Palestine: @ituc.bsky.social condemns new violations of international law in the occupied West Bank. Confederation is deeply concerned at recent decision by the Israeli authorities to designate more areas of land in the occupied West Bank as so-called “State Land” www.ituc-csi.org/Palestine-IT...

How a Jewish day school fabricated an antisemitism scandal in South Africa - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-jewish-day-school-fabricated-antisemitism-scandal-south-africa

🚨🟢 Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem — In response to the "Peace Council" meeting, the occupation has intensified its demolition and bombing operations in the eastern Gaza Strip since dawn today. This confirms that the occupation is indifferent to these discussions and continues its agenda of genocide

The Vatican flatly rejected a U.S. invitation to join the Trump-led "Board of Peace" for Gaza. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem previously described the project as "a colonialist operation" focused on "others deciding for the Palestinians.”

🚨 Cabinet Office investigating Labour Together and Josh Simons over campaign to smear journalists But...ministers overseeing inquiry have received £150,000+ from Labour think tank Experts and MPs demand 'full independent investigation' New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-g... 🧵

Condemning Reform, Ratcliffe and Lam's racist rhetoric is an important and very welcome shift. But it means little unless accompanied by changes to the government's own *policies* -especially the vindictive and counterproductive earned settlement proposals. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is excellent from @iandunt.bsky.social on the government's proposals on settlement: unsupported by evidence, counterproductive on integration, cohesion and economic growth. As Ian says not too late for government to think again. iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

The government's immigration plans: a dog’s dinner of half-conceived policy, Reform rhetoric, mean-spirited sentiment, and profound intellectual muddle iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community. That's a huge win for people power. AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.

Utterly chilling insight into how Keir Starmer's team has been operating from the beginning. As others have been pointing out for years, the Labour Party and the country have been taken for a ride. There was a coup within the party, using a host of dirty tricks. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir By me, at FT www.ft.com/content/5207...

I remember when the Jimmy Saville revelations broke and all of the initial reporting and shocked blue-tick commentary was full of film and photos of Sir Jimmy with the Royal Family, laughing it up with PMs and so on. One day later, it had been crudely amputated and cauterised to a BBC-only scandal.

“Israel had to choose between annexation and peace. It chose annexation. We all reject annexation. So how are we going to stop Israel?” — Palestine Envoy to UN, Riyadh Mansour. Video: State of Palestine via X (@Palestine_UN)

French owned Somerset nuclear power station delayed by 13 years with construction costs soaring from £18bn to more than £50bn and to produce electricity costing more than 3 times that of wind power talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/20/f...

"Why aren't reporters asking whether the president has the legal right to launch another Middle Eastern war?" From my Zeteo piece/newsletter today: zeteo.com/p/an-illegal...

The groove continues because of this.

Could be just me, but if I was a PM whose polling figures were currently melting in magma trying to extricate myself from a scandal involving multiple examples of poor judgement, to put it nicely, in recruiting the absolute worst people I would avoid someone with multiple complaints against them.

Yet another sad reminder that there is a two-tiered justice system in America: One for the rich. Another for everyone else. If elites can be held accountable in other parts of the world, why can't they be held accountable in America?

Donald Trump is demanding that the UK let him use the UK's Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean to strike Iran. This would make the UK an aggressor which is not illegal without declaring war but also means we will be a legal target for Iran. We cannot let that happen.

It was well known about 4/5 years ago that the Home Office deliberately misaged children seeking asylum as being adults. Since then it seems situation has only worsened, with children being put at risk. It's state sanctioned child abuse to put it bluntly #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I know it has a tiny audience, but Michael Marra of 'Scottish' Labour had a rant on BBC Scotland's Debate Night, of such hysterical dishonesty and fear for the near extinction event they face in May , I feel obliged to respond.

⚡️NEW: Israeli Gov't Installed & Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment Security equipment & alarms were installed by the Israeli gov't at a notorious Manhattan residence frequented by fmr. PM Barak. By @ryangrim.bsky.social & @mazmhussain.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-go...

🚨 NEW - eighteen defendants from Palestine Action have now been acquitted of aggravated burglary charges in huge victory

Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.

In Gaza, a senior Hamas leader involved in the ceasefire negotiations tells Drop Site News that Hamas will not agree to demands that it unilaterally disarm. Basem Naim also said that Hamas will not submit to Israel’s demand for a total demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.

🔴 Gaza | 3 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire east of Khan Younis on the first day of Ramadan, as Israel continued air, artillery, and tank attacks across Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement. One person was killed in Al-Tahlia neighborhood and two people in Bani Suheila, medical sources told...

Israel released 13 detainees back to Gaza on Wed. evening via the Red Cross, including one woman and a 15-year-old boy, after months in detention after previous ground incursions. Palestine Online said they arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in poor health, with reports of...

Farage caught in another lie. A big one, despite being years ago, because it demolishes his "Origin Story" as a plucky anti-establishment figure. He's none of those things truly or by choice. That's why he delights at the reversal of Tories being under his control now. youtube.com/shorts/laVQX...

This isn't a shocker. If you look at many sectors with high vacancy rates at the moment, such as the care sector, you can easily see that reducing migration won't lead to more Brits working, and that's before factoring in that migrants create jobs by being here. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

30% of US citizens are pro-Christian Nationalism. Among the GOP it's over 50% mostly concentrated in the South and Midwest, which is where the Klan was from, so that tracks

Migrant Insider’s Pablo Manríquez reports that staff at the ICE detention facility in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding dormitories housing children and their parents to confiscate & destroy letters written by the children. The action follows investigative reporting by ProPublica’s Mica Rosenberg...

Carrie Prejean Boller said the backlash since her appearance at the U.S. Religious Liberty Commission hearing has come from conservatives. “They are the ones attacking me,” she told Drop Site News, for rejecting efforts to equate anti-Zionism with antisemitism. “If I don’t support the political...

More than 80 film workers have signed an open letter accusing the Berlinale of “institutional silence on the genocide of Palestinians” and of “censoring artists who oppose Israel’s ongoing genocide.” Signatories include Tilda Swinton, Javier Bardem, Mike Leigh, Adam McKay, Nan Goldin and Tatiana...

Yusuf, "You claim that Reform UK's Richard Tice is going to make energy bills more expensive by drilling in the north sea" Lucas, "Oil and gas are far more expensive than renewable energy" Yusuf, "How would drilling in the north sea, increasing the supply of something increase it's costs?" 🤦‍♂️

UN panel says European calls for resignation of Albanese ‘rooted in disinformation’ - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-panel-european-calls-resignation-albanese-rooted-disinformation

A mental health support service which provides round-the-clock help is to be expanded, thanks to £3.5 million of new cash from the Scottish Government

Slow down or give up, either way this amounts to yet another Labour u-turn. And what it's not pointing out is that higher paid workers spend more. It's how economies revive. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Explained: The Israeli measures imposing de facto annexation in the West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/what-do-israels-latest-measures-west-bank-mean

Drop Site’s Sharif Kouddous recaps “another brutal weekend” in Gaza, w/ Israeli airstrikes & shelling killing at least 17 Palestinians, including 11 on Sun. alone. He noted media coverage has fallen to its lowest level in over 2 & a half years, even as more than 600 Palestinians have been killed...

Told @democracynow that both Iran and the US believe that a short and intense war can improve their negotiation position. The US believes its overwhelming military force will win the day. Iran believes Trump cannot afford anything that isn't a quick and glorious victory.

More than 80 filmmakers denounce 'censorship' over Gaza at Berlinale - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/more-80-filmmakers-denounce-censorship-over-gaza-berlinale

Why don’t you want us to integrate? Do you not eat anything but Gammon? Watch white only English football teams? Only get a bus or train driven by a white person? Are are those foreigners all ok? Is it just the foreigners you are suspicious of or don’t know personally are the problem?

An immigration judge has terminated removal proceedings against Palestinian student activist Mohsen Mahdawi. Details 👇

Palestine Action: Aggravated burglary charges dropped against 18 defendants - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/charges-against-18-palestine-action-defendants-dropped

What Marco Rubio conveniently left out of his "ode to empire" at Munich over the weekend. I brought some receipts about the human costs of Western imperialism in my latest Guardian column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I couldn't forward the article but I think the headline says it all.

Trade Union Congress: "Young people: We can't afford our rent. Multi-millionaire Reform MP Richard Tice: We're going to cut your pay."

Armed group Hezbollah rejected on Tuesday the Lebanese government's decision to grant the army at least four months to advance the second phase of a nationwide disarmament plan, saying it would not accept what it sees as a move serving Israel.

VD, "You want voters to trust Robert Jenrick as a potential next Chancellor to the country. In the past year alone you have accused him of lying, dishonesty, incompetence" ZY, "When someone defects from one party to another you will always find tweets like that"