Why Hamas took hostages:

Under Oslo, Israel had to free Palestinians like Waleed Daqqa. That was In 1993. He died last week. Killed through deliberate medical negligence.

Thousands of Palestinian hostages are in Israeli dungeons, without charge or trial. The world didn't care. Waleed Daqqa wasn't held under administrative detention, but the fact Israel kept him in violation of Oslo, and then even after completing the 35 years of his life sentence! And on top of all this, denied him conjugal & family visits, or proper medical care.

BREAKING: Julian Assange has been granted limited leave to appeal by the High Court.

I have just been given the ruling and will provide more information below Before I include more points of order (the ruling is around 66 pages) this means that Assange has not exhausted his legal options in the United Kingdom, and may yet convince a court to stay and bar the extradition to the United States

There's no such thing as a "debate" about Israel. You don't debate theft. Theft is wrong.

Israelis are thieves. That's what colonialism is. This is not their land, and as long as they are there, there will be resistance. They will leave one day whether they like it or not. What Israel have done is ruin the Jewish communities in Arab countries. The Israelis, on purpose, created hostile environments toward Jews in Arab countries, specifically to make them leave to Israel. How do we return these communities now? This is the only question that matters.

Alas, Victoria Nuland resigns, her 10-year war against Russia a giant, pathetic flop.

My favorite moment was her trip to Niger last summer after the coup, expecting the red carpet treatment, and instead Tchiani refuses to meet and sends his adjutants.😂

https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1690834850276577280?s=20

Speaking of which, Putin ground Nuland and NATO's war against Russia to a total halt using well-placed, insurmountable fortifications. This is why the famed "spring counteroffensive" never came.

🧵THREAD: It's forbidden to say anything good about Yemen. If you do, the frauds calling themselves "fact-checkers" will descend on you to reinforce Western propaganda.

Take these two people, "Charlotte Green" and "Alex Demas" and their funny emails to me.

Yemen ensured the crew of a UK ship (RUBYMAR) got to safety after they had attacked it for violating the blockade. Crew were taken by a passing vessel to Djibouti, but that doesn't mean Yemen didn't help ensure their rescue. As I said, Yemen confirmed this in English & Arabic.

I support the 2 state solution:

Palestinians get Palestine, and israelis return to their original countries. It is a very selfish thing to be a Zionist: you leave your country to go take another person's country and then kick them while they're down

Many Israelis have dual citizenship. Those who don't can easily obtain nationality of their parents'/grandparents' countries & end the war

LIVE THREAD: Day 2 of Assange High Court Hearing (2024)

I am attending Julian Assange’s hearing today from inside the Royal Courts of Justice. Live updates below and subsequent coverage on rumble.com/richardmedhurst
I'm seated in the court and hearing has just begun.

Please read my reporting on Day 1 of the hearing here if you haven't already:

https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1759893561699360936?s=20

LIVE THREAD: I am in London attending Julian Assange’s court hearing today from inside the courtroom, beginning at 10:30am local time at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Live updates below and subsequent coverage on rumble.com/richardmedhurst
2) The US is seeking the extradition of Australian journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents, which reveal US war crimes in Afghanistan, Iraq and more. If extradited he could face up to 175 years in prison.

I am accredited to cover Julian Assange's court hearing on Feb 20 and 21

I will attend the hearing in person at the High Court in London.

I'll have a live thread on Twitter at 10:30am each day and subsequent coverage on Rumble.

Remember to subscribe: rumble.com/richardmedhurst


I've been covering Julian Assange's extradition case since 2020.

It is a serious attack on the press.

Playlists of my coverage:





"Classified Documents Invalidate United States' Appeal Against Assange": youtube.com/playlist?list=…
youtube.com/playlist?list=…
richardmedhurst.substack.com/p/mendoza

🚨 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮

• ❗ Total blackout in Gaza after Israel cuts internet and phone lines

• 🇺🇳 88 United Nations staff killed so far by Israel. The 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁

• 𝟵,𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹. 𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 Israeli airstrike reportedly filmed in the vicinity of al Shifa hospital this morning

🧵THREAD | GAZA WAR UPDATES | NOV 5🚨

- Israel have now killed at least 9,770 Palestinians.

The majority of casualties are civilians and include: 4,880 children and 2,550 women
In just 24 hours, Israel bombed three different refugee camps killing at least 230 people.

The al Maghazi refugee camp was bombed last night, after Jaballia and Bureij.

https://x.com/richimedhurst/status/1721085016384344457?s=20

🚨BREAKING: Hamas have warned: every israeli strike that targets Palestinian civilians in their homes will be met with the execution of a hostage

🚨❗️❗️THREAD DAY 3 of Hamas Operation Against Israel Israel's "Defense" Minister proving himself to be a very classy person:

https://x.com/incontextmedia/status/1711433198368940443?s=20

🚨THREAD: DAY 2 of Gaza Uprising Against Israel❗️❗️

Yesterday's surprise attack by Palestinian resistance fighters was a catastrophic intelligence and military failure on Israel's part

This morning Hezbollah supported Hamas and PIJ by firing mortars from South Lebanon The death toll so far:

600 Israelis
300 Palestinians

Not only was the surprise attack unprecedented, but you also have most casualties now who are israeli, instead of hundreds, or thousands of Palestinians, the majority of them civilians.

🚨🚨THREAD ❗️❗️

Hamas just invaded Israel (Occupied Palestine), launching a military operation on a scale never seen before.

This is unbelievable 😂😂 Hamas posted footage of them destroying an Israeli tank

🧵LIVE THREAD | BRICS Day 3, August 24:

I'm accredited to cover the #BRICSSummit2023 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦

HUGE developments today. All news and updates below. Bookmark and share the thread! BRICS has just added six new countries! They shall become formal members in January 2024. The list includes major oil producers, as well as other large, emerging economies:

Egypt 🇪🇬
Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Argentina 🇦🇷
UAE 🇦🇪
Iran 🇮🇷
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1694655140920279432

🧵LIVE THREAD | BRICS Day 2, August 23:

I'm accredited to cover the #BRICSSummit2023 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦. All breaking news and updates below. Bookmark it and retweet! In case you missed it, here is my reporting from yesterday, on Day 1 of the summit:

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1693979966487068802?s=20

🧵LIVE THREAD | BRICS Day 1, August 22:

Today kick starts the #BRICSSummit2023 🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦

I'm accredited to cover the summit. Will have updates and breaking news below. Bookmark it and retweet! BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is a collective of the world's largest emerging economies.

Together BRICS countries make up over 41% of the world population, a quarter of the global economy, and almost 30% of global trade.

🧵BREAKING: Putin will not attend BRICS summit in South Africa

🇿🇦 President Cyril Ramaphosa: "By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the Summit but the Russian Federation will be represented by Foreign Minister, Mr Sergey Lavrov." There is precedent for this situation in South Africa: In 2015, Sudan's president Omar al Bashir attended the African Union summit in SA, and they refused to execute an ICC warrant and arrest a fellow African leader. Bashir was able to leave but the govt was taken to court in SA.

🧵THREAD: French lawmakers just passed a bill allowing police to spy on French citizens by remotely hacking their phones The bill passed with 80 votes in favor and 24 against.

The left (LFI, NUPES) were strongly opposed to it, calling it an "authoritarian snooper's charter".

Unsurprisingly, Macron's liberal party, the centre and the right all voted overwhelmingly in favor.

🧵THREAD: Biden is sending Ukraine cluster bombs, a horrific weapon banned in most countries A cluster bomb is a large capsule that contains many tiny bomblets that are spread out over a very large area, killing indiscriminately.

123 countries have signed a convention banning cluster munitions.

94% of cluster bomb casualties are civilians. 40% are children.

The cruelty

An israeli guard executed an autistic Palestinian named Eyad Hallaq.

The israeli guard shot him in the leg, chased him to a garbage room, then fired 3 more bullets in his chest with an M16.

Eyad's mother screams as the israeli court lets her son's killer walk free Some more details, as I covered this three years ago:

-Eyad was 32 years old and from Occupied Jerusalem. He was killed by an Israeli "Border Guard" while on his way to a special needs school which he attends every day.