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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 15h

‘The denial of essential services is inextricably linked to the denial of political rights. The Trump-Blair plan for Gaza, which continues to deny both, is colonialism by another name.’

Anne Irfan on British involvement in Palestine, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Anne Irfan | Balfour to Blair

By endorsing the Trump plan, Keir Starmer continues the long-standing British position of denying the Palestinian people...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates

Study shows clear link between Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children Almost 55,000 children in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study published in the Lancet, the respected international medical periodical, has revealed. The study, published on Wednesday, and led by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), offers a month-by-month breakdown through much of the two-year conflict, and shows for the first time a clear link between Israeli restrictions on supplies entering Gaza and levels of malnutrition among children. Continue reading...

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 16h

An analysis of dozens of 3D animations published by the Israeli army discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries and content creators as far afield as Scotland and Port Orchard.

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

@mekomit.bsky.social

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2d

A Dutch medical group has nominated Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the kidnapped Palestinian pediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Dutch Group Nominates Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya for the Nobel Peace Prize - Quds News Network

A Dutch medical group has nominated Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the kidnapped Palestinian pediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, @karambales.bsky.social can. And the explanation is deeply disturbing

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Bot Verification

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 12h

Speeches from mothers, doctors, nurses, journalists and children. The children recited Michael Rosen’s ‘Don’t mention the Children’

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 12h

Unbelievably the Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is entering its 3rd year.

UK still fully complicit, arming Israel whilst stifling & criminalising protest.

Tonight’s vigil in Glasgow with Scotland’s Mothers Against Genocide, Glasgow HCW for Palestine & reps from National Union of Journalists.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Let's spell it out then. The motivation is
1/ empathy for our fellow human beings
2/ to raise the political cost of the British government's complicity to the point where London is forced to withdraw its support, thereby increasing the international pressure on Israel to cease its genocidal acts.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 21h

It really doesn’t help that our Prime Minister & the Labour Govt insist upon conflating legitimate criticism of an Israeli Govt committing genocide with antisemitism. Very divisive.

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 22h

The Far Right and Health - An Evolving Political Crisis.

The Lancet

Racism and discrimination matter in medicine.

Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

You missed ‘Blair’ out from the ‘Trump Gaza Plan’! An oversight I’m sure.

Are you planning to discuss the content of this excellent article?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 7d

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...

'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

How about we tackle the problem at source (and also reduce revenue to Teva pharmaceuticles who fund and support an active genocide of Palestinians)?

#BoycottTeva

on.ft.com/4h1MAzM Teva puts further $468m aside for opioid settlements

Teva puts further $468m aside for opioid settlements

Israeli drugmaker reports widening quarterly loss but lifts outlook

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

#glasgow
#HCW4Palestine

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 1d

Follow the money. Always follow the money.

There is nothing good about long term use of temporary accommodation aimed at short stays for people in the process of resettlement and integration from day one, which is a core principle in Scotland, requires normal, community housing. Not-for-profit.

Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 2d

The reality of asylum hotels. Private companies are lining their pockets with huge profits while people seeking safety are forced to live in sub-standard conditions. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

When the Israeli- and US-backed GHF took over aid on May 27 outside the UN, over 2,600 Palestinians were killed and 19,000 injured by fire from Israeli soldiers and GHF security while collecting food.

🔗: aje.io/r00cl2

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Thread 🧵

Two years have passed since Israel launched its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Here’s the scale of devastation by the numbers ⤵️

🔗: aje.io/r00cl2

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful words from Scott Walker. It’s about the Neo-Stalinist regime, but I think it could apply to any autocratic regime.

Scott Walker The Old Man`s Back Again

YouTube video by Kassiber

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed.

Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 1d

Trip to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - 2x paintings by Ken Currie from his time spent at Ninewells Hospital, and one of the magnificent Ivor Cutler (didn’t catch the artist…)

Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 2d

Mental Health Crisis: Two Years of Living Through the Genocide

Published by:
Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

4/5 children show signs of severe
trauma: nightmares,
anxiety, withdrawal, and silence, in
addition to physical pain due to psychological trauma.

49% children wish for death.

Mental Health Crisis Report 2025-2.pdf

drive.google.com

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 2d

Who would have thought that revenge would result in the massacre and maiming of so many civilians and cities, towns, homes, schools and hospitals reduced to a concrete rubble.

It’s a kind of madness.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 2d

Thatcher sounding like Zack Polanski here

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Clare M @clamc.bsky.social · 2d

Certainly don’t want to be told it by an anaemic robot, complicit in genocide and receiving backhanders from lobby groups to come out with this stuff.

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Ben Horrigan @ben.s91.media · 2d

I don't think anybody in this country wants to be told what is and isn't British. It is un-British to call something un-British.

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