Dania Akkad
@daniaakkad
Californian. Syrian. Londoner. Award-winning journalist @MiddleEastEye. Send tips via Signal: +4407902945323
There was a hospital bed waiting in London for Haitim His parents were killed in May when a bomb hit their home in Gaza. Their 3-yr-old survived with major burns Doctors wanted to bring him to the UK for treatment he couldn't get in Gaza He ended up in Italy. Why? A 🧵
BREAKING — Two Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups middleeasteye.net/news/two-israe…
Second part of my investigation into Zinc Network.....
👉NEW -- Grenfell survivors may have been monitored by counter-terror scheme by @martinrw Declassified investigation sheds light on secretive Home Office project that used a network of local charities declassifieduk.org/grenfell-survi…
David Lammy told the @CommonsIDC this week that he would ‘be happy to do more’ if requests were made to bring Palestinian children from Gaza to the UK for medical treatment To date, 2 have been allowed in: middleeasteye.net/news/charity-t…
👉NEW -- UK government secretly paid foreign YouTube stars for ‘propaganda’ by @martinrw Revealed: Media agency Zinc Network has contract to recruit social media influencers across Europe. declassifieduk.org/uk-government-…
In Ilford North, Leanne Mohamad and the British left set their sights on Labour. My feature for @MiddleEastEye middleeasteye.net/big-story/ilfo…
🚨 BREAKING: Our new investigation reveals the EU’s gas deal with Israel could be violating international law. 📢 The gas deal relies on a pipeline that crosses legal red lines - and implicates the EU in Israel’s genocide in Gaza via gas imports. gwitness.org/4ljZJFA
Israeli officials say it's a "humanitarian city" from which Palestinians will "voluntarily" leave Gaza. Genocide and law experts told me it's a "concentration camp" from which there will be "forced displacement". Israel's new city in Rafah, explained: middleeasteye.net/explainers/isr…
UK's @CommonsBTC has given Boston Consulting Group until 22 July to answer questions about its Gaza work Chair @liambyrnemp wants a timeline of BCG's involvment with the Gaza Humanitarian Fund + names of companies, orgs or people engaged: middleeasteye.net/news/bcg-order…
Big news: After nearly a decade, DuPont has agreed to settle a class-action suit brought by the people of Hoosick Falls, NY, the community I spent years following for my book. All told, the village's roughly 3,000 residents will receive $90 million in damages from the companies…
I’ve always believed that taxis are a reflection of what’s going on in a society. You get in, and you’re immediately immersed in endless conversations,; drivers and passengers talking about soaring prices, complaints about the unbearable heat, and, inevitably, an elderly man…
Peter Mandelson has not sold any of his shares in Global Counsel, the lobbying company he founded to represent companies including Palantir , since becoming UK Ambassador to Washington. He still owns 21% of the firm, by me in .. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
The inspiration behind the Israeli takoever of aid distribution in Gaza? 'What the US did in Iraq post-2003,' says a source familiar with early talks that led to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation New details on all this here from @SeanPmathews + me: middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-…
