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The ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ is to be held in London this Sunday. This disgraceful event will involve the sale of land stolen from Palestinians in illegal Israeli settlements. Today, I called for the Government to ban this event.
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Stop the ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ taking place in London on 14 June. Palestinian land is not for sale. Such sales are illegal & unethical. This event should not be allowed to go ahead
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"It brings me no pleasure to compare what Israel is doing to what the Nazis did, but how can we not? When you have things like ghettos, starvation, concentration camps and planned systematic extermination of people" Jewish journalist @kthalps CC: LBC @lewis_goodall @hasanthehun
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The boy is gone, gone. A father breaks down in grief over his eight-year-old son, Jad Suleiman, killed while walking home from school in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, his small backpack still on his shoulders. Between his tears the father keeps repeating his name, remembering the smallest things about him, how the boy always wanted a piece of namoura, the red sweet, from his uncle. A child who set out for school and never made it home, one more name added to the thousands of children killed in Gaza under Israel's ongoing assault and genocide. hamza_z_q (IG)
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HOLY SHIT 🇩🇪🚨 A woman in Germany says “Free Palestine.” Police swarm, cover her mouth, drag her down like a beast. That slogan is now banned in Germany because it’s considered antisemitic. If you say it, the state silences you by force.
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The mother of 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, shot dead by israeli troops in al-Khalil, recounts the moment her baby was viciously killed
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Footage shows an Israeli occupation Apache helicopter firing a missile directly into a civilian residential area in the middle of Gaza City, in the latest blatant violation of the October 2025 ceasefire. The use of an attack helicopter to strike densely populated neighbourhoods, rather than the drones and warplanes that have carried out the majority of strikes during the so-called truce, marks a significant escalation in the Israeli occupation army's ongoing campaign against the city. The attack adds to a mounting toll already recorded for June alone, with the spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, confirming that thirty-six Palestinians have been killed inside the Gaza Strip since the start of the month, among them three children and six women. Since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025, the Israeli occupation army has killed more than 947 Palestinians and wounded over 2,935 in continuous violations targeting residential homes, displacement tents, markets, journalists, and Gaza police patrols. majoud_2007 (IG)
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لم يحتمل جندي البحرية الإسرائيلي أن يرى الطفل محمد وهو يستمتع بوقته في بحر غزة الواسع، فقنصه برصاصة في الرأس وقتله ..
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They finally get it!!!
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Amy Dangerfield says Australia's anti-hate laws and growing restrictions on political expression have left her unwilling to return home, claiming people are being arrested for speech that would once have been considered part of normal political debate.
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Jeremy Hickey: "Day in day out, all day every day, there's just death everywhere" August 2024

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VIDEO | "I was only raped by two Israeli dogs." A red carpet exchange at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of the Israeli comedy The Wedding Entertainer has triggered widespread backlash online and a weak condemnation from the festival organizers. During the event, media personality Lizzy Savetsky and actor Elon Gold engaged in a flippant dialogue mocking sexual violence. When Gold joked that she was "raped by two Israeli dogs" while filming in Israel, Savetsky replied, "I thought they only rape Palestinians," to which Gold responded, "No, I got also a dog." Organizers issued a statement condemning the remarks as offensive and unacceptable, asserting that sexual violence should never be minimized or mocked. Following the public outcry, Savetsky defended the exchange as sarcasm, claiming it was intended to target what she called as unverified propaganda against Israeli forces, despite overwhelming evidence of Israel's use of sexual violence against Palestinians. The remarks took place against a backdrop of severe and documented human rights concerns. Recent UN reports have highlighted credible allegationss of systematic torture and sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees within Israeli detention facilities, allegations that Israeli authorities continue to officially deny.
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Betore Rome, there was Carthage. Before Carthage, there was Tyre. What you see in this image are not merely ordinary columns; they are the historical columns of Tyre in southern Lebanon are iconic Roman architectural remains. They are part of an ancient Phoenician city-state that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Israel is currently demolishing Tyre—a city more than 5,000 years old. Europe, Princess of Tyre, gave her name to those who, today, let her city be destroyed without saying a word. We are watching history beirg erased in real time by Israel.
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Theo Von looked genuinely shaken hearing this on his podcast. A journalist. Shot in the face by Israeli forces. Clearly marked as press. Then Israeli soldiers showed up to her funeral and beat the pallbearers with batons and stun grenades. Multiple human rights organizations concluded she was likely targeted. Her name was Shireen Abu Akleh. This was 2022, and most people still don't know the full story. @theovon, MiddleEastEye YT Writer: Val
🇺🇸 Theo Von asks ex-CIA officer John Kiriakou about the agency, and he puts it in black and white. After the Church Committee in the 70s, the CIA actually had a “golden period” no more assassinations, no coups, just straight intel work. Felt like real public service. Then 9/11 hits. Bush basically rips up the rules and says “just kill everybody you want.” They create special kill teams that run around the world with weekly kill lists. Old-school CIA vs. the new CIA. Night and day. Source: @TheoVon @JohnKiriakou
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‘While Gaza is being liquidated by a state that claims the Holocaust as some sort of sick justification for its crimes.’ Molly Crabapple speaks about writing on the Holocaust while Israel's genocide in Gaza unfolded in real time. Watch full ➡: youtu.be/r3qxJvHC1F8
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The Israeli army shot dead a 7-month-old Palestinian baby in the West Bank. It was in broad daylight. The father says: "I stopped as I was instructed to, and then they simply shot at the car." Israel routinely kills babies - and the West is silent.
Earlier today, during operational activity in the area of Hebron, IDF soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them. An IDF soldier responded with single shots toward the vehicle. As a result, three Palestinians were injured and evacuated for medical treatment. An initial inquiry found that those injured were uninvolved civilians. The incident is under review, and the findings will be submitted for review by the relevant authorities. The IDF expresses deep sorrow for any harm caused to uninvolved individuals.
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🚨 BOMBSHELL! Iran exposes the Trump administration for giving the Zionist regime a green light to use prohibited phosphorous munitions. Washington is funding horrific war crimes! He warns if the child-killing regime expands its aggression, they will be obliterated.
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An elderly Palestinian woman breaks down in tears after her home was reduced to rubble by Israeli occupation authorities in the village of Qilqis, south of occupied Hebron.
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“They’re looking to bring media organisations down.” Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of genocide-linked software company Palantir, is funding a new startup that allows rich customers to file complaints against journalists using AI. Objection’s own co-founder Aron D’Souza predicts that journalists won’t exist in 20 years’ time. “This all comes at a time when journalism is under threat like it’s never been under threat before,” says @MaloneBarry on Novara Live. “It’s a really scary time.”
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