Michael Harper

Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel <article data-history-node-id="427562" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dutch-foreign-minister-resigns-over-governments-failure-sanction-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dutch-foreign-minister-resigns-over-governments-failure-sanction-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp on Friday resigned after his government failed to agree on sanctions against Israel.</p> <p>“I see that I am insufficiently able to take meaningful additional measures to increase pressure on Israel,” Veldkamp told Dutch news agency ANP.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Dutch government did not agree on sanctions during a cabinet meeting on Friday.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Dutch foreign minister resigns over government's failure to sanction Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dutch-foreign-minister-resigns-over-governments-failure-sanction-israel

UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers Elbit, which was the primary target of Palestine Action's activism, is close to winning a contract that would allow it to train 60,000 troops per year, according to Private Eye

UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-close-giving-israels-largest-arms-company-ps2bn-contract-train-troops

As they call the Israeli Ambassador in for a word on her country carving up the West Bank.

Money talks more honestly.

'The Lord Is Counting on Me to Stand on the Side of Israel': ICJ Judge Reveals Her Bias Judge Julia Sebutinde, a Christian Zionist, was the sole dissenting vote on the ICJ ruling on Israel's illegal occupation and the only one to vote against all six 'provisional measures' for Gaza.

What Christian Zionists think and do no longer amazes me : open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

'Jews, rebel!': Ex-Knesset speaker calls on world Jews to take Israel to ICJ over Gaza ***

This seems noteworthy: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held i...

Repeat reminder that UAE backs and supports RSF. David Lammy’s failure to act explained: “Thirty-seven days after Zamzam fell, the UK declared its desire for a trade deal with the Emirates.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Large majority of Israeli Jews untroubled by reports of famine in Gaza, poll finds ***

A new poll carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that a vast majority of Israeli Jews – 79 percent – say they are "not so troubled" or "not troubled at all" by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Clive Stafford Smith: In support of Palestine Action’s right to protest | Good Law Project Supporting Palestine Action’s right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action. It’s time for Keir Starmer to remember why human rights exist, says Clive Stafford Smith.

Clive Stafford Smith: In support of Palestine Action’s right to protest | Good Law Project.

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Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally Exclusive: Video shows veteran campaigner being dragged and handcuffed and she says bail conditions effectively confine her to her house

Daily reminder of utter failure of Yvette Cooper to understand genocide or terrorism. Her actions make no-one safer and debase genuine concerns about threats to UK.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels.

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More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000

Yvette Cooper (and those that voted for the proscription) have completely debased the Terrorism Acts. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nothing to do with illegalities - that’s for the police. Regulators regulate charities’ suitability to operate as charities. PS if you think morality is just a question of legalities, you need to broaden your understanding - Apartheid in South Africa was legal. It does not make it right.

Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of Susya

Does the UK have a problem with regulators? First OFWAT and now the Charity Commission in one day: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation

“one officer told her: “Mentioning freedom of Gaza, Israel, genocide, all of that all come under proscribed groups, which are terror groups that have been dictated by the government.”

Absolutely chilling

Armed police threatened to arrest Kent protester for holding Palestinian flag Officers accused Laura Murton who also had a sign saying ‘Free Gaza’ of supporting a proscribed organisation

Absolute tectbook example of why UK government and @teamlabouruk.bsky.social approach to terrorism legislation is broken and a failure: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

now throw in the likely possibility that ~20% of the CO2 injected for EOR is microbially converted to methane, dramatically increasing the overall GHG intensity of the produced oil

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‘Humanitarian city’ would be concentration camp for Palestinians, says former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism

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On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis After Israel announces it's building a concentration camp, condemning the few politicians speaking out is morally twisted

On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis
www.owenjones.news/p/on-israel-...

Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’

Israeli strike kills at least 10 children queueing for medical treatment in Gaza
Children among at least 15 killed in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’….. but Israel has the right to defend itself surely www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

I agree with Owen Jones on this fully. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Seeking bulldozer drivers to demolish Gaza: how a genocide is being outsourced | Arwa Mahdawi The systematic destruction of Gaza is hardly a secret. Now, the IDF is posting Facebook ads for bulldozer operators to help demolish the strip

“The argument that the IDF is conducting a war in Gaza is simply cynical, there is no war in Gaza. What the IDF is doing in Gaza is demolishing it. Hundreds of buildings are being bulldozed every week.” Omer Bartov. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oldest mosque in Gaza, site held consecutive pagan tempes before it.

Destruction of most historical and cultural sites in Gaza by Israel has largely been received with a shrug by those who were vocal about ISIS & Taliban doing the same.

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Flight of the non-doms: how worried should Labour be about the super-rich leaving the UK? Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find

I love the undercurrent by in this sentence, that strikes me as gloriously dismissive of such an absurd and demented notion: “Barclay now runs the Land of Opportunity Campaign, a lobbying effort that intends to recreate Britain’s economy in the image of the US”. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

Here's Home Sec Cooper with the Israeli ambassador who endorsed the complete decimation of Gaza ('every school,every hospital, every home'). Yvette doesn't count such language as terrorism. The other photo is 83 Yr old Rev Sue Parfitt. She calls for an end to genocide. Apparently THAT is terrorism.

#BREAKING | Islam Al-Za’noun, a correspondent for Palestine TV, was shot in the shoulder by an Israeli drone while courageously covering events in Gaza City.

Gaza film’s producer accuses BBC of trying to gag him over decision to drop it Ben de Pear hits out at ‘PR person’ Tim Davie and claims corporation attempted to use legal gagging clauses

3rd Gaza story in 2 days not covered by BBC even though 2 are actually anoit the BBC #BBCLostThePlot www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Global firms ‘profiting from genocide’ in Gaza, says UN rapporteur Report by Francesca Albanese singles out companies such as Palantir and calls for prosecutions

@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social why zero coverage of this on BBC news website though she was interviewedon world service? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you

#DoctorsUnderAttack

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties

letter to BBC management calling for the removal of a board member, Robbie Gibb, over claims of conflict of interest regarding the Middle East. Still no appearance on BBC news site. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social, does this come under “the right to defend itself” for which UK HMG is providing intelligence and weaponry? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...