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[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

"My personal pride and joy." That's how Peter Mandelson described the Palantir deal he brokered.

The whole thing stinks. Kick Palantir out of our NHS, now.

[Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei @MKhamenei_ir]

Imperialism, led by the US, has built a military base called Israel over the past 80 years. And they don’t accept the existence of a strong, independent Iran on the eastern border of the false, illegitimate geography of "Greater Israel"—that is, east of the Euphrates River.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Nearly 60 percent of retired senior British military officers now working in the defence industry are quoted in the media as expert commentators without any disclosure of their commercial ties, new research finds. https://t.co/Ye28cPk0JX

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Former UK ambassador Craig Murray assesses the manifold ways Judge Johnson hearing the case against the Palestine Action activists rigged the trial to secure a convictions of violence to justify the government's proscription of the group – and yet still the jury saw through his various ruses:

"Judge Johnson ruled that the defendants were not permitted to refer to their motives.

He ruled that the jury may not be informed of their absolute right to acquit.

He attempted to have the leading defence barrister, Rajiv Menon KC, prosecuted for contempt of court for informing the jury of their rights.

He ruled that terms including 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' may not be used in court.

He ordered that the notebooks and other writings of the accused be redacted to withhold from the jury any information related to Elbit’s supply of weapons to Israel.

He enforced the concealment from the jury of the nature of the weapons and equipment that had been damaged.

He granted anonymity to senior Elbit staff and admitted their evidence without the defence being able to cross-examine.

He ruled that the trial had *not* been prejudiced by the Secretary of State [Yvette Cooper] and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police [Sir Mark Rowley] stating the offences as fact throughout national media.

He allowed the release to the media of highly edited and selective prosecution video footage during the trial which gave a false impression of events.

He permitted the admission of Metropolitan Police video evidence which they had given over to Elbit’s sole custody for an entire year.

He ruled that the jury must not be told of his stated intention to consider adding terrorist aggravation to any convictions – which adds 150% to time served in jail."

Murray rightly concludes: "That is an astonishing list of nefarious actions by Judge Johnson. Read it again. Many people will surely conclude, it is Judge Johnson who should be in jail."

The Achilles' heel in this establishment stitch-up – apart from the independence of juries – is the separate jurisdictions of Scotland and England. Murray has been allowed to bring a judicial review in the Scottish courts of the government's proscription of Palestine Action. The hearing begins tomorrow.

If he wins, he can make the government's efforts to crush our rights to speech and protest – to protect Elbit and Israel's genocide – untenable. You can find ways to support the legal challenge at the end of his post.

https://t.co/ptvG6MSyZh

[Dr Rahmeh Aladwan @doctor_rahmeh]

Don't look away.
10 Palestinians murdered this evening by 'israel'.
Children torn to pieces.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

Propaganda. The Strait of Hormuz is not international waters - it falls under the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. The strait is not wide enough to contain an international waters zone.

[Hala Jaber @HalaJaber]

Let’s talk about Rania Mallah, killed yesterday in an Israeli strike on Bourj al-Shamali in Tyre.

For 12 hours, Rania was buried beneath the rubble & known to still be alive.

Her family kept calling her mobile phone.

She would switch it on to let them know she was still there. Still breathing. Still waiting to be rescued.
To let Lebanese Civil Defence rescuers know where she was trapped.

Rescue teams pulled others out & kept digging with their bare hands in search of her, until orders came to halt all rescue operations until the following morning.

But they had Rania’s number.

They kept calling her.
And she kept answering.

She never spoke.
But they could hear her breathing.

For 12 hours, Rania lay there alone beneath broken concrete, stones, darkness, dust & fear. Most likely injured. Listening to voices above her, knowing people were trying to reach her but were being prevented from continuing.

Just like in Maarakeh, rescuers were forced to stop searching overnight.

Still, they kept calling her phone to give her hope. To let her know she had not been abandoned.

By around 1:00 a.m., roughly 12 hours after the strike, her phone finally went dead.
The battery had most likely run out.

This morning, rescuers resumed the search.

They found Rania.

Next to her was her mobile phone.

She had died.

Israel killed her twice.
The first time with a bomb.
The second time when rescuers were prevented from saving her.

[Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah]

In a time when nothing is shocking, this is absolutely shocking. I call on the @GermanyDiplo @bundeskanzler regime to immediately halt is violent persecution of journalist @hussedogru and his family. Journalism is not a crime!

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

BREAKING: Israel dismisses IDF top lawyer Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi for leaking video of Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian.

Minister of Defense of Israel Israel Katz threatens her with 'imprisonment for many years" & calls her actions "a grave blood libel against heroic IDF fighters."

Rape victim suffered ruptured intestine, severe injury to anus, lungs & broken ribs.

Israelis rioted for the right to rape, ministers defended rapists and one rapist became a TV celebrity. All charges were dropped.

This is Israel

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Israel’s leadership claimed Hezbollah was essentially defeated following the 2024 “ceasefire”

Now, the reality of FPV drone strikes are not only hitting terrorist Israeli invaders

They’re hammering the Israeli psyche to Netanyahu’s detriment

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

Earlier this year, Declassified UK revealed that over 2,000 Britons have served for Israel since October 2023.

Now Declassified UK and @ICJPalestine are launching a major campaign to demand that the UK government investigate the activities of British nationals who have served for Israel amid the Gaza genocide.

Sign your name at https://t.co/IgLXNSB4i3

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

French judge Nicolas Gouyou, who issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu at the ICC, says Visa and Mastercard blocked all his cards, leaving him unable to make purchases.

He says judges, lawyers, & politicians are being intimidated & treated as criminals.

[Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman]

German Woman:

"You keep claiming that Iran will build an atomic bomb within two weeks, so why do you never mention Israel’s possession of 200 nuclear warheads?"

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

Netanyahu and the Zionists are vetoing the deal.

Meanwhile, the global meltdown is approaching.

[Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza]

💥Breaking News

A woman and her little daughter have been killed and three other children wounded in Israeli bombing that targeted their tent in Khan Younis..

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Shame on the Basque police @ertzaintzaEJGV for brutalising Flotilla members returning home after being abducted, unlawfully detained and ill-treated by Israel. May those responsible be held accountable.

We must resist the Israelisation of our societies.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

🚨Footage reveals a mass grave at Nasser Hospital in Gaza containing victims killed by the Israeli army after the hospital was devastated during Israel’s assault.

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

The government is handing lucrative contracts to Palantir, a notorious US corporation providing AI and surveillance technology used as an essential part of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

TAKE ACTION: Write to Starmer to demand all contracts with Palantir are cancelled: https://t.co/A3RORaeabm

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

“IF WE FAIL TO STOP THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN, WE ARE FAILURES”

ICELAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS OVER THE HORROR IN GAZA

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

This research by Queen Mary University of London should be a wake up call for the UK government and judicial institutions:

286 political prisoners in Britain, held in relation to their activism for Palestinian rights or against fossil fuel.

Prison sentences for acts of direct action or civil disobedience (which were once rare) are now being imposed with increasing length and frequency.

In Great Britain.

https://t.co/zirb1lfTGb