thistlyrose
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“We were besieged inside our homes. The [Israeli] army prevented anyone from outside the hamlet from dealing with us, selling to us, or buying from us. Our livelihood and our food were under siege.”
This is how Israeli settlers, backed by the military, erased a Palestinian village from existence last week
The last family in the Palestinian village of Yanoun left their home last week, joining a growing list of communities that have been erased from existence through the establishment of Israeli “shepher...
mondoweiss.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“We were besieged inside our homes. The [Israeli] army prevented anyone from outside the hamlet from dealing with us, selling to us, or buying from us. Our livelihood and our food were under siege.”
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‘Land of the free?’: Outrage after US protester arrested on live TV - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/land-of-free-outrage-after-us-protester-arrested-live-tv
‘Land of the free?’: Outrage after US protester arrested on live TV
Video of activist Jessica Plichta’s arrest at a pro-Venezuela protest in Michigan went viral, fuelling criticism over free speech rights
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
‘Land of the free?’: Outrage after US protester arrested on live TV - https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/land-of-free-outrage-after-us-protester-arrested-live-tv
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Israel’s genocide against Palestinians has not stopped.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
Gaza genocide: By halting aid, Israel escalates its war on survival
New regulations mandate political conformity from groups trying to deliver humanitarian assistance to besieged Palestinians
www.middleeasteye.net
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Israel’s genocide against Palestinians has not stopped.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
It has banned 37 international aid groups from operating in Gaza after destroying nearly all of its infrastructure. It is making survival nearly impossible for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor and filmmaker for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
www.972mag.com/mohammad-bak...
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor and filmmaker for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
www.972mag.com/mohammad-bak...
Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
www.972mag.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Until his final day, Mohammad Bakri would not be crushed
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor and filmmaker for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
www.972mag.com/mohammad-bak...
Israel’s courts, military, and mainstream media united to punish the Palestinian actor and filmmaker for giving voice to his people. But he remained unbroken to the end.
www.972mag.com/mohammad-bak...
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The ICJ ruled apartheid Israel’s occupation of Palestine illegal in 2024, it also ruled that states have an obligation to end it. Our government won't even pass the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The ICJ ruled apartheid Israel’s occupation of Palestine illegal in 2024, it also ruled that states have an obligation to end it. Our government won't even pass the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale publicly endorsed a post calling for the extermination of “commies,” responding “Exactly” & asking, “What did you think founding Palantir was supposed to be about?” on X.
The comment was posted in response to a tweet that stated leftists “should be blown up along...
The comment was posted in response to a tweet that stated leftists “should be blown up along...
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale publicly endorsed a post calling for the extermination of “commies,” responding “Exactly” & asking, “What did you think founding Palantir was supposed to be about?” on X.
The comment was posted in response to a tweet that stated leftists “should be blown up along...
The comment was posted in response to a tweet that stated leftists “should be blown up along...
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Gaza has gas.
Sudan has gold.
Ukraine has titanium.
Congo has cobalt.
Venezuela has oil.
We live in a society not an economy.
Stop the wars.
Sudan has gold.
Ukraine has titanium.
Congo has cobalt.
Venezuela has oil.
We live in a society not an economy.
Stop the wars.
January 3, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Gaza has gas.
Sudan has gold.
Ukraine has titanium.
Congo has cobalt.
Venezuela has oil.
We live in a society not an economy.
Stop the wars.
Sudan has gold.
Ukraine has titanium.
Congo has cobalt.
Venezuela has oil.
We live in a society not an economy.
Stop the wars.
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The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
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Just empire doing empire things
January 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Just empire doing empire things
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Israel has blocked 4000 pallets of shelter materials since the ceasefire, allowing only a trickle of tents and tarpaulins, which helped only 88,000 of the 1.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who desperately need cover from a brutal winter storm.
Video: Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده via X (@RamAbdu)
Video: Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده via X (@RamAbdu)
December 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Israel has blocked 4000 pallets of shelter materials since the ceasefire, allowing only a trickle of tents and tarpaulins, which helped only 88,000 of the 1.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who desperately need cover from a brutal winter storm.
Video: Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده via X (@RamAbdu)
Video: Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده via X (@RamAbdu)
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Iceland joins the boycott
Iceland joins a growing list of countries boycotting Eurovision over Israel's participation
This decision follows similar moves by Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia. These countries have withdrawn after organizers refused to expel Israel over its actions in Gaza.
www.pbs.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Iceland joins the boycott
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Musicians and music lovers! Join @bdsmovement.bsky.social and @pacbi.bsky.social in their new campaign to pressure Live Nation Entertainment to drop its subsidiary Live Nation Israel, which openly supports the genocidal Israeli military and artwashes apartheid.
bdsmovement.net/pressure-liv...
bdsmovement.net/pressure-liv...
Live Nation: Artwashing Israel’s Live-Streamed Genocide
PACBI calls for pressure on Live Nation Entertainment, including strategic, targeted boycotts, until it takes meaningful steps to account for its deep complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza—e...
bdsmovement.net
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Musicians and music lovers! Join @bdsmovement.bsky.social and @pacbi.bsky.social in their new campaign to pressure Live Nation Entertainment to drop its subsidiary Live Nation Israel, which openly supports the genocidal Israeli military and artwashes apartheid.
bdsmovement.net/pressure-liv...
bdsmovement.net/pressure-liv...
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Yesterday, I visited my constituent, Amu Gib, who has been detained in HMP Bronzefield without trial since July.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yesterday, I visited my constituent, Amu Gib, who has been detained in HMP Bronzefield without trial since July.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
Amu is now on Day 39 of their hunger strike, yet there is complete silence across our mainstream media.
This is an emergency. They must be granted bail, now.
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Israel debates a death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners, but as Abdel Nasser Ferwana shows, executions have been routine for decades. The bill would simply formalize what already exists: an old policy of killing prisoners outside any legal framework
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Israel debates a death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners, but as Abdel Nasser Ferwana shows, executions have been routine for decades. The bill would simply formalize what already exists: an old policy of killing prisoners outside any legal framework
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
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Israel has issued an expropriation order to seize the archaeological site of Sebastia, completing years of “biblical” settlement schemes.
As Dania Shti shows, this takeover is part of an effort to weaponize archaeology to erase Palestinian heritage.
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As Dania Shti shows, this takeover is part of an effort to weaponize archaeology to erase Palestinian heritage.
t.co/b2YNY7QmPO
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Israel has issued an expropriation order to seize the archaeological site of Sebastia, completing years of “biblical” settlement schemes.
As Dania Shti shows, this takeover is part of an effort to weaponize archaeology to erase Palestinian heritage.
t.co/b2YNY7QmPO
As Dania Shti shows, this takeover is part of an effort to weaponize archaeology to erase Palestinian heritage.
t.co/b2YNY7QmPO
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‘Aboud is a West Bank village that has been sealed off in all four directions by Israeli settlements, gates, and outposts, turning daily life into a struggle for movement, land, and survival. As Uday al-Barghouthi writes, this is displacement by design.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘Aboud is a West Bank village that has been sealed off in all four directions by Israeli settlements, gates, and outposts, turning daily life into a struggle for movement, land, and survival. As Uday al-Barghouthi writes, this is displacement by design.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...
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Three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in north Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-palestinians-killed-israeli-gunfire-north-gaza
Three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in north Gaza
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<p>The death toll in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 10 October has thus risen to 383 people.</p>
<p>Jabalia is one of several residential neighbourhoods in Gaza that fall under the "Green Zone" – where the Israeli army is still stationed – and are facing systematic demolition, in violation of the ceasefire.</p>
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December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Three Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in north Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/two-palestinians-killed-israeli-gunfire-north-gaza
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Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
Young Palestinian dies in Israeli custody, dozens taken in West Bank raids
Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Death of 21-year-old raises alarm as rights groups document systematic torture in detention facilities.
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Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, says satellite images revealed "at least 140 large piles of bodies" in Sudan's El Fasher after the city was seized by RSF fighters in October. "They've been burning and burying bodies for the better part of five weeks."
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, says satellite images revealed "at least 140 large piles of bodies" in Sudan's El Fasher after the city was seized by RSF fighters in October. "They've been burning and burying bodies for the better part of five weeks."
The media keeps saying "the ceasefire" when there is no ceasefire. Even non-American media use this dishonest 1984 doublespeak. Why?
Stop gaslighting us.
Stop gaslighting us.
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The media keeps saying "the ceasefire" when there is no ceasefire. Even non-American media use this dishonest 1984 doublespeak. Why?
Stop gaslighting us.
Stop gaslighting us.
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See also Wildcat captive breeding in 2nd year of releases
Also a concerted effort with Capercaillie (at last) so I’m feeling optimistic
Deer number reduction is slowly gaining traction but it’s taking ages despite the success at Glen Feshie & Mar Lodge 🤷♀️
www.savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving...
Also a concerted effort with Capercaillie (at last) so I’m feeling optimistic
Deer number reduction is slowly gaining traction but it’s taking ages despite the success at Glen Feshie & Mar Lodge 🤷♀️
www.savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving...
About Saving Wildcats | Scottish wildcat conservation and recovery
Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLife) is a European partnership project bringing together the expertise and skills of national and international organisations to prevent the extinction of Scotland's wildcats ...
www.savingwildcats.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
See also Wildcat captive breeding in 2nd year of releases
Also a concerted effort with Capercaillie (at last) so I’m feeling optimistic
Deer number reduction is slowly gaining traction but it’s taking ages despite the success at Glen Feshie & Mar Lodge 🤷♀️
www.savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving...
Also a concerted effort with Capercaillie (at last) so I’m feeling optimistic
Deer number reduction is slowly gaining traction but it’s taking ages despite the success at Glen Feshie & Mar Lodge 🤷♀️
www.savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving...
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One State, brought to you by the IDF
❝ The IDF is promoting one state stretching from the river to the sea. The military has stopped concealing what it's been fostering for years: one regime, one sovereign, a civil government for Jews and a military one for Palestinians ❞
Hanin Majadli
❝ The IDF is promoting one state stretching from the river to the sea. The military has stopped concealing what it's been fostering for years: one regime, one sovereign, a civil government for Jews and a military one for Palestinians ❞
Hanin Majadli
archive.md
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
One State, brought to you by the IDF
❝ The IDF is promoting one state stretching from the river to the sea. The military has stopped concealing what it's been fostering for years: one regime, one sovereign, a civil government for Jews and a military one for Palestinians ❞
Hanin Majadli
❝ The IDF is promoting one state stretching from the river to the sea. The military has stopped concealing what it's been fostering for years: one regime, one sovereign, a civil government for Jews and a military one for Palestinians ❞
Hanin Majadli
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Since my brothers were released, they always ask us to pray for the thousands of prisoners still suffering in Israeli detention. #eiGazaDispatches
Two brothers tell tales from detention
My brothers were detained from a checkpoint and subjected to months of torture and ill-treatment without ever being classified as prisoners.
electronicintifada.net
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Since my brothers were released, they always ask us to pray for the thousands of prisoners still suffering in Israeli detention. #eiGazaDispatches
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The National Newspaper :
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
► archive.md/Avgz4
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
► archive.md/Avgz4
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The National Newspaper :
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
► archive.md/Avgz4
A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations
► archive.md/Avgz4