Israel says air and ground troops struck Gaza in the heaviest attacks yet ahead of a possible ground invasion. No sign of progress on a cease-fire. In communal violence, Jewish and Arab mobs clashed in the flashpoint town of Lod for a fourth night. https://t.co/VHXYO1LjsG
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 14, 2021
"Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed the Al-Jawhara and Al-Shorouk office buildings in Gaza City, which house more than a dozen international and local media outlets." https://t.co/18y2eOfMMF pic.twitter.com/cp83oi8lwy
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) May 13, 2021
Israel-Gaza conflict stalls Arab-Israeli rapprochement https://t.co/zpddg7y0bJ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 14, 2021
Israeli-Palestinian violence: what is going on?
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 14, 2021
Facts and maps explaining the recent escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians, as of May 13 #AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/wnkovLyWY1
What's sure to be an iconic photo by AFP's Anas Baba.
— Judah Ari Gross (@JudahAriGross) May 14, 2021
Hamas rockets from Gaza on the right, Israeli Iron Dome interceptors on the left.
Beautiful and horrifying. pic.twitter.com/PTXZqWH4no
Update: On 11 & 12 May 2021 at least 4 UNRWA buildings were hit within the context of military operations on Gaza, causing extensive damage. https://t.co/kLkUol3dZW https://t.co/GnOveBlKbn
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 13, 2021
The UN Security Council will meet to discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza on Sunday. The U.S. will continue to actively engage in diplomacy at the highest levels to try to de-escalate tensions.
— Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) May 13, 2021
Joe Biden has been criticised over his inaction on the violence in Israel and Palestine. But the US president has stressed he is working with partners to bring about peace. @siobhankennedy4 reports from Washington.https://t.co/yJc2hi9Rx7
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 13, 2021
Meanwhile, conveniently the top story in the US tonight…
President Biden issued remarks on Thursday following new guidance from the CDC, which said that fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear a mask in most indoor and outdoor settings. https://t.co/IlnSKBlBBG pic.twitter.com/0eomKJqVUL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2021
Fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear a mask or physically distance in most cases, federal health officials said, the broadest easing of pandemic recommendations so far https://t.co/2NJRWcKNs5
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 14, 2021
Opinion | Dr. Gunisha Kaur and Dr. Natalia S. Ivascu: The CDC says no masks are needed if vaccinated. But here are a few reasons to continue wearing them. https://t.co/fsilIIb3Br – @NBCNewsTHINK
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 14, 2021
and…
The Colonial Pipeline is now fully operational after it was shut down by a cyberattack, but President Biden warned it will take some time before conditions return to normal at gas stations.@LlamasNBC has the details. https://t.co/nhnvN4GipJ
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) May 14, 2021
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident raises new questions about why the U.S. is so vulnerable to such crippling strikes. https://t.co/qfxPPvDcwA
— ABC News (@ABC) May 14, 2021
Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million to hackers in ransomware attack: The FBI has historically discouraged but not prohibited American ransomware victims from paying their hackers. https://t.co/nE1JxBemMC
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) May 14, 2021
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WE ALL BELONG TO GLASGOW
Refugees welcome here
— Prof Mark Priestley 🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@MarkRPriestley) May 13, 2021
Glasgow protesters rejoice as men freed after immigration van standoff https://t.co/pi2N1w0iXM
This is incredible.
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 13, 2021
Two refugees were detained by immigration enforcement in Glasgow, Scotland. Neighbors and activists surrounded the van they were detained in until they were released. pic.twitter.com/v5sRhVq7gh
This is Lakhvir Singh who was locked in the back of UK Immigration Enforcement van for 8 hours today, before ‘people power’ in the Glasgow community forced a u-turn. He’s now released and back with family. Our exclusive on @itvnews at 10 tonight. https://t.co/mrJ10eXH0p pic.twitter.com/7Rqxl9RSIM
— Peter A Smith (@PeterAdamSmith) May 13, 2021
It’s not the most important element of the story but the gap between the emotional & moral universes of Sun/Mail/Telegraph readers & the people on the street in Glasgow yesterday looks unbridgeable to me. And I guess everybody thinks they know which one they want to live in.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) May 14, 2021
Meanwhile…
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s “anxious” about the spread of a Covid-19 variant from India https://t.co/pd9hJrScqD
— Bloomberg (@business) May 13, 2021
To think we could have closed borders when there were literally just a handful of Indian variant cases…
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) May 13, 2021
But no, Boris Johnson didn't dare risk endangering his teeny tiny trade deal with India. Which pretty much fell apart on Zoom anyway.
(Snap below from Guardian live blog.) pic.twitter.com/BYt8Reydaw
Boris Johnson has been warned his plans to require people to show ID in order to vote risk taking a "sledgehammer to political engagement" in the country https://t.co/CIgx7cXwKf
— LBC (@LBC) May 13, 2021
Behold a selfless public servant. pic.twitter.com/sIGWp4TsuU
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 13, 2021
“An ex-Tory party chair, who now runs a huge PR agency, walked into a role at the heart of procurement without any formal process…He then spent his days chivvying officials to speed up a contract for a firm his agency represents.” https://t.co/0VLV5DE7w9
— Good Law Project (@GoodLawProject) May 13, 2021
🚁 ‘This casts doubt on the sincerity of the prime minister’s pledges to fight the #ClimateCrisis.’ https://t.co/ktALwVZgcs
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 13, 2021
Taoiseach to meet Boris Johnson with NI Protocol and Ballymurphy on agenda https://t.co/ClfYrjryXp
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) May 13, 2021
DUP to elect new leader and deputy on Friday https://t.co/jYUlQXuJS0
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 14, 2021
DUP leadership: The party that went from firebrands to government https://t.co/sCQrDgALSf
— Jayne McCormack (@BBCJayneMcC) May 14, 2021
The Overnight Note 