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Rachel Blake MP @rachelblakemp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Take a moment to read my opinion piece in HuffPost making the case for Europe to be part of the national conversation about Britains future: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rejoin...
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Rejoining The EU Must No Longer Be 'An Unsayable Idea', Declares Labour MP
Writing for HuffPost UK, Rachel Blake says overturning Brexit “should be part of the national conversation about Britain’s future”.
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Rachel Blake MP @rachelblakemp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Prime Minister made it clear that the conversation of our relationship with Europe is on the table. For me, that future lies within the European Union, standing side by side with our allies as we face the ongoing threats to our democracy.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 31/08/2026
As Israeli strikes leveled museums and 5,000-year-old sites across Gaza, volunteers dug through the rubble by hand to save what they could. Meanwhile, looted artifacts quietly resurfaced in a Paris exhibition. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/gaza... #Palestine #Israel
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 25/08/2026
Israel's use of so-called "shepherding outposts" to seize Palestinian land through settler herders is now being exported to Syria, as an Israeli settler, supported by the state, occupies Syrian pastureland in Wadi Toemm with a herd of 140 cattle. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/isra... #Palestine #Israel
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
For Zeteo UK, my open letter to Louise Haigh, the most powerful woman in the British government, who last year on the backbenches called Gaza a genocide. What is she doing about that now that she is in government? zeteo.uk/p/you-called...
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"This Week in Palestine: Israel Shoots 13-Year-Old as She ‘Memorized the Quran’ and Settlers Besiege Palestinian Families" Read Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
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This Week in Palestine: Israel Shoots 13-Year-Old as She ‘Memorized the Quran’ and Settlers Besiege Palestinian Families
Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 06/07/2026
Naji Abbas of PHR-Israel spoke to +972 about mounting fears for the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, former director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. Transferred to a notorious underground facility, his lawyer reports signs of torture and extreme fatigue.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 14/05/2026
In some cases, like that of the doctor Adnan Al-Bursh, the prisoners died reportedly as a direct result of the sexual abuse they suffered while in custody. From April, 2025 www.972mag.com/systematic-s...
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Where’s the outrage over sexual violence against Palestinians?
Despite mounting evidence of gender-based crimes, Israeli and international women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 11/04/2026
READ: On March 25, Israeli forces stormed Batn al-Hawa in Silwan and emptied 11 Palestinian homes. 65 Palestinains were made homeless in a single morning. A 21-year-old was shot dead in his own home that same dawn. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/when...
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When they come for the homes
The recent military raid and eviction of 11 Palestinian homes in Silwan are part of Israel’s coordinated assault on the conditions that make psychological life possible: home, continuity, and the…
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Rachel Blake MP @rachelblakemp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Many residents have contacted me about the impact that ongoing global events will have on their household bills. Reassuring that the Government is already supporting those facing the greatest pressure amid the ongoing cost of living and will continue to focus on the cost of living.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Israel Settlers are on a murderous rampage in the West Bank. This is happening with American taxpayer support. It's madness. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Dozens of extremist settlers said to raid West Bank Palestinian villages, torch property
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
What Privatisation has done for you? Most expensive Energy in the world. Dirtest most expensive Water in Europe in England. Slowest most expensive Mail ever. Slowest most expensive Trains in Europe Least number of Hospital beds ever.* *Privatised Hospital building
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 01/03/2026
Israeli violence in the West Bank isn't as dramatic as in Gaza, but it is methodical, durable, and sometimes harder to understand. Here’s how Israel is using settler terror, financial policies, and legal tactics to suffocate Palestinian life. mondoweiss.net/2026/02/how-...
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How Israel is eroding life for Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli violence in the West Bank isn’t as dramatic as in Gaza, but it is methodical, durable, and sometimes harder to understand. Here’s how Israel is using settler terror, financial policies, and...
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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 18/02/2026
“One protesting strategy has been shown time and again to be most effective in the US: nonviolence.” @owasow.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The biggest waste of money in the EU was Nigel Farage. The biggest waste of money in the UK is Nigel Farage.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
How did a US spy tech firm used to target migrants under Trump get inside Britain’s public services? Palantir, explained ⬇️ citizensreunited.substack.com/p/palantir-e...
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Palantir, explained - and sign our petition calling for an urgent debate in parliament!
At a glance, Palantir sells software. In practice, it provides government with the infrastructure to monitor, investigate and target people at scale.
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Save Victoria Tower Gardens @savevtg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
If the Holocaust Memorial Bill is passed, the project will again require planning permission. We have repeatedly asked for a new planning inquiry given the many changes since the original decision but the Govt will not commit to this. Our campaign continues.…!
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Save Victoria Tower Gardens @savevtg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
‘If you think London’s parks are protected, think again.’ - Alice Robert, CPRE www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers
Actor says it is ‘more important than ever’ to safeguard city’s parks as report finds more than 50 are at risk
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arming themselves with steel bars from a construction site before going on a rampage in Amsterdam. This is why they were banned in the UK.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 21/12/2025
The Gaza Strip is renowned in Palestine for its bright red and delicious strawberries. Once a major agricultural export, Gaza's fields of "red gold" have been decimated by Israel's genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra... #Palestine #Israel
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Israel’s genocide has destroyed Gaza’s renowned strawberry industry
The Gaza Strip is renowned in Palestine for its bright red and delicious strawberries. Once a major agricultural export, Gaza’s fields of “red gold” have been decimated by Israel’s genocide.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 11/12/2025
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-... #Palestine #Israel
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New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian...
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 11/12/2025
Israel preparing largest ever act of ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia. www.972mag.com/sebastia-arc...
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Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 19/11/2025
The Security Council's backing of the Trump plan for Gaza ignores international law, punishes the Palestinians, and rewards those responsible for genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/the-... #Palestine #Israel
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The UN Embraces Colonialism: Unpacking the Security Council’s mandate for the U.S. colonial administration of Gaza
The Security Council’s backing of the Trump plan for Gaza ignores international law, punishes the Palestinians, and rewards those responsible for genocide.
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Israel blocking wells on Palestinian land with cement. Nothing to see here, just Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers doing what Genocidal Ethnic Cleansers do
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The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Pagel's action tracker and Venn diagrams this year have been huge contributions to the pro-democracy movement. I haven't looked at this update in detail yet but she has made it significantly more fine-grained and it looks fantastic. Highly recommend.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
10 things you should know about that have happened in America this weekend youtu.be/onI_z18AP_w
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10 things you should know about that have happened in America this weekend
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 27/10/2025
Throughout the Gaza war, Israel has debated what to call it. The military says “October 7 War,” while Netanyahu wants “War of Redemption.” What is clear is that Israel believes its ongoing cycle of crisis can only be met through genocidal violence. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/isra... #Palestine #Israel
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Israel seeks redemption in the Gaza ruins
Throughout the Gaza war, Israel has debated what to call it. The military says “October 7 War,” while Netanyahu wants “War of Redemption.” What is clear is that Israel believes its ongoing cycle...
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 27/10/2025
In a West Bank ‘firing zone,’ Palestinians are erased as settlers lay down roots While settlers' concrete mixers rumble under the Israeli army’s watch, Palestinian life in Masafer Yatta is being dismantled piece by piece. www.972mag.com/firing-zone-...
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In West Bank ‘firing zone,’ Palestinians are erased as settlers lay down roots
While settlers' concrete mixers rumble under the Israeli army’s watch, Palestinian life in Masafer Yatta is being dismantled piece by piece.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 24/10/2025
Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop. www.972mag.com/olive-harves... @mekomit.bsky.social
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Settler terror devastates West Bank olive harvest
Israeli military restrictions and over 150 settler attacks in the past two weeks have prevented many Palestinians from harvesting this year’s crop.
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Richard Falk, lawyer and former special rapporteur on human rights in occupied Palestine, opens the International Tribunal on Gaza at the University of Istanbul
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Gaza Tribunal about to start in Istanbul
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ICAHD UK @icahduk.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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ICAHD UK @icahduk.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
ICAHD UK Annual Conference - The Day After Gaza: How Do We Address the Urgency of the Political Moment?' - Saturday 1 November at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church. Details and to register see icahd.org/2025/09/02/c...
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ICAHD UK Conference 2025 - The Day After Gaza: How Do We Address the Urgency of the Political Moment? - 1 November 2025 - ICAHD
Photo: Displaced Palestinians return to what is left of their homes in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, 28.01.15. Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills – 972 The Day After Gaza: How Do We Address...
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
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The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
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ICAHD UK @icahduk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Register for Tommorow's Webinar - Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank. The next in the ICAHD UK series that connects with Palestinians from Area C. Tuesday 23rd September 9.00pm (Jerusalem) / 7.00pm (UK) / 2.00pm (EST). Details and register at icahd.org/2025/09/02/i...
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ICAHD UK Webinar - Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank - 23 September 2025 - ICAHD
Photo: Settler violence in Masafer Yatta – Palestine Return Centre Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank The next in the ICAHD UK series that connects with Palestinians from Area C Tuesday 23 September 9....
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Midnight on the Med
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
What are we going to ask the Israeli President when he comes next week? "Coffee? Tea? Genocide?" "Oh yes, I'll have a big slice of Genocide."
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Amazing to hear my work tracking Trump's authoritarian actions opening the @npr.org On The Media podcast this week - the TrumpActionTracker is now at over 1100 actions. www.trumpactiontracker.info? my recent substack: christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi... pca.st/episode/a2b1...
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Is America Becoming an Autocracy?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"The fact that there are already 50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations. For each one on 7 October, 50 Palestinians have to die." - Israeli Major General Aharon Haliva Make sure everyone sees this confession of War Crimes, one day he will regret it.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
It's not the most important thing at the moment, but I'm so embarrassed for America. To have world leaders concern themselves with symbols of placation for an overgrown manchild. To have the leader of a country fighting for its life thinking about what he wears to the White House.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 15/08/2025
‘Hamas in disguise’: Israel’s tried-and-true tactic to smear Palestinian journalists Ahead of the invasion of Gaza City, killing Anas Al-Sharif is part of Israel's campaign to erase Gaza's witnesses and prevent accountability. www.972mag.com/israel-hamas...
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Israel's tried-and-true tactics to smear Gazan journalists as Hamas
Ahead of the planned invasion of Gaza City, killing Anas Al-Sharif is the latest step in Israel's campaign to erase Gaza's witnesses and prevent accountability.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 05/08/2025
Israel holds Awdah Hathaleen’s body. His killer roams freely through his village On hunger strike to demand his return, Umm Al-Khair's women can't even sleep undisturbed as the army detains the village's men in nightly raids. By Sahar Vardi & Basel Adra www.972mag.com/awdah-hathal...
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Israel holds Awdah Hathaleen's body. His killer roams free through his village
On hunger strike to demand his return, Umm Al-Khair's women can't even sleep undisturbed as the army detains the village's men in nightly raids.
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barondebrock.bsky.social @barondebrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Oct 2017
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.
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Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers
Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
NEW: The IDF is shooting children at aid stations for target practice. Dr Nick Maynard says soldiers chose particular body parts to target on different days - one day head, then chest, abdomen & testicles. "I would never have believed this possible unless I'd witnessed this with my own eyes."
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