Ireland leads a diplomatic push to secure EU suspension of parts of the Association Agreement with Israel. There is also a push for sanctioning Hamas, extremist ministers and violent settlers in Palestine www.thejournal.ie/tanaiste-eu-vote-suspending-parts-of-israel-trade-agreement-6825047-Sep2025/

Following Italy’s move to send a navy ship to possibly assist the Gaza aid flotilla, Spain's PM says he will send warship to protect the flotilla, which is still in international waters. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Incredible news today that Sisi pardoned Alaa Abdel Fattah, Egypt's most prominent political prisoner who has been imprisoned more or less continuously since 2014. He should be released once Sisi’s decision is published in the Official Gazette www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...

Kul när det rör på sig - och det här blir ju så bra för Aftonbladet!

Only seven Senate Democrats are signed onto a resolution put forward by Jeff Merkley for the United States recognize the State of Palestine. They are: Sen. Jeff Merkley Chris Van Hollen Tim Kaine Bernie Sanders Peter Welch Tina Smith Tammy Baldwin Mazie Huron

The US Defense Department is requiring journalists agree to submit anything they publish about it for government approval as a condition of access

Democrats on Capitol Hill are raising alarm over large banners with President Donald Trump’s face that can be seen on three federal buildings, saying they carry authoritarian undertones in the wake of a report from California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff: https://cnn.it/46l498M

Många exempel på hur galenskap tillåts förstöra människors liv. www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/khal...

Lyssna på denna galenskap. Afifa har fast jobb som tandsköterska men ska ändå kastas ut - för att hon en gång kom hit som asylsökande men bytte spår och blev arbetssökande. Nu har hon sitt liv och sitt jobb här. Det gagnar varken henne, hennes arbetsgivare, patienter eller Sverige att kasta ut henne

U.S. diplomats in Qatar are sheltering in place following the Israeli strike in Doha and U.S. citizens are advised to do the same, per the US embassy qa.usembassy.gov/security-ale...

Russia launched more than 800 drones and missiles at Ukrainian targets overnight, with at least one strike damaging the government’s main building in Kyiv.

Alla skämt om ”journalistrugby” fastnar i halsen när tingsrätten inte kan garantera tryggheten för vare sig vittnen eller journalister. www.etc.se/kommentar/ja...

“They put us in the morgue,” Yazan says in Arabic. He was wrapped & placed in a freezer w his other cousins who had died. It wasn’t until a doctor who was visiting the hospital came across Yazan, discovered that he was still alive & moved him out of the morgue. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

Global appeal: Gaza’s journalists need urgent protection Joining over 250 media organizations, +972 calls on international actors to defend Palestinian journalists and force Israel to open Gaza to foreign press. www.972mag.com/global-appea...

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Today is Raoul Wallenberg Day in Sweden 🇸🇪. Each year, 27 August is the national day for equal rights and civil courage. rwi.lu.se/about/about-...

När anonyma källor i M förklarar Ulf Kristerssons tapp i förtroende med Benjamin Dousas engagemang för Gaza låter det vinklat och anekdotiskt. Måste finnas stadigare underlag. Hur mycket påverkar nationell säkerhet (papper på drift), arbetslöshet och energifrågor t ex? www.svd.se/a/QM1rOJ/ben...

Gått på konsert med Ann-Soife von Otter som sjöng franska och tyska visor. Och lite nordiskt. Fint. Men bäst var musikerna. Virtuoser. Så samspelta med varandra och med von Otter. Bengan Jansson på dragspel, Anders Jakobson på fiol, Johan Siberg på piano och Fabian Fredriksson på gitarr.

Thousands of #PalestineRefugees from #Gaza – labourers and medical patients with their accompanying family members – remain stranded in the #WestBank since October 2023, unable to return to their homes and without a regular source of income.

Ett gott danskt initiativ. Danska medier uppmanar idag lokala näringsidkare att annonsera i konkurrerande medier - hellre än på de techplattformar som får 7 av 10 danska annonskronor. www.journalisten.se/nyheter/dans...

ICJ Judge Sebutinde: 'The Lord Is Counting on Me to Stand on the Side of Israel', according to a Ugandan paper. What happens when a judge at one of the world’s highest judicial offices admits she has a religious duty to side with one of the parties in a dispute? zeteo.com/p/the-lord-i...

“Unlawful deportation or transfer” is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention which all parties to the Convention are obligated to prosecute or extradite the perpetrators of. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Möjligheten krymper för att utöva judisk kultur. www.expressen.se/ledare/ledar...

Nearly 500,000 Israelis protested for the release of the hostages, in Tel Aviv 🎗️ The demonstration came after a day of nationwide strikes and protests. Multiple roads were blocked throughout the day, and many businesses were closed. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Hundratusentals israeler demonstrerar mot kriget ikväll. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Israel must facilitate immediate and permanent access for the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to bring “a flood of aid into Gaza,” the foreign ministers of 27 nations said in a joint statement. wapo.st/4fLf28j

Manifestation till stöd för palestinska journalister på torsdag 14 aug kl 12.30, på Medborgarplatsen i Stockholm! #pressfrihet #Gaza facebook.com/events/s/man...

The Israelis say they can kill Anas al Sharif because he was once in a picture with a Hamas leader. If your weird illegal argument is that it is permissible to kill anyone who is photographed next to a leader of US-terror-designated group, then I have some bad news for you.

Over 1,000 journalists, media professionals and press freedom advocates from more than 60 countries have signed a petition demanding immediate, unrestricted access for foreign journalists to the Gaza Strip. The initiative is titled Freedom to Report. blogs.timesofisrael.com/let-us-in-th...

A glimpse of Gaza’s miserable future from The Economist. With a lot of gruesome figures but also clearcut conclusions like: Every child in Gaza will remain at lifelong risk of poor health because of today’s malnutrition. economist.com/middle-east-...

NEW: Spain cancels plans to buy US-made F-35 fighters, a day after India paused all US military orders. They join Canada, Denmark, Portugal, Switzerland & Germany in shunning US defense deals. Swiss leader, Balthasar Glättli: “Those who hurl rocks at us in trade shouldn’t expect gifts in return.”

Med anledning av frågor och synpunkter på min ändrade syn vad gäller Gaza och folkmord har jag skrivit artikel i Sydsvenskan. Artikeln är försedd med faktaruta för de som vill läsa rättsfall. www.sydsvenskan.se/2025-08-07/h...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Awdah Hathaleen was killed by Israeli settler Yinon Levy in broad daylight. The perpetrator walks free, while Awdah’s body has been held hostage by the Israeli army. The village of Umm al-Khair is going on hunger strike to recover his body. mondoweiss.net/2025/08/comm... #Palestine #Israel

🧵NEW: This is an unprecedented intervention. Almost every single living, former head of the IDF, Mossad (Israeli foreign intelligence), Shin Bet (domestic intelligence) & Police Commissioner urges an end to Israel’s war in Gaza. “This is an extremist government. It has taken us all hostage.” 1/

Germany should consider Israel sanctions, senior lawmaker says after trip www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

For years, Albanians have preferred to keep their cash under the mattress — next to their AK-47, as the national joke goes — rather than in banks. But if Prime Minister Edi Rama gets his wish, Albania would become the world’s first cashless economy.

Ge mig några smarta, inspirerande ord på vägen. Ord som får mig att sluta surfa på sociala medier - denna förfärliga tidstjuv - och som får mig att göra något vettigare.

Recognition of a Palestinian state should not be a pawn in a diplomatic game - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-starmer-should-have-imposed-sanctions-israel

Portugal joins states considering recognition of Palestinian state in September  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/portugal-joins-states-considering-recognition-palestinian-state-september

Ett nödvändigt beslut. Ord och analys måste följas av konkret politik.

Våra utsläpp gör planeten allt varmare ➡️ Fler skaffar AC pga värmen ➡️ Användning av el och kylmedel ökar ➡️ Utsläppen ökar ännu mer ➡️ Planeten blir ännu varmare ↩️ 🔥 10% av klimatutsläppen 2025 kommer från AC, enligt FN 🔥 Användningen av AC väntas tredubblas till 2050 omni.se/a/bmV6dl

"Mark Klamberg, som är professor i folkrätt vid Stockholms universitet, har ändrat sig i frågan på grund av utvecklingen i Gaza, och anser nu att Israels krigföring kan klassas som folkmord." www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/folk...

Ingen rolig text att skriva men ord kan inte göras osagda och en dag kommer det här vara över. www.flamman.se/antisemitism...

Awdah Hathaleen vigde sitt liv åt att skydda palestinska byar från israeliska bosättare, vilket skildras i den Osvarsvinnande dokumentären "No other land". Nu har han skjutits till döds av bosättaren Yinon Levi, som tidigare varit föremål för amerikanska sanktioner.

This is why Israel won’t allow international media into #Gaza. This is Beit Hanoun. It was a thriving city of 67,000 people. Nothing is left - the result of the Israeli state attempting to exterminate Palestinian society. The war crime of the 21st century. #Genocide (🎥 Gaza Notice)

For the first time, Israeli human rights groups say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/00000198-50f...

Dozens of ministers will gather at the United Nations on Monday for a delayed conference to work toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, but the U.S. and Israel are boycotting the event. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Ännu ett skakande vittnesmål från Gaza. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...