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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 11h

Drone footage over Gaza City reveals a wasteland: 83% of buildings damaged or destroyed, 61 million tons of rubble, and nearly all vegetation wiped out.

After two years of war and 67,000 killed, this is what remains. buff.ly/EG0vadr

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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 4h

🚨 The UK Government is set to cave on drug prices - effectively signing a giant cheque to Big Pharma.

Today, alongside @38degrees.bsky.social, we handed in 250,000 signatures to the Department of Health, telling ministers: don’t accept this dangerous deal.

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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 2h

FACT: Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya—a pediatrician abducted by Israeli forces during a hospital raid—is still detained without charge.

In Israel, healing children in Gaza apparently makes you a national security threat.

As Prisoners and Hostages Released, Advocates Decry Continued Detention of Palestinian Doctor Abu Safiya | Common Dreams

Advocates demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, held captive by Israel for a year. As families celebrate prisoner exchange, will justice prevail for Palestinian hostages like him? Demand for…

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 1h

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/rezg

Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 1d

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This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

Some 70 people are reported killed, injured, or missing beneath the rubble after Israeli airstrikes struck Gaza’s Al Sabra neighborhood. Families that had gathered in celebration were bombed, leading to casualties among many women and children.

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 1d

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Israel Killed Our Storytellers, But It Can’t Kill Our Stories

In a new book, co-edited by Zeteo contributor Fatima Bhutto, writer and translator Huda Fakhreddine pens a powerful essay about the Palestinian truth tellers Israel systematically targets and kills.

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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 3d

The #NobelPeacePrize has honored warmakers like Obama & Kissinger, and rewarded causes—education, climate, economic reform—with no link to demilitarization. It's now a prize for anything but peace. This year’s pick? A fan of sanctions & foreign intervention in Venezuela. buff.ly/Q7MD7gw

Nobel Committee Tried Its Best to Give Trump a Peace Prize - World BEYOND War

The Nobel Peace Prize has taken the side of war on Venezuela. #WorldBEYONDWar

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

📌NEW: Renowned Jenin journalist Ali al-Samoudi (58) has been held under Israeli administrative detention since his arrest on Apr. 29, 2025. His 6-month order was renewed recently, despite life-threatening health conditions. Al-Samoudi, who was shot in the back during the 2022 killing of Shireen...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

🔴 NEW: Israel Expands Campaign Against Reconstruction in South Lebanon

At 4 AM, Israeli jets launched ten strikes on six excavation yards along the Al-Msayleh road, sparking fires so large they cut off the route. Fire crews rushed in as one civilian was killed and another injured while passing...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

CNN reports Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. The eminent pediatrician was detained in Dec. during Israel’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, after he refused to abandon patients under siege.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 2d

Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

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‘Ruthless terror’ – When Labour aided genocide in Indonesia

Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 2d

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20! action.eko.org/a/president-...

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20!

Right now, the world stands at a crossroads: billionaires are hoarding obscene wealth while millions struggle just to survive.But for the first time ever, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 4d

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Labour to hike Scottish drug prices to 'appease' Donald Trump

LABOUR’S plans to "appease" Donald Trump will hike Scottish drug prices, The National can reveal.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 4d

Al Jazeera reports that Israeli warplanes struck Gaza City at the same time Trump announced a ceasefire deal. Palestinians had been celebrating the truce, but raids continued. No casualties have yet been confirmed.

Israel has also been blowing up about 300 homes a day using explosive-laden APCs.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 4d

During the last ceasefire, the Royal Air Force continued to send spy planes over Gaza to collect intelligence for Israel.

The evidence suggests Britain exploited the ceasefire to spy on Hamas and help Israel prepare for a return to war👇
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Why is Britain still sending spy flights towards Gaza?

Two RAF surveillance planes have flown over the eastern Mediterranean during the ceasefire, as campaigners demand inquiry into UK intelligence sharing with Israel.

www.declassifieduk.org

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 4d

The Haunted House of Late Britain
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The Haunted House of Late Britain

Late Britain is like one giant haunted house, with ghosts everywhere.

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 6d

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Login • Instagram

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

“They’re not coming in by sea anymore, so now we’ll have to start looking about the land— because they’ll be forced to go by land.”

– On Sunday, Trump told the U.S. Navy he struck another vessel off Venezuela, praising attacks on “cartel terrorists” and hinting at ground operations to come...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

➤ The Pentagon admits at least four such strikes in recent weeks have killed more than 20 people. No cartel ties have been verified, and the U.S. has provided no evidence.

➤ Legal experts warn the killings are a clear breach of due process.

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 6d

This is big: Spain's state broadcasters have said they'll boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition now:

suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 6d

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Scottish council to assess investments linked to Israeli government

FINANCE officials are to look into Shetland Islands Council’s financial holdings in companies linked to the Israeli government and explore how the…

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 7d

An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during its genocide in Gaza, Declassified can reveal.

Teva supplies around 14% of the prescribed medicine packs in Britain, and supports the IDF👇
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The Israeli firm aiding the NHS and IDF

Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide.

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suewa.bsky.social @suewa.bsky.social · 7d

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Andrew Tickell: Scotland’s schools still force children to pray. That needs to change

MY wee sister will never forgive me. In the early 2000s, you apparently couldn’t have a school assembly without involving God, prayers and Bible…

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