Senior Policy Fellow @ecfr. Middle East analysis and European foreign policy, with focus on Israel/Palestine and Western Sahara. Mountain runner. Usual caveats.
Jan 19 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
According to the Board of Peace charter, all decisions and power emanate from Trump.
While the charter spells out rules of procedure for decision making by member states, these decisions must be approved by Trump as the Board's Chairman.
Article 3.1.e: "Decisions shall be made by a majority of the [Board of Peace] Member States present and voting, --> subject to the approval of the Chairman"
Jun 21, 2025 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Here are the 30+ Israeli international law violations in Gaza and the West Bank, identified in the EU's review.
The EU review has concluded Israel is in breach of its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
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1. Duty to investigate and prosecute grave breaches of IHL (GC I, II, III and IV) 2. Freedom from arbitrary or unlawful interference with one’s privacy, family, home (ICCPR Art. 17) 3. GC Common Art. 3 (humane treatment, prohibition of violence) 4. GC III (on prisoners of war)
Nov 12, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
From the River to the Sea, there is only Greater Israel according to many Israeli maps. Palestinians are erased.
🧵Thread with examples.
"Come March for Equal Rights"! Map circulated by Israel's Yesh Atid opposition party. Gaza, the West Bank and Golan Heights are erased.
Today the 31st session of the PLO's Palestinian Central Council (PCC) will take place in Ramallah. It will last 2 days and is expected to take decisions on PLO strategy and formally elect new members of the Executive Committee. Some deep background 👇👇
The PCC incudes 124 members and now acts as the PLO's legislative body (having assumed the powers of the Palestinian National Council (PNC)). It last met in January 2018 following the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. ecfr.eu/special/mappin…
Nov 20, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A long thread on the UK's upcoming decision to proscribe the whole of Hamas as a proscribed terrorism organisation under the UK Terrorism Act 2000. (1) This goes beyond the EU's listing as it creates a series of criminal offences under UK law punishable by imprisonment and fines.
(2) Hamas has been under sanctions for two decades -- including EU sanctions. The UK move is unlikely to significantly impact its core operations. (4) The move may however sweep up a number of political Islamist / Muslim Brotherhood figures and networks with ambiguous ties.
Feb 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
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The UN database of business enterprises involved in Israeli settlement-related activities is out! Important to keep in mind that this should be a regularly updated mechanism to allow businesses to be delisted, and new ones to be listed.
The database does not involve any sanctioning or
boycotting of listed companies. It is in line with international law, the EU's policy of differentiation between Israel and the settlements, and UNSC Resolution 2334. it also reflects warnings in European business advisories.
