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Israel-Palestine war: Why the West is rallying around the last settler colony
The US announcement to move an advanced aircraft carrier closer to Israel would not be the first time that US or European ships were dispatched to protect colonists in Palestine
www.middleeasteye.net
"As Israel is the last settler-colony that continues to be ruled by racist laws and institutions, the West views its survival as Europe and the US's last stand in support of racism"
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"You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of"
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
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Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons.
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of"
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
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TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
TikTok U.S. Sale to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TikTok will now be owned by the Ellisons, Jared Kushner's firm, and Abu Dhabi's state investment fund.
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Journalist: “You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine.
Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?”
EU chief spokesperson: “I have no comment at this stage.”
Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?”
EU chief spokesperson: “I have no comment at this stage.”
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Journalist: “You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine.
Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?”
EU chief spokesperson: “I have no comment at this stage.”
Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?”
EU chief spokesperson: “I have no comment at this stage.”
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The Heritage Foundation and it's Supreme Court agents are aggressively reversing all the remedies of a constitution that was never intended to give rights to black people, indigenous people or women.
Malcolm X asked the question, " If all men are created equal, why is there a need fo civil rights".
Malcolm X asked the question, " If all men are created equal, why is there a need fo civil rights".
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Heritage Foundation and it's Supreme Court agents are aggressively reversing all the remedies of a constitution that was never intended to give rights to black people, indigenous people or women.
Malcolm X asked the question, " If all men are created equal, why is there a need fo civil rights".
Malcolm X asked the question, " If all men are created equal, why is there a need fo civil rights".
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‘It’s another colonial plan against the Palestinians.’
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the Gaza peace plan and lays out his vision for a fair peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the Gaza peace plan and lays out his vision for a fair peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘It’s another colonial plan against the Palestinians.’
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the Gaza peace plan and lays out his vision for a fair peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to discuss the Gaza peace plan and lays out his vision for a fair peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...
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'Bless her heart' — Mike Johnson knew what he was doing when he said that
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
'Bless her heart' — Mike Johnson knew what he was doing when he said that
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Brussels | Daily marches that never stop, with hundreds chanting tirelessly for Palestine... The talk of the streets there has become Palestine, every single day without interruption.
-Eyes on Palestine 🇵🇸
-Eyes on Palestine 🇵🇸
August 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Brussels | Daily marches that never stop, with hundreds chanting tirelessly for Palestine... The talk of the streets there has become Palestine, every single day without interruption.
-Eyes on Palestine 🇵🇸
-Eyes on Palestine 🇵🇸
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Arrested for filming the police, which is a constitutionally protected right. This.Is.Fascism.
#fascismishere #fascists
#fascismishere #fascists
August 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Arrested for filming the police, which is a constitutionally protected right. This.Is.Fascism.
#fascismishere #fascists
#fascismishere #fascists
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BREAKING:
Israel is detonating booby-trapped robots to wipe Palestinian homes off the map in Jabalia.
Not “combat zones”. But civilian homes, families, children.
A new stage of horror in Gaza.
Israel is detonating booby-trapped robots to wipe Palestinian homes off the map in Jabalia.
Not “combat zones”. But civilian homes, families, children.
A new stage of horror in Gaza.
August 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
BREAKING:
Israel is detonating booby-trapped robots to wipe Palestinian homes off the map in Jabalia.
Not “combat zones”. But civilian homes, families, children.
A new stage of horror in Gaza.
Israel is detonating booby-trapped robots to wipe Palestinian homes off the map in Jabalia.
Not “combat zones”. But civilian homes, families, children.
A new stage of horror in Gaza.
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“Holocaust surviver” admitting that there was no “Israel” when they came to Palestine as refugees efter WW2.
August 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Holocaust surviver” admitting that there was no “Israel” when they came to Palestine as refugees efter WW2.
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President Trump just supercharged ICE’s budget, fueling the most extreme expansion of immigration detention in history and lining the pockets of private prisons.
Remind Congress that they have a responsibility to hold ICE accountable.
Remind Congress that they have a responsibility to hold ICE accountable.
Shut Down the ICE Detention Machine
Immigrant detention is inhumane, arbitrary, and rife with abuse. Take action to shut down ICE's supercharged detention machine now.
action.aclu.org
August 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
President Trump just supercharged ICE’s budget, fueling the most extreme expansion of immigration detention in history and lining the pockets of private prisons.
Remind Congress that they have a responsibility to hold ICE accountable.
Remind Congress that they have a responsibility to hold ICE accountable.
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Columbia University's recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school's crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/as-c...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/as-c...
#Palestine #Israel
As Columbia capitulates to Trump over Palestine protest, student activists are regrouping
Columbia University’s recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school’s crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct,...
mondoweiss.net
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Columbia University's recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school's crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/as-c...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/as-c...
#Palestine #Israel
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A new report exposes how federal prisons commonly restrain incarcerated people by both their wrists and ankles for weeks at a time, which has proven to be deadly.
No one should be subject to this kind of abuse.
No one should be subject to this kind of abuse.
Federal Prisons Are Restraining People for Weeks on End, Investigation Reveals
The Bureau of Prisons has failed to adequately document the use of restraints, despite their potentially deadly use.
truthout.org
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A new report exposes how federal prisons commonly restrain incarcerated people by both their wrists and ankles for weeks at a time, which has proven to be deadly.
No one should be subject to this kind of abuse.
No one should be subject to this kind of abuse.
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Israeli settlers, backed by the Israeli military, set fire to Palestinian owned cars in the West Bank, killing a Palestinian American father of 5.
Khamis Ayyad raised his kids in the suburbs of Chicago. Israel killed him as he tried to save his neighbors.
Khamis Ayyad raised his kids in the suburbs of Chicago. Israel killed him as he tried to save his neighbors.
Palestinian-American man with ties to Cicero killed in West Bank, family says
Khamis Ayyad, a husband with five children, raised his family in the Chicago area. They recently moved to his native West Bank, where his family said he was killed while trying to save lives from fire...
ow.ly
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Israeli settlers, backed by the Israeli military, set fire to Palestinian owned cars in the West Bank, killing a Palestinian American father of 5.
Khamis Ayyad raised his kids in the suburbs of Chicago. Israel killed him as he tried to save his neighbors.
Khamis Ayyad raised his kids in the suburbs of Chicago. Israel killed him as he tried to save his neighbors.
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The Trump administration made Mahmoud Khalil miss the birth of his first child as punishment for his activism.
At Liberty host @wkamaubell.bsky.social spoke with Mahmoud about life as a new father, what he's been doing since he was released, and why he won't let the government silence him.
At Liberty host @wkamaubell.bsky.social spoke with Mahmoud about life as a new father, what he's been doing since he was released, and why he won't let the government silence him.
One-on-One with Mahmoud Khalil | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Trump administration made Mahmoud Khalil miss the birth of his first child as punishment for his activism.
At Liberty host @wkamaubell.bsky.social spoke with Mahmoud about life as a new father, what he's been doing since he was released, and why he won't let the government silence him.
At Liberty host @wkamaubell.bsky.social spoke with Mahmoud about life as a new father, what he's been doing since he was released, and why he won't let the government silence him.
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“Jewish safety” has become the West’s shield for genocide in Palestine, argues Alana Lentin. The myth isn’t ‘weaponized’—it’s always been about protecting white supremacy. Essential read on how antisemitism discourse props up Zionist violence ⬇️ mondoweiss.net/2025/07/agai...
August 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Jewish safety” has become the West’s shield for genocide in Palestine, argues Alana Lentin. The myth isn’t ‘weaponized’—it’s always been about protecting white supremacy. Essential read on how antisemitism discourse props up Zionist violence ⬇️ mondoweiss.net/2025/07/agai...
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Why do so many people still “not know” about Israel’s crimes? Because ignorance is manufactured. From school curriculums to newsroom desks, Palestine is buried by design. Read into how the truth gets erased—and how we fight back ⬇️ mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
August 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why do so many people still “not know” about Israel’s crimes? Because ignorance is manufactured. From school curriculums to newsroom desks, Palestine is buried by design. Read into how the truth gets erased—and how we fight back ⬇️ mondoweiss.net/2025/07/pale...
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The AOCification of Zohran Mamdani is accelerating by the minute.
A shooting in midtown and he is renouncing ‘defund the police’ and saying that it was 2020 and he was just angry about George Floyd.
Abolitionists don’t flip flop on institutions as corrupt and brutal as the NYPD.
Abolition now
A shooting in midtown and he is renouncing ‘defund the police’ and saying that it was 2020 and he was just angry about George Floyd.
Abolitionists don’t flip flop on institutions as corrupt and brutal as the NYPD.
Abolition now
August 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The AOCification of Zohran Mamdani is accelerating by the minute.
A shooting in midtown and he is renouncing ‘defund the police’ and saying that it was 2020 and he was just angry about George Floyd.
Abolitionists don’t flip flop on institutions as corrupt and brutal as the NYPD.
Abolition now
A shooting in midtown and he is renouncing ‘defund the police’ and saying that it was 2020 and he was just angry about George Floyd.
Abolitionists don’t flip flop on institutions as corrupt and brutal as the NYPD.
Abolition now
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This shouldn’t be surprising. The only way to fight back is to… actually fight back.
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
‘They roll right over’: Many Democrats call their party weak and ineffective, AP-NORC poll finds
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that many Democrats see their political party as “weak” or “ineffective.”
apnews.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This shouldn’t be surprising. The only way to fight back is to… actually fight back.
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
If Democrats want to improve their approval rating (or far more importantly, make actual change), we need real leadership to put up real resistance to authoritarianism.
apnews.com/article/ap-p...
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It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It makes no sense to frame this as some sort of correction — adequate nutrition is more important for kids with health conditions, not less.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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ICE in the Bleachers: Immigration Raids Collide with World Cup Security Planning migrantinsider.com/p/ice-world-...
ICE in the Bleachers: Immigration Raids Collide with World Cup Security Planning
Police officials sound the alarm that federal immigration tactics—especially in sanctuary cities—are deterring public cooperation and jeopardizing crisis response during international games.
migrantinsider.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
ICE in the Bleachers: Immigration Raids Collide with World Cup Security Planning migrantinsider.com/p/ice-world-...
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President Trump reportedly wants to use military bases — and the service members stationed in them — to intern and deport thousands of immigrants.
Tell your members of Congress to stop this dangerous misuse of the military immediately.
Tell your members of Congress to stop this dangerous misuse of the military immediately.
Tell Congress: No Troops on Our Streets
President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard and federal troops into our communities. Tell Congress: No troops on our streets.
action.aclu.org
July 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
President Trump reportedly wants to use military bases — and the service members stationed in them — to intern and deport thousands of immigrants.
Tell your members of Congress to stop this dangerous misuse of the military immediately.
Tell your members of Congress to stop this dangerous misuse of the military immediately.
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BREAKING: A Senate committee has just approved a bill to ban stock trading for members of Congress, the VP, and the President.
The bill can now go before the Senate.
The bill can now go before the Senate.
July 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
BREAKING: A Senate committee has just approved a bill to ban stock trading for members of Congress, the VP, and the President.
The bill can now go before the Senate.
The bill can now go before the Senate.