A dossier compiled my MI6 officers says that Russian intelligence considered Peter Mandelson “one of the most significant RIS [Russian intelligence services] achievements in manipulating UK politics”.
There is no "debate"; there's people stating an obvious fact and hasbarists trying to deny the obvious fact using walls of language. Every major human rights group on earth says Israel is guilty of genocide. The debate was over a long time ago. Nobody believes the hasbarists.
So @pressfreedom, if having “participated in combat” (your words) at any given point in time is grounds for revoking a journalist’s status, why doesn’t that apply to Israeli journalists who fought in the Israeli military or still serve in its reserves? What’s your excuse?
Bankrolling campaigns is a nice way of saying wealthy people pay political parties to implement policies that'll deliver a return on their investment.
Our so called democratic system is riddled with legalised corruption.
We live under a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.
British Museum colludes with pro-Israel lobby to erase Palestine from historical exhibits
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An investigation by Middle East Eye has exposed the British Museum for covertly removing the terms “Palestine,” “Palestinian,” and “Israeli occupation” from its historical displays following intensive lobbying by pro-Israel activists. Internal emails obtained via a freedom of information request reveal that the London institution rapidly altered descriptions of artifacts dating back to 7,500 BCE to appease political pressure groups, including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and high-profile figures.
While museum director Nick Cullinan publicly claimed the changes were part of a standard curation refresh and backed by audience testing, the newly released disclosures confirm that no visitor research regarding the term "Palestine" was ever conducted.
The internal correspondence details a frantic effort by museum staff to pacify complaints lodged between October and December 2024, with one directive explicitly ordering curators to remain hyper-conscious of the anniversary of 7 October. In one instance, a panel describing ancient rulers of “Palestinian descent” was scrubbed and changed to “Canaanite origin” within five hours of receiving a complaint from the Board of Deputies.
Middle East Eye cross-referenced the redacted emails to identify key lobbyists, including right-wing commentators and historians who weaponized access to the museum's leadership to argue that historical references to an ancient Israelite occupation would stoke modern antisemitism.
The targeted erasure has sparked a severe diplomatic and cultural backlash, with Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zumlot accusing the public institution of betraying its historical integrity to serve political ends. Cultural figures and human rights defenders have condemned the museum for complicity in what the United Nations classifies as an ongoing genocide in Gaza, noting that the bureaucratic deletion of Palestinian history in London directly mirrors the physical destruction of heritage sites on the ground.
Despite photographic evidence showing that references to "modern Palestine" were replaced with "Gaza and the West Bank" at gallery entrances, the British Museum has refused to answer specific inquiries, issuing a blanket denial to Middle East Eye that any erasure took place.
@Closethelid@BlueBoxDave But Greenwald explicitly stated the direct opposite of what he's accused of saying. Consider reading his whole post before turning off
@BlueBoxDave Why not focus on ending the US empire's own crimes, for which it is so hated?
Such token recognition is all they get in conformist US discourse: a momentary nod to the ugly reality only as an introductory frame for trite demonisation and narcissist poses of moral superiority
@Geis_11@MHTruthUltra That claim is unobjective and the numbers are fanciful and made up but even if it were honest and correct it wouldn't excuse the criminal US/Israel war of aggression or the hypocrisy of FIFA
@vcjavacgi2@ShangguanJiewen@BBCWorld You are a bigoted anti-China hate propaganda account. But you don't get to pretend that your contempt for the Chinese people's choice means they don't have the democratic right to make it, or that your own right wing brainwashing makes you special and superior to them
@vcjavacgi2@ShangguanJiewen@BBCWorld Not at all. In contrast to the US people, the overwhelming majority of the people of China support their government and see it as democratic. When the mass of the people believe their government democratically represents them, they are right by definition
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BBC middle east political editor Raffi Berg wrote Red Sea Spies, a glowing account of a Mossad operation.
Over 100 hours of interviews with Israeli intelligence.
He proudly tweeted that Netanyahu owns a copy.
@michaelxpettis Critical support for increased Western economic self-sanctions that lock their inefficient protected industries out of the world market