What ‘tunnels’ and ‘hostages’ mean in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
March 2, 2009: The pasta, paper and hearing aids that could threaten Israeli security
Palestinians detained by Israel in Gaza blindfolded, stripped to underwear (www.aljazeera.com)
December 3, 2023: ‘Death corridor’: The al-Samounis recall terror of ‘safe passage’ in Gaza...
More health workers, patients, killed in Gaza as US vetoes ceasefire resolution. (peoplesdispatch.org)
Illegal Gold Mines Were Just Blown to Pieces in the Amazon (www.vice.com)
Aerial footage shows a number of improvised mines being blown up in the jungle....
US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)
The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza....
Germany announces a new aid package for Ukraine that includes 250 artillery shells (english.nv.ua)
250 155mm artillery shells;...
Spain Expels US Diplomats Over Spy Scandal (euroweeklynews.com)
Despite lack of evidence, allegations of Hamas ‘mass sexual asasult’ are fueling Israeli genocide in Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
content warning: involving discussion of rape/sexual assault although as the title implies, there is no convincing evidence that any of this has actually occurred....
How pro-Palestine Jews are resisting Germany's 'McCarthyism' (www.newarab.com)
On 14 October, Iris Hefets, a 56-year-old psychoanalyst, stood alone in a public square in Berlin and held up a sign. On it, she had written: “As an Israeli and Jew, stop the genocide in Gaza” – on one side in English, and on the other in German....
Thousands of tons of dead sardines wash ashore in northern Japan (abcnews.go.com)
Israel has just given BP licences to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza. So, people blockaded its head office (www.thecanary.co)
On Wednesday, 6 December, dozens of activists from Fossil Free London assembled outside BP’s London headquarters to protest Israel’s approval of 12 new licences for natural gas exploration off the west coast of Gaza to six companies, including BP....
EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing (www.dw.com)
Anti-fascists in Italy Protest Police Attack on Turin University Students (peoplesdispatch.org)
Progressive and anti-fascist groups in Turin, Italy mobilized to condemn the police action on students at the Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin. On December 5, students who had protested the campaigning of right-wing student group University Action on the campus were brutally beaten up by a big group of police....
German Cultural Scene Navigates a Clampdown on Criticism of Israel (www.nytimes.com)
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News investigations say Israeli tank shell killed journalist in Lebanon (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Turkey says Canada, US linking drone-camera exports to Sweden NATO membership (www.reuters.com)
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show (www.theguardian.com)
On the scope of the latest revelations, German said: “At a time where there’s much more public sensitivity to foreign influence in domestic affairs, having a foreign country’s security services aligned with the beat cop on the streets of American neighborhoods is concerning.”
The Israelis grappling with helping sick Palestinians (www.bbc.co.uk)
Turkey’s Erdogan visits Greece to forge ‘new era’ after years of friction (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkish president hopes the NATO allies and neighbours will mend relations despite deep-rooted differences....
Denmark adopts law banning burning of Koran and other holy texts (www.france24.com)
Denmark’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law criminalising the “inappropriate treatment” of religious texts, effectively banning Koran burnings after a series of desecrations of Islam’s holy book sparked anger in Muslim countries over the summer....
Kenya to send 1,500 workers to Israel amid farm labour shortage (www.africanews.com)
Kenya is set to send 1,500 farm workers to Israel, according to the country’s labour ministry. This move follows Malawi sending 221 workers to Israel, which faced criticism....
Burkina abandons French as an official language (www.africanews.com)
The Burkinabè government adopted on Wednesday a bill revising the Constitution and henceforth enshrining national languages as official languages in place of French which is relegated to the rank of “working language”....
French activists urge Biarritz district to drop 'racist' name (www.france24.com)
Activists on Thursday petitioned a French court to change the name of a neighbourhood and street in the seaside resort town of Biarritz over its racist connotations....
Spain expels two US embassy staff for allegedly bribing intelligence agents (www.aljazeera.com)
The Spanish paper El Pais reports that the US quietly withdrew two staff workers at the request of Spain’s government....