‘They’re forcing us to gain weight’: Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing <article data-history-node-id="431093" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/theyre-forcing-us-gain-weight-select-foods-allowed-gaza-essentials-0" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/theyre-forcing-us-gain-weight-select-foods-allowed-gaza-essentials-0" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">‘They’re forcing us to gain weight’: Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>In supermarkets that reopened across Gaza following a ceasefire that ended two years of war, Monther al-Shrafi finds shelves overflowing with chocolate, soft drinks, and cigarettes, items that once felt like a “dream” during the famine.</p> <p>But as these luxuries return in abundance, he says the essentials are still missing, including basic foods like eggs and vital medicines such as antibiotics.</p> <p>“Can you imagine that there is chocolate in Gaza while there are no antibiotics? Or there are fruits but no wound dressings or sutures?” Shrafi, a resident of Gaza City, told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>“Here in Gaza, there is a shortage, or even near absence, of essential items that the human body needs, such as meat, chicken, fish, and eggs, which are basic components of a healthy diet.”</p> <p>After the ceasefire between&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;and Hamas took effect on 10 October, Israeli authorities partially reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing in southeast Gaza.</p> <h3>Ready more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="‘They’re forcing us to gain weight’: Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/forcing-us-gain-weight-select-foods-allowed-gaza-essentials-remain-missing">‘They’re forcing us to gain weight’: Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/palestinian-boy-carries-buiscuit-boxes-18oct2025-afp.jpg.jpg?itok=OymeDJo0"></p> </div> </div> </article>

‘They’re forcing us to gain weight’: Select foods allowed in Gaza as essentials remain missing - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/theyre-forcing-us-gain-weight-select-foods-allowed-gaza-essentials-0

Leaked emails expose top Tories’ historic relationship with Israel Former Conservative party treasurer told an Israeli diplomat: ‘You still have friends close to number ten!!!’

During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, Mick Davis, a major Tory party donor, wrote to an Israeli diplomat: "I am thinking of you and my Country and her People and soldiers all the time".

He was referring to Israel and the IDF👇
www.declassifieduk.org/leaked-email...

Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him, say civil servants PM had been given ‘summary of reputational risks’ but did not know about contents of emails before PMQs, MPs told

Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him US ambassador.

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn.

Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap.

What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

Who would have guessed
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

😡😡😡😡😡

Architect of plan to starve Gaza invited to Israeli left-wing conference Participation of Giora Eiland, central figure of the ‘Generals’ Plan’, shows far-right positions within Israeli left, says activist

Architect of plan to starve Gaza invited to Israeli left-wing conference - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/architect-plan-starve-gaza-invited-israeli-left-wing-conference

How are Democrats not immediately suing CBS News over this?

Reeves, and the folly of increasing basic income tax rates There is much discussion in the media today about Rachel Reeves and tax rises. Rumour has it that Reeves has decided that cuts to public spending are not required. Rumour also has it that the wealth...

Reeves, and the folly of increasing basic income tax rates www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...

By a strange coincidence, all the countries Trump wants to bomb are rich in oil After many months contemplating war on Iran, and later Venezuela, the US president has set his sights on… Nigeria.

Isn't this is a stunning coincidence?

www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/by-a-stran...

We will pay the price for Nigel Farage's Brexit - and Labour's cowardice - until we reverse it.

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

It does make you wonder.

From the man who recommended that the IDF be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize...

UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn

£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.

Direct cause of inflation and poverty.

128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists Mike Phipps reports on an important meeting highlighting a global offensive against one of our key democratic freedoms. Sunday 2nd November was the UN-designated International Day to End Impunity f…

SOS - Save our journalists! labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/04/i...

Does anyone take this lunatic seriously?

🚨BREAKING: Tommy Robinson has been CLEARED of terror related charges - after refusing to give police access to his phone.

Incite race riots = innocent

Protest genocide = jail

Please Support My Research Into the Global Rollout of Free Zones What Are Free Zones—And Why Hasn’t Anyone Told You About Them?

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Why is the UAE involved in Sudan’s bloody civil war? The RSF is backed by the UAE, which has been accused of complicity in genocide at the ICJ

Why is the UAE involved in Sudan’s bloody civil war? - https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/why-uae-involved-sudans-bloody-civil-war

Parliament speaker says Israeli forces occupy positions inside Lebanon <article data-history-node-id="431056" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/parliament-speaker-says-israeli-forces-occupy-positions-inside-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/parliament-speaker-says-israeli-forces-occupy-positions-inside-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Parliament speaker says Israeli forces occupy positions inside Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday said that Israeli troops&nbsp;have stationed inside Lebanese territory in five strategic locations, adding that Israel is preventing the full deployment of Lebanon's forces along the southern border.&nbsp;</p> <p>Berri said that&nbsp;9,000 Lebanese soldiers have already been deployed south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon.</p> <p>Following Israeli military movements near the border, the Lebanese army mobilised its forces in the border town of Meiss El-Jabal in southern Lebanon, local media said.</p> <p>Israeli army forces were placed on alert inside the occupied territories next to Meiss El-Jabal, prompting the Lebanese army to mobilise and deploy vehicles and troops in the area, according to the Lebanese state news agency NNA.&nbsp;</p> <p>The development comes after Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday instructed the army to confront any Israeli military incursions into southern Lebanon. His directive followed an Israeli raid that killed a municipal employee inside the Blida municipality building in the south.</p> <p>On Sunday, an Israeli drone launched three missiles near the Zefta–Nmeiriyeh junction in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.</p> <p>Israel continues to violate its ceasefire with Hezbollah, carrying out relentless attacks across southern Lebanon. Dozens of people, including medics, journalists, and civilians, have been killed in Israeli strikes since the truce was agreed last November.</p> <p>Despite its claims of “self-defence,” Israel’s repeated bombardments have drawn growing condemnation for fuelling instability and targeting non-combatants.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Parliament speaker says Israeli forces occupy positions inside Lebanon - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/parliament-speaker-says-israeli-forces-occupy-positions-inside-lebanon

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in northern Gaza <article data-history-node-id="431058" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-northern-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-northern-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces kill Palestinian in northern Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces on Tuesday killed a Palestinian in Jabalia in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reported quoting a source at the Baptist Hospital.&nbsp;</p> <p>The report mentioned that earlier in the day, an Israeli quadcopter opened fire in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, killing one Palestinian and wounding another.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the Gaza health ministry, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,800 Palestinians and wounded more than 170,300 others since October 2023. Another 10,000 are missing, presumed dead.</p> <p>Israel has committed close to 200 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.</p> <p>The UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson has said that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in northern Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-northern-gaza

Gaza mental health specialist says Israeli genocide has traumatised every resident <article data-history-node-id="431061" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-mental-health-specialist-says-israeli-genocide-has-traumatised" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-mental-health-specialist-says-israeli-genocide-has-traumatised" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza mental health specialist says Israeli genocide has traumatised every resident</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Head of the Gaza City Mental Health Hospital team, Abdallah al-Jamal, on Tuesday said that Gaza residents are suffering "a volcano" of psychological trauma from Israel's devastating military campaign, Reuters news agency reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Palestinian mental health specialist, who is now working out of a nearby clinic because their building is damaged, said that two years of intense Israeli bombardment have affected all of Gaza's 2.3 million inhabitants.</p> <p>"With the start of the truce, it was like a volcano erupting in patients seeking mental health services. Even the stigma that used to be present before, the fear of visiting a psychologist, does not exist anymore," he said, describing "a very large increase" in numbers from before the conflict.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza mental health specialist says Israeli genocide has traumatised every resident - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-mental-health-specialist-says-israeli-genocide-has-traumatised

He should have died in The Hague.

The government has shut down refugee family reunion — turning in effect a “temporary pause” into a permanent ban.

Cruel. Heartless. Inhumane. 🧵

reunitefamiliesuk.co.uk/over-60-orgs...

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque courtyard under police protection <article data-history-node-id="431063" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-courtyard-under-police-protection" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-courtyard-under-police-protection" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque courtyard under police protection </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A group of Israeli settlers on Tuesday stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque courtyard under police protection, footage published by Quds News Network shows.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Jerusalem Governorate said a total of 465 settlers entered the courtyards in what it called "provocative tours".&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque courtyard under police protection - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-courtyard-under-police-protection

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy The REAL Reason Rachel Reeves is PANICKING About the Budget

Why is Rachel Reeves panicking about the budget? youtu.be/XQUqR6YyF3A?...

Israeli settlers shoot at foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank <article data-history-node-id="431064" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-fire-foreign-solidarity-activists-and-palestinian" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-fire-foreign-solidarity-activists-and-palestinian" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers shoot at foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers on Tuesday opened fire on foreign solidarity activists and Palestinian farmers in Deir Istiya in the Salfit governorate in the West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israeli settlers also set fire to olive trees in the village of Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.</p> <p>The Palestinian Authority’s Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) said in November that since the harvest began in the first week of October, there have been at least 158 attacks across the Israeli-occupied West Bank.</p> <p>More than 15,000 trees have been attacked since October 2024, CWRC said.&nbsp;</p> <p>The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has condemned the alarming surge in Israeli settler attacks targeting Palestinian olive farmers across the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>“October 2025 is on track to be the most violent month since Unrwa began tracking settler violence in 2013,” the agency said in a statement.</p> <p>Unrwa’s West Bank director, Roland Friedrich, warned that the attacks “threaten the very way of life for many Palestinians”, as olive farming remains their main source of income.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli settlers shoot at foreign activists and Palestinian farmers in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-fire-foreign-solidarity-activists-and-palestinian

Gaza remains under famine conditions, NGO network says <article data-history-node-id="431066" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-remains-under-famine-conditions-ngo-network-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-remains-under-famine-conditions-ngo-network-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza remains under famine conditions, NGO network says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The NGO Network in Gaza on Tuesday said that the enclave remains under famine conditions, adding that the humanitarian aid that enters barely covers 30% of the needs, Al Jazeera Arabic reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The network said that Unrwa remains the backbone of humanitarian work in the sector.</p> <p>Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Centre Stefanos Fotiou on Tuesday called for the opening of crossings to facilitate the entry of aid into Gaza.</p> <p>"We hope to seize the opportunity to rehabilitate the food system in Gaza. We call for the opening of the crossings to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza," Fotiou said.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the Gaza health ministry, the Israeli genocidal war has killed over 68,800 Palestinians since October 2023. Another 10,000 are missing, presumed dead.</p> <p>Israel has committed close to 200 violations of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on 10 October, the director of the government media office in Gaza said.</p> <p>The UN secretary general’s deputy spokesperson has said that 81 percent of the enclave’s structures have suffered destruction, underscoring the catastrophic scale of Israel’s assault on Gaza, which has been recognised as a genocide by the UN.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza remains under famine conditions, NGO network says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-remains-under-famine-conditions-ngo-network-says

Nigel Farage is wrong about the European Convention on Human Rights | Good Law Project The Reform leader is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster.

On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:

The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/

Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...