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Last Notes npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Anyone in Germany who publicly denies Israel’s right to exist or calls for its abolition could face up to five years in prison under a new draft law. The proposal would probably violate Germany’s constitution. The Bundestag research service said the law could create a "special right against a specific opinion & conflict with freedom of expression under Article 5 of the Basic Law". https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-moves-criminalise-denial-israels-existence-while-refusing-recognise-palestine #USPol #EUPol #Germany #fakeAntisemitism #gazaGenocide #news #racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: British Medical Association drops IHRA definition of antisemitism over healthcare workers being punished for expressing their views. NHS England formally adopted the IHRA definition in October 2025. The IHRA definition "risks conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, potentially restricting legitimate political speech & advocacy for Palestinian rights." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-doctors-reject-ihra-definition-and-back-protections-staff-speaking-palestine #UKPol #USPol #EUPol #news #palestine #fakeAntisemitism #NHS #IHRA . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES 4 "They explained to us that if convoys of refugees returning from Jordan to the West Bank passed by us, we had to shoot them," another soldier testified. "I asked the officer: And if I hear babies crying, should I shoot then too? The answer I received was: Don't be a girl." https://archive.is/GFb0B #USPol #EUPol #6DayWar #israeliCrimes . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/748/486/937/752/214/original/06b605cb8605ee4a.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Forensic Architecture on patterns of Israel's genocide in Gaza Forensic Architecture's "analysis of thousands of incidents in Gaza shows patterns — including repeated attacks on areas civilians were told to flee to." "The evidence points to a coordinated system that has destroyed infrastructure & made large parts of Gaza unliveable." ~Eyal Weizman, new book: Ungrounding https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/what-forensic-architecture-can-tell-us-about-the-war-in-gaza/106761086 #GazaGenocide #USPol #EUPol #israeliCrimes #news #ForensicArchitecture #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israel is privately lobbying the US to assassinate Iran’s lead negotiator & restart "a new round of strikes targeting the country’s oil infrastructure." This is "according to a classified report circulating within the U.S. intelligence community this week." "Israeli officials are aggressively trying to pull the U.S. away from negotiations and back into war." https://israelpalestinenews.org/israel-privately-pressing-u-s-to-kill-irans-lead-negotiator-and-launch-new-strikes/ #USPol #EUPol #IsraeliWarmongering #IranWar #palestine #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: UNRWA staff smuggled millions of Nakba records out of Gaza The covert operation "preserved legal & historical records dating back to 1948 of Israel's ethnic cleansing & land-theft campaign." "Staff carried documents past border checkpoints, airlifted boxes on military planes, & raced Israeli tanks to Rafah to save what could never be replaced." During the Nakba, "200,000 came to Gaza from all over Palestine.” https://thecradle.co/articles/unrwa-staff-smuggled-millions-of-nakba-records-out-of-gaza-during-israels-genocide-report #USPol #EUPol #Nakba #UNRWA #News #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Legal pushback, at last, against pro-Zionist, false notions of antisemitism Report: UK group heralds a judicial review on the misuse of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Across "public bodies, a non-statutory definition is being weaponised to silence lawful political speech against the State of Israel." "Criticism of Israel is being mischaracterised as hate" & hate laws applied to protect it. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260524-legal-challenge-launched-against-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism-in-british-court/ #EUPol #USPol #palestine #IHRA . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: UNRWA staff smuggled millions of Nakba records out of Gaza The covert operation "preserved legal & historical records dating back to 1948 of Israel's ethnic cleansing & land-theft campaign." "Staff carried documents past border checkpoints, airlifted boxes on military planes, & raced Israeli tanks to Rafah to save what could never be replaced." During the Nakba, "200,000 came to Gaza from all over Palestine.” https://thecradle.co/articles/unrwa-staff-smuggled-millions-of-nakba-records-out-of-gaza-during-israels-genocide-report #USPol #EUPol #Nakba #UNRWA #News #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Legal pushback, at last, against pro-Zionist, false notions of antisemitism Report: UK group heralds a judicial review on the misuse of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Across "public bodies, a non-statutory definition is being weaponised to silence lawful political speech against the State of Israel." "Criticism of Israel is being mischaracterised as hate" & hate laws applied to protect it. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260524-legal-challenge-launched-against-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism-in-british-court/ #EUPol #USPol #palestine #IHRA . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Malaysia is taking Israel to the ICJ after Israeli officials kidnapped, jailed & assaulted flotilla activists. "The legal action follows alleged acts of brutality, including kidnapping & torture involving flotilla activists, particularly Malaysian participants." Malaysia "will initiate proceedings as soon as lawyers complete the collection of information & supporting evidence". https://www.trtworld.com/article/d2b798f6834d #Malaysia #ICJ #USPol #EUPol #news #palestine #SumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Malaysia is taking Israel to the ICJ after Israeli officials kidnapped, jailed & assaulted flotilla activists. "The legal action follows alleged acts of brutality, including kidnapping & torture involving flotilla activists, particularly Malaysian participants." Malaysia "will initiate proceedings as soon as lawyers complete the collection of information & supporting evidence". https://www.trtworld.com/article/d2b798f6834d #Malaysia #ICJ #USPol #EUPol #news #palestine #SumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Released activists from Gaza flotilla: “In one of the prison boats, 35 people suffered fractures to their ribs. People said there was at least 12 sexual assaults that took place. People were tased." "Me personally, I was kept in cuffs, where I can’t feel my hands anymore. I was kicked in the ribs multiple times.” ~Alex Colston, Sumud activist kidnapped by Israel https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/22/headlines/deported_global_sumud_flotilla_activists_describe_torture_and_abuse_by_israeli_captors #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Released activists from Gaza flotilla: “In one of the prison boats, 35 people suffered fractures to their ribs. People said there was at least 12 sexual assaults that took place. People were tased." "Me personally, I was kept in cuffs, where I can’t feel my hands anymore. I was kicked in the ribs multiple times.” ~Alex Colston, Sumud activist kidnapped by Israel https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/22/headlines/deported_global_sumud_flotilla_activists_describe_torture_and_abuse_by_israeli_captors #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Activists with the Sumud flotilla arrived in Turkiye on 21 May after Israel kidnapped them in international waters & later released & deported them. The activists "bore clear signs of torture & mistreatment... swollen hands, broken bones, & severely bruised". They "reported prolonged beatings, starvation, & degrading strip searches, with reports of rape & sexual assault." https://thecradle.co/articles/gaza-flotilla-activists-recount-super-sadistic-torture-sexual-abuse-during-abduction-in-israel #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Re "Does the Israeli state think the world will find their sadism acceptable?" Well, what's "the world" done about a century of sadism & genocide inflicted on Palestinians? "The world", meaning we the people, say it's beyond the pale. But you'd know that the Israeli govt doesn't care what we think. It cares only about keeping western govts onside, providing arms, cover, and impunity. Important not to conflate 99.9999% of the world with our despicable pro-genocide governments. npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: UNRWA staff smuggled millions of Nakba records out of Gaza The covert operation "preserved legal & historical records dating back to 1948 of Israel's ethnic cleansing & land-theft campaign." "Staff carried documents past border checkpoints, airlifted boxes on military planes, & raced Israeli tanks to Rafah to save what could never be replaced." During the Nakba, "200,000 came to Gaza from all over Palestine.” https://thecradle.co/articles/unrwa-staff-smuggled-millions-of-nakba-records-out-of-gaza-during-israels-genocide-report #USPol #EUPol #Nakba #UNRWA #News #palestine . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/628/641/522/209/763/original/3f797f12dc14339c.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Released activists from Gaza flotilla: “In one of the prison boats, 35 people suffered fractures to their ribs. People said there was at least 12 sexual assaults that took place. People were tased." "Me personally, I was kept in cuffs, where I can’t feel my hands anymore. I was kicked in the ribs multiple times.” ~Alex Colston, Sumud activist kidnapped by Israel https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/22/headlines/deported_global_sumud_flotilla_activists_describe_torture_and_abuse_by_israeli_captors #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Deported flotilla activists say they were assaulted by Israeli guards, including being: * tased in the face * injected with unknown sedatives * water-tortured & having ribs broken * dragged along the ground with bound hands & feet * forced to strip naked & run while guards were laughing "They laughed all the time. Super sadistic. They took off my shirt, took pictures. Mistreated us all night long." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sadistic-deported-flotilla-activists-allege-sexual-abuse-and-torture-israeli-custody #USPol #EUPol #news #GazaFlotilla #israeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Palantir is embedding itself in major newsrooms Palantir serves the US Army, police, intelligence & ICE, Israel's occupation & genocide, the NHS, & security & defence agencies across the globe. Several major media organisations have partnered with Palantir, incl Axel Springer, Fox News, & Ringier. "Axel Springer stands in unconditional solidarity with the State of Israel," says a company press release from Oct 9, 2023. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-palantir-becoming-embedded-major-newsroom-operations #Palantir #USPol #EUPol #msm #News . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Inside Israel's Abusive Treatment of Gaza Flotilla Activists: Rape, Tasers, & Beatings Activist Alex Colston reveals what he & others on the Global Sumud Flotilla endured in Israeli detention. Source: Zeteo May 22 #USPol #EUPol #globalSumudFlotilla #israeliCrimes #news . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/622/955/093/990/293/original/7a96c62867b32191.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Deported flotilla activists say they were assaulted by Israeli guards, including being: * tased in the face * injected with unknown sedatives * water-tortured & having ribs broken * dragged along the ground with bound hands & feet * forced to strip naked & run while guards were laughing "They laughed all the time. Super sadistic. They took off my shirt, took pictures. Mistreated us all night long." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sadistic-deported-flotilla-activists-allege-sexual-abuse-and-torture-israeli-custody #USPol #EUPol #news #GazaFlotilla #israeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: US removes sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a week after a federal judge said the sanctions restricted her freedom of speech. "US District Judge Richard Leon issued a temporary injunction against the sanctions in response to a case filed by Albanese’s husband and daughter in February." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/us-lifts-sanctions-on-francesca-albanese-un-expert-on-palestinian-rights #USPol #EUPol #FrancescaAlbanese #USSanctions #Democracy #Fascism #palestine #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: US removes sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a week after a federal judge said the sanctions restricted her freedom of speech. "US District Judge Richard Leon issued a temporary injunction against the sanctions in response to a case filed by Albanese’s husband and daughter in February." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/us-lifts-sanctions-on-francesca-albanese-un-expert-on-palestinian-rights #USPol #EUPol #FrancescaAlbanese #USSanctions #Democracy #Fascism #palestine #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: The judge in the Filton 6 trial "secretly ruled that, despite not being charged with terrorism, there was a terrorist connection with the six, due to the activists attempting to influence the Israeli government." The so-called “terror connection" is highly likely to lead to punitive jail terms at sentencing on 12 June. It was illegal for the British press to report the fact. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/palestine-action-prisoners-may-be-sentenced-terrorists #USPol #EUPol #Filton6 #UKPol #UKRepression #News #palestine #palestineAction . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: A new Jewish diaspora movement (JDM) explicitly rejects Israel’s ethno-nationalism. "Solidarity with oppressed peoples, including in Palestine, is central to its understanding of Jewishness", the coalition states. So far, the coalition has 46 member organisations, incl "Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbis for Ceasefire, IfNotNow, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice & the American Council for Judaism". https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260520-jewish-groups-launch-new-diaspora-movement-rejecting-israels-ethno-nationalism/ #USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #News #Palestine #JDM . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: ICC prosecutor's office seeks arrest warrant for Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich. Charges include "forced displacement as a crime against humanity & war crime, the transfer of Israel’s own population as a war crime, & persecution & apartheid as crimes against humanity." There may be two more warrant applications, including for national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrant-israeli-minister-smotrich-apartheid-charges #USPol #EUPol #ICC #Smotrich #news #palestine #GazaGenocide #Apartheid . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES To those who say that ICC warrants, etc. are pointless because... global fascism... Deep in your hearts you must know that, if we don't keep making as much trouble for them as possible, whenever & wherever & however, we're basically complicit. No easy way. At the very least, we can make them feel hunted. 💪 #Fascism #IsraeliCrimes #palestine #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #ICC #UN #ICJ . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/611/609/702/572/743/original/1bddd297200b69b5.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben Gvir "has posted a video showing detained activists from the Gaza flotilla kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs & foreheads on the ground." The footage is captioned “Welcome to Israel” & shows "dozens of activists on the deck of a military boat with the Israeli national anthem blaring, & in detention in Israel." https://aje.news/7adwbd?update=4589198 #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #israeliCrimes #news #Fascism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: 87 Gaza flotilla activists being held by Israel "have begun a hunger strike to protest their detention & show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails." "Global Sumud Flotilla on Tuesday said that all 50 vessels in its aid convoy had been seized by Israel." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260520-87-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla-activists-launch-hunger-strike-over-israeli-detention/ #USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #news #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: The judge in the Filton 6 trial "secretly ruled that, despite not being charged with terrorism, there was a terrorist connection with the six, due to the activists attempting to influence the Israeli government." The so-called “terror connection" is highly likely to lead to punitive jail terms at sentencing on 12 June. It was illegal for the British press to report the fact. https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/palestine-action-prisoners-may-be-sentenced-terrorists #USPol #EUPol #Filton6 #UKPol #UKRepression #News #palestine #palestineAction . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: ICC prosecutor's office seeks arrest warrant for Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich. Charges include "forced displacement as a crime against humanity & war crime, the transfer of Israel’s own population as a war crime, & persecution & apartheid as crimes against humanity." There may be two more warrant applications, including for national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrant-israeli-minister-smotrich-apartheid-charges #USPol #EUPol #ICC #Smotrich #news #palestine #GazaGenocide #Apartheid . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Francesca Albanese on the systemic sexual abuse of Palestinians by Israeli forces. The abuse reported by the NYT had already been documented & published for years by human rights groups & Palestinian organisations, including Albanese herself. Albanese examines Israeli sexual violence & impunity – & the double standards western govts & media apply. https://www.aljazeera.com/video/upfront/2026/5/16/francesca-albanese-on-israeli-sexual-violence-suffered-by-palestinians #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #FrancescaAlbanese #news #palestine #palestinianPrisoners #IsraeliCrimes #racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: "We have books written about it. We have testimonies. We have film testimonies even of the soldiers committing these acts." "The world only listens when the New York Times publishes it.” ~Ben Marmarelli, anti-Zionist Israeli lawyer Source: Zeteo "They’ve Been Raping Palestinians Since 1948," Ben Marmarelli, 15 May #USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine #palestinianPrisoners . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/587/409/984/706/738/original/d0c7d3258f044b93.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Netanyahu sues NYT for defamation over its publication of allegations of "widespread sexual violence by Israeli guards & soldiers against Palestinian detainees." The investigation included evidence of Israel's policy of torture, including the use of dogs trained to rape prisoners. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-york-times-details-brutal-rape-of-palestinians-israel-called-it-blood-libel https://aje.news/umfqfg?update=4572734 #USPol #EUPol #israeliCrimes #news #PalestinianPrisoners #Palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: A federal judge has blocked Trump's sanctions against Francesca Albanese & says "Trump officials likely violated her rights." "Albanese has done nothing more than speak!” said the judge. Albanese had recommended "war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli & US nationals." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/un-francesca-albanese-sanctions #USPol #EUPol #FrancescaAlbanese #USSanctions #GazaGenocide ##news #USImperialism #Palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: NYT's Nicholas Kristof on the harrowing torture of Palestinians by Israelis in the occupied West Bank. Francesca Albanese's report had already revealed how "the Israeli prison system has degenerated into a laboratory of calculated cruelty". But the pro-Zionist NYT rarely criticises Israel, & Israel reacted: "The NYT chose to publish one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-york-times-details-brutal-rape-of-palestinians-israel-called-it-blood-libel #NYT #USPol #EUPol #palestine #palestinianPrisoners #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: NYT's Nicholas Kristof on the harrowing torture of Palestinians by Israelis in the occupied West Bank. Francesca Albanese's report had already revealed how "the Israeli prison system has degenerated into a laboratory of calculated cruelty". But the pro-Zionist NYT rarely criticises Israel, & Israel reacted: "The NYT chose to publish one of the worst blood libels ever to appear in the modern press." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-york-times-details-brutal-rape-of-palestinians-israel-called-it-blood-libel #NYT #USPol #EUPol #palestine #palestinianPrisoners #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Opinion: "If Starmer gets his way, Reform - not the Greens - will be his legacy". "Voters now understand that the party is too utterly captured by Big Business to ever again serve as a meaningful counterweight to the right – or as a vehicle for progressive, anti-austerity politics." This election, "Tweedledum & Tweedledee politics was finally unmasked as a charade. The electorate is no longer having it." https://www.jonathan-cook.net/ #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Starmer #Democracy #UKGreens #News . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/561/349/422/664/062/original/7e1b76d4837c3d09.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: "Canceled over Palestine" Rutgers disinvited Rami Elghandour, a producer of Oscar-nominated The Voice of Hind Rajab, as a graduation speaker after "complaints about his social media posts on Israel & Palestine". Elghandour says the silencing of anti-genocide speech stems from a “false equivalency between pro-Israel & pro-Palestine voices. There are two sides, but they couldn’t be more historically different.” https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/11/rami_elghandour_rutgers_hind_rajab_convocation #GazaGenocide #news #USPol #EUPol #Rutgers . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israeli soldiers said the army ordered troops to kill any man they encountered in Gaza from Oct 7 2023. “A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately," were the orders. "We need to kill him - yes, even if he is completely unarmed.” “They even told us that if it’s a woman or a child, use your judgment, because things happen." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-says-orders-were-kill-any-man-encountered-gaza #USPol #EUPol #Fascism #Racism #GazaGenocide #israeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #news #palestine .. npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israel is manipulating AI platforms into blaming Palestinians, eg, for killing Hind Rajab. Israel has created websites dedicated to manipulating AI platforms such as Claude & ChatGPT. When users seek information, eg, on the murder of Hind, the manipulated chatbots produce “alternative explanations” (eg, that Hind could have been killed by Palestinian crossfire) alongside verified reporting. https://thegrayzone.com/2026/04/28/israeli-foreign-influence-palestinians-hind-rajab/ #USPol #EUPol #palestine #gazaGenocide #news #AIHasbara #HindRajab . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Trump wants federal control over elections in at least eight states He's "employing investigations, raids & demands for access to balloting systems & voter ID records for the campaign." Trump has also run a campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies. Journalist Ned Parker counted 470 "enemies" that Trump has targeted so far. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/8/trump_elections #USPol #EUPol #USElections #trump #democracy #fascism #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: "Israeli companies are pretending to be American to escape the shame of the Israel brand". "GivingTech" — a fintech marketed in the US & Europe is in fact the Tel Aviv-based IsraelGives. "The organisation is reported to have channelled donations to Israeli military units & illegal West Bank settlements." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260508-israeli-fundraising-platform-rebranding-as-american-to-dodge-boycotts-over-genocide/ #USPol #EUPol #israeliLies #BDS . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israel is manipulating AI platforms into blaming Palestinians, eg, for killing Hind Rajab. Israel has created websites dedicated to manipulating AI platforms such as Claude & ChatGPT. When users seek information, eg, on the murder of Hind, the manipulated chatbots produce “alternative explanations” (eg, that Hind could have been killed by Palestinian crossfire) alongside verified reporting. https://thegrayzone.com/2026/04/28/israeli-foreign-influence-palestinians-hind-rajab/ #USPol #EUPol #palestine #gazaGenocide #news #AIHasbara #HindRajab . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Will Israel resume full-scale bombing of Gaza? Israel continues to operate in Gaza, killing nearly 800 Palestinians since the start of the so-called "ceasefire" in Oct 2025. Talks have stalled over Hamas’s weapons. Netanyahu insists that Hamas return not just offensive weapons but even light arms like rifles. Hamas has demanded Israel comply with phase 1 & provide guarantees the war will not resume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOar7_Do_8 #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #Hamas #IsraeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Spain's PM awards Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit PM Pedro Sanchez described Albanese as "a voice that upholds the conscience of the world". Sanchez has also pushed for the EU to shield the ICC & UN from US sanctions. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he said. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/spain-prime-minister-sanchez-awards-un-francesca-albanese-order-civil-merit #FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #USPol #EUPol #palestine #ICC #UN #USSanctions . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has refused an invitation to Jerusalem writers festival over Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza". The genocide seems to have been supported by the vast majority of Israelis, said Coetzee, so no considerable sector of Israeli society can claim it shouldn't "share in the blame for the atrocities in Gaza.” https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jm-coetzee-declines-attend-jerusalem-writers-festival-over-genocidal-campaign-gaza #USPol #EUPol #BDS #GazaGenocide #Coetzee #news #israeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Forensic Architecture describes Israel's continual expansion into, & planning for permanent occupation of, Gaza. Israel has now extended beyond the Yellow Line & taken "control of at least 64% of Gaza". The nearly 2 million Gazan population is almost entirely confined to Palestinian-controlled territory along the coast. https://countercurrents.org/2026/05/israeli-maps-show-expanded-control-in-gaza-amid-fragile-ceasefire/ https://www.aljazeera.com/video/upfront/2026/5/3/is-israel-expanding-into-gaza-despite-ceasefire #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #Palestine #israeliOccupation #GreaterIsrael #news #Racism . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/538/253/754/577/241/original/1864b2ce62d70125.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Spain's PM awards Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit PM Pedro Sanchez described Albanese as "a voice that upholds the conscience of the world". Sanchez has also pushed for the EU to shield the ICC & UN from US sanctions. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he said. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/spain-prime-minister-sanchez-awards-un-francesca-albanese-order-civil-merit #FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #USPol #EUPol #palestine #ICC #UN #USSanctions . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Strikes & protests against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale ... ... will include a 24-hour cultural strike on Friday called by international & Italian unions & activist groups. The direct action follows the refusal of the Biennale’s directors to respond to demands for "the immediate exclusion of the Israeli pavilion." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/venice-biennale-targeted-strike-action-and-protests-israels-involvement #VeniceBiennaleStrike #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #IsraeliCrimes #News #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Forensic Architecture describes Israel's continual expansion into, & planning for permanent occupation of, Gaza. Israel has now extended beyond the Yellow Line & taken "control of at least 64% of Gaza". The nearly 2 million Gazan population is almost entirely confined to Palestinian-controlled territory along the coast. https://countercurrents.org/2026/05/israeli-maps-show-expanded-control-in-gaza-amid-fragile-ceasefire/ https://www.aljazeera.com/video/upfront/2026/5/3/is-israel-expanding-into-gaza-despite-ceasefire #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #Palestine #israeliOccupation #GreaterIsrael #news #Racism . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/533/618/467/310/302/original/6f127da11270af02.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Israel’s 'Absolute Security' Doctrine: A Recipe for Regional Insecurity Israel is expanding its control over Gaza by shifting the “Yellow Line”... ... and a clandestine US-Israeli “voluntary migration” program aims to ethnically cleanse Palestinians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdzq4jblwdA #palestine #USPol #EUPol #gazaGenocide #YellowLine #israeliCrimes #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Update 5 May Filton 6 trial: Four of the Palestine Action defendants - Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio & Fatema Rajwani - have been convicted of causing criminal damage to the Bristol facility of Israeli firm Elbit: Jordan Devlin & Zoe Rogers were acquitted. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-defendants-found-guilty-criminal-damage-charges-arms-factory-raid Note: The jury was forbidden from knowing that the defendants can be sentenced on 'terrorism' charges. #UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #UKRepression #news #Filton6Trial . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Israeli officers 'threaten Gaza flotilla activists with death' during interrogations Thiago Avila & Saif Abu Keshek "are being subjected to 'psychological torture' as their detention is extended for another week". They are accused of "assisting the enemy during wartime, contact with a foreign agent, membership of & providing services to a terrorist organisation, & transferring funds to such a group. Both deny the charges". https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-flotilla-activists-receive-death-threats-while-israeli-custody #uspol #eupol #gazaflotilla #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Italy has opened a "torture probe" into Israel's abduction & abuse of Gaza Sumud participants. Italian prosecutors are also investigating a similar Israeli navy flotilla interception last year “with alleged torture among the suspected crimes committed”. https://aje.news/t7e6pf?update=4544181 #GazaSumudFlotilla #USPol #EUPol #Italy #news #IsraeliCrimes . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/519/370/413/095/895/original/0ad8907399c8e2aa.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Squillions more to be had selling classified info to the Epsteins than from selling a few settlement blocks in Palestine... npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Re "...most politicians and businessmen are pro ethnic cleansing of Palestinians because they make a lot of money from it". Not sure I understand your point. Most westerners have been propagandised into dehumanising Palestinians. Isn't racism the main reason? Money? How much and how? npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: UK's Starmer says people who chant 'globalise the intifada' must be prosecuted. Yet, "there have been no recorded incidents in the UK of an antisemitic attack involving the phrase 'globalise the intifada'." Anti-genocide protesters "have strongly denied that 'globalise the Intifada' is antisemitic or a call for violence, & British Jews have been prominent in pro-Palestine marches in the UK". https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/starmer-accused-weaponising-antisemitic-attack-target-pro-palestine-protests #UKPol #USPol #EUPol #palestine #news #UKRepression #Democracy . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/516/398/227/679/272/original/33ba34846e5d6f93.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: London's Metro Police refuse to "investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes & crimes against humanity" in Gaza. The crimes included “targeted killings of civilians & aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, attacks on hospitals & protected sites, & the forced transfer & displacement of civilians”. It follows the closure of a unit tracking Israel's breaches of international law in Gaza & Lebanon. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/london-police-refuse-investigate-british-nationals-accused-war-crimes-gaza #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #IsraeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES "Purge Palantir" is a campaign "to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government & our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company & its abuses—& anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/502/692/347/036/984/original/be4f78339d3ddba7.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Israel’s interception of Gaza-bound aid flotilla is "Apartheid without borders" ~Francesca Albanese "ALARM! How on earth is possible that Israel is allowed to assault & seize vessels in international waters just off Greece/Europe?" Whatever you "think of Apartheid Israel & its genocidal leaders, this should send shock waves across Europe". https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260430-apartheid-without-borders-says-un-special-rapporteur-on-israels-interception-of-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla/ #EUPol #USPol #SumudFlotilla #news #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #GazaGenocide . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Israel’s interception of Gaza-bound aid flotilla is "Apartheid without borders" ~Francesca Albanese "ALARM! How on earth is possible that Israel is allowed to assault & seize vessels in international waters just off Greece/Europe?" Whatever you "think of Apartheid Israel & its genocidal leaders, this should send shock waves across Europe". https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260430-apartheid-without-borders-says-un-special-rapporteur-on-israels-interception-of-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla/ #EUPol #USPol #SumudFlotilla #news #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #GazaGenocide . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES 27 Apr Update on the UK Palestine Action trial of the Filton 6 The prosecution is treating the trial of the Filton 6 "as if it is of a group of terrorists, despite the ban on Palestine Action being unlawful." ~Jewish Voice for Labour https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/jury-equity-the-filton-6-and-the-arrest-of-trudi-warner/ The UK government is applying "terrorism" grounds, but has banned the jury from knowing that & the press from reporting it (see link to speech by Zarah Sultana). #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Filton6Trial #Palestine #PalestineAction #News . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Ex-Mossad chief, Tamir Pardo, likens occupier violence in the West Bank to the Holocaust "My mother was a Holocaust survivor, & what I saw reminded me of the events that happened against Jews in the last century." The settler violence "I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish," Pardo said, during a tour of Palestinian villages. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260428-ex-mossad-chief-ashamed-to-be-jewish-likens-occupier-violence-in-west-bank-to-holocaust/ #USPol #EUPol #SettlerViolence #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine #illegalOccupation #WestBank . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES "Purge Palantir" is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES "Purge Palantir" is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES The German version of the fascistic UK trials of Palestine Action: "The Ulm 5 acted against an arms manufacturer supplying a genocide. Germany’s response has been to imprison them for nearly a year" without trial. "We have seen it in Britain, in Germany, & multiple EU countries: "terrorism-adjacent laws, punishing pre-trial conditions, a... verdict before the trial begins, & politicians who... ensure it." https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/germany-activists-elbit-raid #Ulm5 #USPol #EUPol #Germany #news #Elbit #gazaGenocide . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES The leadership of the Zionists in Palestine admitted from the early 1900s that their theocratic, apartheid colony would have to be built on Palestinian blood, bones & building-rubble. They transformed Palestine from 10% Jewish in 1918 to 33% Jewish in 1947 & buying up 6-8% of the land. https://palestinenexus.com/articles/origins-ethnic-cleansing-1920-1947 #USPol #EUPol #PalestineHistory #palestine #displacementReplacement #Zionism #racism ....2 Map of Jewish landholdings in 1914 👇️ https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/475/017/742/213/238/original/ce7b51a4e155bb7c.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: 132 public figures have protested the UK ban on Palestine Action. They risk arrest in the UK by writing, "We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action". Signatories include Greta Thunberg, Sally Rooney, Judith Butler, Laleh Khalili, Ilan Pappe & Avi Shlaim. https://www.newarab.com/news/132-public-figures-sign-letter-supporting-palestine-action Re the current trial of Palestine Action, terrorism laws will apply to sentencing, but the jury is banned from knowing that & the press from reporting it. #UKPol #USPol #palestineAction #news #EUPol . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/471/295/164/881/202/original/df73667a8f1b45d3.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Purge Palantir is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Purge Palantir is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES For those not sure when, how, & why the Palestine conflict began: In 1917, Britain planned for a pro-British Zionist outpost in the Middle East. They also hoped to keep European Jews out of western Europe (antisemitism). So, in the 1920s, Britain brought them in & gave them Palestinian land without consulting the indigenous owners. The strife began... & continues. https://britainpalestineproject.org/film-of-britain-in-palestine-1917-1948/ https://thecordobafoundation.com/ilan-pappes-ground-breaking-book-on-zionism-launches-in-london/ #USPol #Zionism #EUPol #palestinianHistory #Palestine #Balfour #Racism . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/465/700/906/286/878/original/d9bcf20cb4e193fe.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Britain is pulling out all the stops to persecute Palestine Action. The defendents are forbidden from explaining their motivations or mentioning Israel or its genocide. The jury is told there are criminal charges, but not that the judge can sentence for "terrorism." The British press has been ordered not to report on the terrorism aspect. https://www.voicemedia.global/article/britain-is-turning-into-a-zionist-police-state-to-protect-israel #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Press #UKCensorship #Palestine #PalestineAction . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Gaza six months since the fake ceasefire is just "the next stage of genocide". "Genocide is not just killing people" but entails the destruction, in whole or in part, a national group. Then, conditions are put in place "to ensure that it cannot reemerge." "This is exactly what Israel is seeking to do in the Gaza Strip". ~Mouin Rabbani https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260422-gaza-six-months-since-ceasefire-the-next-stage-of-genocide-palestine-this-week-with-mouin-rabbani/ #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #news #FakeCeasefire #racism #israeliCrimesAgainstHumanity . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Britain is pulling out all the stops to persecute Palestine Action. The defendents are forbidden from explaining their motivations or mentioning Israel or its genocide. The jury is told there are criminal charges, but not that the judge can sentence for "terrorism." The British press has been ordered not to report on the terrorism aspect. https://www.voicemedia.global/article/britain-is-turning-into-a-zionist-police-state-to-protect-israel #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Press #UKCensorship #Palestine #PalestineAction . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Purge Palantir is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES "It was always obvious what Starmer was, but our political journalists covered it up for factional reasons." "This scandal has arisen because, 6 yrs ago, one of the most odious factions in British politics took over the Labour Party under false pretenses." Matthew Doyle, "another man linked to a pedophile, with no diplomatic career history, promoted as a potential ambassador because he was in the faction which brought Starmer to power." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8kkbPGKK8 #UKPol #USPol #EUPol #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Purge Palantir is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives." "Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join." https://www.thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-palantir/ #USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Is There a Way out of the Iran War? "Israel wants to see Iran finished off. They they want to see Iran decisively defeated." So the Israelis will continue to put pressure on the US to stay at war. Even if Trump gets a framework for agreement, the Israelis & the US lobby will be working overtime to undefmine it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMg6_jGfjzM #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #USImperialism #Racism #FakePeaceTalks #news . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/443/302/301/229/552/original/1ac6397fac118440.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Palantir has issued a far-right, racist manifesto denouncing "dysfunctional" & "regressive" cultures & critticising "attempts to hound wealthy figures out of public life by scrutinising their behaviour." It also called for "the expansion of AI weaponry." Palantir shares fell immediately. Palantir "has accelerated Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza", & yet the British govt has granted it access to the NHS. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palantir-shares-slide-after-manifesto-post-denouncing-regressive-cultures #UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palantir #racism #fascism #News . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES "Trump’s Erratic Behavior May Tank Negotiations". "Iran's assessment is that Trump effectively lacks both a coherent plan & the capacity to secure even a temporary agreement." “His decision-making appears to be grounded in Israeli political & security assessments, conveyed to him on a daily basis.” Witkoff & Kushner had “failed to fully grasp” the significance of Tehran’s offers during negotiations in Geneva in February. Source Drop Site News, 19 Apr #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #Trump #press . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/439/749/172/281/393/original/0048807a136b8ed7.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Investigation: 12 British universities paid a security firm led by ex-military intelligence officials to spy on staff & students. It "trawled through student social media feeds; conducted secret counter-terror threat assessments; & undertook background checks". The 12 include Bristol U, Oxford U, Imperial College Lond, Uni College Lond (UCL), King’s College Lond (KCL), Sheffield U, Leicester U, Nottingham U & Cardiff Metro U. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/20/uk-universities-pay-to-spy-on-students-social-media-accounts #UKPol #EUPol #Palestine #News . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES The Israeli army is the “most degenerate on earth” ~Francesca Albanese "Its practices have crossed all red lines & violated international law.... I've seen enough to say it with absolute certainty: the Israeli army is the most degenerate army.” "Albanese has been subjected to a widespread incitement campaign & direct death threats since submitting an official report accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260420-un-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-israeli-army-most-degenerate-on-earth/ #USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #news #racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Re "It’s a 100 years war for Palestine.. That’s what never ended." Under international law, "war" is described as between roughly equal sides with armies. Palestine is a 100+ year illegal occupation, displacement & replacement & slow genocide by the perpetrators. Plus resistance by the victims. npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES For those not sure when, how, & why the Palestine conflict began: In 1917, Britain planned for a pro-British Zionist outpost in the Middle East. They also hoped to keep European Jews out of western Europe (antisemitism). So, in the 1920s, Britain brought them in & gave them Palestinian land without consulting the indigenous owners. The strife began... & continues. https://britainpalestineproject.org/film-of-britain-in-palestine-1917-1948/ https://thecordobafoundation.com/ilan-pappes-ground-breaking-book-on-zionism-launches-in-london/ #USPol #Zionism #EUPol #palestinianHistory #Palestine #Balfour #Racism . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/435/961/811/895/993/original/fba543669ea841b8.png npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES The EU is Israel's largest trading partner, but an EU petition with 1,000,000+ signatures might change that. Panel Barry Andrews, EU Parliament Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, fmr EU ambassador Eve Geddie, Amnesty International https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/4/15/could-the-eus-alliance-with-israel-soon-change #EU #EUPol #USPol #EUiSraelTrade #news #GazaGenocide #palestine . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: "Military confrontation with Iran is not in Israel’s interest", says Major Gen Giora Eiland, former head of Israel’s National Security Council. "The erosion of Israel’s standing is no longer limited to international institutions, but has become “clear and evident” within the United States, Israel’s closest ally." https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260417-israeli-general-war-with-iran-does-not-serve-israel-as-global-standing-erodes-over-gaza/ #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #news #gazaGenocide #palestine . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/430/736/286/494/786/original/ca76306aa6f33cdf.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: "We need technical experts negotiating with Iran, not real estate dealers." "The 2015 [Obama] deal was negotiated by technical experts & physicists who understood how nuclear weapons are made. Under [that] agreement, Iran could not build a bomb." “Under what circumstances would you put a couple of real estate dealers & nepo babies in charge of these negotiations?” ~Bill Foster, PhD physics, Harvard https://aje.news/zo0udq?update=4500967 #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news #IranNuclearDeal . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Trump announced Lebanon ceasefire without consulting Netanyahu Netanyahu was forced to briefly update his cabinet by phone - with no details & no vote. Ministers were reportedly “furious” about not being informed in advance. Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon set to begin at midnight local time (2100GMT) in Tel Aviv & Beirut. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260416-netanyahu-briefs-cabinet-on-lebanon-ceasefire-without-vote-as-ministers-fume-about-trump-announcement/ #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news #LebanonCeasefire . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Shipping data contradict US claims of blockade success US Centcom commander Brad Cooper said that “US forces have completely halted economic trade going in & out of Iran by sea.” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/us-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-navy-iran-seaborne-trade-oil-trump.html But shipping data show that 14 ships on the US sanctions lists crossed the strait, 7 from Iranian ports. In addition, TankerTrackers said Iran shipped 9m barrels of crude oil since the start of the blockade. https://aje.news/060cxq?update=4497654 #USPol #EUPol #Hormuz #USBlockade #news #iranWar . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: The Pope Says War-makers Have “Hands Full of Blood” Trump’s Catholic VP, JD Vance, said the pope should “stick to matters of morality.” “I don’t know any other more pressing moral issues than war and peace... I don’t understand how VP Vance cannot see that war is a moral issue." ~Father James Martin https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/14/pope_leo_iran_war #USPol #EUPol #PopeLeo #Trump #Vance #news #IranWar #ChristianNationalism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Interview: Iran was in full compliance with the Obama JCPOA nuclear deal & "was blindsided by the US decision to pull out." Now Iran's leaders “don’t know whether the US is really for diplomacy or not.” ~Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Iranian nuclear negotiation team from 2003-05. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/14/iran_blockade #USPol #EUPol #IranWar #Nuclear #News #JCPOA . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: A photo taken of an Israeli settler verbally abusing a Palestinian woman is called "antisemitic" by an Israeli ambassador. The magazine-cover photo was taken of the settler mimicking to the woman the sound of a shepherd calling his flock. The group of settlers & masked soldiers was preventing Palestinians from harvesting their olives. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-envoy-italy-calls-magazine-antisemitic-over-settler-violence-coverage #IsraeliCrimes #USPol #EUPol #SettlerAttacks #Palestine #news #Racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES 2 More on the UK's retrial of six already-acquitted activists from Palestine Action They were acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted on retrial, they & 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms. The jury is not allowed to know this. The UK is prohibiting crucial trial information from both the jury & the media. https://thegrayzone.com/2026/04/12/uk-jail-palestine-action-terrorism-uk/ #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #CorruptTrial #ElbitFactory #IsraeliArms . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: 500+ arrested defying Palestine Action ban in London. "The protesters - many grey-haired & frail - were seen being hauled away, while some were led leaning on crutches. A number of the demonstrators were dressed as Suffragettes". Former Palestine Action hunger strikers were also present. "Look how many police are here, just for elderly people holding placards. It's a joke. The state is a joke”, said Heba Muraisi. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-arrested-hundreds-gather-defy-palestine-action-ban-london #USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Palestine #news . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/406/140/467/694/473/original/408cad2793ef5709.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Another GHF Whistleblower, "contractor, David McIntosh, witnessed Israeli soldiers indiscriminately gunning down Palestinians seeking aid, including children" at Gaza GHF sites. Israelis fired "dangerously close to — or directly at — the GHF contractors themselves." In four months, "over 2,600 Palestinians were killed & more than 19,000 wounded at or near aid distribution sites & U.N. convoys." https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/14/headlines/another_whistleblower_describes_indiscriminate_israeli_violence_against_gaza_aid_seekers #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #palestine #news #israeliCrimes . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES The brainwashing of Israeli Jews is from birth & instills an existential dread of "the Arab". It's chilling to hear about it from highly intelligent and compassionate Israeli Jews who only came to their senses when they went overseas, often as scholars, and happened to get to know some: Miko Peled, former IDF soldier & son of Israeli general: "It starts in kindergarten.. It's everywhere... 75 yrs of racist indoctrination & mass militarisation". https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-report-with-miko #EUPol #Israel #USPol . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/402/749/715/372/106/original/03fac8c4752318ff.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/402/749/743/890/412/original/5ea29d7ed6fb8aa3.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: Palestine Action's new trial is rigged against them 1st, the jury must not know the trial is for terrorism charges* & long prison terms are possible. 2nd, UK media are banned from reporting the above. 3rd, the 6 must not explain their motives for damaging Israeli weapons factories. Arguably, Palestine Action is being targeted bcz of its effectiveness & in providing a model for activism. * cf criminal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QIM #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Israel #news #PalestineAction . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/402/559/469/527/051/original/49c108b8d07aa753.jpg npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: A photo taken of an Israeli settler verbally abusing a Palestinian woman is called "antisemitic" by an Israeli ambassador. The magazine-cover photo was taken of the settler mimicking to the woman the sound of a shepherd calling his flock. The group of settlers & masked soldiers was preventing Palestinians from harvesting their olives. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-envoy-italy-calls-magazine-antisemitic-over-settler-violence-coverage #IsraeliCrimes #USPol #EUPol #SettlerAttacks #Palestine #news #Racism . npub1hq37dgc6ur7jg8ejp8g02v29njgfzd09wv9ld3e95zsvc38ycyjsxufktp DrALJONES Report: 500+ arrested defying Palestine Action ban in London. "The protesters - many grey-haired & frail - were seen being hauled away, while some were led leaning on crutches. A number of the demonstrators were dressed as Suffragettes". Former Palestine Action hunger strikers were also present. "Look how many police are here, just for elderly people holding placards. It's a joke. The state is a joke”, said Heba Muraisi. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-arrested-hundreds-gather-defy-palestine-action-ban-london #USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Palestine #news . https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/401/523/088/769/293/original/7f57d824a8718836.jpg