Naomi O'Leary

Dutch news now reporting this Gaza demo in Amsterdam drew 250,000. If so, I think that makes it the biggest in the Netherlands since the anti-nuclear-missiles demo in 1981.

Statement from Tánaiste Simon Harris: “Officials remain in contact with family members who have requested our support.”

'Participants of the flotilla said they were “denied access to water, bathrooms and medications” and “forced to kneel with their hands zip-tied for at least five hours” following their detention at sea, the Adalah legal centre said.'

‘Harsh treatment’: Irish aid flotilla detainees ‘kicked, cable-tied’ in Israeli custody Volunteers trying to reach Gaza taken to notorious Ktzi’ot prison complex in Negev desert, lawyers say

Irish detainees from the Gaza flotilla have told their lawyers they were kicked, pushed and cable tied.
Outside the notorious Ktzi’ot prison where they are currently held, Miriam Azem told me of “aggressive treatment and violence” the detainees say they received:
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

The small boats were the last to be intercepted and one, the Mikeno, appears to have got very close to Gaza, but it’s unclear what has happened to it as there are no comms.

Some of the last images from the live-streaming cameras on the Global Sumud Flotilla captured images of the Israeli forces boarding early this morning before the feed was cut

The final time stamp before communications were cut is so ominous

‘Red, red, red. They are here’: Beginning of the end of the Gaza aid flotilla On approach to Gazan coast, 12 unidentified ships were spotted approaching fast

“Did you hear that?”, “Do not engage”, “They are coming”
“Red, red, red. They are here.”
The final hours of the Global Sumud Flotilla
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

AI isn't replacing radiologists Radiology combines digital images, clear benchmarks, and repeatable tasks. But demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high.

In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer.

www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...

known for: first woman to write a book on teh microscope, first person known to have been killed by a motor vehicle

in 1869 the first known car accident death was mary ward, this irish lady who made bug art

Just as other European states should give credit to the Baltics for being correct in their assessment of Russia, other European countries should give credit to Ireland for being correct in its assessment of Israel.

The Global Sumud Flotilla heading for Gaza is due to enter Israeli-controlled waters tonight. The Italian naval ship accompanying them has offered to move anyone who wants to onto their ship before that. Italy has said once the flotilla enters Israeli-controlled waters, they cannot protect them.

Moldova flooded with deep fakes and disinformation as voters face stark choice between east and west Ukraine’s neighbour faces a choice between Moscow or a future in Brussels amid a ‘war for minds’

Moldovans described a truly wild level of interference ahead of their election, some of it detailed in this piece.
The Commission promised Moldovans that with a pro-EU govt and the right reforms, Moldova could join by 2030. Can the EU fulfill that promise?
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Gaza flotilla’s attempt to break Israeli blockade tests uncharted waters of conflict Unclear what Israel might do to stop the 50 boats from reaching besieged Palestinian enclave

This week’s obsession: the law of conflict at sea www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Prosecution of Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh dismissed in London court HMKNEECAPFRI

Prosecution of Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown out - charges were issued too late.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Reading the Turkish submissions to a UN panel of inquiry into the Israeli storming of the Mavi Marmara aid flotilla in 2010 :(

a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason

Democrats in the US should talk to their Hungarian counterparts. The Republicans certainly have been.

It's more about the reaction

Calling up Fitch to ask what time they are releasing a sovereign credit rating decision, 2012 vibes

France’s moment of peril as a debt mountain fuels a political crisis Sébastien Lecornu, France’s fifth prime minister in two years, faces what some consider an impossible task

France’s moment of peril as a debt mountain fuels a political crisis
My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/business/eco...

Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.

"We emailed Infidels MC for comment. In response, Mr Mulford instructed fellow leaders of the biker gang not to reply but included the BBC when he clicked 'reply all'—inadvertently disclosing email addresses and names of fellow Infidels MC members...working in Gaza." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Meanwhile, our front page today

“There was a guy who had been asking for his medication for days, for his heart. When we were out in the rec yard, he dropped dead of a heart attack in front of everyone.”

Ursula von der Leyen has proposed for Gaza what Kaja Kallas proposed to the college of commissioners a couple of months ago.

And Ursula von der Leyen rejected.

Disturbing

Why is EU deadlocked on Israeli sanctions over Gaza? A group of former EU ambassadors and senior staff have begun pressuring member states to take national action

Excellent piece by @naomiohreally.bsky.social on the EU inaction on genocide in Gaza Why is EU deadlocked on Israeli sanctions over Gaza?

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Why is EU deadlocked on Israeli sanctions over Gaza? A group of former EU ambassadors and senior staff have begun pressuring member states to take national action

The EU's first secretary to the EU general assembly in 2021: "The European Union, born, like the United Nations, from the ashes of the second World War, has the protection of people from such atrocities as its raison d’être." www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

The 'EU responsibility to prevent - atrocity prevention toolkit' is quite interesting to read, it's here: www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/defaul...