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Simon Speakman Cordall

@sscordall.bsky.social
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Senior Producer at AJE Digital. Gentleman explorer and noted raconteur. Currently banned in Israel. Bylines in: lots of stuff.

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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@justinhendrix.bsky.social Hi Justin, I'm trying to reach you for a piece I'm writing on tech and European sovereignty. Could you email me if you're interested? It's: cordalls@aljazeera.net
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Big in Israel: blogs.timesofisrael.com/sincerely-a-...
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The Blogs: Sincerely, A British Jew
From the blog of Tali Smus at The Times of Israel
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The police came early. Patricia's camp was emptied this morning.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
My latest: aje.io/qx8ntg #Tubisia #migration
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‘I don’t know where I will go’: Refugees run out of options in Tunisia
Blocked from staying and barred from moving to other camps, refugees in Tunisia weigh a bleak future.
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Israel has just sent an evacuation warning for an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs after two rockets were fired from south Lebanon this morning (one intercepted & landed on Lebanese territory).
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Not every day at the office is like this #Lebanon
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
My latest. #Israel aje.io/mssnw3
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‘Sacrifice’ captives: Israel divided over end of ceasefire in Gaza
Far-right joy over renewed bombing of Gaza, but captives’ families fear for their loved ones.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
My latest: #PrettyMuchEverything aje.io/exgutq
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Is Trump the end of the international rules-based order?
Analysts mull if this isn’t the beginning of the end for the ‘rules-based order’, long accused of hypocrisy.
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Shane Thomas @tokenbg.blacksky.app · 28/02/2025
Disclaimer for some talk of sexual violence in this.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/02/2025
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
My latest: #Israel #Gaza www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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‘Designed to humiliate’: Israel’s torture of Gaza’s healthcare workers
A PHRI report says healthcare workers are arbitrarily detained, humiliated, and sexually and psychologically abused.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
"The total number of bodies recovered, found in 55 graves, has now climbed to 39, after the attorney general said on Sunday... authorities had recovered the corpses of 28 others in the north of Kufra, a huge southeastern district of the country." #Libya www.reuters.com/world/africa....
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Bodies of 11 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says
Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 11 more bodies of migrants a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's from that other thing, but: x.com/DavidLammy/s...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
".... she (Tunisian MP, Fatma Mseddi) suggested limiting and controlling births among sub-Saharan migrants." #Tunisia www.businessnews.com.tn/fatma-mseddi...
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Fatma Mseddi : il faut contrôler les naissances chez les migrants subsahariens
Dans une interview accordée à The Independent Arabia, la députée Fatma Mseddi a exprimé ses inquiétudes quant à l'impact de l'augmentation des naissances parmi les migrants subsahariens sur la composition démographique de la Tunisie. Selon elle, il n'est pas exclu qu'un jour un élu tunisien d'origine subsaharienne soit élu au parlement...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#Libya
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Wondering how the US media is complicit in genocide? Here you go!
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Can't say who wrote this, but all credit to David Yambio and Lam Magok, not just for their work, but for simply surviving. #Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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‘I saw him kill people:’ Libya and Italy’s shadowy migrant deals
Italy is accused of releasing Libyan officials wanted on international warrants in return for limiting migrant flows.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
@lewisgoodall.com Firstly, congratulations on this morning's black polar neck decision. I made the same (excellent) choice. However, I just listened to the podcast, "pens and printing presses"?
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My latest: Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
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Elation, confusion mark Israel’s reaction to Trump’s Gaza comments
US president’s comments, which appear to offer the Israeli far-right much, may ultimately deliver little, analysts say.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Reassuring to know which side the UK government is on. Clue: it's not the side that cares about human rights or transparency. www.facebook.com/share/r/18wv...
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Redirecting...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"The state of emergency in the entire country “will be extended from Thursday to Dec. 31, 2025,” said the Journal of the Republic of #Tunisia, an official biweekly gazette." english.news.cn/africa/20250...
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Tunisia extends state of emergency till year-end
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Channel 13 news reported that the meeting lasted for two-and-a-half hours, and quoted senior Israeli officials as saying the officials discussed possible outlines for the transfer of Gaza’s population www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-neta...
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Meeting Netanyahu after Gaza visit, Witkoff said to push for full implementation of truce
Reports say PM and Trump envoy discussed US president's proposal to move Gazans to neighboring states; Israeli officials 'got impression Americans are serious about this idea'
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"These prosecutions are based on laws that violate both the 2022 constitution and international standards” #Tunisia www.middleeasteye.net/news/tunisia...
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'Moral values': The new pretext to repress freedoms in Tunisia
The arrest of influencers on morality grounds is part of President Saied's crackdown in Tunisia, where fear and self-censorship are on the rise
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Our latest, with (the awesome) @justinsalhani.bsky.social #Gaza aje.io/90ey8d
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‘Branded’: Satellite images show Star of David carved into Gaza
The symbol, apparently created by Israeli tanks, can be seen from space in the Palestinian enclave.
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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Euphemism is one thing, but describing Smotrich, who makes no secret about supporting genocide, as an 'advocate' who 'helps' Gazans 'leave to depart' is another level of genocidal white-washing. nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"Appeal verdict expected today for lawyer Sonia Dahmani sentenced at first instance to 2 years in prison for having denounced racism in #Tunisia . "Tunisian authorities must immediately release her and stop targeting any critical voice" @hrw.org
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/01/2025
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"By the end of last year, #Tunisia was able to secure the voluntary return of 7,250 irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Mohamed Ben Ayed, the secretary of state to the Tunisian foreign minister, told a parliament session," www.yenisafak.com/en/news/7250...
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7,250 irregular migrants 'voluntarily returned' from Tunisia to their countries in 2024 | News
Tunisia says this happens through cooperation with UN migration agency, neighboring countries Algeria and Libya
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"Companies such as Meta, X, and TikTok must be made to face up to their responsibilities in terms of content moderation, which also involves regulation." #Tunisia www.arab-reform.net/publication/...
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Online Narratives and Manipulations: Tunisian and Regional Panorama
This paper was written by two Tunisian researchers who prefer to remain anonymous.   In the wake of the presidential elections of October 2024, the first since the coup d’état in July 20…
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"technical problems" Who'd have thunk it? #Tunisia www.thearabweekly.com/technical-pr...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/01/2025
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Can't wait for #Tunisia to bring this same thirst for justice to those abusing irregular migrants under government sanction
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"The ceasefire agreement should not deter supporters of justice and truth worldwide from continuing to prosecute the officials of the occupying entity for the heinous acts of genocide and mass atrocities committed against the Palestinian people”  #Tunisia www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/tu...
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Tunisia demands accountability for Israeli officials responsible for Gaza’s genocidal war
Foreign Ministry underscores importance of pursuing justice for Palestinians - Anadolu Ajansı
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
My latest: #Israel aje.io/g89ski
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What has Netanyahu won and lost by agreeing to Israel-Gaza ceasefire?
Israeli PM may lose influential supporters but could still rework his alliances and survive politically.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
“Decree 54 has now turned every journalist into a suspect. It treats every journalist as if they are conditionally released from jail pending investigation, because they can be summoned for questioning at any time over anything they post online” #Tunisia cpj.org/2025/01/tuni...
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Tunisia uses new cybercrime law to jail record number of journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
Tunisia has reached a troubling milestone, with at least five journalists behind bars in CPJ’s December 1, 2024, prison census, the highest number since the organization began keeping track in 1992. O...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“It is clear that Tunisian authorities deployed all their efforts to silence, prosecute, and imprison President Kais Saied’s critics and opponents in order to favor his re-election,” @khawaja.bsky.social #Tunisia www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
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Tunisia: Drastic Closure of Civic Space
The Tunisian government exacerbated its repression of critical voices and accelerated its crackdown on civil society groups in 2024.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"In #Tunisia, January 14 (former Revolution Day) brings together protesters and revolutionary memories" www.webdo.tn/fr/actualite...
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En Tunisie, le 14 janvier réunit manifestants et mémoires révolutionnaires
Découvrez comment la Tunisie a commémoré discrètement le 14ᵉ anniversaire de la révolution de 2011. Libertés fondamentales, libération de figures politiques, et...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
"Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles" (VIDEO) #Tunisia www.france24.com/en/video/202...
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Tunisian rehab barge offers hope for vulnerable sea turtles
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Bizerte hits oil #Tunisia www.libyanexpress.com/oil-platform...
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Oil platform runs aground off northern Tunisian coast
An offshore platform has run aground on Tunisia's northern coastline after breaking free of its tow vessel during transit from Scotland to Turkey,
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
“The sense of impunity is absolute … It’s always been there, especially with regard to Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank, but it’s increased significantly since October 2023 [when Israel’s war on Gaza began].” My latest: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...
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Sense of impunity ‘absolute’: The NGO holding Israeli soldiers to account
The Hind Rajab Foundation is using Israeli soldiers’ own social media footage as proof of war crimes.
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"She was probably very cold and she lit a fire with coal to warm herself but she died of carbon monoxide poisoning" .... "We then called the police and they came to collect the body." #Tunisia www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6213...
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Several migrants in Tunisia die from carbon monoxide poisoning in Sfax olive groves
Thousands of sub-Saharan migrants live in the olive groves around the city of Sfax in precarious conditions. The winter and the regular dismantling of camps by the police have made the situation worse...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Totalling 110, the migrants were on board two makeshift boats that set sail off "the coast near Sfax on the night of December 31 to January 1," a National Guard official said on condition of anonymity. #Tunisia www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
"The Pentagon has released a Tunisian detainee held in Guantanamo Bay since the first day the notorious prison camp opened in 2002 without ever being charged." #Tunisia aje.io/pzzg03
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US military releases long-held Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia
Transfer from the US military prison is the fourth in two weeks by the outgoing Biden administration.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
But Farage is actively soliciting money from an even more powerful establishment – a coterie of foreign billionaires and global elites. He is sabotaging the UK by proving his party is accountable to oligarchs who don’t even live here. /14
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
My latest: “#Libya offers Russia something unique – a foothold in both North Africa and the Mediterranean, perfect for projecting power into Europe’s soft underbelly and across the Sahel” aje.io/0mjbp0
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‘More bullets’: Analysts mull whether Russia will move to Libya after Syria
Russia’s potential redeployment to Libya carries consequences for Moscow, Tripoli and beyond.
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Tarek Megrisi @tmegrisi.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"Israel’s allies force an adaptation on to the world after which it simply becomes accepted that rights are not bestowed by humanity, but by the parties who decide who is human. Which is why the outrage must continue" @nesrinemalik.bsky.social powerfully on point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
It may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"The government doesn’t target the organizations that criticize its migration policy, but rather those that offer various forms of support for migrants.... It thus pushes sub-Saharan migrants to request voluntary return." #Tunisia nawaat.org/2024/12/23/m...
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Migration in Tunisia: The government’s doublespeak
Praised for its “feats” by Italy’s extreme right, the immigration policy implemented by President Kais Saied builds off a strategy whose objectives are twofold. Here is how the government has succeede...
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Simon Speakman Cordall @sscordall.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
“The situation was terrible with bombings, beatings and killing,” the now 21-year-old told Al Jazeera. “I remember the regime’s massacres, the killing, and the hitting of bakeries and hospitals.” Awesome stuff, from @justinsalhani.bsky.social aje.io/xbgdte
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Expelled from Aleppo as children, these fighters returned as its liberators
Al Jazeera speaks to Syrian opposition fighters who came back to liberate their homes and pursue their dreams.
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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
My colleague @matnashed.bsky.social wrote this powerful piece we reported together from Eastern Ghouta and Douma, on the demand for justice after chemical weapons attacks perpetrated by the Assad regime www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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‘Death was everywhere’: Syria’s chemical weapon victims share their trauma
Since Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Syria’s chemical weapon victims have recounted their trauma without fear of reprisal.
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