Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧

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[Formula 1 @F1]

BREAKING: Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez will race for Cadillac Formula 1 Team in 2026!

#F1

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

You can tell a lot from what a politician is ashamed of – and what he’s not.

It should have been deeply unsettling for Keir Starmer that Hamas described the Labour government’s plan to recognise a state of Palestine as “one of the fruits of October 7”, but he barely flinched.

The prime minister’s grandstanding on Palestinian statehood is more than a distraction from his inability to deliver for the British people. This affair exposes a deeper rot at the heart of government – a political inclination to surrender without shame.

Days after Labour’s intervention, Hamas released chilling videos of emaciated hostage Evyatar David, forced to dig his own grave. It was a harsh reminder of the evil and psychological cruelty of Hamas. This is an organisation which holds an innocent 24-year-old man in dark tunnels for 680 days, simply because he is Jewish.

While Israel cooperates closely with the UK on counter-terrorism intelligence so that we can be safe from terrorism within our own borders, Starmer rewards the terrorists that hold Israel’s civilians hostage, creating a perverse incentive for Hamas to keep torturing them.

None of it makes any sense because Labour’s goal is not to help build a lasting peace, to influence any real prospect of statehood, or to ease the terrible suffering of civilians in Gaza. Instead, their only goal is to appease anti-Israel sentiment in their party and the Islamist groups whose pressure they cannot resist. In the process, they betray Britain’s security interests, and they betray humanity.

We all want to see an end to the suffering in Gaza. I’m clear that this requires the eradication of Hamas.

The West must not be naïve about terrorism. Hamas is a terror group whose aims are openly genocidal. Hamas live-streamed gruesome videos slaughtering innocent civilians, and it has disrupted the flow of what should be free aid to Palestinians who need it. Yet it is winning the propaganda war in parts of the West.

In the face of social and political backlash, it takes courage to do the right thing. Shamefully, Starmer’s position on Palestinian statehood advances the victory of Hamas’s propaganda war.

Let us not forget that opportunities for a real two-state solution have been rejected many times before by the Palestinians, from the Peel Commission in the 1930s until the present day. The 1948 Partition Plan was a two-state solution, but it was followed by an invasion from several Arab armies with the express intent to wipe Israel off the map.

There can be no two-state solution with Hamas or with any organisation that rejects the existence of a Jewish presence in the Middle East.

Rather than acting in the interest of the British people, Starmer’s Labour prides itself on supposedly putting ‘international law’ at the heart of their foreign policy.

Yet, 40 eminent lawyers wrote to the Attorney General Lord Hermer setting out why Labour’s legally incoherent plan for recognition could breach international law which governs the establishment of new nations.

Revealingly, my successor in the Business and Trade Department, Jonathan Reynolds said those lawyers were “missing the point”. He said that “in the end, recognition of a state is a political judgment”. Finally, an honest answer from Labour.

When everyone wondered how it could possibly be the case that Britain was going to surrender sovereign territory in the Chagos Islands, government ministers told us it was because “we could face losing legal rulings.” As China and Iran welcome the Chagos surrender, and British taxpayers prepare to foot the £35 billion surrender tax, the government insists it has no choice but to follow legal advice.

And when Labour suspended arms export licences to Israel the Prime Minister insisted it was “a legal decision”.

They have been lying to us. As Reynolds’ answer makes clear, on Israel, on Chagos, Labour are making political judgments.

[American Jewish Committee @AJCGlobal]

Russian aggression—the unprovoked war Putin launched against Ukraine, beginning in 2014—must not be rewarded.

Ahead of the meeting between President Trump and President Putin this week in Alaska, we emphasize the importance of the following points as a basis for negotiations toward ending the war in Ukraine.

The U.S. should adhere to the following principles:

▪ No Ukrainian territory can be ceded to Russia.
▪ No agreements may be made without Ukraine’s input.
▪ The U.S. and Europe must guarantee Ukrainian security.
▪No restrictions on Ukraine's right to join NATO, the size or capacity of its military, or the military aid or training it receives from abroad.
▪ An immediate return of all kidnapped children.
▪ Russian war crimes must be investigated and prosecuted.
▪ Russia must pay reparations for the war.
▪ No economic, athletic, or cultural relations with Russia until all Russian forces have left Ukrainian territory.

If Russia does not immediately agree to a ceasefire, the U.S. must increase sanctions on the country, as well as on those who sell military products to Russia or purchase Russian products.

[Tablet Magazine @tabletmag]

Killing Nasrallah

Israel shows America how to win wars, writes @LeeSmithDC:

https://t.co/G0uDYhdIHN

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

This weekend, we honour the sacrifices of all those involved in the Battle of Arnhem, which took place 80 years ago this month.

As part of Operation Market Garden, this pivotal battle was a crucial attempt by the Allies to secure a route into Germany through the Netherlands during World War II.

We remember the courage and resilience of those who fought and gave everything for freedom.
#Arnhem80

[StandWithUs @StandWithUs]

Ten years ago today, (August 22), 4-year-old Israeli Daniel Tragerman was murdered by Hamas rockets which struck his home as he was running to a bomb shelter.
This terrible tragedy haunts the people of Israel to this day.
May his memory forever be a blessing.

[The Operations Room - Battle Map Animations @The_Ops_Room]

NEW- Trump Launches Massive Airstrikes Against Syria After Chemical Weapons Attack

In this video we find out whether Russian bots decide to be angry at Trump for attacking their guy Assad, or if TRUMP IS A PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Link- https://t.co/PelkQzoZ1R

[RAF in Scotland @RAFinScotland]

The last of “The Few” turns 105.

Happy 105th Birthday to Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway DFC AE.

Having served during the Second World War in the Battle of Dunkirk, and the Battle of Britain, Paddy is the last verified surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain.

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@TankMuseum L-60 🇸🇪

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@tempest_books Yes

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@project4_4 Cromwell because it’s fast and and reliable. Would’ve wanted the firefly but any long barrelled tank would be a top priority target for the Germans

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@_Reaganite_ 1997 UK general election

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@RH_BAES_Land @BritishArmy @DefenceES An interesting change in turret design

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@WajihaZainb @jacksonhinkle This is from a Saudi airstrike in Yemen in 2015. This is misinformation

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@YesterdaysBrit1 How would you fix Britain?

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@DominicFarrell I’m curious on your opinion on the statement Jews don’t count. Countrys like Belize 🇧🇿 recalled ambassadors for ‘indiscriminate bombing’ yet still maintain diplomatic missions to Syria 🇸🇾 which did the same in Aleppo for 12 years as just one example. No Jews no news?

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@flySFO 757

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@tempest_books A flying bathtub. That’s what it is

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@metpoliceuk

[Eye On Antisemitism @AntisemitismEye]

Free free Palestine eh??? London Palestinian lobby

[Ariel Sharon 🇬🇧 @CenturionMkIII]

@NileGardiner @_HenryBolton @trussliz She has great ideas but no leadership skills. We need leaders who have both!