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Israel imposes extra restrictions on efforts to feed Gazan civilians Israel demands all humanitarian organisations provide lists of Palestinian staff in move which NGOs say will hamper work to address famine

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So shocked to see this news

The Western media is complicit in Israel’s murder of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif Israel murdered Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues because genocide can only proceed without witnesses. Western media outlets have failed to condemn the systematic murder of Palestinian journalists,…

READ: The Western media is complicit in Israel’s murder of Al-Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif—silenced by a targeted strike.
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⭕️BREAKING: The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has divested from 11 Israeli companies

The world’s largest fund has dropped the 11 companies and is reviewing a series of others, also severing external agreements with Israeli managers.

This is another major economic blow to Israel.

Killing of Al Jazeera staff in Gaza ‘silencing journalistic voices’ says Tánaiste Prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28 and four of his colleagues were killed while sheltering outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night

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Ireland: Tánaiste and MFA @simonharrisireland.bsky.social
“I do think it is interesting in recent days to have seen an increase in protest within Israel, Israeli people standing up and saying to their government ‘not in my name’.

EU and UN condemn Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza The European Union has condemned the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in an Israeli strike in Gaza, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

At what point will there be sanctions on Netanyahu’s rogue state?
The United Nations say over 230 journalists have been murdered by Israeli forces. No other conflict has seen so many journalists deliberately targeted in this way !

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Guardian headline: “Gaza is like the aftermath of an apocalypse”

“Gaza is like the aftermath of an apocalypse”

Irish president urges UN to intervene in Gaza, citing ‘destruction of an entire people’ Irish President Michael D. Higgins has called on the UN to take urgent action in Gaza, asking Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to invoke powers under Chapter Seven to bypass Security Council grid…

In case you missed it last night, our president, popular and beloved Michael D. “Miggeldy” Higgins, called for the UNSG to bypass the UNSC and call for a Chapter VII intervention in Gaza (and this isn’t the first time he’s called for intervention btw) www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250804-iri...

"As human, as accountable beings, why should we suffer this any longer?"

- Daniel O'Connell re: the abolition of chattel slavery (Exeter Hall, 23/4/1831)

Norway to review sovereign wealth fund’s Israel investments Norway’s government said on Tuesday it had ordered a review of its sovereign wealth fund portfolio to ensure that Israeli companies contributing to the occupation of the West Bank or the war …

Norway's government said on Tuesday it had ordered a review of its sovereign wealth fund portfolio to ensure that Israeli companies contributing to the occupation of the West Bank or the war in Gaza were excluded from investments, Reuters reported.

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ANDREE MURPHY: The banality of evil and the lure of money unite to condemn a people HANNAH Arendt spent every day at the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the miner’s son and travelling salesman who was architect of the 'Final Solution'. Her observations on the cold, mundane nature of evil be...

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An excellent discussion today at Féile an Phobail in Belfast, on the economics of Irish Unity. Thanks so much to the author of a recent groundbreaking paper on the subject, John Doyle.
It was worth the trip from Dublin to catch it!

Doing Feminist Legal Work Welcome to the network of scholars across Ireland, Northern Ireland and Britain addressing emerging issues of gender and law.

The new feminist legal blog, The Morrigan, at dflw.ie (content advisory: has contained me) is very good indeed.

Why do English ‘Rejoiners’ only talk about the Single Market? Why not full EU Membership? Feart?
#ScottishIndependence

Why would Donald lie after all?

#DanielOConnell was contradictory, & is often criticised for being “too parliamentary” & too deferential to the Empire.
He was also perhaps the most prominent anti- #slavery voice of his day in Europe:
"As human, as accountable beings, why should we suffer this any longer?"
#OConnell250

Daniel O'Connell's legacy remembered on 250th birthday Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, the man known as 'The Liberator'.

"Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of #DanielOConnell, the man known as 'The Liberator’"
O'Connell's campaigns for Catholic Emancipation and Repeal (of the Acts of Union between Britain and #Ireland) laid the foundation for Irish independence.
#OConnell250
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The UK 🇬🇧 rejoining the EU would be problematic bc Westminster is so unstable.
A United 🇮🇪 and the Rep of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 joining would be cause of great celebrations across Europe. 😲🎉🥳🎊🍾🎈🥂
#UnitedIreland #ScottishIndependence

Neither Labour nor LibDems want to join the EU full acquis. This shows that the English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 body politic doesn’t have cojones to challenge the causes of Brexit. Isolation will intensify. Scotland and Northern Ireland will join without them. #ScottishIndependence

Labour set a few more votes on fire...

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.

1 in 2 builders were born overseas.

1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.

1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.

1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.

1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

The UK would be screwed without them.

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

Another thing about this. Reform UK could win an election with the vast majority dead set against Brexit. What happens when they tear up the trade agreement, the Starmer reset and the Windsor Framework? That'd just add to the ridiculous chaos. Absurd.

It's very simple: You can protest all you like about this and wider immigration issues, as is your right, but you can't just turn up with a mob outside actual hotels housing a small number of migrants... especially given such mobs tried to burn down hotels last year.

Plus, you live 5000 miles away.

Ben Collins, author of Irish Unity: Time to Prepare, has now launched his latest book The Irish Unity Dividend, where he presents a compelling analysis of the numerous advantages that Irish unity can bring.
You can get it here: luath.co.uk/products/the-i…

The Pat Cullen Interview Podcast Episode · Red Lines · 30/07/2025 · 43m

A great listen

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Launch of new book “Our Martin” at St Mary’s this afternoon.

Lovely personal reflections shared on the life of Martin McGuinness at a poignant and moving Féile an Phobail discussion this afternoon.