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Daughter of Holocaust survivor plans to be arrested in support of Palestine Action Carolyn Gelenter plans to be arrested when she joins over a thousand people supporting Palestine Action in Parliament Square on Saturday www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
new images show intensive bombardments and controlled explosions have levelled several neighbourhoods over the past 4 weeks Rows of tents, which have sprung up to shelter Palestinians displaced by the Israeli campaign, have also disappeared over the past month www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Quote from the Guardian: "Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency, but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given that he already owns other properties"
What Rayner did was stupid and wrong. This is calculated and far worse Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Reform leader’s use of television star-style arrangement is a practice criticised across the political spectrum www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Around 30 Israeli Settlers Wound at Least Three Palestinians in Raid on W Bank Village Red Crescent said three Palestinians, aged 84, 64, 13, taken to hospital for medical treatment. Locals said attackers hit an elderly couple in the head and pepper-sprayed a four-month-old toddler archive.ph/ImrA6
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio... US does not know the difference between terrorism and human rights and has imposedy sanctions on more Palestinian groups AL HAQ - LAW IN THE SERVICE OF MANKIND AL MEZAN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PALESTINIAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities,” Burroughs wrote. How long before she gets accused of being antisemitic and a "self-hating Jew"? 2/2
Jewish judge overturns Trump administration’s Harvard funding freeze, ruling antisemitism allegations were a ‘smokescreen’ “A review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen https://is.gd/dCPMgu 1/2
When the mother was released after 53 days she found the children begging on the streets. #RogueState 3/3
charge or trial include medical workers, teachers, civil servants, media workers, writers, sick and disabled people and children Among the most egregious cases are those of a 82-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s jailed for six weeks and of a single mother separated from her young children 2/3
Only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons. https://is.gd/5uW2zZ Those jailed for long periods without 1/3
Gaza’s Christians refuse to abandon churches before Israeli attack Two of Gaza City’s churches are in areas where Israel has ordered Palestinians to leave before a planned attack. aje.io/jm62mx
Hands off the #GlobalSumudFlotilla Israel ‘preparing harsh crackdown and ‘severe conditions’ for Gaza humanitarian flotilla volunteers Flotilla organisers appeal for concerted action to force UN and governments to intervene against criminal occupation skwawkbox.org/2025/09/04/v...
Pressure is mounting on politicians over Palestine and more dissent within the Jewish community. Let’s have a strong, united, loud JEWISH BLOC on this Saturday’s march and rally for Palestine! The Jewish Bloc will be assembling at 12noon just inside the south west corner of Russell Square WC1B 4JP
Retail giant Lush closes all UK stores in Gaza tax protest Lush has also closed down its factories and website for the day. Visitors are greeted with a page in the colours of the Palestinian flag which reads: “Stop starving Gaza. We are closed in solidarity” www.thenational.scot/news/2543703...
Avram Burg former Speaker of the Israeli Knesset turned peace activist despairs at the absence of God in Gaza. For if God could see what was being done there by those who who claim to serve him, he would speak to the perpetrators of murder and destruction like this is.gd/fs7jKz
and enable adequate supply of humanitarian aid They were compelled to take this extraordinary step after it became clear that the court was unwilling to exercise meaningful judicial review of the state’s actions, despite the declaration of famine 2/2
Another fig leaf of Israel's democracy falls away Gisha, with 3 other rights groups, filed a request with Israel’s High Court of Justiceto withdraw our petition demanding that the State end the starvation of Gaza residents https://mailchi.mp/gisha/further-deprivation-9196166 1/2
#PalestineAction: five arrested in England before protest against group’s ban @defendourjuries.bsky.social confirms event will go ahead as 1,000 people, including JVL officers and many members, pledge to take part in defiance of counter-terrorism laws www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
young Republicans is slipping. The president acknowledged that he was aware of this trend, and explained that Israel’s ironclad support in Congress is a thing of the past. 2/2
At first I thought this was a parody but it seems to be genuine Trump told the Daily Caller that the Israel lobby is losing influence over Congress Daily Caller sat down with Trump in the Oval Office. https://archive.ph/8B6DV A March Pew Research Center Poll that found support for Israel among 1/2
A fitting member of Team Trump Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says Michael Velchik praised the book shortly after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from the perspective of Hitler forward.com/fast-forward...
to the survival of the population; sexual and reproductive violence; and forced displacement of the population;... 4/4
constitute genocide, war crimes and crime against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza, including deliberate attacks against and killing of civilians including children; starvation; deprivation of humanitarian aid, water, fuel, and other items essential 3/4
Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity as defined in international humanitarian law and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; Calls upon the government of Israel to immediately cease all acts that 2/4
The International Association of Genocide Scholars: Declares that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948); https://is.gd/GvQ7JJ 1/4
in some cases after they were threatened over their work or smeared, leaves no doubt that they have been targeted. This is “the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented” 2/2
The civilian death toll in Gaza is staggering, and journalists are put at particular risk when they run to danger to report as others try to escape. But the killing of so many who have been clearly identified as members of the media, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 1/2
Travel safely, we salute your determination The Global Sumud Flotilla has left Barcelona, with the stated goal of “breaking Israel’s illegal siege of Gaza”. The boats started moving out of the port with crowds of activists, support staff, and well-wishers there to see them off aje.io/fgr6xc
Send him to the Hague Smotrich demanded harsher measures against Palestinians who remain “In my opinion, you can besiege them. Whoever doesn’t evacuate, don’t let them. No water, no electricity; let them die of hunger or surrender This is what we want, and you’re capable (of doing it)” is.gd/Att1IK
Send him to the Hague Smotrich demanded harsher measures against Palestinians who remain “In my opinion, you can besiege them. Whoever doesn’t evacuate, don’t let them. No water, no electricity; let them die of hunger or surrender This is what we want, and you’re capable (of doing it)” is.gd/Att1IK
Has Netanyahu sabotaged his own campaign against Karim Khan? Israeli PM's allegations have never been mentioned before Clear evidence of malicious meddling in the allegations against Khan by those who object to Netanyahu being held to account for his actions www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanya...
Shocking and powerful, written with real and justified anger www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At about noon, two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza in Stockley Road, west London, and a group of men in masks attempted to enter the building through the rear entrance and damaged security fences, the Metropolitan police said. 2/2
Memo to Yvette Cooper, this is what terrorism looks like Five people have been arrested at a protest in London where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/2
Forget symbolic statehood — the world must recognize Israeli apartheid The push to recognize a Palestinian state creates the illusion of action, but delays the real remedies: sanctioning and isolating Israel's apartheid regime www.972mag.com/palestinian-... @972mag.com
New analysis suggests Nasser Hospital was struck four times in total. Two staircases were hit almost simultaneously in the first wave, and the later attack was in fact two separate strikes hitting the same place within a fraction of a second www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #DoubleTap #WarCrime
DSEI sees Israel (a bit) banned from UK's biggest arms fair The weapons, road tested on Palestinians, will still be there but the salespeople will be collaborators not Israelis www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
Aldgamin says the structure is a septic tank, dug with the permission of the Samu'a local government. Such pits can be found in many homes in the area @haaretzcom.bsky.social 3/3
He was still held for four days IDF admitted to the High Court that Aldgamin was arrested "without the request of any investigative body." On Thursday, the military said he was arrested because forces found an "unidentified underground structure" beneath his home. 2/3
Just another unjustified arrest - unusually he was released Palestinian Married to Israeli Arrested, Held at Notorious Prison Despite Not Being Suspected of Crime IDF found nothing in the West Bank home of Ashraf Aldgamin and his pregnant Jewish Israeli wife https://archive.ph/bQ9Qw 1/3
Jewish Bloc assembly point will be announced soon
If This doesn't scare you nothing will Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tell @YvetteCooperMP to stop Nazis coming to this Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. Nazis from across Europe are planning to come. It is organised by Rob Claymore and Blood and Honour veteran Robert Bray secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/176528/...
Labour must not award Elbit a £2 billion military deal Why are Israel’s largest arms firm and a company mired in a corruption scandal even being considered for training British troops? www.declassifieduk.org/labour-must-...
Project Esther is the US far right campaign endorsed by Trump to silence Pro-Palestinian campaigns and particularly focus on anti-Zionist Jews Don't believe it can't happen here www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/whats-projec...
and calls to evacuate Gaza City Hundreds of Gazans have taken shelter in the compounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius and the Latin Church of the Holy Family since the outbreak of the war, with many of them recently becoming "weakened and malnourished," @haaretzcom 2/2
Sick and Elderly Shelter in Gaza City Churches With Nowhere to Go Amid Looming IDF Siege Israel's Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchates said that clergy and nuns would continue caring for the 600 displaced Palestinians sheltering at their churches, despite IDF bombings https://archive.ph/Qn5Op 1/2
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The questions about St George's and union jack flags lining English streets The answer is a nation turning in on itself and comforting itself with outdated myths about greatness This has never turned out well anywhere on the planet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Grifters will grift. As Trump, so Farage £280,000 payment to Farage for grift work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests observer.co.uk/news/politic...
ruling but by the accumulation of all available evidence coming out of Gaza. Aid agencies large and small 2/2
At last, a mainstream British journalist directly accuses Israel of lying Inevitably, Israel has called foul, accusing the IPC of being manipulated by Hamas and claiming that it is providing sufficient food to Gaza. https://is.gd/PYLj8y That lie, however, is challenged not just by the IPC’s 1/2
Netanyahu is facing more serious problems with his ethnic cleansing of Gaza than the hand waving opposition of western leaders According to reliable reports from inside Israel only 8% of the reservists they have called up have reported for (murderous) duty
One in five British adults would consider voting for a new left-wing party founded by Corbyn and Sultana. The party's appeal is strongest among young people, with 33% of 16-34s considering it, alongside a third of 2024 Labour voters and 43% of 2024 Green Party voters www.ipsos.com/en-uk/one-fi...
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians Classified intelligence from May reveals Israel believed it had killed some 8,900 militants in its attacks on Gaza, indicating, proportion of civilian slaughter with few parallels in modern warfare www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Israel’s use of incendiaries – an unequivocal war crime – expands The Israeli military has begun using ‘fire belts’ – long areas of fire started by incendiary weapons across an area –in its expanded invasion of Gaza Use of incendiaries is explicitly outlawed under the Geneva conventions is.gd/q5bLNI
Sign/share Demand Google Show the Truth: Update Gaza Imagery on Google Earth and Maps www.change.org/p/demand-goo...
Met police’s facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdog Jenrick, Badenoch, Farage will claim it's another example of Euro Human Rights Law interfering with the British way Really it's a fine example of the need for ECHR to stop the govt trampling over us https://is.gd/cZg4CE
80+ Orthodox Rabbis Urge Israel to Address Gaza Humanitarian Situation, Condemn Settler Violence Led by ex-president of US Religious Zionists petition signed by Orthodox rabbis of diverse politics 'Unfortunately in Israel, few Religious Zionist rabbis are willing to criticize' archive.ph/I3tV8
Pleased to be able to report the that JVL website is back up and running. Sorry for the disruption www.jvl.org.uk
As Israel seeks to expand its offensive in Gaza, a measure of how the country's mood has changed in the nearly two-year-old conflict is the discontent evident among some reservists being called up to serve once again. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The jvl website is out of action because of a serious technical glitch. We are working on it and hope to be back up and running before the end of the day.
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Even those who have stayed in Labour and not been expelled or quit in disgust think @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social is wrong. Seven in ten Labour members believe #PalestineAction ban is wrong - LabourList labourlist.org/2025/08/pale...
Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them @nesrinemalik.bsky.social Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gaza aid dropped into Israeli-designated danger zone After reports of mass starvation in Gaza, Israel allowed some aid to be delivered by air But on 10 occasions aid was dropped into areas Israeli military warned people not to enter, as it would put their lives at risk www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Author Sally Rooney says she will continue to support Palestine Action, despite the group being proscribed She said she intends to use the earnings of her work and her public platform to "go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide". 👏👏👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ex-Israeli military intelligence chief Maj Gen (res) Haliva said the high number killed in Gaza is "necessary for future generations" "50 Palestinians should die" for every victim of Hamas' attack on Oct 7, "they need a Nakba every now and then to feel the consequences," archive.ph/eqhqv
‘You don’t see many locals at anti-migrant protests’: Kent residents work for community cohesion People have formed networks of practical support in response to the growing numbers of migrants seeking help www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I’m proud to have made this stand’: over-60s arrested at #PalestineAction ban protest explain their decision From a retired colonel to a Catholic priest, half of the 532 arrested in Parliament Square were 60 or older. Many believe they had responsibility to defend right to free speech is.gd/vzNaCR
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2 Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
End of Ukraine war 'closer than ever' thanks to Trump, says Starmer Whatever your view on the Ukraine war, Starmer’s todying to Trump should disgust you. www.bbc.com/news/article...
They are consciously avoiding hard thinking about finding a just and equitable way forward and putting their efforts into prolonging illegal settlement and apartheid. 2/2
Israel's Smotrich launches settlement plan to 'bury' idea of Palestinian state Smotrich says what many have known for years there is no "two-state solution" Those like Starmer who keep saying their policy is to work towards it are either deceitful or wilfully ignorant https://is.gd/mhR3p1 1/2
The hypocrisy is stunning. There was never an apology to Corbyn or his supporters Jewish and non-Jewish when they were accused of antisemitism on the same slot @BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Beware of the anger of those who have seen it all before and have no wish to see it all again #ProscribeYvetteCooper
Lauder, like always, protects Netanyahu by asking him "gto clarify that these views are not shared by him or his administration.” but doesn't demand he sack Smotrich and Ben Gvir www.jewishnews.co.uk/world-jewish...
Between those territories, an Israeli occupation would deny approximately 5 million people their full rights. And it would keep Israel perpetually engaged in the violent suppression of resistance 2/2
American Jews who think of themselves as pro-Israel would no longer be defending a democratic, Jewish-majority state. Instead, they would have to justify active support for a country engaged in an endless occupation of both Gaza and the West Bank. forward.com/opinion/7621... 1/2
Peter Hain says UK government ‘digging itself into hole’ over #PalestineAction Peer opposed banning group and says fellow UK Labour peers and MPs are regretting proscription www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Abuse of suspected migrants not an ‘innocent mistake’, says UK equality campaigner Shabna Begum of Runnymede Trust says toxic rhetoric could lead to more vigilantism and violence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Journalists are welcome on a jolly to the West Bank where they will see only what Israeli Government wants them to see (guess it won't include settlers shooting Palestinians and destroying homes and crops Journalists are not so welcome in Gaza (except in body bags) www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Stop assisting #genocide in #Gaza #StopArmingIsrael
This reads like the assault on a citizen challenging authority you might expect to see in China or Russia or India but it happened in Wales Palestine Activists Convicted of Harassment After Questioning MP novaramedia.com/2025/06/12/p...
is part of a wider agenda, to accelerate the spread of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories 3/3
Since October 2023, Israel's pressure on West Bank Palestinians has increased sharply, justified as legitimate security measures Evidence based on statements by ministers, influential local leaders like Simcha and accounts by witnesses on the ground reveal that the pressure 2/3
Cooper and Starmer are far more concerned with paint on a couple of planes than evidence of criminal ethnic cleansing in the West Bank The scale of destruction and killing in the Gaza war obscures what is happening in the West Bank, which smoulders with tension and violence https://is.gd/DIRkjo 1/3
Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famine Head of the Institut du Monde Arabe said: “Nothing is worse than abandonment and forgetting.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Agnes Kory addressing the massive End the Genocide demonstration on Saturday x.com/GozukaraFurk...
Defend our Juries said: “We’re hearing from 100s of people wanting to take part in the next one. People are seeing an arrest for terrorism as a badge of honour for resistance to genocide.” Proscribing #PalestineAction is widely regarded as a serious attack on free speech and the right to protest 2/2
This Guardian Video highlights the futility of the police action in Parliament Square “Quelling Palestine protest was an ‘unrealistic’ task, says Met Police www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/arre... 1/2
Regularly when an interviewee talks of the slaughter and suffering of Gazans they are asked 'what about the hostages'. When did you last hear an interviewee deploring the condition of the hostages asked about the killing of Gazans?
Investigation analysing visual evidence, bullets, medical data and patterns of injuries from two hospitals and interviews with medical organisations and surgeons across approx 50 days of food distribution, appears to show sustained Israeli pattern of firing on Palestinians seeking food is.gd/A56CDR
Compare and contrast: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yesterday's South London Big Ride 4 Palestine in good voice x.com/obbsie/statu...
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’ Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to Palestine Football Association www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A wonderful summary of a great event raising cash for Gaza charities and raising awareness of the crimes of Israel
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era With Donald Trump’s return to power, a neo-Nazi group buoyed by his rhetoric is expanding its reach and changing the face of white extremism in America. Its leaders: a Texas couple, both born to Ku Klux Klan leaders is.gd/aEdKTw
Judge Revital Baum demanded that the appellants explain why their protest signs were written in Arabic. The signs contained no messages beyond what is commonly seen at protests, such as "Gaza is dying of hunger" and "Stop the starvation and genocide in Gaza." archive.ph/AO0bf #Apartheid