To quote Tom Elliot ... "scum"

Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member – and former UDR soldier – who caused controversy when he said he wouldn’t attend GAA matches or pride events.  www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

www.threads.com/@landpalesti... Today we learned that the Prime Minister of Israel repeatedly raped, choked and beat Virginia Guiffre and the media today won't even say his name or the country he was the Prime Minister of. It's impossible to hate the media enough.

Comment: Questions media won’t ask: why did Heather Humphreys sit in the Dáil while her party ignored parents desperate for school places for their disabled children; what did she do to help disabled people afford groceries without cutting essentials? www.ontheditch.com/comment-this...

‘It brings into sharp focus the violence of the carceral system in the UK, a violence we often associate with places afar.'

'Dr Asim Qureshi, Research Director at CAGE International, who are also negotiating partners for the hunger strikers alongside Prisoners for Palestine, said: ‘This hunger strike, if it goes ahead, will be the first of its kind in at least two decades.'

'This is a direct result of not only the government’s appalling actions towards the prisoners, but also their active participation in the genocide in Gaza.’

‘The prisoners are firm in the knowledge that they have massive support both here and internationally, and that the people will come together to take action in their name.'

‘This is a historic moment. The government must make the correct decision and give the prisoners the basic legal rights that they have been denied. The government has left the prisoners with no other option but to hunger strike for their freedom and justice.'

'Two previously imprisoned activists, Francesca Nadin and Audrey Corno, who are now part of the Prisoners for Palestine collective, who advocate for the prisoners and their supporters, handed the letter announcing the protest to the Home Office yesterday.'

'The hunger-strike aims to highlight the conditions of the prisoners’ incarceration, and set out a series of demands to the British government. These include the right to a fair trial, release on bail, and the dropping of all terror-related charges.'

'They will start their hunger strike on 2nd November, Balfour Day, the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and just two weeks before the start of the first of the three Filton 24 trials.'

'With some of these prisoners now having spent over a year in custody, without trial, and with their treatment having deteriorated following the proscription of Palestine Action, they feel they have no option, but to go on hunger-strike to fight for fairer treatment.'

'All have been denied bail, and been subject to various abuses by the prison authorities, such as the withholding of mail. The treatment of the Filton 24 has been widely condemned, not least by the United Nations.'

'The police again used counter-terror laws, and while they have never been charged with terrorist offences, the prosecution have alleged a ‘terrorism connection’.

'Over the following months, in a series of dawn raids, a further 18 activists were arrested, often along with family members, who were later released.'

'The six were arrested at the site, but later, while in police custody, they were re-arrested under counter-terrorism legislation, which allowed the authorities to extend their detention period. They were later charged with non-terror offences, and remanded in custody.'

'Six activists then entered the building, and began dismantling production machinery, as well as Elbit-produced quadcopter drones, which have been used throughout the Gaza Genocide.'

'In the action, which took place in August 2024, a group of activists drove a modified prison van through the facility’s perimeter fence, and on through the shuttered entrance.'

'The Filton 24 are a group of activists who have all been imprisoned in relation to a Palestine Action raid on the Research, Development, and Manufacturing Hub of Israel’s biggest weapons maker Elbit Systems, located at Filton, Bristol.'

'The prisoners are members of the Filton 24 and Brize Norton 5, respectively, and are being held in prison, unconvicted, accused of taking part in two separate actions, claimed by the currently proscribed group, Palestine Action.'

'Protest outside an Elbit Systems arms factory in support of the Filton18'

Pro-Palestine prisoners to go on hunger strike! wrp.org.uk/news/pro-pal...

'A LETTER was delivered to the Home Office yesterday, informing it of a forthcoming hunger-strike by pro-Palestine prisoners held in British jails.'

'From Guantánamo to Gaza, the infrastructure of authoritarian terror laws built to imprison, silence, and suppress action for Palestine and voices challenging wars and genocide must be dismantled.'

'Heather Humphreys's presidential candidacy is clear confirmation that the government does not value nor hear its disabled citizens,' said one disability activist. 'Margaret Thatcher light,' said another. www.ontheditch.com/government-d...

Just doing as Herzl, "father of zionism"said: "the antiSemites will be our greatest allies" His lawyer, Paltzik: “In reality, Mr. Ingrassia has incredible support from the Jewish community because Jews know that Mr. Ingrassia is the furthest thing from a Nazi” #AS = Conflating #Jews with #zionists

UN Humanitarian Affairs Chief Tom Fletcher described Gaza City as an unrecognisable wasteland - beyond words - after touring its devastated streets. #GenocideByUSrael youtu.be/bO9Dvestd4Y?...

Why did he grant it? Care to answer @darraghobrientd.bsky.social? Surely that is complicity in the committing of #WarCrimes and a direct violation of the #GenocideConvention and of the #ICJ's Orders to prevent/punish genocidal actions by the #zionistEntity?

For the first time since 2006 the state has admitted it allowed munitions – onboard a US war plane authorised by Simon Harris to land at Shannon Airport – to travel through Irish territory on their way to Israel Darragh O’Brien granted the exemption. www.ontheditch.com/state-admits/

" ...the downplaying of deaths in Israeli coverage of the war on Gaza exceeds anything seen in democratic countries in half a century or more, observers say. “What we are seeing now is different,” Panievsky told us. The dissonance was “never [as] big” as in Israel today." #GazaGenocide

For the record, 600 was around the *minimum* that was believed to be necessary to sustain the the remaining displaced population. Permitting only half that is Israel continuing to starve the Palestinians, just more slowly and under the guise of a ceasefire.

'Solidarity as a Crime': Report Details Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Protests Across West www.commondreams.org/news/pro-pal...

"The #Israel'i atrocities just go on & on, & we're supposed to forget them?" The brilliant @MaxBlumenthal enumerates SOME of the many massacres & atrocities committed by the #genocidalRegime over the past 2 years in #Gaza with the estimable #JudgeNap #JudgingFreedom www.youtube.com/live/USfI5Tg...

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

#BREAKING | Meta removes account of slain journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, less than two days after he was shot and killed in Gaza

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda." My report:

youtube.com/watch?v=ozZ2.... He keeps it real: Israel has killed at least 200,000 Palestinians

Amazing interviews & speeches at the #LondonMarchForGaza #StopTheGenocide in #Gaza On #CrispinFlintoffShow #CrispinFlintoff youtu.be/nMMUciCtS1U?...

#FYI #FreedomFlotilla #Palestine #Israel #genocide #NeverAgain #NeverAgainForAnyone #TadghHickey #SarahWilkinson on #CrispinFlintoff Show streaming from the #GlobalSumudFlotilla www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKcH...

news.sky.com/story/guns-c... Idf /bibi killers await orders The plan will not work , its not meant to Usual - deal done , paperwork signed - generals meet & plan day 2 Not trump - lets have 35 dictators,tyrants and premiers one by one come shake my hand All for cameras,not for dead babies

Poignant video appeal by the son of a #Nazi holocaust survivor to fellow Jews to speak out about the #GazaHolocaust & to realise that #NeverAgain applies to Palestinian victims of #GenocideByIsrael & STOP conflating #jews with #zionists DoubleDownNews youtu.be/ozZ28hD6H40?...

🚨Breaking🚨 Swiss company Swissto12 says it’s ended a contract to supply antennae to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems after The Ditch x @Heidi_news reported that one of its shipments is heading for Tel Aviv today.

BlackRock will buy AES, one of the largest publicly traded utility companies in the U.S. AES is a major power provider for Big Tech companies building out data centers. Yes: while these data centers drive up your electricity costs, wealthy financiers are going to make a killing.

Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the Marinette, the last boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla that was still sailing towards Gaza. Crew members held up signs saying they saw warships approaching before soldiers boarded and detained them at gunpoint.

"The inclusion of candidates’ former occupations and employers on the sample ballot paper is clearly ultra vires Section 37 of the Act." Well done @wereontheditch.bsky.social

The ballot paper for Ireland’s presidential election is unlawful – and gives an unfair advantage to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s candidates. The legislation is clear. The Ditch is challenging – in the High Court if necessary. Our letter in full: www.ontheditch.com/presidential...