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Following the documented rape of a Palestinian prisoner in Sde Teyman, the military prosecutor ordered the arrest of the soldiers involved.
There was govt-supported riots trying to prevent their arrest. In response, she leaked the video evidence.
Now she has been removed by the Israeli govt.

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Is ‘Putinism’ a coherent ideology? Do Russians identify with it? Laruelle admits, the vast majority of Russians sense a lack of a state ideology. Her jobs then is to try to reconstruct something resembling a coherent set of beliefs or a world view and show how i…

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New post - a mammoth, though partial, review of Marlene Laruelle's new book on Putinism as ideology. I find a lot to like in her 400 page meticulous treatment, but also a bit of a gap between her final thesis and her evidence. Link in the next post.

Minneapolis police investigating antisemitic vandalism at Temple Israel The largest synagogue in Minnesota has once again been vandalized with spray paint bearing antisemitic messages.

This hateful antisemitic vandalism in Minneapolis is alarming and unacceptable.

Targeting synagogues with anti-Zionist/anti-Israel slogans isn’t political activism — it’s harassing and threatening Jewish communities.

Excluding Marwan Barghouti from the list of prisoners for release means none of the parties are serious about the second stage of the agreement (replacing Hamas with an alternative administration) let along any "peace" prospects

Lessons from the Peace Process Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 10/10/2025 · 1h 1m

Robert Malley on LRB pod

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Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

@danaelkurd.bsky.social writes the peace deal is "asymmetric, providing the Israeli government many of its political objectives while imposing multiple layers of international control on and vague assurances to the Palestinian people – and only if they comply."

theconversation.com/gaza-peace-p...

Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable

Make no mistake. Those who spearheaded the Gaza genocide will try to relaunch it in a more ruthless manner, at the earliest opportunity.
They will fail only if there will be an alternative vision, one of recognition, life and equality for everyone.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

18,457 names of children murdered by Israel in two years. Those are just the names we have so far.

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

After the anticipated and hoped for prisoners/hostage exchange, there will remain in Israeli prisons thousands more Palestinians than there had been there on 6th October 2023.

Demonstrators against the Gaza Genocide in Jerusalem tonight. Still from a video posted by @RSolidarityNet on X

Jerusalem tonight.
"We must resist against genocide"

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

Two people in balaclavas torched a mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex. This is not far from where I live.

Fascists are in an open war with Muslims and people of colour in the UK.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel killed 66 Palestinians in Gaza TODAY.

Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:

1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims

2- see above

The Battle Over Civil Society Talking to Dylan Riley about Trump, Democracy, and Fascism

And here is the full audio.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-battle...

This is a perfectly appropriate message in response to a horrific event, and the responses to this post are filling me with sorrow.

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

Will try to have something more constructive to say eventually but this is unbelievably spiteful and stupid.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This was a fascinating convo and I reckon diaspora folks - and not just members of the Palestinian diaspora - will learn a great deal

First images of Tony Blair entering Gaza as head of the new temporary international administration

In Brighton on Monday 29 Sept? Join us for this.

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@ayoub.bsky.social @naamoduk.bsky.social

Re-upping this thread today

Elizabeth Tsurkov, for me, is an example of a rare Jewish Israeli who decided to embrace the Middle East as her home, immersed itself in Arabic language and culture, struggled and put herself at risk for justice and liberty for people in Palestine, Syria and Iraq. She's a model of how things can be.

YouTube video by עיניים על עזה המלחמה נגד ארגוני הסיוע (פרופ' ליאת קוזמא, האוניברסיטה העברית)

‎שיחה חשובה על הדרישות הקפדניות שממשלת ישראל
משיתה על אירגוני סיוע בין לאומיים הפועלים בעזה ובגדה והשלכותיהן

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Regardless of whether Reform's deportation plan "works", if they get a chance to try it - like the Tories' Rwanda policy, or Trump's deportations - it will ostentatiously torment thousands of people and further engrain racism in British politics. It must be opposed on that basis.

At least 15 people killed, including 4 children, in the latest Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, says Ukraine Interior Ministry. And EU mission and British Council buildings were damaged. Biggest attack since Trump met Putin, and one of the deadliest attacks this year.

1/ Why are Trump and Putin talking ceasefire without Europeans? Some facts in thread:

Despite the shifting frontlines, prolonging the war at terrible human cost, there has been little territorial gain by either side and fundamental realities have not budged.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...

How War Became Israel’s New Normal It is a mistake to think that Benjamin Netanyahu is solely responsible for Israel’s genocide or that removing him would bring it to an end. To win support for war, he has mobilized large swathes of Is...

This is a good companion piece to the Foreign Affairs article I shared yesterday, as it tries to provide a materialist analysis as to why the anti-Netanyahu alliance failed to become an anti-war one, and extended support for genocide. jacobin.com/2025/08/war-...