Reposted by Donald MacintyreSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period. 11443138
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A bit more from the West Bank newsroom.observer.co.uk/cr/AQjcjBUQ-...newsroom.observer.co.ukNo man’s land 000
Reposted by Donald MacintyreAlona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Ahead of Ed Miliband's promised "comprehensive reset" of UK policy on Israel, read @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social's in-depth report from the small village of Um al-Khair in the West Bank, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk >> www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...prospectmagazine.co.uk‘They want us out of Palestine’: On the ground in the West BankThe intimidation inflicted by Israeli settlers on villages like Umm al-Khair makes clear why Palestinians believe international intervention cannot co... 185
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Day in the life of POTUS. Inside 24 hours Trump 1 posted an AI- generated video of himself showing an appreciative George Washington round the giant vanity ballroom he is putting major energy into getting the Supreme Court to pass www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukTrump bizarrely chats with President Washington in AI ballroom tourPresident Trump shared several seemingly AI-generated images of himself along with George Washington over the weekend 100
Reposted by Donald MacintyreUSpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 30/06/2026Gaza Is Costing Democratic Incumbents Their Seatsmotherjones.comGaza is costing Democratic incumbents their seatsPro-Palestine House candidates won primaries in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and lead in Colorado. 001
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 26/06/2026"a new [British] prime minister has a unique opportunity to unite most of Labour behind a more progressive policy than his predecessor." thenewworld.substack.com/p/what-the-n...thenewworld.substack.comWhat the next PM must do on Israel-PalestineThe change of leader in No 10 gives a chance for the UK government to reset its position on perhaps the most difficult foreign policy question of all 000
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Keep eyes on Gaza. 06417
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 14/06/2026RIP Roy Hattersley. A lifelong Labour Party big beast and a true social democrat in the best sense. His "Who Goes Home" one of the funniest and most perceptive books about about 20th century British politics. 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 10/06/2026 Once the nationality of the perpetrator of Monday's horrific attempted murder in Belfast had been revealed -as he had demanded-- Farage retweeted a boast about Reform's planned ban on ALL Sudanese from entering the UK. Nothing so far condemning last night's racist thuggery in the city. 111
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The failure of FIFA--not to mention individual FAs for example in Europe--to call out the US on this is pretty enraging. Leaves a sour taste around the World Cup. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...nytimes.comSomali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Small story on "ordinary" people's honesty even in these crazy times. I left my wallet --containing cash, credit card driving licence etc, on an 88 London bus. Just collected from Stockwell bus garage totally intact. The (presumably) driver or cleaner who handed it in not known. But thank you!! 000
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Far-right Netanyahu Adviser Caroline Glick Tasked With 'Relocating' Gazans www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-04...haaretz.comFar-right Netanyahu aide Caroline Glick tasked with 'relocating' GazansA Source Who Spoke to Haaretz Said Netanyahu's International Affairs Adviser Unsuccessfully Approached Somaliland and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an Effort to Transfer Palestinian Populati... 1129
Reposted by Donald MacintyreUSpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 29/03/2026The Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflictzeteo.comThe Palestinian Question Is Still the Core of the Middle East Conflict 001
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 25/03/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.comWalid Khalidi obituaryHistorian who played a key role in persuading the Palestinian leadership of a two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Just caught up with this. Springsteen nails it as only Springsteen can. 031
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026The NYT, leading on the $1bn "fee" for joining Trump's "Board of Peace", understandably airs speculation that it "could even be aimed at creating a U.S.-dominated alternative to the United Nations Security Council." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...nytimes.com$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ 010
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This reads like a spoof but if it's authentic, and I'm told it is, it's gobsmacking. www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...timesofisrael.comFull text: Charter of Trump’s Board of PeaceNo mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot 010
Reposted by Donald MacintyreSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics. 1511405239
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Three days is a long time in geopolitics right now but this from earlier in the week still worth a read. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...crisisgroup.orgIran in Crisis: Time for a Change from Within | International Crisis GroupOnce again, Iran is experiencing nationwide upheaval and, as on past occasions, the state has responded with brute force. This time, however, U.S. threats of military intervention create additional da... 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This is a devastating film on every level whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...whatson.bfi.org.ukBuy cinema tickets for The Voice of Hind Rajab | BFI Southbank 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This, like so much else emerging from Iran, is horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTehran morgue videos show the brutality of Iran's crackdown on protestersDistressing footage reveals nearly 200 bodies with one victim identified as young as 16. 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Jonathan Dimbleby, in his new introduction to his and Don McCullin's 1979 "The Palestinians" observes “a growing tendency to regard what they used to consider a fine nation in peril from multiple enemies as a rogue state under demonic leadership” www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...the-tls.comAmid the ruinsIt has been ten years since I was in the rapturous audience for the highlight of Gaza’s first film festival – a glossy feature about Mohammed Assaf and 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Yes! Salutary, this. www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...independent.co.ukStop calling Iranian protesters ‘foreign‑backed’ – they’re not puppetsAs Iranians, particularly the women, risk everything for freedom, too many in the West prefer conspiracy theories and scepticism to solidarity – and are repeating the language of the regime they claim... 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This seems to explain why HSBC, the biggest British bank and one of the top ten in the world, blocked modest donations to individuals in Gaza who I have known and worked with for 20 years and have absolutely nothing to do with Hamas. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comIsraeli and foreign banks block aid to Gaza, pushing donors into cryptoSeveral Financial Institutions Fear That the Money Will Reach Terrorist Organizations and Are Legally Obligated to Prevent This 000
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/12/2025An, exemplary, human being, in every way. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, visits the community of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza City, ahead of Christmas Mass he will deliver there. lpj.org/en/news/pres... 13211
Reposted by Donald MacintyreUSpolitics 🇺🇸 @uspol.skyfleet.blue · 19/12/2025Marco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of Peoplenewrepublic.comMarco Rubio Stands by Cuts That Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People 012
Reposted by Donald MacintyreJonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status “There is no legal requirement that US citizens carry papers or have proof of their citizenship on them,” said an attorney at the ACLU Northern CA. www.commondreams.org/news/bovino-... 142
Reposted by Donald MacintyreSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The FT notes that delusional claims about London from Trump, Musk and others are having a reputational impact. The paper points out the capital's murder rate is a third of that in Berlin, a quarter of New York's, and 5% of that in Washington DC 921671
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Just seen “It was just an accident” Jafar Panahi’s brave and riveting film bringing in the most human of ways to the screen the brutal repressiveness and corruption of the Iranian regime and the courage of "ordinary" Iranians who oppose it at such personal cost. Definitely my movie of 2025. 000
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Maybe someone can explain why it isn't seriously irresponsible for the ICC to let this drag on for so long. www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-lim...middleeasteye.netICC 'in limbo' as chief prosecutor's fate uncertain ahead of member states assemblyUN inquiry into allegations against Karim Khan missed October submission date with no explanation as key annual meeting by International Criminal Court's governing body due to begin 010
Reposted by Donald MacintyreDiaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025This is about the best breakdown on the restrictions of foreign reporters into Gaza, and how outlets like NPR report the conflict: with the excellent, tireless work of our Palestinian reporter, Anas Baba. www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...npr.orgBarred from Gaza for 2 years, international journalists are still fighting for accessIsrael's Supreme Court has again pressed the government to explain why, more than two years into the war, it still bars independent journalists from entering Gaza. 01510
Reposted by Donald MacintyreLDH @ldh.fr · 26/11/2025🚨🚨🚨 La #LDH dénonce la persistance de frappes israéliennes sur les populations civiles #gazaouïes malgré l’accord de cessez-le-feu. Le #génocide doit cesser et la justice être rendue aux victimes, pour qu’une paix durable puisse enfin se construire.lemonde.frGaza : au moins 345 personnes tuées depuis la mise en œuvre du cessez-le-feu du 11 octobre, selon le ministère de la santé localLe ministère de la santé de la bande de Gaza a rapporté mardi que 17 corps (trois nouveaux morts, 14 corps récupérés des décombres) sont arrivés dans les hôpitaux du territoire palestinien au cours des dernières vingt-quatre heures. 03532
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025This is good for no one. European academic boycotts of Israel have intensified despite the Gaza cease-fire, with a new report warning they risk sending Israeli academia into "dangerous isolation www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comAcademic boycott of Israel persists despite Gaza cease-fire, report findsA Report by Israel's Association of University Heads Found That European Academic Institutions That Cut Ties With Israel After October 7, 2023, Have Yet to Restore Them, With a Quarter of the Boycotts... 0114
Reposted by Donald MacintyreAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025the price of populism 421227382
Reposted by Donald MacintyreSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Peter Etedgui, a Jewish former classmate of Nigel Farage, says he is angered by Reform leader claiming his recollection of racist bullying is untrue. Two former classmates bsck Etedgui's challenge to Farage's (partial) denial among 20 who recalled Farage's conduct then www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmatePeter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers. 11339125
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Yesterday, millions of voters refused to go along with the cruelty of the Trump regime. They repudiated the formula Trump and his billionaire backers have used to distract and divide us. Democrats must build off of this moment. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-true… 261244229
Reposted by Donald MacintyreJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...news.sky.comTrain company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company. 602093605
Reposted by Donald MacintyreHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 27/10/2025The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021. HRW's @fereshtaabbasi.bsky.social details the harsh conditions and growing challenges journalists are facing in Afghanistan ⤵️ 03815
Reposted by Donald MacintyreSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 25/10/2025Trump gave Amazon a $16 billion tax break to accelerate its investments this year. Now, Amazon will replace 600,000 workers with robots as Jeff Bezos accelerates his plan to automate warehouses. No. Corporate tax breaks do not trickle down to workers. Never have. Never will. 12332061089
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 12/10/2025The timing is accidental but this revised edition has just gone on online. www.amazon.co.uk/Gaza-Prepari...amazon.co.ukGaza: Past. Present. Future. eBook : Macintyre, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: BooksGaza: Past. Present. Future. eBook : Macintyre, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: Books 010
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 02/10/2025quite right. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...manchestereveningnews.co.ukGreater Manchester Muslims show solidarity in wake of synagogue attackThe Manchester Council of Mosques and the Anwaarul Haramain Jam’e Masjid have released statements. 010
Reposted by Donald MacintyreSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester 151098326
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 23/09/2025A thought or two on what might follow the latest multilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood inews.co.uk/news/world/p...inews.co.ukPalestinian statehood is the bare minimum - what Starmer needs to do nextEvery diplomat knows there is a menu of options if the Government chooses to enact them 010
Reposted by Donald MacintyreToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 04/09/2025we need a label for UK politicians who endlessly "empathise" with fascist concerns - let's try a US one my latest with @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...prospectmagazine.co.ukWhat is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right 2941698
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Milshtein warned that Israel’s advance into Gaza City will probably result in more deaths of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians and a long, grinding insurgency that could become “like the U.S. in Iraq.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...washingtonpost.comAs Israel seeks to empty Gaza City, its residents weigh whether to leaveThe Israeli military is trying to transfer nearly 1 million people from Gaza City. Many are wrestling with the costs and perils of moving to a massive encampment. 093
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey takes a welcome and principled stand. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... .theguardian.comLib Dem leader to boycott king’s Trump banquet in protest over GazaExclusive: Ed Davey says Starmer should engage with US president but they should not close their eyes to crisis 010
Donald Macintyre @donmacintyre-27.bsky.social · 23/08/2025inews.co.uk/opinion/isra...inews.co.ukIsrael's denial of the Gaza City famine sums up its disregard for civilian livesSuch nonchalance may have its roots in a shift in Israeli military thinking that goes back 20 years 120
Reposted by Donald MacintyreTom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 23/08/2025My full statement on the Gaza Famine : 13256197
Reposted by Donald MacintyreRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/08/2025"As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency. Here in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed." Aluf Benn www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency | Aluf BennHere in Tel Aviv, beaches and restaurants are packed. Amid that distraction, the PM is playing his power games and purging his generals, says Aluf Benn, editor-in-chief of Haaretz 053