Legal pushback, at last, against pro-Zionist, false notions of antisemitism

Report: UK group heralds a judicial review on the misuse of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.

Across "public bodies, a non-statutory definition is being weaponised to silence lawful political speech against the State of Israel."

"Criticism of Israel is being mischaracterised as hate" & hate laws applied to protect it.

middleeastmonitor.com/20260524…

#EUPol #USPol #palestine #IHRA .

Legal challenge launched against the IHRA definition of antisemitism in British court

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^{Middle East Monitor}

Deported flotilla activists say they were assaulted by Israeli guards, including being:

* tased in the face

* injected with unknown sedatives

* water-tortured & having ribs broken

* dragged along the ground with bound hands & feet

* forced to strip naked & run while guards were laughing

"They laughed all the time. Super sadistic. They took off my shirt, took pictures. Mistreated us all night long."

middleeasteye.net/news/sadisti…

#USPol #EUPol #news #GazaFlotilla #israeliCrimes .

Deported flotilla activists allege 'sadistic' sexual abuse and torture in Israeli captivity

Flotilla activists who were abducted and jailed by Israeli authorities while in international waters have reported being subjected to sexual abuse and torture while in Israeli captivity.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

Report: A new Jewish diaspora movement (JDM) explicitly rejects Israel’s ethno-nationalism.

"Solidarity with oppressed peoples, including in Palestine, is central to its understanding of Jewishness", the coalition states.

So far, the coalition has 46 member organisations, incl "Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbis for Ceasefire, IfNotNow, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice & the American Council for Judaism".

middleeastmonitor.com/20260520…

#USPol #EUPol #IsraeliCrimes #News #Palestine #JDM .

Jewish groups launch new diaspora movement rejecting Israel’s ethno-nationalism

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^{Middle East Monitor}

Report: The judge in the Filton 6 trial "secretly ruled that, despite not being charged with terrorism, there was a terrorist connection with the six, due to the activists attempting to influence the Israeli government."

The so-called “terror connection" is highly likely to lead to punitive jail terms at sentencing on 12 June.

It was illegal for the British press to report the fact.

electronicintifada.net/blogs/a…

#USPol #EUPol #Filton6 #UKPol #UKRepression #News #palestine #palestineAction .

Report: 87 Gaza flotilla activists being held by Israel "have begun a hunger strike to protest their detention & show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails."

"Global Sumud Flotilla on Tuesday said that all 50 vessels in its aid convoy had been seized by Israel."

middleeastmonitor.com/20260520…

#USPol #EUPol #GlobalSumudFlotilla #news #palestine .

Report: ICC prosecutor's office seeks arrest warrant for Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Charges include "forced displacement as a crime against humanity & war crime, the transfer of Israel’s own population as a war crime, & persecution & apartheid as crimes against humanity."

There may be two more warrant applications, including for national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi…

#USPol #EUPol #ICC #Smotrich #news #palestine #GazaGenocide #Apartheid .

Exclusive: ICC prosecutor's office seeks arrest warrant for Israel's Smotrich

The office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court last month filed a secret arrest warrant application for Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinians in …

^{Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: Israel wants Hamas to "surrender, capitulate, become fully defenseless, weaponless...

..." and entrust the very army that carried out a genocide against you to be merciful towards you once you are an easier target than you ever were before.”

That is the “disarmament trap”: the "unfairly weighted negotiations designed to strip Palestinians of political autonomy".

democracynow.org/2026/5/15/muh…

#USPol #EUPol #gazagenocide #palestine #palestinianPrisoners #news #disarmamentTrap .

Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience

Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel.

^{Democracy Now!}

Interview: Trump wants federal control over elections in at least eight states

He's "employing investigations, raids & demands for access to balloting systems & voter ID records for the campaign."

Trump has also run a campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies. Journalist Ned Parker counted 470 "enemies" that Trump has targeted so far.

democracynow.org/2026/5/8/trum…

#USPol #EUPol #USElections #trump #democracy #fascism #news .

Trump Pushes to Take Over Elections, Punish His Enemies: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Ned Parker

A new investigation by Reuters details how the Trump administration is seeking to gain federal control over elections in at least eight states, employing investigations, raids and demands for access to balloting systems and voter ID records for the c…

^{Democracy Now!}

Report: Israeli soldiers said the army ordered troops to kill any man they encountered in Gaza from Oct 7 2023.

“A man, no matter what age, don’t play games with it; kill immediately," were the orders. "We need to kill him - yes, even if he is completely unarmed.”

“They even told us that if it’s a woman or a child, use your judgment, because things happen."

middleeasteye.net/news/israeli…

#USPol #EUPol #Fascism #Racism #GazaGenocide #israeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #news #palestine .

Israeli soldiers say orders were to kill any man encountered in Gaza

Israeli soldiers said the army ordered troops to kill any man they encountered in Gaza during the genocide that began in 2023.

^{Nadav Rapaport (Middle East Eye)}

Report: Spain's PM awards Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit

PM Pedro Sanchez described Albanese as "a voice that upholds the conscience of the world".

Sanchez has also pushed for the EU to shield the ICC & UN from US sanctions. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he said.

middleeasteye.net/news/spain-p…

#FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #USPol #EUPol #palestine #ICC #UN #USSanctions .

Spain's leader Sanchez awards UN's Francesca Albanese Order of Civil Merit

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday awarded the Order of Civil Merit to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, in an apparent show of solidarity with the expert sanctioned by the US for her work.

^{Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: The Woman Who Predicted Tech Fascism

"These technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect."

There's a lack of human connection; discomfort with the core of what it means to be human; inability to reconcile individual demands with societal demands.

It glorifies being the "solo commander of one's computer in lieu of any other economically viable behavior."

Computers are more controllable than any human will ever be.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=DL-kwZdk…

#USPol #EUPol #Tech .

Report: Israel is manipulating AI platforms into blaming Palestinians, eg, for killing Hind Rajab.

Israel has created websites dedicated to manipulating AI platforms such as Claude & ChatGPT.

When users seek information, eg, on the murder of Hind, the manipulated chatbots produce “alternative explanations” (eg, that Hind could have been killed by Palestinian crossfire) alongside verified reporting.

thegrayzone.com/2026/04/28/isr…

#USPol #EUPol #palestine #gazaGenocide #news #AIHasbara #HindRajab .

The Grayzone

News and investigative journalism on empire

^{Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)}

Report: Spain's PM awards Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit

PM Pedro Sanchez described Albanese as "a voice that upholds the conscience of the world".

Sanchez has also pushed for the EU to shield the ICC & UN from US sanctions. "The EU cannot stand idly by in the face of this persecution," he said.

middleeasteye.net/news/spain-p…

#FrancescaAlbanese #Spain #USPol #EUPol #palestine #ICC #UN #USSanctions .

Spain's leader Sanchez awards UN's Francesca Albanese Order of Civil Merit

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday awarded the Order of Civil Merit to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, in an apparent show of solidarity with the expert sanctioned by the US for her work.

^{Sondos Asem (Middle East Eye)}

Report: Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has refused an invitation to Jerusalem writers festival over Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza".

The genocide seems to have been supported by the vast majority of Israelis, said Coetzee, so no considerable sector of Israeli society can claim it shouldn't "share in the blame for the atrocities in Gaza.”

middleeasteye.net/news/jm-coet…

#USPol #EUPol #BDS #GazaGenocide #Coetzee #news #israeliCrimes .

Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’

South African writer JM Coetzee has declined to attend a prominent Jerusalem literary festival over Israel's "genocidal campaign in Gaza.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: Forensic Architecture describes Israel's continual expansion into, & planning for permanent occupation of, Gaza.

Israel has now extended beyond the Yellow Line & taken "control of at least 64% of Gaza".

The nearly 2 million Gazan population is almost entirely confined to Palestinian-controlled territory along the coast.

countercurrents.org/2026/05/is…

aljazeera.com/video/upfront/20…

#USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #Palestine #israeliOccupation #GreaterIsrael #news #Racism .

Report: Strikes & protests against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale ...

... will include a 24-hour cultural strike on Friday called by international & Italian unions & activist groups.

The direct action follows the refusal of the Biennale’s directors to respond to demands for "the immediate exclusion of the Israeli pavilion."

middleeasteye.net/news/venice-…

#VeniceBiennaleStrike #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #IsraeliCrimes #News #palestine .

Venice Biennale targeted by strike action and protests over Israel's involvement

Protests will take place on Friday against Israel’s participation in the Venice Biennale, with a 24-hour cultural strike called by a coalition of Italian and international unions and activist groups.

^{Oscar Rickett (Middle East Eye)}

Interview: Israel is in a race against time to “lock in its domination” across the Middle East.

Israel’s strategy of “permanent war” allows for only two types of countries in the region:

either dependent or “too failed & fragile to pose any challenge”.

Israel can try to block a US-Iran deal by pushing for a major military operation against Iran, or by constant attacks on Lebanon & Palestine

Daniel Levy

aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #israeliCrimes #news #GreaterIsrael .

Israel’s strategy of ‘permanent war’: A race against time?

Political analyst Daniel Levy says US policy is so ‘marinated’ in Israeli narratives, the two are indistinguishable.

^{Al Jazeera}

For those wondering where this current death cult came from:

The ideology worshipped by Musk, Thiel, et al. was embedded in the city state ~6000 yrs ago.

Its class-based slavery differed from before, when enemy men were killed & women & chn enslaved & "integrated".

The ideology demands that men kill & die for the king & that women produce the cannon fodder.

The ideology requires the violent repression of "soft" feelings for fellow humans & nature.

#fascism #genderism #USPol #EUPol #racism .

"We oppose genocide so we support Palestine Action"

"We oppose genocide, & therefore we support whatever nonviolent action might be required to stop it & to shut down the UK-based weapons manufacturers that are helping to enable it."

"We support Palestine Action, & we call on all people of conscience & goodwill to join us in doing so."

3 May letter to British government officials from UK Law profs

statecrime.org/2026/05/03/we-o…

#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #GazaGenocide .

We oppose genocide so we support Palestine Action

UK law professors declare support for Palestine Action in this open letter opposing genocide and defending the right to nonviolent protest.

^{statecrime.org}

Report: London's Metro Police refuse to "investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes & crimes against humanity" in Gaza.

The crimes included “targeted killings of civilians & aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, attacks on hospitals & protected sites, & the forced transfer & displacement of civilians”.

It follows the closure of a unit tracking Israel's breaches of international law in Gaza & Lebanon.

middleeasteye.net/news/london-…

#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #IsraeliCrimes .

London police refuse to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza

London's Metropolitan Police will not investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting with the Israeli military in Gaza.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

Report: “It is an abomination that Apartheid Israel, while continuing its genocide undisturbed, is allowed to patrol European waters, seize boats, kidnap people.... Hostage taking is a crime."

~Francesca Albanese

The flotilla activists were kidnapped by Israeli forces on the high seas on May 1. Two activists, Saif Abukeshek & Thiago Avila, were taken to Israel.

aje.news/dmurqg?update=4540273

#SumudFlotilla #EUPol #USPol #news #IsraeliCrimes #GazaGenocide .

Iran war updates: Trump announces plan to escort ships in Hormuz Strait

These were the updates from the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday, May 3, 2026.

^{Nils Adler (Al Jazeera)}

Palestine Action defendants say the govt has made a fair trial impossible & they will represent themselves:

“The court hasn't permitted [my barristers] to represent me in a way that does us all justice. So I’ve had to represent myself.”
~Charlotte Head

“This is not everything that I’d like to tell you, but I’m so scared of the consequences of saying something I’m not permitted to, that I hope this is enough."
~Kamio

novaramedia.com/2026/04/30/pal…

#UKPol #filton6 #USPol #news #EUPol #Repression .

Palestine Action Defendants Represent Themselves Due to ‘Court Decisions’

Five of the six Filton24 defendants being retried on the charge of criminal damage in connection to a Palestine Action raid on an Elbit Systems factory in 2024 have chosen to represent themselves. Simon Childs reports.

^{Novara Media}

"All colonized people see themselves in Palestine. All colonizers see themselves in israel."
- Amer Rahman

#israel #zionism #us #usa #uspol #eu #eupol #uk #ukpol #Palestine #Gaza #colonialism

Report: Ex-Mossad chief, Tamir Pardo, likens occupier violence in the West Bank to the Holocaust

"My mother was a Holocaust survivor, & what I saw reminded me of the events that happened against Jews in the last century."

The settler violence "I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish," Pardo said, during a tour of Palestinian villages.

middleeastmonitor.com/20260428…

#USPol #EUPol #SettlerViolence #IsraeliCrimes #news #palestine #illegalOccupation #WestBank .

Ex-Mossad chief ‘ashamed to be Jewish,’ likens occupier violence in West Bank to Holocaust

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^{Middle East Monitor}

"Purge Palantir" is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives."

"Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join."

thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-…

#USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news .

Purge Palantir: The Campaign Against Peter Thiel's Spy Firm

And how I got permanently banned from X

^{Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich)}

Interview: "Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump’s War on Iran"

"For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall".

"Lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billion" point to Trump cronies using inside information to profit.

democracynow.org/2026/4/23/pre…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWarProfiteering #InsiderTrading #TrumpFamilyCorruption #news .

Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump’s War on Iran

The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall.

^{Democracy Now!}

Interview: "Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump’s War on Iran"

"For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall".

"Lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billion" point to Trump cronies using inside information to profit.

democracynow.org/2026/4/23/pre…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWarProfiteering #InsiderTrading #TrumpFamilyCorruption #news .

Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump’s War on Iran

The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall.

^{Democracy Now!}

Purge Palantir is a "campaign to raise awareness of the need to get Palantir out of our government and our lives."

"Purge Palantir is working with organizers across the country to put a spotlight on the company and its abuses—and anyone can join."

thenerdreich.com/how-to-purge-…

#USPol #EUPol #UKPol #Palantir #Fascism #Racism #Democracy #PurgePalantir #news .

Purge Palantir: The Campaign Against Peter Thiel's Spy Firm

And how I got permanently banned from X

^{Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich)}

Report: Britain is pulling out all the stops to persecute Palestine Action.

The defendents are forbidden from explaining their motivations or mentioning Israel or its genocide.

The jury is told there are criminal charges, but not that the judge can sentence for "terrorism."

The British press has been ordered not to report on the terrorism aspect.

voicemedia.global/article/brit…

#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Press #UKCensorship #Palestine #PalestineAction .

Britain is turning into a Zionist police state to protect Israel

The UK is pulling out all the stops to persecute a pro-Palestine activist group, including blanket gag orders and courtroom deceptionBy Tarik...

^{Independent News Roundup (www.voicemedia.global)}

'EU leaders have agreed that the European Commission “will prepare a blueprint” on how the bloc will respond if the mutual assistance clause is triggered...They discussed the mutual defence clause, article 42.7 of the EU treaty, on Thursday night, before reports emerged that the US was exploring how to suspend Spain from Nato'

#euPol #nato #europe #spain #polycrisis

theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…

EU leaders look to little-known mutual assistance pact amid Trump Nato jibes

Members to plan how to assist each other in event of attack as transatlantic alliance faces worst crisis in its history

^{Jennifer Rankin (The Guardian)}

Israeli soldiers have been looting civilian property on a large scale from homes and businesses in southern Lebanon with the knowledge of their commanders, Haaretz reported on Thursday.

As Israeli troops leave Lebanon, they openly load stolen goods onto their vehicles without attempting to conceal them.

#israel #zionism #Lebanon #us #usa #uspol #eu #eupol #uk #ukpol #Iran

For those not sure when, how, & why the Palestine conflict began:

In 1917, Britain planned for a pro-British Zionist outpost in the Middle East.

They also hoped to keep European Jews out of western Europe (antisemitism).

So, in the 1920s, Britain brought them in & gave them Palestinian land without consulting the indigenous owners.

The strife began... & continues.

britainpalestineproject.org/fi…

thecordobafoundation.com/ilan-…

#USPol #Zionism #EUPol #palestinianHistory #Palestine #Balfour #Racism .

Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 | Britain Palestine Project: Recognition is the Beginning

Click to view post-screening discussion of this film with Balfour Project Vice-Chair Sir Vincent Fean and Trustee John McHugo Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in P…

^{admin (Britain Palestine Project)}