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These are war crimes committed in our name.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"More than 200 leading cultural figures have come together to call for the release of Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as capable of uniting factions and bringing the best hope to the stalled mission of creating a Palestinian state."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More than 200 leading cultural figures call for release of jailed Palestinian leader
Group including Margaret Atwood, Ian McKellen and Richard Branson sign open letter to free Marwan Barghouti
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Clinton delivered her remarks in a New York City summit put on by the far right Israeli publication Israel Hayom, whose publisher is Donald Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson. Other speakers included figures like Trump’s ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz."
truthout.org/articles/cli...?
Hillary Clinton Says Young People Oppose Gaza Genocide Because of “Totally Made Up” Videos
The former secretary of state spoke at a conference organized by a far right Israeli paper run by a Trump megadonor.
truthout.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Italy and Canada have raised concerns about their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Three Italians and a Canadian were attacked... they had volunteered to protect the Palestinian population from settler violence."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Mondoweiss connects the systems of violence that shape all our lives and tells Palestinian stories. Giving Tuesday is today. If you've ever been moved by our reporting, please consider chipping in → mondoweiss.net/donate?sourc...
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
"Local opinion: Science is under siege, and it must be safeguarded" | Great review of #ScienceUnderSiege by Franz Camenzind for Arizona Daily Star (@tucson.com): tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Science is under siege, and it must be safeguarded
We must place the science deniers, the liars, and their accomplices all under a peaceful, yet relentless siege. If not, America will lose its position as the world’s science leader.
tucson.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social
Robert McNamara also evoked the “fog of war” to explain how he helped lead the USA into the war in Viet Nam. The journalist Nick Turse cut through that fog when he described American military policy as being “kill everything that moves,” signaled from the top. The fog only results from the clarity.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.

She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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aljazeera.com
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“While Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Gaza war began, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday, while a hospital reported Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the territory’s south."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000, says health ministry
Two Palestinian children reportedly killed on Saturday as Israel continues its strikes after latest ceasefire
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"A cluster of tents had sprung up on the University of Houston’s central lawn. What the students didn’t know at the time was that the University of Houston had contracted with Dataminr, an AI company, to gather intelligence on the student-led movement for Palestine."
theintercept.com/2025/11/24/g...
How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.
theintercept.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"We were stripped completely. Soldiers brought dogs that climbed on us and urinated on me,” he said. “Then one of the dogs raped me – the dog… inserted its penis into my anus, while the soldiers kept beating and torturing us”
novaramedia.com/2025/11/25/i...
Israeli Prison Guards Are Using Dogs to Rape Palestinians, Former Detainees Say | Novara Media
As evidence mounts of Israel’s widespread sexual violence, human rights groups have published testimony detailing a particularly disturbing form of torture. Joshua Carroll reports.
novaramedia.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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aljazeera.com
Last April, police used a heavy hand to stop the Palestine Congress, pulling the plug soon after the forum started.
Pro-Palestine conference leaders sue Berlin officials who shut down event
Last April, police used a heavy hand to stop the Palestine Congress, pulling the plug soon after the forum started.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“In a case determining whether 2,350 peaceful protesters will be criminalised as terrorists for holding signs [saying ‘I support Palestine Action’] the public deserves transparency, not backroom manoeuvres to cherrypick judges, threatening judicial independence.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Crowe believes there is a double standard of scrutiny within the NHS – where those advocating for Palestinian rights are met with harsh sanctions, while those posting pro-Israel, anti-Arab or Islamophobic messages on social media are able to continue as normal."
novaramedia.com/2025/11/11/n...
NHS Doctors Face Crisis of ‘Institutional Discrimination’ for Speaking Out on Gaza | Novara Media
Exclusive: Doctors tell Novara Media that harsh sanctions for social media posts and pressure from pro-Israel groups is making their professional lives untenable and robbing the NHS of talent. Harriet...
novaramedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Around 2,000 tonnes of food assistance should be entering on a daily basis,” said the spokesperson. “If we’re looking at the amount that is entering through the UN-coordinated mechanism, it is around 60% of that target.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Farage used to say ‘Hitler was right’ and ‘gas em’... But he also used to sing this song... ‘Gas em all, gas em all, into the chambers they crawl. We’ll gas all the Paks, and we’ll gas all the Yids, and we’ll gas all the coons and all their fucking kids.’”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school
A former friend and others who were at Dulwich college with the now Reform UK leader speak of his behaviour
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"More than 68,000 people were killed, a third of them children and women... Israeli officials openly stated the goal: to destroy Gaza and make it uninhabitable. By textbook definition, this is genocide: the deliberate targeting of people"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move on
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Gazans will be forced to choose between dubious ​“voluntary” mass relocation or ​“temporary housing,” while and billionaires get their branded tech playground built on ashes and bones. This is what genocide looks like when Silicon Valley writes the brochure"
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...?
This Is What Genocide Looks Like When Silicon Valley Writes the Brochure
Corporate, tech oligarchs are providing the infrastructure for and profiting off genocide in Gaza. But accountability is closer than you think.
inthesetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"For decades, Saudi Arabia has fought harder than any other country to block and delay international climate action – a diplomatic “wrecking ball” saying that abandoning fossil fuels is a fantasy. Its opposition has continued in the run-up to the UN Cop30"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...?
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Woodcock, who is part Algerian, often refers to that country’s experience of ending French rule...
“If Israel has a right to exist, then French Algeria had a right to exist and the British Raj had a right to exist,” Woodcock told the Guardian in an interview."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...?
Tenured professor sues University of Kentucky for banning him from law school over comments on Israel
Exclusive: Ramsi Woodcock, who calls for an ‘end’ to Israel and military intervention against it, says the university violated his first amendment rights
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"Al-Haq, a leading Palestinian human rights organization, is not new to adversity. But since the group was sanctioned by the Trump administration... staff work without pay because their banks closed their accounts"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...?
This Palestinian human rights group was sanctioned by Trump. Its chief wishes US allies would take a stand
Shawan Jabarin says US colleagues and funders have distanced themselves from West Bank-based Al-Haq over the sanctions
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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plymouth-socialist.bsky.social
Antony Jones, on Zack Polanski’s fantastic interview in CNN, Zack Polanski talks about leftist populism, a hopeful and positive alternative to Right-Wing rhetoric, he also calls Trump out on his spreading misinformation or fake news.
youtu.be/eExrqh32_w0?...
Zack Polanski SLAMS Trump On US TV Live!
YouTube video by Antony Jones
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November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM