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John Lyndon

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Executive Director at the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), the largest network of Israeli and Palestinian peacebuilders

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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Maoz Inon's parents were killed on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died in Israeli custody. On #RestIsPolitics, they explain why peace is closer than you think. Together with 200+ orgs in our network, they're building its foundations: @johnlyndon.bsky.social #ALLMEP youtu.be/_XMPsszDAR0?...
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Can Israelis and Palestinians Find A Path To Peace? | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Listening to Aziz & Maoz on @restispolitics.bsky.social Leading atm. Two very impressive people. Peace is hard. Peace takes work. It's worth it.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Dem support for Israelis drops (61→43%). GOP supportive (65%), but rate 🇮🇱 gov much lower (51%). Dems back Pals (67%) x2 the PA (33%) Overall, 🇺🇸s favour I/P ppl 2.3× than those governing them. Why policy should engage w/ *the people*” @johnlyndon.bsky.social www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Americans now have increasingly negative views of Israelis as views of
Americans' views of the Israeli people and government have grown more negative across party lines and age groups, while opinions of Palestinians have held largely steady.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The findings are an earthquake.
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@azizabusarah.bsky.social & @maozinon.bsky.social’s book “remains true to the horror while refusing to be defeated by it. It is raw with pain and rage and yet bravely insistent on the imperative of hope” Poignant @fotoole.bsky.social review of “The Future is Peace.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/b...
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Can These Israeli and Palestinian Tour Guides Find Common Ground?
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I met Bogie twice, during and after 2014 Kerry process to revive two-state solution. He was scathingly opposed to it. And to Pal state. If you’d told me he’d be quoting Leibowitz a decade later I’d have thought you were insane. Much credit due for moving in opposite direction to rest of Likud…
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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee highlights work of Israeli-Palestinian civil society,connecting with the experience in NI,and its contribution to “achieving peace,building relationships, keeping channels for dialogue open when political pathways were closed @johnlyndon.bsky.social
Speech by Minister McEntee at the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution https://share.google/BFeSkdX5LmQv4I1Jl
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Interesting Arab Barometer poll by Khalil Shikaki. Notable how little trust Palestinians have in almost all institutions. UNRWA & Red Cross— followed by civil society— enjoy most trust. But there’s less than 30% trust in PA, Hamas, Courts & religious leaders… www.arabbarometer.org/wp-content/u...
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Avi Meyerstein @avimeyerstein.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As Trump Meets Bibi, Poll Finds Global Desire to Invest in Peace Plan While "facts on the ground rightly fuel ongoing skepticism," ALLMEP's recent 64-country poll still finds "int'l will to help Trump & the parties move forward." 🧵 bit.ly/PulseGlobal via @timesofisrael
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The Blogs: As Trump Meets Bibi, Poll Finds Global Desire to Invest in Peace Plan
From the blog of Avi Meyerstein at The Times of Israel
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Big news: UK will host March meeting to launch Int Fund for 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Peace. Allowing scaling of civil society peacebuilding at moment when future is more contested than in living memory. Can help ensure those committed to peace & equality write the next I/P chapter www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2025...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Excellent piece by ALLMEP’s Brian Reeves on civil society’s role in Gaza & wider I/P diplomacy: “Civil society stands ready to build the ground game that turns political frameworks into lived reality. It is time for the international community to meet them halfway.” www.euractiv.com/opinion/is-c...
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Is civil society the missing piece in post-Gaza diplomacy?  | Euractiv
Palestinians and Israelis are painfully aware that the status quo has failed them. In such a moment, the ideas that take hold – whether constructive or destructive – will shape the future for a genera...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Radiohead in London on Monday, Wolf Alice in Paris on Tuesday. Both amazing (tho very different!) shows. And as an overworked father of two small kids: prob my gig-quota for six months, filled in 24hrs
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Proud to join- and grateful to- the 80+ Palestinian & Israeli ALLMEP members who came out to meet today to strategise about the way ahead. And how civil society can buttress this fragile (esp in recent hours) ceasefire, & lay groundwork for it becoming something much more transformative and lasting
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Every heart should soar to see Israeli captives home w/ their families. Oct. 7, 2023 was an atrocity. *And* we must recall that, of the ~2000 Palestinians released in exchange, many were innocent captives of Israel, which prohibits them from speaking to media once released @johnlyndon.bsky.social
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“Finally, we will be able to close this dark chapter & move on to the next chapter of Israeli-Palestinian peace.” Exactly the right attitude. Celebrate this reprieve & the lives it will save. But make this *a first step toward actual peace,* which requires ending the occupation. 1/
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
More details will come, and long road ahead. But guns are falling silent, hostages are returning, aid is reaching Gaza, and parents may reunite with their kids. No one should go to bed fearing for their life or loved ones. Many will feel that vital thing: HOPE. For the first time in v long time…
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
2yrs since one of worst days in living memory, catalysing darkest/most dehumanised period in 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 history. My hope is that historians speak of this nightmare as prologue. With a turn toward peace & equality from those now staring into abyss. Proud to know many people working everyday to make that so
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Haunting pictures of people wandering in the displacement camp near the Al-Shifa medical complex in Gaza after a drone attack, yesterday. 📸 Zaher Saleh
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Most non Jews don’t know how securitised Jewish spaces now are. Guards (often armed), metal detectors, security doors. I’ve spoken at mosques, churches etc: No other faith has this, is targeted as frequently nor is subject to as much/any whataboutism or geopolitical context when threatened or scared
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Bomb proof doors. Barbed wire. Coordinating with police. Community security service. Drilling congregants about the security protocol. Withholding the details of events publicly for security reasons. Always being on high alert. The list goes on. And it’s still not enough. What more can we do?
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Good to join @whilderbrandt.bsky.social to discuss how France & Saudi Arabia made ending Gaza War & the TSS the chief themes of #UNGA80; Macron roundtable with ALLMEP & I/P civil society; & how POTUS can transform trajectory of events on Mon with Bibi meeting www.france24.com/en/video/202...
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The Day After: How Israelis, Palestinians and global peacebuilders seek to shape a new way forward
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Good to join @f24debate.france24.com to discuss ALLMEP & @parispeaceforum.bsky.social civil society roundtable w/ Macron at #UNGA80 as Pal state recognised. With: ✅ new ALLMEP poll showing 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇸 support for regional TSS deal ✅ vital role civil society must play on the ground in making it a reality
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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 24/09/2025
🇺🇳🇮🇱🇵🇸It might actually be a positive that Trump's hour-long speech before #UNGA barely mentioned efforts for a two-state solution, argues ALLMEP's @johnlyndon.bsky.social Could U.S. position be in flux at this "fork in the road moment" for Israelis and Palestinians? Full show ➡️ f24.my/BSFK
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Smotrich: the Gaza Strip is a real estate bonanza, we're already discussing with the US how to parcel the land
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Dozens of settlers injured at least ten, inc man & woman in 80s, 13yo boy & a pepper sprayed 6 month old baby. All less than 40 days since civil society activist Awdah Hathaleen was murdered by Yinon Levi. Who was since released & could plausibly have been involved last night. Total impunity
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
- All heads of security branches favour ceasefire, say op won’t defeat Hamas. - Likud ministers Sa'ar, Gamliel, Levin (!!) & Amsalem had tough Qs- latter warned of “Israel’s Vietnam” Yet operation grinds forward. As does hasbara pretending this is all normal and fine www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Defense chiefs to Netanyahu: Gaza City takeover won't defeat Hamas, push for limited deal
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Dutch and Swedish foreign ministers send joint letter to the EU foreign affairs chief urging tougher action on Gaza/Israel. Note penultimate bullet point: the Commission is supposed to have drawn up an analysis about whether the EU itself is in compliance with International Court of Justice opinion
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Fifth time IPC declared famine in 20yrs, first time outside Africa, & pretty sure first time where McDonalds is 20min drive away. I’m not really interested in blame game. And have no time for atrocity deniers. Israel and Egypt should open 👏 every 👏 single 👏 crossing, and flood Gaza with food
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Now at the Gaza border: Hundreds of Jews and Palestinians calling to stop the annihilation, let aid in, and end this madness!!!
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“We need the people to act for our justice. I think it’s the last time, it’s the last chance.” Awdah Hathaleen was a light for our community. Yesterday, he was murdered by a settler. May his memory be a revolution. In his own words on ALLMEP’s Groundwork podcast: t.co/VSxZq55ldO
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Gazans fear being forgotten: ‘They keep bombing. We keep dying.’ “Starvation is killing us. I used to grow everything we ate. Now I stand in line and pray we don’t die trying to feed our children.” Ghada Abdulfattah www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle...
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Gazans fear being forgotten: ‘They keep bombing. We keep dying.’
Palestinians in Gaza say they are contending daily with deadly air strikes and widespread hunger. But they fear the world is looking away, as the Israel-Iran war has pushed the Israel-Hamas war from f...
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Earlier today Netanyahu’s office denied the nytimes report about the difficult conversation between him and Trump where T said Israel shouldn’t strike Iran now. Netanyahu’s office also denied the existence of a new US proposal on Gaza. Witkoff now says IS will send its new term sheet.
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
RIP Alan Yentob. A real one. We’ve got used to being told we can’t have folks as interesting as him at commanding heights of culture. It’s worth asking why that is… In interim, here’s his 1975 masterpiece, “Cracked Actor”, on Bowie at moment of psychic implosion youtu.be/UlJoN9DHUdI?...
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David Bowie - Cracked Actor - BBC Documentary - Diamond Dogs / Soul Tour - 1975 (2013 Broadcast)
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Hoping this is true. Bring Liz home. Exclusive: Iran-Iraq-Israel prisoner swap 'nearing' execution amwaj.media/en/article/e...
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Exclusive: Iran-Iraq-Israel prisoner swap 'nearing' execution
Amid progress in nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States, a complex prisoner exchange between Iraq, Iran and Israel is nearing implementation. The highly rare swap entails members of L...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
“Tzedek tzedek tirdof— Justice, justice shall you pursue.” Tzedek for *all* the victims. And those who made them that way. Whether slain in kibbutzim, bombed from the air, or starved to death. From Oct 7th til the day this abomination is ended, and from the Jordan to the Mediterranean
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Nine siblings under 12 killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Yes: nine. Their parents are doctors at Nasser Hospital. One son survived, but critically wounded. Witnesses said the mother collapsed upon seeing their bodies brought into her own hospital while working. This war is an outrage
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
“We kept getting updates," said one diplomat. "It was almost like Eurovision. We kept getting the scores in.” Well sourced account (inc role played by UK’s suspension of trade talks) of Tue’s meeting of EU FMs that led to majority voting to review association agreement www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
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EU-Israel deal: Why Dutch succeeded where Ireland failed
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief will instruct the EU's diplomatic arm to carry out a review of the EU-Israel agreement, a small step in relative terms. But why did the Dutch request succeed...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In the stated operational order of priorities presented to commanders ahead of today’s huge IDF ground operation in Gaza, the objective "Concentration and movement of the population," appears before "Return of the hostages." Which is in last place… www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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IDF takes control of areas in Gaza ahead of expanded ground operation
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I’m old enough to recall 2012’s “Pillar of Defence.” It was awful enough to be considered an official Israel-Gaza “war”, in the quaint metric we all used. It was a big deal. Led the news. Demanded int reaction. But it claimed fewer lives than lost in last 24hrs in Gaza.
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Jonathan Freedland @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
As loudly and clearly as he can, Trump is telling Netanyahu that he is no longer No 1 - and that might just be the best hope for an end to Gaza’s nightmare. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland
The president’s Middle East tour made one thing clear – he will betray his one-time ally in a heartbeat. He is already doing it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
At least 93 humans as real as you and me were killed today by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Hundreds more injured. Those not killed or maimed are hungry. With no food entering Strip for 75 days now. No strategic goal was furthered. Of course. And something similar will likely happen tomorrow. Again.
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Full text of @kajakallas.bsky.social video address to It’s Time last week. Standing in full solidarity with peacebuilders, announcing €18m in new funding for civil society, and opposing legislation “used as tool to reduce this space.” Thank you HRVP Kallas and EU 🙏 t.co/7n5ly3oaB7
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Spent day with dozens of ALLMEP member orgs coming together— Jews & Palestinians— to say IT’S TIME to end war and launch diplo process to deliver peace and equality for all. Tomorrow thousands gather at Binyanei HaUma. Join us! Either in person or online timeisnow.co.il/english
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The People’s Peace Summit | 8-9.2025 | Jerusalem
הגיע הזמן. לעצור את המלחמה. להחזיר את כולם הביתה. לעשות שלום.
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Attacking a synagogue where people are mourning Israeli and Palestinian victims of this war is a new low. These outrageous attacks on civil society in general— and peacebuilders in particular— must be condemned and countered by all. Civil society is here to stay… www.allmep.org/allmep-resou...
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Happening now: ALLMEP Co-hosted screenings of Joint Memorial. In Berlin, London, Paris, Marseille. Israelis and Palestinians who’ve paid the heaviest price, in a war that MUST be ended, calling for a just and lasting peace and equality for all. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/cIW-9Xa...
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Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
For the next three weeks No Other Land is available to stream online with a donation!! supportmasaferyatta.com
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Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Another under-reported issue is disappearance of oceans of data, research & knowledge due to USAID & USIP both being killed off. I’ve searched for 3 important/unique docs in recent weeks on Israel-Palestine related to either entity. All are now unfindable anywhere on net. As tho they never existed
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Almost every paragraph in this story has another additional detail that breaks your heart again…
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John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
After 18 months, and a ceasefire deliberately abandoned: everyone knows by now that this war *only* delivers more of this. Not hostages. Not security. Not peace. This. Many times. Every day. With no end in sight.
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Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
3/3 To conclude our series on Ireland & Empire, Anita and William are joined by the brilliant @fotoole.bsky.social , author of We Don’t Know Ourselves, to reflect on how Irish society has transformed since the 1950s, and how the country’s colonial past informs its future. @empirepoduk.bsky.social
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