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Home of #phloss - stringy philosophy and _xgoodx_ bad deontal practice. Standing with the Palestinians, against their dispossession and the racism they face.

[The National @ScotNational]

Bafta-winning actor Miriam Margolyes has said she does 'not believe in a Jewish state' ⬇️ https://t.co/vcyF5XUQT2

[mustafa yazıcı @myzccc]

İsrail’e destek veren temizlik markalarını boykot eden video gündem oldu.

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

It’s an open and shut libel; he was not “demanding a list of Jews” but supported calls to monitor and prosecute individuals who maybe have committed war crimes in Gaza as part of the IDF.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Last night, Israeli occupation forces abducted political analyst and academic Dr. Bilal Al Shobaki, head of the Political Science Department at Hebron University, after raiding his home in the city of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.

Local sources said that an Israeli military force stormed Al Shobaki's home at dawn and conducted a thorough search before abducting him, spreading fear and distress among his family.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

I faced massive official harassment when I gave a talk on Palestine at Leeds University approximately 6 years ago.
University officials on the door insisted on taking the names of every student who attended, leading many overseas students to walk away.
The female Palestinian student who had organised the meeting was so intimidated she did not come.

[𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 @Malcolm_Pal9]

Edward Said, a Palestinian-American intellectual, was asked in a 2003 lecture whether Israelis🇮🇱 have any claim to the land.

In this powerful lecture, Said argues that Arabs have a significantly longer history of continuous residence in the region, far exceeding the period of ancient Israelite rule.

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Insane how 20 missiles from Iran is getting more attention in Western media than Zionists bombing Lebanon 3,500 times.

[Kavita Algu @KavitaAlguMD]

Imagine celebrating a terrorist apartheid state the same day it completely cuts off humanitarian aid and baby formula to Gaza again.

Shameful.

#SanctionIsrael
#FreePalestine

[ISHKA 🎒 @zvonko2026]

Une grande victoire pour les Albanais !

Le gouvernement albanais annonce l'arrêt des travaux du projet de Kushner et Ivanka et la suspension du projet.

Les foules refusent de rentrer chez elles tant que le projet n'est pas annulé intégralement.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⭕️ UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski is highlighting the case of Marwan Barghouti, the most well-known Palestinian political prisoner, held in Israeli detention for 25 years. “Good. Let’s talk about Marwan Barghouti,” Polanski wrote in response to a pro-Israel tweet, noting an Inter-Parliamentary Union report found Barghouti was not given a fair trial.

[Kristyan Benedict @Kristyan_B_]

There is an event taking place in London on 14 June that openly advertises the sale of land in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank - there is no chance the UK government would allow stolen Ukrainian land to be sold off to people in the UK - why the double standards?

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

👉NEW -- Policeman who called journalist a ‘dog’ was already under investigation

by @martinrw

Met officer David Soffer was facing an unrelated misconduct probe when he was filmed intimidating Al Jazeera crew
https://t.co/fgIvSv1e5P

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

Palestinian woman in the West Bank is arrested by Israeli police under a new terror law that outlaws passive social media use because she shows sympathy to what’s happening in Gaza.

She may spend up to 1 year in prison. Israel is a deeply depraved society.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Faced with an employment tribunal hearing and a massive backlash, Leeds University has backed down two years after it stripped academic rights from an emeritus professor, James Dickins, for expressing views in solidarity with Palestinians.

This is the same Leeds that notoriously employs as its Jewish chaplain a man who served in Gaza in Israel's genocidal army.

More: https://t.co/ARLpNeZCnM

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

Systematic violence and human rights violations are not exceptions to Israel's apartheid regime and occupation, they are integral to it. Israel is using unbridled violence in all the territories under its control, as well as in Lebanon and Iran.

Since October 2023, this policy has escalated:

In Gaza: tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, millions forcibly displaced, entire neighborhoods and infrastructure systematically destroyed

In the West Bank: about 1,082 Palestinians killed, including 239 children and teenagers; 61 communities with at least 4,161 members forcibly displaced and another 15 partially so, with at least 454 members displaced

In Israeli prisons: thousands of Palestinians subjected to systemic torture, violence and humiliation, in inhumane conditions

Under Israel's apartheid regime, Palestinian lives are treated as expendable and millions across the Middle East are at risk.

[Itay Epshtain @EpshtainItay]

On settlers' social media, they draw the comparison themselves: "Which would you prefer, Hamas militants raiding Sderot on 7 October, or Israeli settlers raiding a Palestinian town?"

The comparison is revealing, though perhaps not in the way they intend. International law does not turn on nationality or political allegiance. It turns on conduct. Civilians who directly participate in hostilities lose, for such time as they do so, the protection afforded to them as civilians. The rule applies equally to Hamas militants crossing into Israel and to Israeli settlers who organize, arm themselves, and raid Palestinian communities.

The legal consequences are neither novel nor controversial. They are the same consequences that flow from any direct participation in hostilities. The law is indifferent to the flag under which the civilian acts. It asks only what was done, by whom, and with what effect.

That some settlers now embrace the analogy is striking. In doing so, they may have acknowledged more than they intended.

[Itay Epshtain @EpshtainItay]

A Jewish lynch mob has raided the Palestinian village of Huwara this morning, assaulting two Palestinians.

This, despite appearances, is not a story of "extremism". To describe it as such is to obscure the legal reality.

Settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory has long been directed by organs of the State. The perpetrators operate as auxiliary militias, at times in civilian clothes, at times in uniform, but increasingly with functions that blur any meaningful distinction.

From that reality flows a conclusion that is as simple as it is complex. Under international law, responsibility lies not only with the individuals who wield the firearms, but with the occupying Power that supports their actions.

The remedy is not another condemnation. It is compliance with the law. As the International Court of Justice has made clear, Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful. The obligation is to bring that presence to an end, completely, unconditionally, and without delay.

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

"They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew”

Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen & Alexei Sayle DON’T HOLD BACK https://t.co/31YAueA04k

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Over 17,000 people have signed our petition demanding the UK government investigate the activities of British nationals who have served for Israel amid the Gaza genocide.

You can add your name here:
👉 https://t.co/2qio0qofyD

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

A video posted on social media, reportedly show Israeli police slapping and threatening a Palestinian teenager in Haifa.