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BBC Breaks Law by Failing to Say If It Made Calls to Israeli Embassy | Novara Media (2026-03-16)

https://novaramedia.com/2026/03/16/bbc-breaks-law-by-failing-to-say-if-it-made-calls-to-israeli-embassy/
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>> The #BBC has broken the law by failing to give a “substantive response” to a Freedom of Information (#FOI) request asking if and when calls took place between its most senior figures and the Israeli embassy, the Information Commissioner’s Office (#ICO) has found.

>> The FOI request was submitted on 6 December last year by a former civil servant, who wished to remain anonymous. He told Novara Media he was concerned by the BBC’s biased coverage of Israel’s ongoing genocide in #Gaza…

>> The BBC’s coverage of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza was found to be systematically biased against Palestinians and consistently failed to reach standards of impartiality, according to research from the Centre for Media Monitoring (#CfMM)…

#Impartiality #palestine
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Israeli Ambassador Removed From AgriBusiness Forum Following Boycott Calls | #BDS Movement (2026-03-13)

https://bdsmovement.net/news/israeli-ambassador-removed-agribusiness-forum-following-boycott-calls
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>> The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (#PACBI) welcomes the news that the Israeli ambassador has been removed from the program of the AgriBusiness Forum 2026, set to take place in Athens next week.

>> This comes after Greek academics, agronomist collectives, agricultural student organizations, anti-genocide groups, and PACBI called for a boycott of the Forum over its ties with the genocidal Israeli government and complicit Israeli entities.

>> The AgriBusiness Forum has taken a first important step …

>> The Forum’s program still features multiple speakers representing complicit Israeli entities…

>> Until the Forum cuts its ties with genocidal Israel, we call on all speakers to withdraw, on sponsors to formally end their support, and on participants to boycott the event.

#Gaza #palestine @palestine@fedibird.com

“We Remember the Flour Massacre” (Jewish Voice for Peace, 2026-03-01)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVWCsviDjuY/
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>> Two years ago today [29 Feb. 2024], as hundreds of starving Palestinians waited in line for humanitarian aid, including flour for bread, the Israeli military opened fire, killing over 100 Palestinians and wounding over 700.

>> They massacred people seeking bread for their families.

>> Two years later, we have seen the Israeli military continue to use famine as a weapon of war …

>> These are the same tools of intentional starvation and mass slaughter used in past genocides, and which we, as Jews, recognize as used by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust…

>> We will not look away, and we will not be silent. We will not rest until Palestinians in Gaza have access to all human rights including to food, water, shelter, and self-determination.

#JewishVoiceForPeace #FlourMassacre #Gaza #palestine
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect Journalists (2026-02-25)

https://cpj.org/special-reports/record-129-press-members-killed-in-2025-israel-responsible-for-2-of-3-of-deaths/

PDF ➡️ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Record-129-press-members-killed-in-2025-Israel-responsible-for-2_3-of-deaths-Committee-to-Protect-Journalists.pdf
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>> More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ) began collecting data more than three decades ago.

>> Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024.

>> The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.

>> Very few transparent investigations have been held into the cases of targeted killings … and no one has been held accountable in any of these cases…

#palestine #ProtectJournalists
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**Read & Sign this Statement from "Kufiyas in Buchenwald"**

https://kufiyas-in-buchenwald.org/statement-eng/
Deutsch ➡️ https://kufiyas-in-buchenwald.org/statement-ger/
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>> We have observed for some time now how the #Buchenwald Memorial, a former German fascist concentration camp, has increasingly become a place of historical revisionism and genocide denial.
Instead of honoring the persecuted and resolutely opposing all genocides, the memorial site has consistently spread Israeli propaganda and provided ideological support for the ongoing genocide in #Palestine.

>> Our demands to the management of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation ...:
1. Openly addressing the genocide in Gaza at the Buchenwald Memorial.
2. No ban on Palestinian symbols at the Buchenwald Memorial and no denigration of them as anti-Semitic.
3. No entry- or speaking bans on the premises due to solidarity with Palestine or criticism of the apartheid state of Israel.

#Gaza #GermanComplicityInGenocide
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Israeli settlers burn a mosque in the West Bank during Ramadan | AP News (2026-02-23)

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-news-02-23-2026-306e91dd7abbf0ad1b02935f1d1d9d4a
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>> Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs.

>> Worshippers arriving for the day’s first prayers found the damage and a smoldering fire that spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway.

>> Security camera footage showed two people walking toward the mosque carrying gasoline and a can of spray paint, and running away a few minutes later …

>> The ministry said settlers vandalized or attacked 45 mosques in the #WestBank last year.

#palestine #SettlerViolence #EndOccupation
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“It’s Still a Genocide”: Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of “Ceasefire” in Gaza | Democracy Now! (2026-02-23)

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/23/mosab_abu_toha_gaza
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>> We speak with Mosab Abu Toha, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian poet and author from #Gaza, who responds to recent developments in the region including the Trump administration’s policy on #Palestine, a recent report finding that the genocide’s death toll is much higher than originally reported …

#MosabAbuToha #DemocracyNow
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Gaza 'genocide' comment prompts walkout by German [environment] minister at Berlinale | Reuters (2026-02-22) https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/gaza-genocide-comment-prompts-walkout-by-german-minister-berlinale-2026-02-22/ ------ >> The remarks by [Palestinian-Syrian film director] Abdallah Al-Khatib, whose "Chronicles From the Siege" won the Berlinale's Perspectives section for emerging filmmakers, capped a politically charged festival ... >> "... you are a refugee in Germany, and there are so many red lines. But I don't care. I care about my people, about Palestine," said Al-Khatib, standing on stage with a keffiyeh scarf draped on his shoulder and raising a Palestinian flag at the end of his speech ... >> "So I will say my final word to the German government. You are partners in the genocide in Gaza by Israel. I believe you are intelligent enough to recognise this truth, but you choose to not care.".. #Berlinale #Berlinale2026 #AbdallahAlKhatib #GermanComplicityInGenocide #Gaza #palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

**No War with Iran Action Hour 2/23**

https://secure.everyaction.com/sc7yT-wv2Einq8L-IxTjCg2

>> The latest report indicates a massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East, with "a 90% chance" of war on Iran breaking out soon, according to one Trump advisor. Now is the critical moment to stop war with Iran.

>> Join NIAC Action Monday, February 23rd at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT for a virtual "No War with Iran" action hour where we'll mobilize together to demand Congress stop another unauthorized war before it starts...

#USPol #Iran #NoWarWithIran

#BDS alert: Venezuelan oil shipped to genocidal Israel through Italy. | BDS Movement (2026-02-12)

https://bdsmovement.net/news/Act-Now-Stop-Venezuelan-Oil-Shipment-Israel
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>> … calls for immediate action to ensure that:
• Venezuelan oil will not reach Israel.
• The tanker Poliegos (IMO 9746621), … showing as next port of call in Sardinia, Italy, is not serviced or allowed to dock.

>> Under the US-imposed export scheme, the oil was reportedly loaded at Venezuela’s Jose terminal, and is scheduled to arrive in the port of Sarroch, Sardinia, on 17 February.

>> Media reports state that the vessel, Poliegos, is carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil:
• 200,000 barrels are reportedly destined for the refinery in Haifa, owned by Israeli crude oil company Bazan.
• 800,000 barrels will go to the Saras refinery in Sarroch, owned by Swiss-based trading company Vitol.

#BoycottIsrael #Venezuela #Cuba #palestine #USPol
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European states must retract outrageous attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese - Amnesty International (2026-02-13)

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/02/european-states-must-retract-attacks-francesca-albanese/
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>> … Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said:

>> “It is reprehensible that ministers in Austria, Czechia, France, Germany and Italy have attacked the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, based on a deliberately truncated video to misrepresent and gravely misconstrue her messages – as is clear from watching her original address in its entirety.

>> “The ministers that have spread disinformation must act beyond merely deleting their comments on social media – as some have done. They must publicly apologize and retract any calls for Francesca Albanese’s resignation. Their governments must also investigate how this #disinformation happened with a view to preventing such situations…

#FrancescaAlbanese #AmnestyInternational
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A. MUST. WATCH… till the end, it’s only 3:22 short.
(from Jung & Naiv on Youtube, 2026-02-12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjOw7QXrxs

>> Don‘t ask about #Palestine at #Berlinale! Tilo [Jung] attended today‘s press conference of the festival‘s jury and asked about the selective treatment of human rights. The Berlinale has famously shown solidarity with the people of Iran and Ukraine. But never with Palestinians. Jury president Wim Wenders refused to engage and actually said: „We have to stay out of politics“ 🤯

>> Tilo‘s question and the following got censorsed on the Berlinale official livestream which suddenly experienced „technical difficulties“. This footage comes from the Reuters news agency instead.

#berlinale2026 #gaza #WimWenders #censorship
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Over 2,000 Britons [and over 3,000 Germans] served for Israel amid Gaza genocide (Declassified UK, 2026-02-11)

https://www.declassifieduk.org/over-2000-britons-served-for-israel-amid-gaza-genocide/
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>> The information was obtained … via a Freedom of Information request issued to the IDF by lawyer Elad Man from the NGO Hatzlacha.

>> The data outlines the number of people with dual and multiple nationalities who were IDF service members as of March 2025.

>> The largest cohorts come from the US, Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany. [see attachment]

>> “The UK has clear duties to prevent genocide and avoid assisting unlawful military action.

>> “Where dual nationals have served in units implicated in atrocities, the authorities must investigate promptly and, where the evidence meets the threshold, pursue arrest and prosecution like any other serious crime”.

#Gaza #palestine #ComplicityInGenocide
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Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide (Hanno Hauenstein | +972 Magazine, 2026-01-20)

https://www.972mag.com/germany-israel-weapons-cybersecurity-genocide/

#GermanComplicityInGenocide #Germany #Gaza #palestine
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#CraigMokhiber on X (2026-01-23)
https://x.com/CraigMokhiber/status/2014740900564312355

>> Trump’s Board of Collaborators and A.I. PowerPoints in glitzy Davos conference rooms are a smokescreen. Pay attention to reality. The genocide continues, there is no ceasefire, there is no “peace process,” the perpetrators are not being held accountable, and the rights of the victims are not being restored. The U.S.-Israel Axis is still occupying Palestine, murdering Palestinians every day, blocking aid, destroying their homes, schools, churches, and mosques, and imprisoning thousands in Israeli torture centers, even as the Axis plans the final phase of conquest, land theft, genocide, and erasure of the indigenous people of Palestine. No matter how many collaborator regimes and corrupt grifters they enlist to pick over the bones of #Palestine, the struggle continues, and with resistance, solidarity, and perseverance, Palestine will be free. Don’t let them distract you from justice.

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A global wave of resistance to the US empire must begin with ending Israel’s genocide | BDS Movement (2026-01-20)

https://bdsmovement.net/news/global-wave-resistance-us-empire-must-begin-ending-israel%E2%80%99s-genocide
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>> As Palestinian civil society warned from the beginning of Israel’s livestreamed genocide, and as Colombian President Gustavo Petro puts it, “Gaza is only the first experiment to consider all of us disposable.” Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine,” which trashes international law, would not have been possible without the Gaza “experiment,” because “in a world where even genocide is not a red line, there are no red lines,” says former senior UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber. Israel’s genocide, armed and enabled by the US and other western powers, is normalizing this might-makes-right era with forms of extreme colonial violence. Any state, even among the increasingly pathetic colonial powers of Europe, that thought it was safe must think again…

#BDS #Gaza #palestine
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