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Chris Doyle

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Commentator on Middle East, international politics & Director of @Caabu Council for Arab-British Understanding. (Views mine alone)

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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 14h
Years of pressure from pro-Palestine civil society activists are paying off, as Miliband acknowledges: 'You were right' - what about those who were wrong? My article for @MiddleEastEye www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/long...
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At long last, the UK is changing course on Israel
Years of pressure from pro-Palestine civil society activists are paying off, as Miliband acknowledges: 'You were right'
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It has been a year since Trump's 20 point plan for Gaza, and the announcement he would set up a Board of Peace. The BoP has bascially succeeded in its real purpose. My article in Arab News. www.arabnews.com/opinion/not-...
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Not much has changed in Gaza’s year of ‘peace’
Not much has changed in Gaza’s year of ‘peace’
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine - My article on yesterday's announcement for Middle East Eye - This is a genuine step change in UK policy, overdue but so welcome www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...
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Miliband has decisively broken with decades of UK inaction on Palestine
It is a welcome shock to find a government prepared to be bold and take the lead. Those in favour of peace and justice in the Middle East will have to work hard to keep it on course
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Ahmad Hassoun gets a life sentence in Syria. I would not argue this is not merited but still as I wrote before, Syria and Syrians deserve a comprehensive, fair, credible transitional justice system which these rushed trials are not www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
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‘Barrel bomb mufti’ Ahmad Hassoun handed life sentence in Syria trial
Judge Fakhr al-Din al-Aryan sentenced Hassoun to life in prison for crimes including inciting violence.
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Over 92% of Israelis believe Iran has won the war with the US. That is staggering, given Israelis rarely achieve that level of consensus on anything. This is why Netanyahu is in a huge pickle. www.timesofisrael.com/poll-92-of-i...
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Poll: 92% of Israelis believe Iran emerged as winner after war and deal with US
Findings point to crisis of confidence in Israeli leadership, as majority of respondents don't believe PM's claims of achievements, rate his management of war poorly
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
98 Parliamentarians demand action to stop ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ this Sunday, which will be selling properties in Israel's illegal settlements news.sky.com/story/politi...
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Politics latest: Defiant Starmer says he will fight any leadership challenge as defence row escalates
Sir Keir Starmer is still without an armed forces minister after Al Carns resigned last night. Carns followed his boss John Healey out of government over a lack of funds for the military in the coming...
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements www.caabu.org/news/press-r...
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Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements
Caabu Press Release: 238 MPs now support a UK ban on trade and financial dealings with illegal Israeli settlements9 June 2026A total of 238 MPs have publicly expressed support for a full UK ban on tra...
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Melanie Ward MP @melanieward.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Funding illegal Israeli settlements is not charitable activity. It is extremist activity. Working with Israeli human researchers, I found at least 32 UK charities who have sent £28 million to settlements in recent years. There’s a likely taxpayer subsidy of at least £5 million through Gift Aid.
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Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) @caabu.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Join us for this online Caabu briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, Monday 22 June at 18:00 (BST UK time), with Baraa Shiban a @rusi.bsky.social Fellow in International Security, & researcher & political analyst on Yemen & the Gulf. caabu.org/events/caabu...
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Yemen - in the shadow of regional conflicts: Caabu online briefing with Baraa Shiban
Caabu invites you to an online briefing, Yemen - in the shadow of the regional conflicts, on Monday 22 June 2026 at 18:00 (BST UK ti
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Most people across 36 countries view Israel negatively - especially younger generations. As Israel perpetrates genocide and war crimes, no amount of hasbara (propaganda) will change this. My interview on TRT World this afternoon youtu.be/FE0XiKHzTnE?...
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Pew Research Center Survey: Most people across 36 countries view Israel negatively
YouTube video by TRT World Now
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
My speech about UK policy on Palestine to the Britain Palestine Project Conference this week - in which I make clear the UK must end its complicity with Israel's genocide youtu.be/ri6M7o2m4ns
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Chris Doyle tells Britain Palestine Project Conference UK must end its complicity with genocide
YouTube video by Caabu
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Great that Superdrug has stopped selling Ahava cosmetics from illegal settlements. But settlement trade should be banned by the UK government. With my comments here. news.sky.com/story/superd...
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Superdrug removes skincare brand as suspected cosmetic ingredients seen in West Bank Israeli settlement
Two influential committees of MPs have sought government action on settlement trade, with the Foreign Affairs Committee having recommended a ban on imports of goods from illegal settlements in the Wes...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Still believe a US-Iran deal is possible - as I have argued for some time, the last few days before an agreement may be the toughest, as tensions rise, and extremists and hawks on all sides try to act as spoilers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iran says it targeted American base after fresh US strikes
The hostilities come during a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, and protracted negotiations to end the three-month war.
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Great discussing the region in the light of the Iran war with Faisal Abbas @arabnewsic26.bsky.social arabnews @caabu.bsky.social not least to understand a Saudi perspective on events.https://youtu.be/ERemSU3easY?si=T9j25RloWzqLjJOb
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"We're killing like we haven't killed since 1967," said Avi Bluth, IDF Central Command Chief, who grew up in the settlement of Neve Tzuf (formerly Halamish). www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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The IDF's West Bank chief could spark a third intifada | Editorial
Avi Bluth, the Head of the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, Has Never Hesitated to Share His Worldview, And, as Expected, It Is One That Is Both Distorte
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My article in Arab News on the costs of reconstruction & recovery in Gaza. "UN agencies churn out plenty of depressing studies, but few more so than the “Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment” report on Gaza published last week in conjunction with the World Bank & the EU." www.arabnews.com/node/2641457
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Palestinians in the firing line as Netanyahu faces voters
UN agencies churn out plenty of depressing studies, but few more so than the “Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment” report on Gaza published last week in conjunction with the World Bank and the EU. It ca...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My interview this morning on @aljazeera.com on the prospects for various talks between US and Iran but also Israel-Lebanon. In short my belief is that there will be a 2nd round between US & Iran youtu.be/ChqQw_UEulg
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Caabu Director Chris Doyle on the prospects for further US-Iran talks, Al Jazeera English
YouTube video by Caabu
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Will be on LBC News at 1920 to discuss the Israel-Lebanon talks in the US happening as Israel is still bombing the country having killed over 2000 since 2 March.
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Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The world must not look away as Israel continues to occupy and bomb Lebanon Pressure must be brought to bear for political negotiation between Israel and Lebanon, an immediate ceasefire and support for the Lebanese Government’s continued disarmament of Hezbollah www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Middle East crisis live: Iran war ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon, says Israel
Pakistan’s PM had said the ceasefire would cover Lebanon; IDF ‘continues fighting and ground operations’ against Hezbollah
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
One of my interviews today on @ajenglish.bsky.social where I highlight the flawed US-Israeli presumption that this would be an easy war against Iran youtu.be/75u8XMuyT1M
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Chris Doyle interviewed on Al Jazeera English about the US-Israel war on Iran,
YouTube video by Caabu
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Earlier today discussed on @aljazeera.com the reaction of the GCC to the Iranian attacks after GCC S-G made a statement - losing patience with Iran www.caabu.org/news/video/c...
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Caabu Director, Chris Doyle and Sultan Barakat discuss the reaction of GCC states to Iranian attacks
Caabu Director, Chris Doyle and Sultan Barakat discuss the reaction of GCC states to Iranian attacks - Al Jazeera English 26 March 2026
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Third party mediators are vital to end/pause this Iran war. Seems like Pakistan is one state that is trying. www.ft.com/content/dc7b...
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Pakistan steps up as go-between in Trump’s Iran crisis
Military strongman Asim Munir uses Tehran ties and warm relationship with US president to boost mediation effort
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Apparently it would "very easy, quick, simple and safe" for NATO allies to secure the strait Hormuz
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Will be on @lbc.co.uk with@matthew-wright.bsky.social at 0930 to discuss Iran and the UK decision to allow the US further use of UK bases at RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Report on how the war will affect Qatar's gas infrastructure and earnings - www.ft.com/content/25f1...
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Qatar’s gas empire comes under fire
Iranian strikes on world’s largest LNG facility deal shock to state that has carved out role as a mediator of conflicts
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My interview on Al Jazeera English about the current situation re: the Middle East war, and why Trump's is weaker because he has failed to engage allies and treat them with respect youtu.be/11d4R6ahlZU
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Chris Doyle interviewed on the latest on Iran on Al Jazeera English
YouTube video by Caabu
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Discussions on going to war have become a circus - This is by far the most low-grade debate on any conflict Britain has engaged in over the last three decades. Even in the run up to the Iraq war in 2002-2003 the analysis and debate were of a higher calibre www.arabnews.com/node/2635806
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Discussions on going to war have become a circus
Ever since the mid-1990s, I have been deeply involved in the debates on every foreign intervention the UK has and has not made in the Middle East. This has meant protracted meetings with ministers, pa...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How does this inane, vacuous, morally disgraceful, genocide denial ever get published? It is up there with Gove saying the IDF should get a Nobel Peace Prize. Israel gets away with war crimes, crimes against humanity, occupation of land for decades and genocide.
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A concern of mine right from the start - the environmental impact. burning of fossil fuels, oil spills but also whenever bombing nuclear sites www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn
Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Wrote this before Starmer's decision last night for Arab News but much still stands. In short, any serious strategist knows this war on Iran is a massive gamble, with no clear aims, of dubious legality, and led by people who cannot be trusted. arab.news/cafbw
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Why the UK did not join the war on Iran?
The American-Israeli strikes on Iran have been widely compared to the 2003 war on Iraq. As ever, there are significant commonalities and major differences. Back in 2003, it was the UK under Tony Blair...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My interview this morning with TRT World about the UK policy on Iran and why UK has opted not to join the Trump-Netanyahu war www.caabu.org/news/video/c...
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Chris Doyle interviewed on UK's policy towards the Iran War
Chris Doyle interviewed on UK's policy towards the Iran War on TRT -  1 March 2026The Caabu Director outlines the reasons that may have led the British government not to participate in US-Israel war o...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This Ramadan, please consider giving to @caabu.bsky.social to help us in our advocacy and education work - vital work briefing politicians and building a betterunderstanding of the Middle East - campaigning for a rights-based UK foreign policy www.caabu.org/news/news/ra...
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Caabu Ramadan Appeal 2026
Caabu Ramadan Appeal 2026 - please support our vital advocacy work
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Huge explosions in Abu Dhabi and elsewhere in the UAE. Qatar says it has intercepted missiles. www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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Qatar says it intercepted all missiles as Gulf reports explosions
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The US and Israeli policy on Iran over decades has been one of utter failure - this has lasted since 1979. The failure started even before then with the total failure to see the fragility of the Shah's regime and to even entertain the thought it could fall.
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Has the UK government said anything on these strikes on Iran yet? Did the US use any British bases - with or without consent? (Silence might be the best indication we get as to where the government stands).
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Huckabee’s positions closer to Netanyahu’s than Trump’s - my piece in Arab News arab.news/g8wjn
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Huckabee’s positions closer to Netanyahu’s than Trump’s
A single interview with an American diplomat has triggered a furious joint statement from 14 states, most of them allies of the US. Is there a precedent for an interview of a sitting ambassador of any...
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
a year is a long time in politics
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Meg Howarth @howarthm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
#Israel #WesStreeting 🚨*This is #RogueState behaviour. Let them pay the price as pariahs with sanctions applied to the state, not just a few ministers* #ICYMI @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @emilythornberry.bsky.social @islingtonsouth.bsky.social...🤔
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Totally normal 🤦🏽‍♂️
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/02/2026
Investment in Libya requires stability and legitimacy. Both are dwindling. Without better governance, chaos will flourish as well as nostalgia
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Libya has no good options for leaders
Mourning at the death of a man indicted for crimes against humanity highlights Libya’s bleakness
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hind Rajab was afraid of the dark. After killing her family & wounding her, Israel prevented her rescue & left her to die alone in the dark. I write about those critical hours & the film that brings back her voice to induct the world’s silence @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/review/hind-...
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Hind Rajab and the Dying Light
Kaouther Ben Hania’s film retells the story of the 5-year-old’s final hours and amplifies her voice to indict the world’s silence over Gaza’s children
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 21/02/2026
"No one wakes up being a child rapist and then decides they're not going to do it any more because Jeffrey Epstein is dead," say the family of Virginia Giuffre. "There's still a chance that these people are out there hurting others still" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/no-o...
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‘No one stopped being a child rapist because Jeffrey Epstein was dead’ | The News Agents
Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Giuffre, and his wife Amanda tell Emily Maitlis why they want a full investigation into Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and say he should go to jail if allegations…
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Epstein Files: Analysts question muted 'mainstream media' response to Israel ties - www.middleeasteye.net/news/epstein-…
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Epstein Files: Analysts question muted 'mainstream media' response to Israel ties
Some British outlets focused on sex offender's less substantial ties to Russia despite strong evidence of ties to Israel
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My piece in Middle East Eye on Wes Streeting and what he said on Israel. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/wes-...
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Wes Streeting has utterly exposed the UK's complicity in Israel's crimes
In messages last summer, the Labour minister acknowledged that Tel Aviv had gone 'rogue', even as his government continued shipping arms
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
C of E Bishops slam government's lack of action over Israeli settlements and de facto West Bank annexation- this is why @Caabu has consitently demanded a complete ban on all trade and services with settlements www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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C of E bishops criticise UK inaction over Israel’s ‘West Bank de facto annexation’
Three bishops accuse British government of contributing to ‘culture of impunity’ in the occupied territory
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Excited for this! Remember to tune in tonight!
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
My interview on TRT this morning about Israel reopening the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. www.caabu.org/news/video/c...
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Chris Doyle interviewed about the reopening of the Rafah crossing on TRT - 1 February 2026
Chris Doyle interviewed about the reopening of the Rafah crossing on TRT - 1 February 2026Caabu Director Chris Doyle gives his reaction to Israel allowing the reopening of Rafah crossing between Gaza ...
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Also award for best supporting actress in a demeaning role
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Chris Doyle @chris-doyle.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Mandy should not be in the Lords
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