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Irene S

@oldfunkateers.bsky.social
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British ex-Labour crank, #CorbynIsRight, pacifist, Methodist preacher, avid listener to jazz, blues, PFunk, soul, roots reggae, Cuban, Zappa, Beefheart, above all, MILES! Free Palestine!🍉

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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Never was there a more striking image of a man who has lost his soul than the expressionless stare of Marco Rubio standing alongside the gurning self-satisfied Bibi Netanyahu this weekend.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Victoria Coates is President Trump’s former deputy national security advisor, now at the US Heritage Foundation think tank. I asked her *how* President Trump wld go about getting 2m Palestinians out of Gaza
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The Israeli Knesset know Netanyahu is deliberately sabotaging the deal. www.facebook.com/share/v/18cj...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Newsnight last night actually features a Palestinian playwright talking about his parents’ life in Gaza, for once the BBC is not biased towards Israel, and what do I find on BlueSky? S i l e n c e ….
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What Dan Hodges has said about Palestinians, including children, is utterly depraved. If he said these things about Israelis, his career would immediately end. So why not when it's about Palestinians? New video 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPql...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
OMG! Just popped over to X. Bigots everywhere! Now feel like I need a scalding hot shower!
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars”. Dr Martin Luther King Jr 3rd April 1968
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
How much longer is the world going to turn a blind eye?
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
BlueSky seems to have developed into a lacklustre response to the toxicity of X. Or is it just me who finds that?
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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
@MiddleEastEye: “So, when all is said and done, will this Israeli madness actually turn out to have been the equal of that which brought down Hitler’s Germany, as historian Moshe Zimmerman suggested?” ✍️ Opinion by David Hirst
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Israeli veterans know the truth about life in the Occupied Territories. Testimonies can be read at “Breaking the Silence”. Browse them if you have stomach for it but let’s not pretend no-one told us. www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli publi...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
An Episcopal Bishop publicly called out Trump today. This is what the Church should be doing - speaking truth to power. I am proud of her and proud of the Gospel. www.facebook.com/share/p/197R...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A modern-day prophecy www.facebook.com/share/15KNgD...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A whingeing Dem speaks of the futility of challenging Trump then tells me to go fuck myself when I ask what they did to oppose the backing of the carnage in Gaza over the past 15 months. I can’t show you the post because she has now blocked me, like a real freedom fighter.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Keir Starmer's support for the Gaza ceasefire is riddled with lies open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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Keir Starmer's support for the Gaza ceasefire is riddled with lies
Estimates are that it will take 80 years to rebuild Gaza. How is a 'sovereign and viable Palestinian state', or a 'better future', going to emerge out of ruins on that scale?
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘A stern message’: how return of Trump loomed over Gaza ceasefire negotiations
US president-elect demanded a deal – while success against Iran and Hezbollah gave Israeli PM room to make one
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Just paid a flying visit to Elon’s cesspit. It’s crazy over there! MAGATs, fascists, bigots, genocide lovers and Starmerrhoids everywhere!
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a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A new Lancet study finds Gaza has massively undercounted the numbers killed in Israeli attacks. It argues that the most likely death toll from traumatic injuries alone stood at more than 64,000 – *seven* months ago. Most of the dead were women and children. The figure will be far, far higher now.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Whatever you do, don’t let your mum look at Caplin’s X account! Btw he’s not only former Labour defence minister, he was also Chair of the Jewish Labour Movement 2018/19 when they were campaigning to discredit Mr Corbyn.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Far be it from me to defend Starmer’s govt but why do the Tories want another inquiry into child abuse when they ignored the recommendations of the one that’s already happened? You know, the one that De Piffle said was “spaffing money up the wall”?
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Just as many of us have suspected all along. skwawkbox.org/2025/01/05/b...
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Breaking: Israeli prosecutor says state has no rape cases against Palestinians from 7/10 raid
Regime representative admits what UN and others already said – but still wants to murder Palestinians Israeli media outlet Ynet has published an interview with Moran Gaz, until recently, the …
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
After Elon Musk’s rubbishing of Wikipedia, people are rushing to donate to it. However, pro-Palestinian comrades might like to read this first. israelpalestinenews.org/wikipedias-e...
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Wikipedia's entry on Alison Weir is rife with falsehoods and bias
The Wikipedia entry on Alison Weir is among the items targeted by Israel partisans. It contains numerous false claims & misinformation
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Michael Moore asks, how many more deaths of innocent civilians will satiate the bloodlust of Netanyahu’s supporters? www.facebook.com/share/p/1FEd...?
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"Its being denied for political purposes" Jeremy Corbyn is one of 50 British MPs and peers who have signed a letter urging Keir Starmer to implement a medical evacuation programme for injured Palestinian children in Gaza.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/m...
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Palestinian grandfather whose tribute to slain granddaughter went viral is killed by Israeli fire in Gaza | CNN
A Palestinian grandfather in Gaza whose tribute to his slain granddaughter went viral last year was killed by Israeli fire on Monday, his family and a hospital said.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
“… Syria’s fate is being modelled on that of the Palestinians. There may be a choice but it will come in no more than two flavours. Syria can become the West Bank, or it can become Gaza.”
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
And it is to our great shame in the UK that our leaders slavishly follow along behind. Starmer is a disgrace!
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Don’t look away!
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
The shame is that far too many, our leaders and the people we speak to everyday, feel no shame, who say “Well, that’s war! Collateral damage happens.”
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Every. Single. Word. Brutal and very honest stuff by the brilliant @zoejardiniere.bsky.social. The time has come to start assessing the skills of refugees, see them as a valuable resource, get them contributing, the constant vilification is simply wrong. youtu.be/JUYqV1AnDVA?...
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DEPORTATIONS: What are they good for?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...
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Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor
Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
As soon as the news broke of al-Assad’s flight from Syria, my immediate thoughts were for the Syrian Christians. They must have the torment of the Iraqi Christians in the forefront of their minds, with al-Qaida affiliates in control & ISIS poised to take advantage of the chaos.
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Free Palestine! x.com/umyaznemo/st...
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Imagine the widespread media coverage if Amnesty had issued a report concluding Russia was committing genocide in Ukraine. Compare that with the coverage of Amnesty’s report on Israel. www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/hey-...
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Hey BBC – it IS genocide!
This article addresses the bias in the BBC’s reporting, focusing especially on how it covered (just about) the Amnesty International…
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I think if I see another Zionist post saying “what about 7/10?” or “It’s not a genocide” I will scream!
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Today’s Worgle! WTAF?
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Irene S @oldfunkateers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Good morning, human family! At a time when violence, domination, cruelty, hostility, exclusion and oppression seem to reign supreme, Progressive Christian Brian McLaren shines some Advent light into the darkness (courtesy of Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation).
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Suddenly, after years of misrepresenting Hamas, western politicians and media are desperate to clarify – if only in Syria – the difference between jihadists and Islamic nationalists. My latest article can be read here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
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The day the media decided militant jihadism was respectable
Suddenly, after years of misrepresenting Hamas, western politicians and media are desperate to clarify – if only in Syria – the difference between jihadists and Islamic nationalists
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Authentic Jew @torahjewenglish.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It is a tragedy how being Jewish is nowadays viewed as a ‘synonym’ for Israel. The truth is dear friends: Our Judaism is more than millennia old. Our people sacrificed their very lives to protect our Torah. Our sole mission was always to be a noble nation.
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Authentic Jew @torahjewenglish.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Israeli government has taken hostage the name of the Jewish people and the term antisemitism. They do not work for the benefit of Jews, but rather their own political gains. Don’t fall for it.
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