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Michael O'

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"Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country" - Pres. J F Kennedy -- It's so peaceful wading in the calmer waters of BlueSky💙 -- The beautiful 🎶"Isle of Inishfree"🎶 I mostly post News reports from around the globe...

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · May 19

Trump could stop the Gaza Genocide and Famine in a heartbeat if he so wished, his complicity in facilitating the Gaza' Genocide and Famine will be his Presidential legacy and the history books will confirm it - bsky.app/profile/thir...

Jeff @thirdwhaletrip.bsky.social · May 19

The whole of the international community ignoring this or worse - encouraging #Genocide - beggars belief. Will no one step up and stop this ethnic cleansing?!! 😬🥲

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 20m

Palestinians released from Israeli prisons is not "true liberation" aje.io/5dma18

Palestinians released from Israeli prisons is not “true liberation”

“So, we have to also question what does freedom mean under a brutal colonial Zionist regime.”

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 22m

AI Jazeera reporter reunited with his brother as he's freed by Israel aje.io/qwb0so

Al Jazeera reporter reunited with his brother as he’s freed by Israel

Al Jazeera reporter Ibrahim al-Khalili reunites with his detained brother for the first time in almost two years.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 24m

Trump declares peace, but sidesteps two-state solution for Palestinians aje.io/eofqox

Trump declares peace, but sidesteps two-state solution for Palestinians

Donald Trump says there is peace in the Middle East, after signing the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 25m

Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes in northern Gaza aje.io/8wp2vv

Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes in northern Gaza

Thousands of displaced Palestinians have been returning to northern Gaza following the ceasefire, only to find their hom

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 26m

Freed Palestinian detainees allege torture in Israeli jail aje.io/dhknje

Freed Palestinian detainees allege torture in Israeli jail

Freed Palestinians recall torture expressing shock and relief as they grapple with the hardships endured in Israeli jail

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 28m

Gaza journalist buried as brother is freed from Israeli prison aje.io/z887pm

Gaza journalist buried as brother is freed from Israeli prison

The brother of killed Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi was freed, only to be told of his brother’s death.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 29m

Trump's deal brought captives home. What's next for Gaza? aje.io/2jtulb

Trump’s deal brought captives home. What’s next for Gaza?

Will freeing Israeli captives and ‘forcibly disappeared’ Palestinians mark an end to Israel’s war on Gaza?

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 31m

Peace summit was a "Middle East wedding for Trump" aje.io/q6p54g

Peace summit was a “Middle East wedding for Trump”

“I think most leaders there were there for him [Trump] as much as or perhaps more than they were for the ceasefire plan.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 33m

'Show Israel the red card': Protesters urge boycott of Israel at World Cup aje.io/1c0cnx

‘Show Israel the red card’: Protesters urge boycott of Israel at World Cup

Israel’s World Cup qualifier versus Italy was played under heavy security and protests just days after a Gaza ceasefire.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 35m

Palestinians see a long road to normality as ceasefire unfolds in Gaza aje.io/a7pwlo

Palestinians see a long road to normalcy as ceasefire unfolds in Gaza

While Israeli bombardment has largely stopped, Palestinians in Gaza are careful to not feel overly optimistic.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 37m

Trump must be an honest broker in Gaza aje.io/9z2zp1

Trump must be an honest broker in Gaza

Political analyst Sarah Eltantawi says ceasefire in Gaza is a result of public pressure and Trump should recognise that.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 38m

Turkey dispatches ship with 900 tonnes of food for Gaza aje.io/pbhr5c

Turkiye dispatches ship with 900 tonnes of food for Gaza

Under the new ceasefire, the Turkish ship, the Akdeniz, is sailing to Egypt's El-Arish port with food supplies for Gaza.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 41m

Italian police break up pro-palestine protests during Italy versus Israel world cup qualifier aje.io/xnlaif

Police break up pro-Palestine protests during Italy-Israel qualifier

Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to break up pro-Palestinian protests at Israel’s World Cup qualifier against

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 46m

Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu of corruption charges aje.io/7o8xh5 The question has to be asked, "Just how much material does Netanyahu have on pedo Trump"?

Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu of corruption charges

US President Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 52m

Trump says Netanyahu asked for weapons 'I'd never heard of' aje.io/6klfz7

Trump says Netanyahu asked for weapons ‘I’d never heard of’

Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament that Benjamin Netanyahu had often asked him for weapons during the Gaza war.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 54m

Palestinians say no change in lives unless Israel allows unrestricted aid aje.io/zyn1zz

Palestinians say no change in lives unless Israel allows unrestricted aid

Only handful of aid convoys enter Gaza so far today, our team reports, after Hamas hands over four more captives bodies.

Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 57m

Kremlin says it welcomes Trump's desire to focus on search for peace in Ukraine after Gaza ceasefire - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Kremlin says it welcomes Trump's desire to focus on search for peace in Ukraine after Gaza ceasefire

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he'd be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 58m

UN says its humanitarian convoy hit by Russian drones in Ukraine - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

UN says its humanitarian convoy hit by Russian drones in Ukraine

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by Russian drones while delivering aid to a front-line area in southern Ukraine, The U.N.'s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine said on social media.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 58m

EU's Ukraine funding plan could further boost central bank gold buying, analysts say - www.reuters.com/business/fin...

EU's Ukraine funding plan could further boost central bank gold buying, analysts say

The European Commission's proposal to tap frozen Russian state assets for financial aid to Ukraine is rattling some central banks, which could further accelerate gold purchases for storage outside Western jurisdictions, analysts say.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 59m

Poland's Sikorski says Europe must prepare for 'deep' Russian strike - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Poland's Sikorski says Europe must prepare for 'deep' Russian strike

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski warned on Tuesday Europe must be prepared for Russia to strike deep into the region, calling it "irresponsible" not to build defences such as a "drone wall" on its eastern flank.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1h

Zelenskiy strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Zelenskiy strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy revoked the citizenship of Odesa mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov on Tuesday, which Ukraine's security service said was due to Trukhanov also being a Russian citizen.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1h

Work to restore link to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant begins this week, Russian official says - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Work to restore link to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant begins this week, Russian official says

A Russian official said on Tuesday that work would begin this week to restore external power links to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which has been running on emergency diesel generators for three weeks.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1h

Ukrainian PM discusses attacks on energy in US talks - www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...

Ukrainian PM discusses attacks on energy in US talks

Ukraine's prime minister said on Tuesday she was focusing on Russian attacks on her country's energy grid in talks in Washington ahead of a visit later this week by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1h

Network overload triggers blackouts in Kyiv, other Ukrainian regions - www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Network overload triggers blackouts in Kyiv, other Ukrainian regions

A network overload and the residual effects of previous Russian attacks triggered blackouts in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions late on Tuesday, officials said.

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 1h

Ukraine authorities order mass evacuations from around devastated Kupiansk - www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...

Ukraine authorities order mass evacuations from around devastated Kupiansk

Local authorities in Ukraine ordered the evacuation of families from dozens of villages on Tuesday near the all-but-destroyed northeastern city of Kupiansk, citing the "worsening security situation", in a region that has faced heavy Russian attacks.

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