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Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned on Friday, admitting leaking a video allegedly showing abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

The Israeli Defense Minister claims that video recorded on an IDF camera, leaked by an IDF lawyer to an Israeli station is 'blood libel'. 🙄
It shows a Palestinian detainee being beaten and having a sharp object stuck up their rectum.
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“The millions spent against candidates like Mamdani…is the ruling class recognizing us as a genuine threat to their interests.”

Geoff Simpson, PAC Director for Justice Democrats on Mamdani’s ‘moral clarity’ and how his strategy should be a blueprint for the left in 2026

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Enshitification is real

This is clearly critical of the government of Israel but I’ve never seen a shred of evidence that Mamdani holds antisemitic views. The only thing they can cite is a slogan he didn’t say.

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Ok, I’ll break the rules and say it out loud:
Being a billionaire is a personal moral failing.

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Infantino says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new FIFA peace prize FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.

Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize-

FIFA President Gianni Infantino created a FIFA Peace Prize - and plans to award it on December 5th

Who do you think he's going to award it to?

Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty Team includes Lina Khan, the FTC commissioner under Biden, and other Democratic former city officials

Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pakistan’s strategic crossroads: From allies to anxieties Pakistan finds itself at a critical geopolitical juncture, sandwiched between China, the US, and chaos.

Pakistan finds itself at a critical geopolitical juncture, sandwiched between China, the US, and chaos.

Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys file appeals to prevent future Ice detentions

Columbia University graduate and legal US resident says Trump administration ‘wants to make an example of me’

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now?

Jonathan Liew in The Guardian

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Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works

Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout

When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works

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Abu Foul, who had already lost his leg in a 2015 Israeli bombing, told Al Jazeera he endured relentless torture during his imprisonment. At Sde Teiman prison, a facility other detainees describe as “the prison that breaks men”, Abu Foul endured repeated beatings and torture. One day, guards struck him on the head with such force that he fell unconscious. When he regained consciousness, he discovered he had lost his sight, he said.

This Palestinian man, who was taken hostage from a hospital by Israel in December, and who previously lost his leg to Israeli bombing in 2015, was beaten and tortured while imprisoned to such an extent that he lost his sight.

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Israeli forces have killed 11 members of a Palestinian family in Gaza, the deadliest single violation of the fragile ceasefire since it took effect eight days ago. The attack happened on Friday evening when a tank shell was fired by Israeli forces at a civilian vehicle carrying the Abu Shaaban family in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to Gaza’s civil defence.

What do you call a ‘ceasefire agreement’ that permits an occupying settler colonial state to murder seven children and four other civilians in cold blood?

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Apartheid country has racist institutions.

Israel’s football authorities have consistently failed to tackle the issue of behaviour on the terraces because the targets for chants etc are Arabs. The racism is in that sense institutionalised. That has consequences

But we can be in a position as a country where we look at fans history of behaviour and judge whether it is safe to have them there and under what conditions. Being Israeli doesn’t change that calculus

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Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors | Gaza | The Guardian

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As dispute over hostages’ bodies tests ceasefire, Israelis bury their dead Hamas says finding the bodies of 19 remaining hostages requires specialist equipment it does not have. Israel says failing to return them would violate ceasefire.

The military wing of Hamas said it handed over the final remains of the deceased hostages it has found in Gaza.

Israel says Hamas is holding back bodies, but Hamas, and senior U.S. advisers, say the low number of bodies returned reflects the reality of the complex situation on the ground.

Police request Maccabi Tel Aviv fans not be allowed to attend Aston Villa game in Europa League When Maccabi Tel Aviv travelled to face Ajax last year, 62 people were arrested and five hospitalised after violent clashes.

West Midlands Police (WMP) has requested that supporters of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv not be allowed to attend the Europa League game against Aston Villa in Birmingham on November 6 due to concerns over unrest, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic.

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Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Easy. It's because Israelis *enjoy* shooting kids and raping women. (Rational enough for you, Herr Professor?)

On principle, I don't read propaganda produced by hate groups actively collaborating in genocide

You are sharing something produced by Honest Reporting with me and you want to be taken seriously? Take your genocide denialism elsewhere.

The pictures of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel - blindfolded, handcuffed, tortured, hung - are really hard to comprehend.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

chef kiss. I went to right-click Google search Dave Taylor's age from the Politico story about US flag with a swastika in his office, accidentally hit 'Look Up' and this is the first thing it pulls from his website: "If you would like to order a U.S. flag from our office…"

Israel killed 3 Palestinians today

Israel is still not allowing UNRWA to deliver aid. UNRWA said they have enough food to supply Palestinians for 3 months. Israel hasn’t let them bring any aid into Gaza in 7 months.

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face” – Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors," Thunberg said to Aftonbladet.

Why we will not collaborate with Israel at this time The Executive Board and deans explain in this letter to the academic community why the UvA will not be entering any institutional collaborations in education and research with Israeli partners for the...

The Executive Board and deans explain in this letter to the academic community why the UvA will not be entering any institutional collaborations in education and research with Israeli partners for the time being

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#BDS #genocide