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Alexander Isak has gone on strike at Newcastle and will miss their Premier League opener against Aston Villa. He does not want to train with the squad while the club continue to pay his £140,000-a-week wages. If he misses the game this weekend, he will be fined. (Craig Hope)

Screenshot of E.J. Antoni, a man with short brown hair and wearing a red shirt, moving in the bottom right corner through a crowd of Jan. 6 rioters on Capitol grounds.

See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters.

#ICYMI, we've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: projects.propublica.org/parler-capit...

Far-right Israeli minister vows settlement push to ‘bury’ Palestinian state Bezalel Smotrich revives plan that would divide occupied West Bank

Far-right Israeli minister vows settlement push to ‘bury’ Palestinian state on.ft.com/46XqfR0

Knows her stuff.

Gareth Sheridan's company cut deal with IDF-linked hospital It's 'about as close to’ a military hospital ‘as possible’.

Presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan’s company paid an Israeli hospital that trains Israel Defense Forces soldiers $50,000 in a medical technology deal.

'We were not aware of any connections with the IDF at the time,' said a spokesperson.

www.ontheditch.com/gareth-sheri...

Israel approves plan to build 3,401 houses splitting East Jerusalem and West Bank  <article data-history-node-id="427145" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-approves-plan-build-3401-houses-splitting-east-jerusalem-and-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-approves-plan-build-3401-houses-splitting-east-jerusalem-and-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel approves plan to build 3,401 houses splitting East Jerusalem and West Bank&nbsp;</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli far-right Minister Bezalel Smotrich has approved plans for splitting East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would "bury the idea" of a Palestinian state, Reuters news agency has reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a statement headlined "burying the idea of a Palestinian state," Smotrich's spokesperson said the minister would give a press conference later on Thursday about the plan to build 3,401 houses for Israeli settlers between an existing settlement in the West Bank and Jerusalem.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. REUTERS " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="16c044b6-18fb-41dc-8c24-2ea2e9418102" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/smotrich%20netanyahu%20israel%20afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. REUTERS " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 7, 2024. REUTERS</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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There are no diagnostic criteria for this “condition” because it’s made up by scammers to describe anything slightly uncomfortable and blame it on imaginary “toxins” (and then sell unproven therapies)

“The militarised food distribution scheme has weaponised starvation and curated suffering. Distributions at GHF sites have resulted in extreme levels of violence and killings, primarily of young Palestinian men, but also of women &children, who have gone to the sites in the hope of receiving food”

Gaza joint statement: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens - occupied Palestinian territory News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Food and Nutrition and Protection and Human Rights; published on 14 Aug 2025 by ACF, ACT Alliance and 35ount other organizatio...

#Gaza joint statement: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens.

"Our mandate is to save lives, but due to the registration restrictions civilians are being left without the food, medicine, and protection they urgently need.”

reliefweb.int/report/occup...

Lowering age limits equates to lowering standards. Or, high-school seniors with guns and an arrest quota is not how you do legitimate law enforcement. www.thebulwark.com/p/prepare-yo...

Trump’s Deal With Nvidia Offers Path Forward in Global Trade War President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China has US companies reconsidering their plans for business with the country, offering a model for circumventing years of trade tensions.

Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take a cut of revenue from chip sales to China has US companies reconsidering their plans for business with the country, offering a model for circumventing years of trade tensions

Jeremy Corbyn: People Have Been Denied an Alternative In a wide-ranging interview with Tribune, Jeremy Corbyn discusses his hopes for the new Left party, the potential for coalition building, and his determination to overcome sectarianism on the way to f...

Let’s remember why we’re doing this: to transform society so that everyone can live in dignity.

My interview with @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the need for a real, democratic alternative.

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jere...

Banner at the UEFA Super Cup final between PSG & Tottenham. Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians.

Side issue: The Irish Times regularly does not pay its occasional guest opinion writers and when it does the amount is a mere token. They then place the work they’ve gotten for free or very little behind a paywall falsely claiming that the platform is the payment. Why does this model persist?

Simon Harris must resign.

Harvey deserves justice and justice means systemic change. End the waiting lists. End the outsourcing. End the cruelty. Simon Harris must go. And the whole rotten system with him.

#JusticeForHarvey #ResignHarris

Hey World "leaders"
Whenever you're ready, lads...

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, EJ Antoni, a loyalist and supporter of the president’s economic strategy, has raised investor fears that he is politicising the world’s most closely watched economic data. on.ft.com/3JyEiT2

#ReleaseTheCuomoList

Morgan Rogers has been in Aston Villa training ahead of the Premier League opener against Newcastle on Saturday. He didn't feature against Marseille or Villarreal due to the injury he suffered last Wednesday.

#AVFC

A good call, with a professional liar.

A photo of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reports near the Arab Ahli Hospital in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 10, 2024, overlaid with the headline, "Anas al-Sharif Was My Friend. Here’s Why Israel Feared Him So Much," and the DEK, "I met Anas during an Israeli siege of a hospital. He grew to be my mentor — and my friend."

"Above all, Israel fears the people who tell the world about what is happening in Gaza." interc.pt/46WVBXW

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a stadium watching a soccer game with the score 3-1 mun ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a stadium watching a soccer game with the score 3-1 mun

Match ticket arrived ...roll on Saturday #UTV #avfc

A poem about the murder of Palestinian journalists in Gaza that says: If you call yourself a journalist And you can’t speak up About the murder Of hundreds of our colleagues What is the point of you? The story of a generation And you won’t touch it But don’t worry Your silence says More than you think It will stay with you And follow you Wherever you go from now on And when your career is over Your epitaph will be The “journalist” Whose only interest Was telling the truth to cower.

Your silence says more than you think.
#gaza #journalism

until they can cheat it.

As a communicator, @jamestalarico.bsky.social is a breakout Democratic Party star.

YouTube video by Katie Halper IDF Accused of Burying Children Alive

"Two doctors who worked in Gaza reveal previously untold horrors of the IDF. Dr. Feroze Sidwha and Dr. Mark Perlmutter also explain why Palestinians are the least antisemitic people on earth."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOzE...

Trump’s Use of Troops for Policing Hasn’t Been Seen Since America Was Ruled by a King “The ability to use the military anywhere, anytime, for any purpose — it’s absolutely unprecedented.”

Trump’s Use of Troops for Policing Hasn’t Been Seen Since America Was Ruled by a King

“The ability to use the military anywhere, anytime, for any purpose — it’s absolutely unprecedented.”

theintercept.com/2025/08/12/t...

The Hunt for Anas Al-Sharif’s Killers: HRF and PCHR  Bring Israel’s War on Journalists to the ICC By any measure,  Anas Al-Sharif  should still be alive. On the morning of  10 August 2025 , the 28-year-old Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent was doing what he had done since the first days of the...

The evidence is there. The legal foundation is unshakable. The jurisdiction is established beyond question. What remains is for the #ICC to move past statements of “grave concern” and take the decisive step that justice demands: act. 

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