Report: Palestine Action's current hearing is rigged against them.

Reportedly:

* the jury is not told the defendants can be sentenced as "terrorists" (very long prison terms);

* UK media are banned from reporting the terrorism aspect (confirmed by journalists);

* the 6 must *not* refer to their motives for damaging Israeli weapons factories.

Arguably, Palestine Action is being targeted for its effectiveness.

youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QI…

#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Israel #news #PalestineAction .

Surprise...

Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened".

"Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war".

"Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes."

thecradle.co/articles/unknown-…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #press #oilprices #InsiderTrading .

Surprise...

Report: "Unknown traders bet $760m on oil prices dropping minutes before Hormuz reopened".

"Repeated, strategically timed trades in oil & prediction markets suggest a rising trend of insider profiteering connected to the war".

"Crude prices dropped by as much as 11 percent within minutes."

thecradle.co/articles/unknown-…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #press #oilprices #InsiderTrading .

The EU is Israel's largest trading partner, but an EU petition with 1,000,000+ signatures might change that.

Panel

Barry Andrews, EU Parliament

Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, fmr EU ambassador

Eve Geddie, Amnesty International

aljazeera.com/video/inside-sto…

#EU #EUPol #USPol #EUiSraelTrade #news #GazaGenocide #palestine .

Could the EU’s alliance with Israel soon change?

A European Union petition is on track to trigger a formal review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

^{Al Jazeera}

Report: "We need technical experts negotiating with Iran, not real estate dealers."

"The 2015 [Obama] deal was negotiated by technical experts & physicists who understood how nuclear weapons are made. Under [that] agreement, Iran could not build a bomb."

“Under what circumstances would you put a couple of real estate dealers & nepo babies in charge of these negotiations?”

~Bill Foster, PhD physics, Harvard

aje.news/zo0udq?update=4500967

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news #IranNuclearDeal .

Iran war updates: Trump voices optimism about deal; Tehran cautious

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Friday, April 17, 2026.

^{Zaid Sabah (Al Jazeera)}

Report: Hegseth reads a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction to the troops

The fake prayer was from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.

"During a Christian service at the Pentagon, Hegseth said it was recited by the ‘Sandy 1’ Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran."

aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2…

Comment: "What Shall We Do with Drunken Hegseth?" Early in the morning!

youtube.com/watch?v=uc_2gyVhIr…

#USPol #EUPol #ChristoFascism #IranWar #USWarmongering #news .

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth reads fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth read a prayer drawn from a misquote of Ezekiel 25:17 in Pulp Fiction.

^{Al Jazeera}

Report: "We need technical experts negotiating with Iran, not real estate dealers."

"The 2015 [Obama] deal was negotiated by technical experts & physicists who understood how nuclear weapons are made. Under [that] agreement, Iran could not build a bomb."

“Under what circumstances would you put a couple of real estate dealers & nepo babies in charge of these negotiations?”

~Bill Foster, PhD physics, Harvard

aje.news/zo0udq?update=4500967

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #news #IranNuclearDeal .

Iran war updates: Trump voices optimism about deal; Tehran cautious

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran and Israel’s attacks on Lebanon for Friday, April 17, 2026.

^{Zaid Sabah (Al Jazeera)}

Report: Palestine Action's retrial is rigged against them.

Reportedly:

the jury must not know the trial is for terrorism charges & that long prison terms are possible;

UK media are banned from reporting on the terrorism aspect (confirmed by journalists);

the 6 must *not* refer to their motives for damaging Israeli weapons factories.

Arguably, Palestine Action is being targeted bcz of its effectiveness.

youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QI…

#UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Israel #news #PalestineAction .

Report: Hegseth reads a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction to the troops

The fake prayer was from Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.

"During a Christian service at the Pentagon, Hegseth said it was recited by the ‘Sandy 1’ Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission in Iran."

aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2…

#USPol #EUPol #ChristoFascism #IranWar #USWarmongering #news .

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth reads fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth read a prayer drawn from a misquote of Ezekiel 25:17 in Pulp Fiction.

^{Al Jazeera}

Hmm, all information som samlas in riskerar att läcka. 🫤

politico.eu/article/eu-says-ag…

#chatcontrol #EUPOL #ageverification

‘No more excuses’: Von der Leyen says EU age checking app is ready

Age verification app is central to EU effort to keep kids safe online.

^{Eliza Gkritsi (POLITICO)}

Report: The US can't reproduce its high-end weaponry quickly enough.

Munitions used in just the first 4 days of the war on Iran used 92 tons of copper, 137kg neodymium, 18kg gallium, 37kg tantalum, 7kg dysprosium, & 600 tons ammonium perchlorate (only 1 domestic US source).

China controls production of 98% of gallium, 90% neodymium, 99% dysprosium.

The US is a currency issuer. It *cannot* run out of USD. No such luck with copper, etc.

thecradle.co/articles/between-…

#USPol #EUPol #USImperialism .

Between war and industrial breakdown: The US-Israeli attrition crisis

The US war machine is burning through its own foundations, exposing a structural crisis that no amount of money alone can fix.

^thecradle.co

A new hearing of Palestine Action activists (acquitted of burglery charges in Feb) is on bogus "terrorism” charges.

"This is what a stitch-up looks like," says UK MP Zarah Sultana.

She "invoked parliamentary privilege to reveal [what] the British public was officially forbidden from knowing."

The jury will not be told that "if convicted, they & 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists."

See UK Hansard 14 Apr and youtube.com/watch?v=rkzxhQU6QI…

#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #palestineAction #news .

Report: Another GHF Whistleblower, "contractor, David McIntosh, witnessed Israeli soldiers indiscriminately gunning down Palestinians seeking aid, including children" at Gaza GHF sites.

Israelis fired "dangerously close to — or directly at — the GHF contractors themselves."

In four months, "over 2,600 Palestinians were killed & more than 19,000 wounded at or near aid distribution sites & U.N. convoys."

democracynow.org/2026/4/14/hea…

#USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #palestine #news #israeliCrimes .

Another Whistleblower Describes “Indiscriminate” Israeli Violence Against Gaza Aid Seekers

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli attacks killed at least six Palestinians on Monday in the latest violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that was supposed to have taken effect last October.

^{Democracy Now!}

Report: A photo taken of an Israeli settler verbally abusing a Palestinian woman is called "antisemitic" by an Israeli ambassador.

The magazine-cover photo was taken of the settler mimicking to the woman the sound of a shepherd calling his flock.

The group of settlers & masked soldiers was preventing Palestinians from harvesting their olives.

middleeasteye.net/news/israeli…

#IsraeliCrimes #USPol #EUPol #SettlerAttacks #Palestine #news #Racism .

Israeli envoy calls Italian magazine antisemitic over settler violence coverage

Israel’s ambassador to Italy has lashed out at a magazine cover highlighting violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, describing it is antisemitic.

^{Elis Gjevori (Middle East Eye)}

Report: 500+ arrested defying Palestine Action ban in London.

"The protesters - many grey-haired & frail - were seen being hauled away, while some were led leaning on crutches. A number of the demonstrators were dressed as Suffragettes".

Former Palestine Action hunger strikers were also present. "Look how many police are here, just for elderly people holding placards. It's a joke. The state is a joke”, said Heba Muraisi.

middleeasteye.net/news/over-ar…

#USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Palestine #news .

Trump Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Attack on Pope

"Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!”

~Donald Trump

thedailybeast.com/trump-79-pos…

#Trump #USPol #EUPol #megalomania #popeLeo .

We're close to reacing 1 million signatures demanding the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights. If-when- we reach 1 million, the EU parliament will have to discuss the suspension of this agreement in light of the atrocities and war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians and Lebanese civilians.

Please sign if you didn't, and share widely

#BoycottIsrael #EUpol #FreePalestine #petition

citizens-initiative.europa.eu/…

Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative

^{European Citizens' Initiative}

Report: 100s arrested defying Palestine Action ban in London.

"The protesters - many grey-haired & frail - were seen being hauled away, while some were led leaning on crutches. A number of the demonstrators were dressed as Suffragettes".

Former Palestine Action hunger strikers were also present. "Look how many police are here, just for elderly people holding placards. It's a joke. The state is a joke”, said Heba Muraisi.

middleeasteye.net/news/over-ar…

#USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Palestine #news .

Over 500 arrested as hundreds gather to defy Palestine Action ban in London

At least 523 people were arrested in central London on Saturday at a mass demonstration opposing the UK government’s proscription of the direct action group Palestine Action.

^{Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)}

The vibe in Brussels rn. Another L for Putin & Trump!

#EUpol #Hungary #RuszkikHaza

thank you Hungary because fuck these fascist grifters:

❝ Leading rightwing figures including Santiago Abascal of Spain’s Vox, André Ventura of Portugal’s Chega and Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland’s Law and Justice party (PiS) attended a weekend national-conservative Cpac Hungary conference in Budapest.

They were joined on Monday by Le Pen, Wilders, Matteo Salvini of Italy’s League and others. ❞

theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

#2026Elections #EUpol #Hungary

Record turnout, landslide victory for the people of Hungary!

Congratulations!

bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

#news #EUPol #hungary #HungarianElections #elections #voting

Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live

Hungary's prime minister has been ousted after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar set to be the country's new leader.

^{BBC News}

#EUpol #Ukraine
#EUenlargement

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...legislation in the areas of technical regulation and accreditation with #EU standards. Its implementation is intended to improve the safety of industrial products, strengthen confidence in national certification bodies, and create conditions for expanding access for #Ukrainian goods to the EU market....

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#EUpol #Ukraine
#EUenlargement
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"The adoption of this law is an important step toward the conclusion of the Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Conformity Assessment Results for Industrial Products between Ukraine and the #EuropeanUnion (the so-called ‘industrial visa-free regime’) and Ukraine’s further integration into the #EU internal market,” the statement reads.

The document aims to harmonize #Ukrainian...

europesays.com/2903697/

Rada passes law on “industrial visa-free” regime with EU - EUROPE SAYS

The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a European integration law aimed at harmonizing the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies and the technical regulation

^{EUROPE SAYS}

OK, who had 'Greenland' in the betting pool?

The world's biggest narcissist is having a tantrum because he lost the war against Iran.

#Trump #NATO #Greenland #EUPol #USPol #USPolitics #Iran

Trita Parsi: 'Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of their synagogue in Tehran after Israel bombed it. On Passover...'
. . .

Israeli Zionists bombing synagogues.

I was reluctant to post about it t this morning because a) it seemed too far fetched to be believed and b) it was poorly sourced news and there is too much disinfo already on social media.
– But it seems confirmed now.
WT *A* F??😢
/jd

video source: x.com/tparsi/status/2041489784…
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#JD20260407 #JDLinkBlog
#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar #IranWar
#UKpol #USpol #EUpol #Palestine all for #Israel

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

Here it is,,, Iran's 10-point plan.*

Not an easy *complete* list to find on the Internet! The NY Times refers to it but never lists it in its entirety, and other USA MSM follow in a similar way.

I don't really know 'The Kobeissi Letter' well but their tw/x post seems plausible.

*if anyone find a better source of the complete 10 point list, please post it here.

– Kobeissi tweet: x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/20…

#JD20260407 #JDLinkBlog
#Iran #USA #Israel #EndlessWar #IranWar
#UKpol #USpol #EUpol #Palestine all for #Israel

#Epstein #EpsteinWars

I hate the Atlantic (scroll by on principle) but this is a *story*

'fellow academics and foreign diplomats marvel at the doyen of Hungarian foreign policy who doesn’t speak Hungarian. But Pappin’s value is clear, and the government can hardly believe its luck—a flesh-and-blood member of the MAGA intelligentsia on its payroll. That’s part of the reason the stakes are so high in Hungary this election season, high enough that Vance will appear alongside Orbán during the final stretch of the campaign this week'

#usPol #Vance #trump #geopolitics #euPol #europe #wtaf

theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

The MAGA Intellectual Who Prophesied a Queen Melania

An ally of J. D. Vance who has dabbled in monarchism is now working for Viktor Orbán.

^{Isaac Stanley-Becker (The Atlantic)}

These fascistic, eugenicist billionaires have stated clearly that the human species would only benefit from the demise of all of us "useless feeders".

"Even if billions perish in the coming [...] catastrophe..we shouldn’t be too concerned".

They said [climate], but also read [forever wars, poverty, pandemics].

salon.com/2022/08/20/understan… .

#USPol #EUPol #Fascism #Eugenics #TrumpPolicy #ClimatePurge #ClimateCatastrophe .

Understanding "longtermism": Why this suddenly influential philosophy is so toxic

Whatever we may "owe the future," it isn't a bizarre and dangerous ideology fueled by eugenics and capitalism

^{Émile P. Torres (Salon.com)}

No need to wonder who's in charge. Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state, but it *has* to operate within parameters laid down by the US.

At the same time, Israel influences "those parameters in its own interests, chiefly by shaping military, political & cultural discourse in the US through the many levers available to it."

Just ask whose particular interests are prevailing at any one time.

jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-03…

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #IsraelLobby #USImperialism #news .

The wonderful Jeffrey Sachs leaves nobody in doubt about the absolute hypocrisy and complicity of western governments who condemned #Iran for defending its country against the illegal attack by #USA and #Israel.

“Even George Orwell could not make this up.”

He also points out that any nation with #US bases on its soil are not sovereign countries.

#USPol #UkPol #CdnPol #CdniPol #EUPol #AusPol #NZPol

youtube.com/shorts/O8E47Ib_RoU

Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯

Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.

Think about that for a second.

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#Orban #Hungary #Uktraine #Russia #Putin #EUpol #Volt

I mean this is to he surprise of absolutely nobody, surely? It's been obvious for years and the EU should long ago have worked out how to eject members.

mstdn.social/@VoltEuropa/11627…
@VoltEuropa - Viktor Orbán has turned Hungary into a Trojan horse inside the European Union. And the problem is - our current rules allow this to keep happening 🤯

Orbán’s foreign minister was calling Moscow during breaks in EU meetings to give his Russian counterpart “live updates” on what we were discussing.

Think about that for a second.

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#Orban #Hungary #Uktraine #Russia #Putin #EUpol #Volt

Volt Europa (@VoltEuropa@mstdn.social)

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