carolien roelants
@roelants_c
Nearly my whole life Middle East editor NRC Handelsblad, now columnist NRC and NRC Next
Israel allowing airdrops of food into Gaza is just spectacle. Airdrops are notoriously expensive and inefficient. They are no way to feed two million starving Palestinians. Only an end to Israel's effective blockade will do that -- and stop the genocide. nytimes.com/2025/07/25/wor…
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⚡️🇮🇱JUST IN: Israel’s Minister of Innovation Gila Gamliel: “Exposure: This is what Gaza will look like in the future. Voluntary emigration of Gazans—only with Trump and Netanyahu. It’s us or them! Link to the voluntary emigration plan from Gaza, which I submitted to the…
Daar wordt Israel bang van! Waar zijn de sancties? nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07…
Wel Europese sancties tegen Iran en niet tegen Israel Europeans Threaten to Reimpose Tough U.N. Nuclear Sanctions on Iran nytimes.com/2025/07/16/wor… via @NYTimes
Kan platwalsen en platwalst
Nadat de Verenigde Staten een nieuwe voorraad bulldozers hebben geleverd, waarmee Israël gebouwen in bezet Palestijns gebied kan platwalsen, vraagt @roelants_c zich af: bestaat het internationaal recht eigenlijk nog? nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07…
⭕️ URGENT: Lawyer says detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia is in critical condition. The Kamal Adwan Hospital director has lost over 40kg in Israeli custody, was reportedly beaten in June, and is being denied medical care. He is being held in solitary confinement without…
Lawyer of Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, currently imprisoned by Israel, wrote: Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya is not okay. My last visit to him was on July 9, 2025. He has lost over 40 kilograms — more than one-third of his body weight. At the time of his arrest, he weighed 100 kg — today, he…
This is a game-changer by Israel’s most well-respected int’l legal scholars, including Prof Benvenisti who defended Israel at the ICJ and Prof. Shany who argued Amnesty was wrong to call Gaza a genocide. They now say Israel’s latest plans in Gaza “may be interpreted” as genocidal
[1] 16 IL Int Law Scholars, among them, Prof Benvenisti who was part of the IL defence team in the ICJ, warned that if @Israel_katz's plan for the concentration of the pop in southern Gaza materializes, it might be a conduct which falls under the prohibition of genocide. 🧵
During a mini-summit with five African leaders, US President Donald Trump praises Liberian President Joseph Boakai’s “beautiful English,” asking where he was educated. #Trump #Africa #US
Het Israëlische leger is altijd ‘checking the reports’. bbc.com/news/articles/…
🚨Trump continues to press for canceling Netanyahu's corruption trial and hints he could suspend military aid to Israel if the trial continues. This is an unprecedented threat in the U.S.-Israeli relations
"It’s a killing field." Israeli officers and soldiers have told Israel’s Haaretz newspaper that they were instructed to shoot at unarmed Palestinians seeking aid at designated distribution zones in Gaza, despite crowds posing no threat. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/peenby
Geestig!
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 06.25.25 06:27 PM EST BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War…
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80 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military since dawn in Gaza, 55 of which were humanitarian aid seekers killed while they were trying to access food. There is no cease-genocide.
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 06.24.25 07:28 AM EST ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J.…
Zeer nuttige beschouwing over ins en outs van ‘twaalfdaagse oorlog’ tussen Israel en Iran plus Amerikaanse inbreng.
THREAD: It seems a ceasefire has been achieved in what US President Trump is now calling the “Twelve-Day War” between Israel and Iran. What motivated the parties involved to accept it?
Irans net-niet bom - maar Trump (en zoveel andere leiders) luistert liever naar Israel theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Ik geloof het meteen. Vergelding na Amerikaanse liquidatie Soleimani soortgelijk. Regime wil kost wat het kost overleven.
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Iran kan niet anders dan ter vergelding VS basis aanvallen, maar wel voorzichtig om de escalatieladder niet verder te beklimmen. En met excuses aan broederlijk Qatar.
Iran says its attack on "brotherly" Qatar was aimed solely at the US military base. Qatar condemned the attack but said its "air defenses successfully thwarted the attack." It appears Iran may have telegraphed its attack in an effort to manage the escalation ladder
The main thing to understand, however, remains not Europe's feebleness, or Trump's ego, or the Iranian regime's repression. No, the main thing to understand is Israel's post-Oct 7 psyche: x.com/iyad_elbaghdad…
The war that began on Oct 7, 2023 is Israel's last war. Not because Israel's victory (or defeat) is imminent. Not because after this war, Israel will find peace. But because Israel will be in a constant state of war from here on, as a very condition of its existence.
Gaat nu ook het Iraanse regime eraan?nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/06…
