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within an hour of me posting this the @BBCNews Middle East correspondent described the said for IDF general and creator of the Dahiya doctrine as a leftwinger !!!!
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Zionism 👇
3 years after Bedouin hero saved 30 people on Oct. 7, Israel demolished his family’s homes timesofisrael.com/3-years-af…
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it beggars belief that after his racist by election campaign followed by putting out a book that was shown to be full of factual errors that Goodwin is invited to spout BS on @bbcquestiontime again!!
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Oriel College, Oxford University:
Racists Welcome Here.
Words: @kehinde_andrews
imagine not only thinking the #GazaGenocide isn’t something that should be taken seriously but knowing you can say it out-loud on air without challenge and it’ll then be posted on social media as if it’s some kind sensible thing to say,
“The most striking thing about that was a Labour leader taking Jeremy Corbyn seriously.”
The Times’s Patrick Maguire and Stefan Boscia agree the prime minister’s response to Jeremy Corbyn’s question on Gaza was “surprising”.
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An Israeli professor spent three years developing a plan to conduct simultaneous massacres in several Palestinian communities.
An examination of thousands of comments on social media reveals Israelis' stark normalization of anti-Palestinian violence.
972mag.com/israeli-massacre-…
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The IDF only recently made it standard practice to use live fire against stone throwers. It’s already “upgraded” to shooting people who “intended to throw stones.” When we served, we were taught to establish “means, intent and capability” before opening fire.
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“Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel is worth $37 billion and publicly says, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”
We have to resist and stop their dystopian vision of the future.
Here is how.
wagingnonviolence.org/2026/1…
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Benjamin Moser discusses the definition of Zionism on the latest episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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If true this is outrageous.
It seems that Andy Burnham’s latest version of ending 40 years of neoliberalism is handing Thames Water over to US hedge funds.
Labour have stopped even pretending to serve us or our communities anymore.
Labour stand for the hedge funds.
🚨BREAKING
The Financial Times has just revealed that Thames Water’s US hedge fund creditors are close to agreeing a ‘last and final’ deal to take over the company.
A handover to US hedge funds. A continuation of the privatised chaos. And a huge reward for the people who have run our water into the ground.
The deal would see them allowed to pollute our rivers and seas without consequence - in exchange for an upfront payoff.
This deal is absolutely outrageous, in every regard.
112 MPs have already called for special administration of Thames Water.
A cross-party group of MPs - who scrutinise the Environment Department - have said that the creditors’ proposal should be rejected and Thames Water should be brought into special administration.
And the former Environment Secretary rejected a previous version of the creditors’ deal in June. This new version is not better in any way.
@andyburnham promised to reverse Thatcher’s legacy of privatisation. He promised public control of life’s essentials.
This really is the moment of truth for Andy Burnham. If he allows the water supply of 16 million people to be sold off to US hedge funds - how can we take him seriously about any of his promises?
NO DEAL to the Thames Water creditors. Special administration now.
we pay for @BBCNews to act as the state broadcaster of an entirely different county,
#GazaGenocide
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Read this and ask yourself whether these people are combatting antisemitism or promoting it.
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The Israeli authorities continue to restrict vital goods into Gaza which would ease the suffering of those living in the most desperate conditions - limiting the entry of ‘tents, tarpaulins, plastic sheeting, insulation materials, blankets, fuel, cooking gas, heating equipment, and construction materials needed to repair damaged shelters’ - @save_children
savethechildren.org.uk/news/…
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"Liberal Zionism, to which the Labour Party still clings, has helped to sustain illusions that the Zionist project can somehow be reformed and humanised, while singularly failing to actually do so"
✍️ Opinion by Tom Blackburn
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the #RussellBrand case is exposing the hypocrisy of the British media & political class,
Danny here on the other hand was desperate for Maccabi Tel Aviv ultras to be allowed to sing the rape song at the Villa park last year,
Russell Brand never had anything “beyond cliche and gibberish to offer”, says Daniel Finkelstein.
“The fact that he is now revealed as a dangerous predator should not obscure the other fact that his contributions to public debate were moronic, and he an obvious fraud.”
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Only a British journalist could be this astonished that the public considers a country that has bombed, invaded or attempted to overthrow governments in at least 70 countries since 1945 a threat to world peace.
Former US Chargé d'affaires to the UK Philip T. Reeker tells @MarkUrban01 a new survey finding 74 percent of people see the US as a serious threat to world peace is an "important moment" to reflect on the UK-US relationship.
trib.al/nzSSueb
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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This is winter in Gaza because Israel had blocked the entry of not just aid, but essentials for life.
Tents are not allowed in because the poles are considered dual use.
950k need new shelters. Hundreds of thousands are at high risk of flooding.
Palestinians in Gaza need life essentials to enter. This is collective punishment and a crime in intl law.
but whatever you do, don’t call the ethnonationalist political ideology that underpins this racism.
#GazaGenocide
