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When the persimmons are green, even the crows don't come pecking

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Israel's destruction of life in Lebanon is an extension of its ongoing genocide in Gaza. The British government is shamefully complicit in both.

[Yasha Levine @yashalevine]

Individualism isn't strength. Individualism is fragility.

https://t.co/3qqzjfUBa3

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

Genocide is not just the destruction of human life. It is also the eradication of heritage. If you swim down in that water near the Christian quarter and you see mosaics.

Tyre was one of the most important cities in the ancient world. Israel is, in essence, bombing Rome.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

That great Israeli journalist Gideon Levy @gideonle with a scorcher on the genocide in Gaza. And the Israeli ‘solution.’

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

"If you criticize Netanyahu's policies, you are then described as being anti-Semitic. That is a disgrace and a slander...”

— Michael D. Higgins former Irish President Ireland 🇮🇪

[Labour Muslim Network @LabourMuslims]

The decision to prevent Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from speaking in the UK is alarming and demands a clear explanation from the Government.

Read our full statement here ⬇️

[Oxford Union @OxfordUnion]

A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess:

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

The UK government has barred Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the country over their criticism of Israel.

Meanwhile, war criminal Isaac Herzog, whose statements were cited in the ICJ genocide case against Israel, was welcomed at Downing Street with open arms.

I’ve written to Shabana Mahmood demanding these bans be reversed immediately:

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

I pulled out of SXSW London, and I hope other speakers and chairs do too.

[Ethan Shone @EJShone93]

Looks like Mandelson tried to connect Starmer and Peter Thiel last July — no record of the meeting actually taking place (which doesn’t necessarily mean it didn’t happen, ofc)

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Labour’s Palantir scandal.

Emails appear to show Peter Mandelson using his position to arrange access to government ministers for Palantir - the US military tech company with access to NHS Data.

We demand to know what access was arranged, what meetings took place, and what was discussed?

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Banning Cenk Uyghur and Hasan Piker from entering the UK is an absurd and cowardly decision from an increasingly authoritarian government.

Let us call this what it is: an attack on the freedom to criticise Israel, as well as the UK government’s own complicity in genocide.

[Dimi Reider | dimireider.substack.com @reider]

Much like the crushing of student protests under Biden, the Starmer government is creating the mechanisms, precedent and, worst of all, legitimacy for the authoritarian Reform government they keep warning us about. They're paving the way.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

This is a really grim decision alongside Cenk.

People often talk about dangerous road we'd go down under a Reform government - this is another clear warning we're down there already.

A Labour government doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli Government.

[Earth Liberation Studio @EarthStvdio]

Another anti-AI hand drawing.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

So, I have a friend who works at the BBC.

Yesterday, they told me the Tony Blair Institute basically selected the entire panel for @bbcquestiontime — hence why there was no balance and it was essentially dangerous big tech propaganda. Loads of staff pissed off, but silenced.

[The National @ScotNational]

Question Time has been called out for a 'dangerous' lack of balance on its panel – with Zack Polanski suggesting the BBC had allowed a billionaire to buy 'an entire episode' https://t.co/mNc7S4lBy4

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Oracle’s £250m gift to the Tony Blair Institute appears to buy you an entire Question Time episode.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute.

My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼