Alona Ferber

Sebastian Ben Daniel (centre), and the fascist thugs who disrupted his class

Almog Cohen, deputy minister in the Prime Minister office, stormed today a computer science class in Ben Gurion University with his fascist supporters, to prevent the lecturer Sebastian ben Daniel from giving a class.
Ben Daniel is an outspoken critic of the occupation and apartheid.

Femena calls on Iranian authorities to immediately revoke the death sentence against Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, ensure her unconditional release, and uphold her fundamental rights to due process and legal representation.

femena.net/2025/11/11/i...

Clear out toys now!

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Bookies manager of 6 years here.
- They do not support mental health, they enable problem gamblers. “Responsible gambling” is a myth.
- They moved gambling addiction to being a healthcare problem in 2022
- Penny machines? Not the same, not even close.
- Completely agreed on Point 4.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

“"Journalists, both local and foreign, have proven to be a clear target as they document an unprecedented level of unchecked violence against Palestinians during this year's olive harvest."”

A group of @npr.org journalists approached by violent settlers, fearing an, imminent attack, reversed course

The search for Gaza's missing Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.

Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.

www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...

NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*

"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.

The BBC is in a mess... but not the mess you might think...

Read @arusbridger.bsky.social’s column on Michael Prescott—and his friend Robbie Gibb:
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

... and Alan’s earlier investigation on BBC board members: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

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Want to know more about JCB's big yellow diggers? Read this excellent piece by @imaanirfan.bsky.social on the right's love affair with JCB, in which she also pretty much predicted that Bamford and his firm would become a major Reform donor

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/...

This is notable in the light of Goodwin’s recent arguments on X that people from minority ethnic background are not British even if they were born and brought up here. I asked the Reform press office last week if they had a response to Goodwin’s views; silence so far.

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Well you can't say he hasn't done his time.

A picture of sir Robbie Gibb’s network of influence

This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …

‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’

SHOCKING: Number of lives lost to IVF now surpasses those lost to abortion | Live Action In 2023, 1.9M embryos created by IVF didn't survive to implantation. 1.8M were frozen, destroyed, or donated, while under 1.1M abortions took place.

The absolute fucking state of this. www.liveaction.org/news/shockin...

The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation

dear god in heaven above harpers.org/archive/2025...

"It's alarming to see the ADL announce a "tracker" of antisemitism aimed at Mamdani and the Conference of Presidents issue an extraordinary set of statements while not applying equal scrutiny to Trump - despite his long record of using antisemitism and bigotry for political gain."

I have many differences with J Street, but they are absolutely correct about this. It is alarming to see so many American Jewish institutions act as though Mamdani is a unique threat to Jewish safety, while ignoring the mainstreaming of neo-Nazism by the current presidential administration.

That's exactly what it's like!

Of course you should all be reading @prospectmagazine.co.uk's local government sleuth, the Covert Councillor

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/5464/...

The long crawl to Christmas is here

And just like that, the Christmas sandwiches have appeared in Pret

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

A ‘Mamdani Monitor’?? Zohran RESPONDS to the ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt for vowing to “track” his admin for antisemitism.

“I have some doubts in Jonathan's ability to do so honestly, given that he previously said I had not visited any synagogues only to have to correct himself.”

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Elizabeth is an old friend; here's a gift link so you can read her words. They're not easy.

But being Elizabeth, she decided to share her story "to give voice to Iraqis who have been tortured by the group."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...

The worst thing you can be (and four other reads) Five things on gender inequality and the backlash against feminism

“Don’t forget that the worst thing you can be is a girl”

New newsletter is out! with stuff on “feminisation”, Latvia, Russian post-feminism, the deepfake ecosystem and motherhood and writing, with links to stuff by @samanthaellis.bsky.social and others

thebacklash.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

Don’t blame the left for US antisemitism [FREE TO READ] The anti-Jewish threat in America today comes largely from the right

"You cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies about Satanic paedophile rings and expect the base will stop at the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." My column on the suppurating neo-Nazism on America's right. on.ft.com/4oxjjQj

Another nice example of centre and left votes lining up behind the best candidate to beat Reform.

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.

During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

Well, the official statement from Buckingham Palace mentions "victims and survivors of any and all forms of abuse" bsky.app/profile/alon...