Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

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The Houthi military spokesman , Yahya Saree, says that the group carried out a “qualitative operation” against Israel. 🔴 LIVE updates:

I just saw Conor McGregor referred to as Andrew Tayto.

I LOVE Laika Party #EuroSong

Happy #EuroSong night to all who celebrate.

‘Political power may require compromise and behind-the-scenes trade-offs, but there are some moral red lines that should never be crossed, whatever the political cost. The genocide is the quintessential test of the moral courage of leaders in the 21st century.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This feels like an appropriate soundtrack for the Canadian, Mexican and Chinese response to theTrump Administration’s attempt at bullying youtu.be/NC3M7kIpAaY?...

The ethnic cleansing of Gaza in real time. Advertising the seafront property for months, settlers all prepped… it’s disgusting how easy it is to let colonial tendencies run roughshod over the bodies of 1,000s of children, men & women. #speirgorm #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #Resist

I am weak for this EuroSong finalists. A worthy tribute to Laika the dog 🐕 🚀 and it’s a bop! #Eurovision2025 #SpeirGorm youtu.be/nnK5TOTmHbU?...

If the European Union is an accomplice in what the international Criminal Court considers the war crime of civilian starvation and multiple crimes against humanity, how can the EU justify its continued existence? theintercept.com/2024/12/23/e...

Elon Musk biographer here. The "missing context" from the op-ed below is that Musk has been spreading racist and antisemitic memes, screenshots, graphs, charts, unsourced narratives, tropes, and buzzwords for 18 months now. Publicly. Daily. The Post either knows this or should not be in business.

To be fair @mcculld.bsky.social asked some good questions of Dana Erlich on @news.rte.ie this evening. #FreePalestine🇵🇸

#Gaza: The temporary ceasefire in #Gaza is a relief, but it comes after 465 days and 46,000 lives lost. This is just the beginning of addressing the immense humanitarian, and medical needs. All parties must respect the #ceasefire and ensure safe delivery of aid to those in need.

The EUs inaction is shameful. I’m probably being generous using the word inaction, the EU has actually been complicit in what has happened in Gaza over the last 15 months.

Week 67, Cork Palestinian Solidarity march.

Vet: “I was like, ‘Are they seriously dropping 1,000lb JDAMs [highly destructive munitions] in one of the most densely populated places on Earth?’” “It was so egregious, it was so insane, that we had to just call each other to make sure we weren’t hallucinating.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

If the Government thinks that Ireland would suffer very damaging retaliatory measures if it enacted the Bill, it should put that entire calculation into the public domain. If they believe their judgment is soundly based, why hide it?

Worth read in full 🧵

📢📢Good abortion news Klaxxon!! 📢📢 Luxembourg government approves bill to abolish mandatory (but completely unnecessary, are you listening Ireland and Germany?) 3 day reflection period for abortions, ban virginity certificates & hymenoplasty. today.rtl.lu/news/luxembo...

I immediately hate all but two men on season 3 The Traitors US. They are terrible human beings. #TheTraitorsUS

International Court of Justice receives Ireland’s intervention in South Africa’s case against Israel

Nadine Dorris has met her match tonight in @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on #NewNight I eye rolled so hard at some of the answers from Dorris I’ve given myself a headache

“We need a zero tolerance to all forms of male violence against women and it will take all of us to commit to lasting change.” Sarah Benson, CEO of Women’s Aid.

Lost to Violence: The 37 women killed in Ireland in the last five years The Journal Investigates shines a spotlight on the women lost to violence in Ireland since 2020. http://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-violent-deaths-women-6576152-Jan2025/

Jimmy Carter visited Palestine in 2010 with Mary Robinson and others. Their bluntly worded report is here www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_re...

Worth reading the whole thread 🧵

Dear @sulliview.bsky.social, I always appreciate your work, but there's some major flaws with this argument. The Guardian *does* have a billionaire owner. It's owned by the Scott Trust that is led by a private banker seeking to grow a £1.3bn trust fund. 1/ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amoral.

Israeli soldiers have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last remaining medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip, torching large sections and forcing hundreds of Palestinians to leave aje.io/pnuxun

A Palestinian healthcare worker has died due to 'extreme' weather conditions, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health, as severe cold compounds the hardship faced by Palestinians displaced by Israel’s relentless attacks aje.io/av97vf

Just watched the Gavin and Stacey finale. It was wonderful. I love every single character so much. #GavinAndStacey

4 men, and another joined virtually, on the Virgin Media Tonight Show panel. Do better @virginmediatv.bsky.social.

The award-winning Irish language film Kneecap has been shortlisted for Best International Feature and Best Original Song at the 2025 Academy Awards

Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris called Israel’s decision to close its embassy in Dublin part of Israel’s “diplomacy of distraction,” intended to deflect attention from “what Netanyahu is doing to the innocent children of Gaza.” He said Ireland remains committed to human rights and int’l law.

Left: Simon Harris, "You're all asking me about Ireland's position. What about Israel's actions? Nobody is going to silence Ireland" Right: Al Jazeera's report on the most recent UN school to be bombed by Israel

This is the loveliest group of celebrities ever #ImACeleb

On day 3 of counting in the General Election, spare a thought for our correspondent Brian O’Donovan in Cork North Central. Brian is losing his voice but still managed to make it through his live insert into the One O’Clock News. #rtenews #GE24 #Election24

Day 3 in my home constituency of Cork North Central and a third Hairy Baby Tees t-shirt from Cian working in the count centre. #GE24 #GeneralElection2024 #Cork #CorkNorthCentral Unreal indeed! 🗳️

For the #SpeirGorm & #Spéirghrom fans 👇🏻

It’s all happening at the count in Nemo, come on Cork North Central I’ve to be up for work in the morning #GE24

podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b... For all my new Irish friends, because of the strangest case of mistaken identity in the history of Irish-American relations, I've been invited to be interviewed by Katie Hannon. The taping is tomorrow and I'll let you know when it's scheduled to be aired

I sang PRSTV to the tune of Ottawan’s D I S C O. #GE24 It is P phenomenal It is R…

Gregg Wallace: “I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” Same age as you Gregg t.co/ax8NNIs8LF

Delighted to see Marie Sherlock elected. I hope those elected, in Dublin Central, will work to understand the Hutch vote to ensure they are not neglected or forgotten. I am sure Sherlock will.

Squeaky-bum time... #ge24 #hutch (Details in the alt text)