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David Traynier Ⓥ

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'As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly.' He/him 🍉

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a thread of the credible and authoritative warnings and findings of #Israel perpetrating #genocide in #Gaza. I'm collecting this here to rebut deniers and to illustrate the miserable capitulation of US and UK news media to Israeli propaganda. These sources should have been headline news.

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Double Down News @doubledown.news · Nov 14

EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened in Amsterdam

The Video The Media Doesn’t Want You To See

www.doubledown.news

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

Those backing the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans visiting Birmingham were smeared as antisemites.

Then Tel Aviv police banned the city's derby after riots.

This whole saga is defined by lies and smears.

Here's the truth 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/maccabi-te...

Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans: lies, smears - and the truth

Tel Aviv's police ban the city's derby after Maccabi hooligans rioted. You cannot make this sh*t up.

www.owenjones.news

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5h

Research reveals racist chants on rise in Israeli football – with Maccabi Tel Aviv the worst offenders

* Kick It Out Israel finds 367 instances in 2024-25 * Of those, 118 were linked to Maccabi supporters Racist chanting by Israeli football fans grew rapidly over the past year, data shows, with Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters the most likely to engage in discriminatory behaviour. The research was conducted by Kick It Out Israel, which is funded by a civil society organisation, Givat Haviva, that works towards the “creation of a shared society for Jews and Arabs”. It found 367 instances of racist chanting at Israeli Premier League (IPL) matches in the 2024-25 season, a record total and an increase of 67% on the previous campaign. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Jewish community leaders in Birmingham

Standing outside Villa Park

Saying they support the ban of Maccabi

Saying it's nothing to do with religion, or against Jews

"It's a genuine safety concern against hooliganism from Maccabi"

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 23h

Sky News now offering clarification.

They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.

Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.

Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 20h

Top work from Owen Jones on the Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal. Starmer, Nandy and @news.sky.com owe the country an apology at the very least.

This kow-towing to the Israeli Govt has to stop.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv Lies COLLAPSE

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Lesley126 @ljack126.bsky.social · 2d

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 1d

They'll also steward the next Maccabi home game.

news.sky.com/story/britis...

British troops deployed to Israel to 'monitor Gaza ceasefire' after US request

Defence Secretary John Healey told a London audience on Monday that UK forces could play an "anchor role" by contributing their "specialist experience and skills" to securing a long-term peace.

news.sky.com

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see Lisa Nandy speak in public, I get the vibe of someone at a conference who is unexpectedly having to give someone else's talk and didn't get time to read through the PowerPoint.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 2d

What I found most disappointing is how they fell so quickly into the pattern of the last government.

Endless vacuous announcements, meaningless £x million pots scattered here and there and re-announcements are a self-soothing exercise. They impress only idiots and nothing is getting done.

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2d

The very real condition of government announcement-itis in which repeated claims of new investments, simplified regulations, public funds, and various other initiatives cumulatively don't actually add up to very much at all.

www.ft.com/content/cffa...

Reeves launches ‘blitz’ on red tape in bid to save £6bn a year for UK business

Chancellor aims to scrap ‘pointless paperwork’ and will also pledge to make M&A rules more transparent

www.ft.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

The fact that the President of the United States posts an AI video of himself dumping shit on America from a “King Trump” jet and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Disabled people should not be forced into institutions just because you don’t think they “deserve” housing and support.

Institutions cost the tax payer more money, but they also rob people of autonomy and control.

With adequate support we can retain our independence which helps us thrive.

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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 2d

Diaspora Jews are endangered by the actions and statements of the Israeli government, the British government, the Far Right fascists, and Israel-defending organisations in the UK. Many British Jews are outraged by the Israeli government’s lionising of Yaxley-Lennon.

Starmer is a fucking idiot

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B heard media 💚🇵🇸⛔️🤐✂️ @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 3d

The UK Foreign Office has refused to release documents about a “secret meeting” between then-Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, arguing that disclosure could “be open to misinterpretation,”

#StarmersBritain 🇬🇧🤐🇵🇸
#StarmerOut
#LammyOut
#warcriminals
#LockThemUp

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

That you, the Zionist thugs of Maccabi Tel Aviv for making Keir Starmer look like an absolute prat.

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

Clearly, this is antisemitism by the Israeli police. Expect a joint statement from Kemi Starmernoch imminently.

news.sky.com/story/tel-av...

Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as 'violent riots' see nine arrested

Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.

news.sky.com

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, it’s almost as though to a certain kind of poster, only one kind of racism exists

Mark @worgztheowl.bsky.social · 3d

It's notable that those who went around saying the ban on Maccabi fans was a "national day of shame" (hyperbolic, even if one thinks is a bad decision) are silent about opposition politicians threatening to deport hundreds of thousands of people here legally because it doesn't like them "culturally"

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 3d

No Kings

ICE has no heart
GOP has no courage
Trump has no brain

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3d

JUST IN: Israeli officials halt the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and ramp up military strikes after accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire. Israeli officials are pushing for military operations to resume “in full force.”

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 3d

Censor me up bsky.

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Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha
X.com
A devastating scene. I posted this photo a few minutes ago after an Israeli terrorist attack on a school shelter in al-Nuseirat Camp, where four civilians lost their lives.
Among the harrowing details in the photograph, one victim was decapitated, and the same individual bore a severe injury to their left foot. Such details stand as a stark testament to Israel's barbarism.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

Never eat parrot curry. It's not toxic, but it really repeats on you.

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David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Trump effortlessly makes every other US President look like Jean-Luc Picard.

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 3d

Alternatively, to this utterly +loopy+ BBC headline:

'Israel +breaches ceasefire+ as IDF and Hamas accuse each other of breaching ceasefire.'

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 4d

The more the govt conflates stopping Israeli fans from attending a football match with stopping Jewish people, the more it blurs the line between Israel and Jews, endangering British Jews for the sake of the Israeli state.

I'm sure Netanyahu will approve.

David Traynier Ⓥ @dtraynier.bsky.social · 4d

Finally, an attack on Gazan civilians the US won't support.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza ceasefire: US says Hamas is planning 'imminent' attack on civilians

The US state department says the move would be a violation of the ceasefire deal, but did not give further details.