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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸

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I am a Lib Dem & President of Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East (@ldfpme.bsky.social). I live in Worksop, Notts in the UK. Also at @leonduveen on X@LeonDuveen & leonduveen on Threads. All views are my own, reposts do not indicate agree

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 5h
We’re not stopping our solidarity with Palestinians in the West Bank. Last week, violent settlers attacked our activists while they were providing protective presence in Jannatah. Two days later, members of one of our local chapters helped harvest olives in Far’un, near Tulkarm.
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 3h
I am a Jew, an Israeli and an unashamed #Zionist. I also support the creation of a fully independent Palestinian State on the land currently under military occupation by Israel. How dare the GreenParty.org.uk call me a racist!
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My thoughts on today's sad anniverary leonduveen.substack.com/p/three-year...
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Three Years, for what?
Today in the Hebrew Calender marks the 3rd Anniversary of the attacks on the Western Negev settlements by Hamas, the murder of hundreds of Israelis, the kidnapping of over 200 Israelis and the start o...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Several of our activists were just attacked by violent Israeli settlers with clubs, pepper spray and stones while doing protective presence work, along with the groups Rabbis for Human Rights and Bnei Abraham, in the village of Jannatah in the occupied West Bank.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Next webinar: THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 12:30pm ET: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... The Israeli govt’s response to the crisis being faced by Palestinian citizens has been nonexistent. Even worse, this societal dislocation seems to be the policy of Itamar Ben Gvir, minister in charge of the police. Join us!
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Aziz Abu Sarah @azizabusarah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This morning, Maoz Inon and I briefed the UN Security Council. We made the case for a better future, built on equality, justice, and peace. We demanded protection for civilians. supporting Palestinian elections, ending torture in Israeli prisons, and the rebuilding of Gaza. We want a real peace!
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have been thinking about the words we use, especially slogans, in the Palestine - Israel conflict and wrote this: www.libdemvoice.org/words-matter...
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Words matter, use them carefully!
There are any number of slogans linked to the Palestine / Israel conflict that mean different things to different people. Accordingly we must be incredibly careful in how we speak. Our words can have ...
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Yachad @yachad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/ We welcome the news that the E1 settlement project's tender deadline for 1,234 housing units has been postponed by Israel's Attorney General until after the election. www.timesofisrael.com/ag-postpones...
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AG postpones tenders for E1 settlement project; Smotrich accuses her of election meddling
Baharav-Miara delays tender deadline until after Oct. 27 vote, citing electioneering concerns; far-right leader says process is apolitical, urges election chief to keep AG from becoming an ‘active pla...
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well. Rules only apply to little people.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Britain is wasting clean energy. Huge amounts of renewable power are being switched off while consumers foot the bill for millions in constraint payments. ADE is working to make flexible demand electricity a reality, helping to balance supply and harness the full potential of renewable energy.
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Guardian will stream NAZA on its website for free >>> www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Lib Dem Peers @libdempeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The fight of our lives, and Lib Dem peers are ready for it. Ed Davey called for a global treaty to pause super-intelligent AI and safe maternity care for every mother. Peers have been raising both in the Lords and will push to deliver them.
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Wendy Chamberlain MP @wendychambld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A great few days at Liberal Democrat conference! Over four days in Brighton, I met with more than 20 organisations, discussing everything from banking access and youth opportunities to dementia support. These conversations help shape the casework we deliver for people across North East Fife.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Fixing our relationship with Europe is the only way to get our economy back on track. We are fighting to do just that. To put Britain back where it belongs. Back at the heart of Europe.
Campaign graphic declaring "WE'LL PUT BRITAIN BACK IN THE SINGLE MARKET." in large white text on an orange diagonal banner over a dark blue patterned background with the Liberal Democrats logo at the bottom right.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Raising the tax-free personal allowance. Trusting people to spend their own money, not telling them the state knows best. Real money, £680 a year, back in people’s pockets.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
This is a fight for the future of our country. For liberty, equality and community. For the values we hold dear. This is the fight of our lives. And we are going to win it.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Standing here on Brighton beach, I know this is the fight of our lives. Now more than ever, we must offer real hope and fix Britain's broken political system together.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Primary care is the front door to the NHS, delivering 90% of all public interactions with our health service. Liberal Democrats believe in a patient-centred, preventive primary care system that sits at the heart of a transformed NHS.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Liberal Democrat members passed a new policy on supporting people to age well and maintain their independence. The Liberal Democrats are taking a stand to fix social care, protect our NHS, and ensure everyone can age well in their own home and community.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
LDfPME welcome Calum Miller, our Party's spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, statement on the situation in Palestine & Israel made to Lib Dem Conference today. We support his call to support the moderates in both nations working for peace and echo his call for the Palestinian Elections to proceed.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Two people I knew took their own lives last week - we still view mental health with too much cynicism and not enough compassion - remember @samaritans.bsky.social and @calmzone.bsky.social - it is not weak to share how you feel #mentalhealth #depression #suicideawareness
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Richard Flowers @richarddominic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lib Dem Conference has *PASSED* the motion to restore Trans Rights. In the hall the vote looked around 10:1 in favour.
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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lib Dem conference motion Restoring Trans Rights debate about to begin. Starting a live thread to cover what happens. #ldconf
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Mohammed Amin 🔶 @mohammed-amin-mbe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On Thursday, the GB News website reported: “More than a third of Britons fear 'no-go zones' in London where sharia law dominates.” That afternoon, I appeared on the Martin Daubney show on GB News to explain that this story shows “The Big Lie” in action. www.youtube.com/live/s8aTW2E...
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Martin Daubney | Thursday 10th September
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Yachad @yachad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
1/ A strong statement signed by former Israeli leaders including ex PM & IDF chief of staff, in support of UK sanctions: “This decision is precisely what the State of Israel should have received in order to remove the disgrace of Jewish terrorism from the face of the country.”
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Rosh HaShana, or the Jewish New Year, begins on Friday at sundown. It’s a deeply meaningful time and the start of a period when Jews are told to think deeply on their actions and to ask forgiveness not only from God but from other human beings for wrongdoing. (1/3)
Graphic with a blue background and white text reading “here’s to a year that brings us closer to peace” with olive leaves encircling the text
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tomorrow, at Sunset, Jews across the world the Jewish New Year, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (Rosh HaShanah). This marks the beginning of the year 5787. A tradition at Rosh HaShanah is to eat apples dipped in honey to signify the wish for a prosperous (represented by apples) and sweet (hence the honey) new year. 1/2
A dish with slices of apple and a bowl of honey
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 09/09/2026
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 24% (-2) RFM: 23% (+1) CON: 22% (-1) LDM: 12% (+1) GRN: 9% (=) RES: 6% (+2) SNP: 2% (=) Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 4-6 Sep. Changes w/ 28-31 Aug.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We say: Draw the line at the Green Line. Our new statement commends the British Foreign Secretary for reminding the world of the important distinction between Israel and the Occupied Territories, and responds to Ed Miliband's speech yesterday, announcing new British policy. 1/2
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In another act of ethnic cleansing, Israeli forces forcibly displaced around 30 Palestinians by bulldozing their homes, sheep pens and water tanks in Khirbet al-Fakheit, Masafer Yatta – destroying their livelihoods and leaving entire families homeless.
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Lib Dems for Peace in the Middle East @ldfpme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our response to Ed Miliband's Statement on Israel and Palestine. substack.com/profile/4548...
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LDfPME (@ldfpme)
Today's Statement from Ed Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, on Israel and Palestine is very welcome. If we are serious about supporting a Two State Solution then we must also be ready to take the act...
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
MK Gilad Kariv (HaDemocratim) said: "The annexation policy, rejection of any diplomatic initiative, tailwind for extremist Settler terror, dispossession of Area C Palestinian communities, and ongoing attempt to strangle the PA are making Israel a pariah." www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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WATCH: UK’s Miliband to announce trade ban on West Bank settlement goods
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If you believe in a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict, if you believe in a Palestinian State, then it is time to act now. I urge you to write to your MP and ask them to write to the government to ban all trade with illegal settlements.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is Wafaa Akila. She was eight years old when she was killed in an Israeli airstrike while driving with her father in Gaza City. She’s one of about 300 children who have been killed in the Strip since the ceasefire deal was signed last October. (1/3)
A child wearing a blue button-up and a nametag gives a thumbs up to the camera
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
1/ Early this morning, activists from Standing Together went to the homes of Israeli political leaders Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, calling on them to commit to advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace, renewing negotiations, and supporting a Palestinian state alongside Israel in the next government.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
RIGHT NOW IN HAIFA: Standing Together activists unfurl a massive banner reading: “One day, a Palestinian state will be established – and there will be peace.”
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"If every meaningful consequence [to settlement/occupation policy] is unacceptable," write R' Josh Levy & R' Charley Baginsky, co-leads of the UK Movement for Progressive Judaism, "we must ask whether our support for two states remains a political commitment". www.jewishnews.co.uk/a-time-for-m...
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A time for moral clarity on Israeli settlements - Jewish News
The Zionism we want to inhabit is one strong enough to confront dispossession rather than provide moral cover for it
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Yachad @yachad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
1/ In recent weeks Yachad has been pleased to engage with government, including Foreign Secretary @ed-miliband.bsky.social & Minister for the Middle East @sdoughtymp.bsky.social We highlighted growing concerns of many British Jews regarding entrenchment of occupation & annexation of the West Bank
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 01/09/2026
I've written to the Prime Minister ahead of his first statement later today, with a clear message: Our politics is broken and we can’t fix our country until we fix our politics.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 31/08/2026
We can’t allow our politicians to be bought and sold. It’s time for a cap on political donations. 

 Tag your MP and tell them to back our vote this Wednesday to take big money out of our politics and give ordinary people their voice back. @LisaSmartMP.bsky.social has all the details ⬇️
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين @gershonbaskin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Netanyahu Needs a War to Win gershonbaskin.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...
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Netanyahu Needs a War to Win
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a serious problem.
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Salinas: "Israel should not ask how we can ensure that more of the Galilee is Jewish. It should ask how we can ensure that every citizen of the Galilee, Jewish or Arab, has an equal stake in its future."
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The first thing we did when we founded Standing Together was hold a protest. The second thing we did was create training seminars for activists. Because we know that seminars do two things: they give the people practical tools to change reality and inspire real hope. (1/4)
A group of people stands outside, surrounded by green, to pose for a picturePeople sit on folding chairs in a circle in a room with geometric designs on the ceiling People pose for a photoSeven students are pictured listening to a speaker and sitting in chairs, with one student on the ground, during a student seminar
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Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @leonduveen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My note about what Zionism is. substack.com/@leonduveen/...
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Zionism is simply the belief in a homeland for the Jewish People, that is for all Jews who want to live in that homeland. Not just for Jews who follow a particular version of Judaism, not just for...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
1/ Yesterday, we joined Rabbis for Human Rights and Bnei Avraham to erect protective fencing around Palestinian homes in Jannatah, southeast of Bethlehem. The fence was intended to help protect Palestinian families who have endured repeated attacks and intimidation by violent Israeli settlers.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I board the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki, I’m reminded yet again of three things about the EU: 1) You don’t sacrifice any of your national identity or culture by being part of the EU. Estonia remains Estonia. Finland remains Finland 2) Schengen is great. 3) Brexit was and is shit.
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Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The illegal E1 settlement scheme will critically endanger the two state solution and peace in the Middle East. The Government must take strong action in response, including a ban on all trade with illegal settlements. See the letter from me and other Lib Dem MPs to the Foreign Sec👇
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Partners for Progressive Israel @partners4israel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The parallels are striking: Orbán, until defeated in April, served as Hungary's authoritarian PM for 20 of the last 30 years. Netanyahu has been Israel's increasingly illiberal leader for 19 of the last 30! Join our discussion TOMORROW - 8/26, 12:30pm ET! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How many videos have we seen of soldiers allowing settlers to target water systems, electricity supply, and agricultural fields? How many of these settlers are removed from the area? (6/7)
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Our latest event at our Purple House in Jerusalem — we heard from a resident of the Palestinian village of al-Walaja, close to Jerusalem in the West Bank. The village has faced encroachment of settlements, dispossession, and demolitions for decades.
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