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Twitter erupts with memes, jokes as Britain triggers Article 50

British Prime Minister Theresa May will formally launch Brexit on March 29, 2017 after signing the letter to begin the country's departure from the European Union. (AFP)
Updated 29 March 2017
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Twitter erupts with memes, jokes as Britain triggers Article 50

Updated 29 March 2017
Arab News

DUBAI: Twitter erupted Wednesday over Britain’s formal triggering of Article 50, which sets in motion the country’s exit from the European Union.
The British ambassador to the European Union arrived at the bloc’s headquarters Wednesday ahead of the formal handover of a historic letter announcing Britain’s intention to leave and before that, British Prime Minister Theresa May was photographed signing the letter on Tuesday.
In true Twitter spirit, the occasion has sparked a slurry of funny memes and tweets about Brexit and, specifically, May’s expression when she signed the letter.

“Dear Diary, today I [annihilated] the future of the youth, pandered to morons, ignored all the facts and ruined a country,” one Twitter user captioned the photograph.

“’Hello, is that Sky? This is Theresa. I’d like to cancel my subscription but I want to continue to have access to your services’,” one user joked with a photograph of May making a phone call.

Some chose to share cartoons.

Others took a different route.
“Theresa May looks like a kid that’s traded away their best Pokémon card and then realized they made a terrible mistake#BrexitDay,” one user said.

Some were happy, however.

Foreign press group welcomes Israel court deadline on Gaza access

Updated 22 December 2025
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Foreign press group welcomes Israel court deadline on Gaza access

  • Supreme Court set deadline for responding to petition filed by the Foreign Press Association to Jan. 4
  • Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from independently entering the Strip
Updated 22 December 2025
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JERUSALEM: The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem on Sunday welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to set January 4 as the deadline for Israel to respond to its petition seeking media access to Gaza.
Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s attack on Israel, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from independently entering the devastated territory.
Israel has instead allowed, on a case-by-case basis, a handful of reporters to accompany its troops into the blockaded Palestinian territory.
The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents hundreds of foreign journalists in Israel and the Palestinian territories, filed a petition to the supreme court last year, seeking immediate access for international journalists to the Gaza Strip.
On October 23, the court held a first hearing on the case, and decided to give Israeli authorities one month to develop a plan for granting access.
Since then the court has given several extensions to the Israeli authorities to come up with their plan, but on Saturday it set January 4 as a final deadline.
“If the respondents (Israeli authorities) do not inform us of their position by that date, a decision on the request for a conditional order will be made on the basis of the material in the case file,” the court said.
The FPA welcomed the court’s latest directive.
“After two years of the state’s delay tactics, we are pleased that the court’s patience has finally run out,” the association said in a statement.
“We renew our call for the state of Israel to immediately grant journalists free and unfettered access to the Gaza Strip.
“And should the government continue to obstruct press freedoms, we hope that the supreme court will recognize and uphold those freedoms,” it added.
An AFP journalist sits on the board of the FPA.

Topics: War on Gaza Foreign Press Association Israel

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