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Just back from over a month of Solidarity Presence in Palestine

🇮🇱 97%…a Democracy for the Master Race.

The Brown family is at the Supreme Court in London today (27 October) seeking what is theirs by right - the truth about Sean Brown's murder. But it seems, in order to do so, they have to take on the might of the British establishment. Cruel and immoral. www.declassifieduk.org/the-murder-m...

www.972mag.com/hebron-displ... Issa Amro writing from Hebron 🇵🇸

New fiction announcement: NIGHTJAR, a cosmic horror novella. A Gramsci quote is making the rounds as of late: "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters." #horror #writingcommunity #horrorwriters #halloween #clifi

I’m seeing people reacting by pointing out that he’s obviously wrong. I appreciate that, but it’s also a pointless exercise. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. The problem is that this is normal in American politics — and it’s been normal for a while.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East! Look, there's elections! Unless you're a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, no polling station for you.

2026 on going Nakba: Hebron Municipality’s latest official survey records 780 evicted families — 4,969 people facing hardship. Among them: 312 people with chronic illnesses, 44 people with disabilities, 216 pregnant or breastfeeding women, 441 older adults, and 336 infants under two.

Mourners mourn six-year-old Tahani Mohammad Shalalfeh, who died after being shot by Israeli forces west of Khan Younis.

Update from Hebron : 26/10/2026 3,171 people. 488 families. Evicted from their homes in Ein Bahha & Al-Jaladeh, Hebron. Among them: 209 infants, 258 elderly, 137 pregnant/nursing women, 198 chronically ill. No return date. #Hebron #الخليل

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

Have a forthcoming translation of a Brazilian book, by way of celebration www.bloomsbury.com/uk/vastlands...

Femena is deeply concerned by reports of ill-treatment and prolonged solitary confinement of Palestinian journalist Farah Abu Ayyash in Israeli detention.

Non-dominant handwriting practice is not easy. I miss writing too much so will persevere. Scrawl on!

I warned 3 years ago that mink farms are a likely route to a new and horrific human pandemic, and once more I'm fervently praying it doesn't map out that way. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Vance front and center in Republican midterms push – is this a dry run for a White House bid? To read an excellent investigation into the fascists who groomed Vance for public office…

From "The Guardian": A Hebron civil rights activist, Issa Amro, said. “Our suffering is being turned into political material for Israel’s elections, while innocent families pay the price.” Amro said his sister’s family was one of the hundreds driven out of their homes.

If you didn’t think Israel could lean any further to the right, or if you were led to believe that a new generation of voters would follow the global grain and swing back to the left, I have really, really bad news for you. It’s about Ben-Gvir

Israel bombs students in a 'ceasefire'.

At least 1,500 Palestinians forced out of their homes in Hebron since yesterday. This is ethnic cleansing by the apartheid state, once again, live-streamed.

Google is evil Wolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data Centers They have nowhere else to go after Google destroyed their forest home Authorities will now probably shoot the wolves futurism.com/future-socie...

This new electoral vídeo from Pedro Sánchez is quite something. Standing in front of Guernica defending the anti-war stance of his government, limiting military expenditure, denouncing the atrocity of Gaza. English subtitles.

Someone should have told Picasso this before he painted 'Guernica'.

Hebron is under siege, Palestinian families are losing their homes and their shops. The Israeli military evicted almost 500 Palestinian apartments in Hebron . 100 shops were closed too . Many Other shops and houses were demolished too near the attack area .

and to all of creation.

‘Taoiseach, will your Government do the decent thing, and let these students study?’ - Nicola Coughlan, Liam Cunningham, Hozier, Aisling Bea, Maeve Higgins, Denise Gough, Frances Black, Christy Moore, Siobhan McSweeney, Naoise Dolan, Joe Rooney

youtu.be/qkRD2sjBmGs?... This is such a beautiful song. The poetry of it, the driving rhythm, the way it takes off never gets old, banging. RIP Dónal Lunny. #PlanxtyForever

“What end to the genocide are you talking about? It’s a lie.” A man in Gaza screams at a world he says is simply watching, as the wounded are pulled from tents sheltering displaced families. “Every day, blood. Every day, martyrs. Civilian areas are being bombed.” #GazaGenocide

This is the disgusting graffiti that the owner of Bridge Books in Dromore had to deal with on their shop door this morning. Pathetic whoever done this. Our full solidarity with @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social.

Israel’s Channel 14 reported that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir approves expanding firearm license eligibility to 11 settlements and settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank.

“You could say doing criticism is getting better at noticing what you notice. Then you work backward from the effects, seeking their causes.” —an interview with Lola Seaton

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

My monthly newsletter is published this morning. It is mostly sign based stuff so if you like sign based stuff you can give it a read over here :) leos-newsletter-1d94fc.beehiiv.com/p/time-of-th... #art #sign #streetsigns #roadsigns

This is what chopped liver sounds like.

I broke my bloody wrist which is annoying, but before getting carried away on a sea of self-pity, thought about Palestinian people who have a destroyed health service, little to no pain relief or sanitation. No proper fucking shelter. Constant attacks from the IOF. A full siege. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Published today: "The occupation army detained a child in the Hawara area after spraying pepper spray in his face during their raid on the home of Issa Mus’af and releasing livestock into his yard" www.threads.com/@feras._123_... #FreePalestine #Israel #MiddleEast #Palestine #WestBank #Zionism

Explore the 2026 @irishbookawards.bsky.social shortlists here: www.irishbookawards.ie/2026-shortli...

In four-fifths of cases of child sexual abuse, the perpetrator was known to the abused person. (Savi Report,2002) Children have the right to agency and respect.

Ecocide

Ms Abdualu’s mother and her two sisters and brother were killed in an Israeli missile strike in March 2024. Her grandparents, her aunt, and other relations were also killed in the attack. Ms Abdualu was buried under rubble beside the body of one of her sisters for hours before being rescued.

In these fateful elections for the Israeli Knesset, we in the West Bank are suffering immensely from the presence of ministers such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Smotrich in the fascist government – ministers who directly or indirectly lead and encourage settler terrorism.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/south-b... This is despicable. A very calculated attack on a cross-community garden that brings a lot of joy and social contact for people. So depressing.