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It's the finishing touches that make all the difference.. 😅
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11/ Immediately after the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel offered to return the territories it captured in return for peace. The Arabs refused to negotiate, saying no to peace or recognition. Once again, the Palestinians could have had much of this land, but their refusal to make peace cost them dearly.
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8/ The Partition Plan to divide the land into two states: one Arab and one Jewish, was put to the vote at the UN on 29 November 1947. Although the vote was passed by a majority of 33 to 13 (with 10 abstentions), it was never realized. While the Jewish community in Palestine joyously celebrated the UN’s decision to ratify the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland, the local Arab population immediately took up arms in a bid to prevent Israel’s birth. Had the Arabs accepted this plan as the Jews did, decades of conflict and bloodshed could have been prevented.
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Falsely accused Postmaster @CastletonLee suing Post Office and Fujitsu for £4million Fujitsu have accepted 'moral responsibility', but been otherwise silent, according to @PrivateEyeNews Best of luck to Lee: hit them where they actually care - in the 'bottom line'
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Will the Post Office and Fujitsu Go to War Again Against Lee Castleton? In 2006, Lee Castleton,was not simply defeated in court—he was destroyed. The Post Office and its technology supplier Fujitsu conspired to obliterate him financially, professionally, and reputationally. His only “crime” was refusing to accept the fictional accounting shortfalls generated by the Horizon IT system—software the two companies already knew was dangerously unreliable. When Lee questioned the integrity of his branch accounts, the Post Office demanded he repay £25,000 he did not owe. He refused to admit to something that wasn’t his fault. Instead of investigating the system, the Post Office, armed with false “expert” evidence from Fujitsu employees, took him to the High Court. He lost—because the Court was never told the truth. He was ordered to pay £321,000 in costs, forced into bankruptcy, and his family’s life was shattered. The truth, finally exposed through the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, shows that Lee was right all along. Fujitsu’s own engineers had remote access to branch accounts and could alter them without the Postmasters’ knowledge. The Post Office’s legal team—working closely with senior managers—presented evidence they should have known was unsafe. Internal documents prove the leadership knew Horizon was generating phantom losses, yet they continued to prosecute. Which brings us to the present moment. Lee Castleton’s name is now in the public arena as one of the earliest victims of this state-corporate machine. The Inquiry is unearthing proof that senior figures in both organisations acted in bad faith. And yet… neither the Post Office nor Fujitsu has clearly stated they will make Castleton whole without a fight. That silence is ominous. The Legal Stakes Lee’s case is legally toxic for both companies. In civil law, there is malicious prosecution and misfeasance in public office—both of which carry the potential for punitive damages. There is also the matter of Perjury and conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice, which in criminal law can mean prison sentences for individuals. The High Court judgment against him was built on tainted evidence—evidence now proven to be unreliable. Ordinarily, you would expect an institution to rush to reverse such an injustice. But this is the Post Office—an organisation whose historic litigation strategy has been to outspend, outlast, and out-intimidate its opponents. Fujitsu, meanwhile, has a global brand to protect and a powerful interest in keeping certain technical details buried. Both have deep legal war chests. The Human Stakes This is not just about financial compensation. It is about whether the UK corporate-state machine is capable of admitting wrongdoing without first re-traumatising its victims. For Lee, another round of legal combat could mean reliving the most destructive years of his life. For his family, it risks reopening old wounds—wounds caused not by accident, but by deliberate institutional aggression. The Question We Must Ask Will the Post Office and Fujitsu act honourably now, or will they do what they have always done—fight, delay, and deny❓ If they choose war again, it will not just be against Castleton. It will be a declaration that no matter how damning the evidence, no matter how public the scandal, these institutions will protect themselves before they will put things right. And that should terrify every Whistleblower, every truth-teller, and every citizen who believes that the courts are there to protect the innocent. Lee’s ordeal was supposed to serve as a warning. The question is: a warning to whom❓ To corporations and public bodies that truth will out—or to ordinary people that speaking up will cost you everything, even if you are vindicated decades later❓ The Country, the courts, and history itself will be watching what the Post Office and Fujitsu do next. @CastletonLee @lisa_castleton @BBCEmmaSimpson @TracyF882 @TjX50 @SeemaMisra_OBE @chiarasimon @fujitsu_uk @Fujitsu_Global @23essexstreet @SkyNewsAdele @liambyrnemp @ShabanaMahmood @DavidDavisMP @VarchasPatel @kevinhollinrake @nickwallis @forensicgod @WarmingtonRjw @ElCShaikh @TimBushLondon @CommonsBTC @Jusmasel2015 @Keir_Starmer @StephenBouvierX @biztradegovuk @mariaspears @gareththomasMP @NigelRailton @PostOffice @PostOffInquiry @PostOfficeNews @chrish9070 @theoracle99 @tonydowney67 @nickwallis @rbrooks45 @HouseofCommons @premnsikka @AmbJapanUK @japantimes
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"The world should see my son's sadistic torture" Galia David, mother of Israeli hostage Evyatar David speaks out: "I want each person to stop and think for a moment: What if this were your son or brother? What would you do? Would you just sit silently? No. You would turn the world upside down."
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6 Aug 2025
Replying to @HonestReporting
A carefully staged photograph. x.com/EasternVoices/status/1…

WOW! The biggest newspaper in Germany @BILD just exposed what other media outlets are trying to hide: The deliberate staging of Hamas propaganda by photographers in Gaza, that are later sold for tens of thousands of dollars to western media outlets to create a false narrative to demonise Israel and strengthen Hamas. The article analyses the case of Anas Zayed Fteiha, a so-called “freelance journalist” who works for the Turkish state news agency Anadolu. On paper, he’s a reporter, but in reality, he’s an Islamic propagandist with a camera. That’s obvious from his social media posts, where he proudly poses in combat gear and shares slogans like “Free Palestine” or even “F*** Israel.” Neutrality? Not a chance. The article shows that many of his photos deliver exactly what Hamas needs: suffering, rubble, crying children captured in perfect lighting. The kind of imagery that instantly sparks outrage against Israel in the West. But where are the photos that show the full picture? For example, the scenes where adult men collect food that’s actually being distributed? Those images vanish into obscurity. Instead, the “emotional shockers” end up in outlets like stern, CNN, BBC, Deutschlandfunk—and even in BILD itself. And none of this is a coincidence. The Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) confirms what experts have been saying for a long time: 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁. Historian Gerhard Paul puts it plainly: in southern Gaza, Hamas controls 100% of visual output. In other words, any photographer who doesn’t produce what the terrorists want is out of a job. That’s why the suffering is always portrayed one-sidedly, it’s designed to provoke sympathy in the West and stir anger at Israel. Even historical parallels are drawn: back in 2002, Arafat staged himself in his “fortress” in Ramallah as a tragic hero by candlelight cameras on, spotlights off, pure emotion. Minutes later, he was back under bright lights. Same trick, different setting. The disturbing part? Major news agencies and media outlets play along. They buy these images without questioning who’s behind them. Reuters defends itself by saying, “Our photos meet standards of accuracy and independence”, but it’s clear that in a place where Hamas monitors every pixel, true independence is impossible. And now the key question: Why don’t we see revelations like this in other media? Why doesn’t ARD produce a report on how tightly Hamas controls imagery coming out of Gaza? Why doesn’t the BBC acknowledge that many of its sources are actually activists? The answer is simple: because this truth is uncomfortable. It would disrupt the cherished victim-aggressor narrative,where Israel is always the oppressor, and Palestinians are always the helpless victims. The reality is this: Hamas is waging a double war: with rockets and with images. And in the second war, they’ve already won over half the world, because the media uncritically reproduces their perfectly staged visuals. Anyone who doesn’t see that is blindly walking into a propaganda trap. Credit: @MikhaElTzaDiK @KruizigaW Original article: by Moritz J. Müller, Hans-Jörg Vehlewald and Aaron Deuser m.bild.de/politik/ausland-un…
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The first image comes from @nytimes, but the last two were shot by Anas Zayed Fteiha. A Gazan photojournalist recently exposed by Germany’s @BILD for staging scenes to push Hamas’ narrative.
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English font designed by Dmitry Lamonov.

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2 Aug 2025
So beautiful! This video was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961 ❤
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29 Jul 2025
Whoever dubbed this is great! 😂😂
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Am I wrong to be irrationally raging about this? It's not very accessibility friendly! A lot of faffing about @nectar, why is the onus on me to "unlock" my prices? Surely scanning in should unlock them for me?
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What fresh hell is this? ⁦@sainsburys⁩ ⁦@nectar⁩? Awful for people with additional needs / older people. Complicated. Ultimately they could end up paying more for shopping. ⁦@MartinSLewis⁩ ⁦@wrobinson101
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16 Jul 2025
Replying to @nectar
@nectar so now you have to login to get your nectar prices however app logs me out after every use and then I have to change my password as it doesn’t recognise me . To change the password needs to open an email for a code that then shuts the nectar app, passcode then invalid 😡
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16 Jul 2025
Why doesn’t it make that clear in the email. Why does the email come across as TELLING us to download the nectar app? Until I see something official you’ve just lost a 30 year customer as a result of this ill thought out marketing scam.
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Yes, This!!
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@sainsburys - your @nectar app doesn’t work. So basically you’re saying you’re just increasing the prices by making the “nectar discounts” unavailable to everyone. I’m not alone, check the reviews in the app store. Smells like misleading advertising to me… @WhichUK
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30 Jun 2025
Get a dog, they said...
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It's been 630 days too many 🎗️
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