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In other words, the rogue state gets to pick who will be allowed to invest in the next stage of the genocide.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Nablus raid as settlers assault olive pickers

Today the IOF killed Majed Mohammad Dawoud during a raid on al-Ain refugee camp in Nablus. After preventing medical teams from treating him, soldiers dragged him through the streets as he bled to death.

Source: www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

If the Israeli state decides to stop breaking the ceasefire (it already has), then Gaza can enter its new phase where the surviving population will be occupied in part by the Blair Mandate Inc.

Tony Blair isn’t just an advisor to dictatorial regimes & evader of justice. TB Institute works closely with (some might say ‘for’) Oracle, whose owner, Larry Ellison, is an ally of Netanyahu. A country needing rebuilding is the perfect investment for big tech to be part of the infrastructure.

SGSAH/SGSSS Black History Month Event - Unarchigal Wed 8 Oct, 14:00 - 15:00 [BST]: Together with SGSSS, we are delighted to announce a special interactive session to mark Black History Month 2025. This free, online and open-to-all session will be pres...

Important Black History Month event today at 2pm (2 hrs from now!): tockify.com/sgsah/detail...

A session on a multimodal embodied liberatory approach to 'researching' the early years by my friend @sarmapavithra.bsky.social

Upcoming talk:
Life in Bethlehem Under Occupation by Kate Khair from University of St Andrews.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A.

⏰ Thursday 25th of Sep, 6pm.

📍Online – Zoom.

Please register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... (free to members and non-members)

Rubio asks Qatar to stay as mediator after Israel strike US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Qatar on Tuesday a week after an Israeli strike on the Gulf state targeting leaders of Hamas.

It’s absolutely unthinkable that a western state would be asked – or even expected – to remain a neutral referee after being bombed by a party it was to mediate. This request by the US is diplomat-speak for ‘sit down and shut up’.

www.newarab.com/news/rubio-a...

September has been an interesting month for street politics so far.

Over 110k British nationalists descend on London, with many assaulting police, resulting in serious injuries. 24 arrested.

1500 peacefully show support for a non-violent Palestine solidarity group. 857 arrested.

I’ve always found it suspect when people would claim community successes in defending refugees were the 'real values’ of Britain. 110k assorted racists, fascists & far right flooding London is an expression of real British values. Their aim is to bring violent borders to the streets & end migration.

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has announced a series of measures to apply pressure on Israel to end the genocide in Gaza, including a law to enforce Spain’s arms embargo and additional restrictions on aircraft and shipping.

It's shocking to me that any research would take as its point of departure that the British Labour are 'social democratic'. They haven't shown any semblance of having such priniciples or values since the early 1990s (if they ever did).

Is Scotland Pro-Palestine? Scotland can be an ally of Palestine even without statehood of its own, explains Ryan Swan.

In light of the Scottish Parliament's vote to adhere to the demands of BDS, here is my article I wrote on the very topic last year: scottishleftreview.scot/is-scotland-...

Scottish Parliament votes for immediate boycott of Israel MSPs have voted for a full boycott of the state of Israel and companies complicit in genocide following a debate in the Scottish Parliament.

I didn't think they'd actually do it. This should mean that those working on BDS in local government, universities and civil society will have the support of the Scottish Gov.

This is a sea change if it is to be followed through.

www.thenational.scot/news/2543951...

But Turkiye announced that it ceased trade with the Israeli state over a year ago.

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Surely it's not possible that that was just rhetoric?

The place was crawling with types like that. I hope you got home alright.

Today was a success for anti-racist organising, but mobs attempting to besiege hotels will continue. This is a real emergency which demands commitment to solidarity.

They were outnumbered from the start (2-1) and our opposition saw them off.
As they left, a few lashed out & tried to hit some people, but failed.

Today in Perth, racists gathered to intimidate & insult asylum seekers at a hotel, for several states reasons, none of which of course explicitly mention race.
They were aggressive, some came around the back & side of our group as most people were focused towards the door of the hotel.

A racist mob plans yet again to surround a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Come to Perth this Saturday at 10am to stop them.

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A very candid and timely article on academia in The Only Democracy In The Middle East.

Oh look, a white supremacist did a speech too.

Source: The National

One man arrested at Falkirk asylum seeker hotel protests One man was arrested in Falkirk on Saturday, as two opposing protests took place outside of a hotel housing asylum seekers

This seems to be a nationally-organised protest, where they target a different town/city each Saturday.

Some good coverage here:
www.thenational.scot/news/2539589...

In Falkirk yesterday hundreds protested against what they’ve called ‘illegal’ immigrants.

Then we see a call to kill asylum seekers and the fascist salute. It’s almost as if it wasn’t about the law in the first place.

Anti-racist groups were vastly outnumbered. This is an emergency.

Our esteemed expert here appears to have gone from just innocently asking (in 2018) “Is Rising Ethnic Diversity a Threat to the West?” to answering (in 2025) that yes, the degenerate races pose an terrible threat to the herrenvolk and should be driven out en masse.

Its not 'a grift'. Its who he is.

Netanyahu says he backs 'Greater Israel', which includes parts of Jordan and Egypt Israeli PM says he is 'very' connected to the expansionist vision encompassing parts of Palestine and several Arab states

While this reporting is correct, it's important to emphasise that the Zionist movement – whether Labour or Revisionist strands – has *always* sought to colonise countries in the Middle East. Netanyahu is just one figure in a long line of proponents of expansion

www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanya...

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People at Uni of St Andrews, please sign and share!

As the First Minister and the previous First Minister of Scotland acknowledge the genocide in Palestine, it's important we keep up the pressure on our HE institutions.

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The only democracy in the Middle East.

Although it does leave open the question: why call it genocide – a crime – when you still give public money to Raytheon and Thales, documented providers of weapons to the Israel state?

John Swinney brands Gaza as ‘genocide’ for first time as Fringe show disrupted JOHN Swinney has described what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza as a “genocide” for the first time ...

While Swinney's public acknowlegment that Israel is carrying out a genocide in Gaza is extremely late, it *might* help move ScotGov international affairs in the right direction. SNP MSP/MPs will struggle to meet Israeli officials, as they have done before.

www.thenational.scot/news/2536081...