But it’s nowhere to be seen.
Why the strange silence, @mediaguardian?
Such a shocking and disturbing case.
If any other major public body had paid £400k in an out-of-court settlement, @BBCNews would cover the story. But I can't see it on BBC news website. Why not?
BBC has never been shy of covering BBC scandals. Why isn't it covering this one?
Tamara retweeted
Given the levelof anti Israel venom from your Party including the inappropriate sanctions, is it surprising that they regard your colleagues with great suspicion? Politicians have been entering the region for publicity stunts. Why would they allow this so near an election
This quoted post is unavailable.
Tamara retweeted
I just can't get over this!
A shitty, useless and nasty corporate hack is being paid a sum of money by the taxpayer that for most people would be a life-changing lottery win, to do a job that anyone could F-up as badly as he, which in any case is utterly destructive.
A million quid a year?!!
thetimes.com/business/energy…
Tamara retweeted
On this day in 1942, a 7 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother and brother (5) where they were murdered after selection. Her father was placed in a work camp but escaped, went into hiding and survived. Her name was Rita Krammer
Support @AuschwitzMuseum
Tamara retweeted
Another bad sign that many Tories have learnt nothing.
Tamara retweeted
Earning 41k in a public sector role which requires no prior training (not even a requirement to become registered nurse)
Somehow paying subsidised rent, so low it appears to be from the 1990s
(Please refer to the ONS wage compression chart on the right)
'I'm a single mum on £41,000 and limit my weekly shop to £40.' What do you want from the Budget? bbc.in/3W7Qkt9
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Chloe earns roughly the UK median full-time salary and her south London maisonette rent is subsidised via a housing association. London private rents average £2,338 per month while general needs social rents average around £670 per month.
bbc.com/news/articles/…
ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
gov.uk/government/new…
ons.gov.uk/economy/inflat…
Tamara retweeted
A guest on @BBCr4today claims “the transatlantic slave trade was the first time that people were classified as chattel and not humans”, by contrast to the Roman, African and Arab slave trade. Completely incorrect.
