/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

It's no longer safe to peacefully protest a genocide in Canada. Protestors had their homes raided this week:

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/27/canadian-police-palestine-activists/

Canada's ruling class and police are, of course, complicit.

Italy holds third general strike in three months, against war budget and for Palestine
Workers in Italy have launched their third general strike in under three months, demanding an end to Meloni’s war agenda and budget.

Italy is on general strike for the third time in less than three months, following a call by the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB). Pickets, industrial actions, and demonstrations were organized in over 40 cities, with massive rallies demanding an end to rearmament plans and the war budget shaped by Giorgia Meloni’s government.

On Friday, workers stressed that their mobilization is tied both to worsening material conditions at home and to international events, specifically the struggle of the Palestinian people – whose fate, they insist, is inseparable from Europe’s expanding war economy. As a result, those striking today reiterated their commitment to join the national march for Palestine in Rome, taking place on Saturday, November 29.

“The Meloni government’s rearmament budget is in line with the warmongering policies pursued in recent years, but it also represents a further leap in quality, with public services being sacrificed on the altar of the war economy, all while inflation continues to rise and wages have been stagnant for decades,” USB and the dockworkers’ collective CALP wrote in one of the strike calls.

“We want at least €2,000 in base pay, retirement no later than 62, an end to subcontracting, reduced working hours with no loss of pay, guaranteed housing rights, new public-sector hiring, and free, universal public health care,” USB added. “These are urgent needs in an exhausted country, needs that are incompatible with the government’s warmongering.”

read more:
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/29/italy-holds-third-general-strike-in-three-months-against-war-budget-and-for-palestine/

https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/1995608818718573027
JUST IN:

U.S President Trump has invited Israeli PM Netanyahu to the White House. This will be the fifth visit in 10 months.

https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1995614064844918872
Israeli drones are firing at ambulances attempting to evacuate the wounded near Al-Sanafour in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/1995520857045671972
MintPress News: "The Israeli military announced it killed more than 40 Hamas fighters inside the tunnel network in the Rafah area over the last week.

There were also reports that Abdullah Hamad, son of senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, was killed there too.

Hamas has publicly condemned Israel's actions as a ceasefire violation and called on international mediators to secure safe passage for its fighters trapped in the Rafah tunnels.

The group has stated unequivocally that its members will not surrender or hand over their weapons to Israeli forces."

Mind, this being from IOF statements means there's at least a 50/50 chance that they killed 40 kindergarteners.

MintPress News:
Israel's Ministry of Defense has announced the completion of the "Iron Beam" laser air defense system's development, with the first operational unit to be delivered to the Israeli military on December 30, 2025. This system is intended to complement Israel's existing multi-layered air defense network, including the Iron Dome.

>>492516
Made an additional thread about this in /777/:
>>>/777/1564

Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

Italy and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Three Italians and a Canadian were attacked early on Sunday morning in the village of Ein al-Duyuk, near Jericho, where they had volunteered to help protect the Palestinian population from intensifying settler violence.

All four were hospitalised and one, an Italian man, was still receiving care in Ramallah on Monday for more substantial injuries.

In a written account, the Canadian said: “At 4.30am on 30 November, 10 masked settlers, two carrying army-issued rifles, burst into the home where we were sleeping after night-watch.

“They beat us for about 15 minutes. I was repeatedly kicked in the head, ribs, hips and thighs. They shouted insults at us in Arabic and told us we had no right to be there. They smashed the interior of the house and destroyed the solar batteries before leaving.”

The woman, who did not want her name published for safety reasons, added: “This is not about us. We were beaten for 15 minutes. Palestinians here endure this violence every day, every hour, a thousand-fold.”

The pace and intensity of attacks in Ein al-Duyuk have increased substantially over the past two months since the establishment of a settler outpost nearby and the arrival of young and aggressive settlers.

Activists say that violent incidents have become an almost daily occurrence. Attacks have included settler mobs breaking into homes and beating villagers, stealing 200 sheep, two cars and destroying solar panels.

While all settlements on occupied territory are illegal under international law, irregular outposts are illegal under Israeli law. Ein al-Duyuk is in Area A of the West Bank, which means it is meant to be administered by the Palestinian Authority and illegal for Israelis to enter.

read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/italian-canadian-volunteers-beaten-robbed-israeli-settlers-west-bank

https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1995819197243265095
🔴 BREAKING: AI firms Palantir and Dataminr are rushing to claim their share of Gaza’s post-war landscape, +972 Magazine reports. Both firms are embedded inside the new U.S. military hub (the CMCC) in southern Israel, where Washington is building the security machinery for Trump’s Gaza plan, according to a seating chart seen by the outlet.

Palantir’s Maven, an AI “kill chain” optimizer, and Dataminr’s social-media scraping tools are being folded into the new occupation model - one that sidelines Palestinians and deepens Israeli control. Their AI systems will be used for real-time surveillance of phones, social media, and physical movement to flag people the system marks as suspicious, and track so-called threats inside the “Alternative Safe Communities” – the fenced, highly monitored compounds the U.S. and Israel plan to move Palestinians into.

The new setup mirrors the predictive surveillance Israel has used to target Palestinian families throughout the genocide. For Gaza, it points to a future of expanded digital policing powered by U.S. tech.

https://www.972mag.com/ai-surveillance-gaza-palantir-dataminr/

Israeli drone attack hit home in Lebanon’s south
An Israeli quadcopter drone has dropped explosives on a home in the southern Lebanese town of Aitaroun, Lebanon’s National News Agency has reported.

The drone was launched from a newly established Israeli post in Jabal al-Bat shortly after midnight, according to the state-owned news agency.

Nearly 10,000 Israeli violations have been recorded in Lebanon in the year since the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire, and more than 127 civilians have been killed.

Some 21,000 Palestinians arrested in West Bank since October 2023
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society says Israeli authorities continue to escalate a campaign of mass arbitrary arrests following the start of the genocidal war on Gaza, with nearly 21,000 Palestinians arrested in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem in addition to thousands in Gaza.

The group said the arrests were part of a “decades-long occupation policy targeting Palestinian presence” that has only accelerated since October 7, 2023.

Palestinian journalist wounded in Israeli drone attack that killed photographer
Wafa news agency is reporting that journalist Muhammad Abdel Fattah Aslih was injured in the drone attack that killed photographer Mahmoud Wadi in Gaza.

The Palestinian news agency added that Aslih was the brother of Hassan Aslih, a Palestinian photographer killed in a drone attack on the emergency department on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in May.

Palestine condemns Israel’s shutdown of agricultural union
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned the closure by the Israeli army of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in el-Bireh following a raid on Monday.

The ministry said the move was “part of a systematic policy aimed at undermining civil and developmental work” in the occupied Palestinian territory, in contravention of international law protecting local institutions and those working in the humanitarian field.

It added that Israel has “no sovereignty over our land” and cited an advisory opinion issued by the ICJ last year, which states that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible”.

Children’s book highlighting Palestinian story pulled by German retailer
German book retailer Hugendubel has removed a colouring book for children that narrates the Palestinian story from its shelves, as the country continues to face criticism that it is stifling Palestinian voices.

The book, From the River to the Sea, by South African illustrator and author Nathi Ngubane, was removed “immediately after” Hugendubel became “aware of its existence”, the retailer said.

Germany has shut down pro-Palestinian events and cracked down on activists and human rights experts denouncing Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 people since October 2023.

Netanyahu says expects Syria to create ‘buffer zone’ from Damascus
The Israeli prime minister has commented on a possible path forward on talks with Syria, as recent Israeli incursions and airstrikes have left the prospect of reaching a security agreement in doubt.

Netanyahu said he wants Syria to create a “demilitarised zone” from Damascus to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel and that it was still possible to reach an agreement.

“What we expect Syria to do is, of course, to establish a demilitarised buffer zone from Damascus to the buffer area, including the approaches to Mount Hermon and the Hermon peak,” Netanyahu said while visiting a hospital in central Israel.

“We hold these areas in order to ensure the security of Israel’s citizens, and that is what obligates us,” he said.

The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump appeared to chide Israel for its actions in Gaza, and for a recent incursion and airstrikes in the countryside outside of Damascus that killed 13 people.

US envoy meets Syria’s foreign minister
US envoy Tom Barrack is meeting Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani.

The meeting comes a day after President Trump heaped praise on the Syrian government under Ahmed al-Sharaa, while calling on Israel to enter into a “strong and true dialogue” with the neighbouring country.

The statement came just days after Israel conducted the latest incursion into Syria and subsequent air strikes that killed 13 people.

Hamas praises Ramallah stabbing attack
Hamas has issued a brief statement on Telegram praising the “heroic stabbing operation” carried out earlier near Ateret, an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Earlier, we reported on a statement from the Israeli army saying that it had killed one Palestinian who had begun to stab soldiers near the settlement.

According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, two Israelis were lightly injured during the stabbing attack.

Hamas said that the attack “is a natural response to the crimes of the [Israeli] occupation, and a clear message that its attempts to break the will of our people through military operations, daily killings, arrests, and field executions will not succeed.”

In numbers: How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire?
Since the declaration of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks, killing hundreds of people.

Israel violated the ceasefire agreement at least 591 times from October 10 to November 29, through the continuation of attacks by air, artillery and direct shootings, the Government Media Office in Gaza reports.

Israel has also continued to block vital humanitarian aid and destroy homes and infrastructure across the Strip.

Al Jazeera has tracked the ceasefire violations to date here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/2/live-israeli-forces-continue-demolition-destruction-around-gaza-city

https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1995915478980604298
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has obtained alarming details about a U.S.–Israeli plan—supported by several Western and Arab states and institutions—that aims to turn Gaza into a forced ghetto, a massive detention zone, and a site of land annexation and resource exploitation.

The plan includes building “container cities” in the so-called green zone, each designed to confine around 25,000 Palestinians within less than one square kilometer, under the pretext of preparing for the reconstruction of destroyed urban areas in the red zone.

The design of these proposed “cities” mirrors historical ghettos created by colonial and racist regimes to forcibly concentrate specific populations in sealed districts, preventing them from leaving for extended periods.

Inside these areas, a system of intensive surveillance and military administration would be imposed, creating a coercive environment defined by restricted movement and tight control over aid and basic services.

The proposed division of the Gaza Strip would, in practice, displace Palestinians from their original homes and fracture the social and geographic fabric of the population.

Euro-Med’s information indicates that engineering units involved in the plan have already begun drafting the designs for the first pilot “city” in Rafah, pending the necessary funding to begin implementation on the ground.

The plan entrenches an unlawful, long-term regime of domination—effectively annexing the land by force and imposing collective, illegal confinement on the civilian population.

According to the details obtained, more than half of Gaza’s territory would be turned into a closed military zone under full Israeli control.

The first phase divides Gaza into a 47% “red zone” holding the vast majority of civilians, and a 53% “green zone” under total Israeli military authority.

The plan aligns with broader Israeli efforts to impose full control over Gaza’s coastline, transforming it into a sealed corridor under direct security and economic domination, effectively enabling Israel to seize the Strip’s maritime resources.

Overall, these measures are designed to reengineer Gaza’s demographic structure and redraw its social and political landscape by isolating communities from one another and sorting the population along political and security lines.

https://x.com/ME_Observer_/status/1996288030345408896
Protests in the town of Ansar, south Lebanon, rejecting the normalization of Israeli Jewish terrorism, after the Lebanese state, under the demand of Israel, accepted to include "civilian elements" in the 'ceasefire' monitoring commitee, which aim to discuss "economic cooperation". [video]

https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1996335549351621058
BREAKING: In another brutal violation of the “ceasefire”, Israel is burning Palestinians while they’re asleep in the middle of the night.

According to the latest toll, six Palestinians, including two children, were killed following the Israeli drone strike on a displacement tent in Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

>>492498
>reportedly arresting groups of Afghan nationals involved in sabotage
Damn.
>multiple individuals reportedly linked to German & Indian spy agencies
What? India is involved? But how?

Zionist collaborator, aid looter, and ISIS affiliate Yasser Abu Shabab is now confirmed dead.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/12/4/who-was-yasser-abu-shabab-israel-backed-militia-leader-killed-in-gaza

>>492544
Oh shit I forgot to edit that from the last OP lol
That's technically a recent development from 2 threads ago:
>>490278
^Has some about the Afghan nationals, but I'm not sure if there's anything in that thread about the alleged Indian intelligence assets. There were reports at the time, but they may not have been posted in that thread.

Mahmood OD said in this video that Tom Barrack had allegedly warned the Iraqi gov't that the IDF is about to engage in a major escalation with Hezbollah in Lebanon. I meant to post this earlier, but I'm posting it now because it was reported today that the Iraqi government has just designated Hezbollah and Ansar Allah "terrorist" organizations, and ordered a freeze on their assets.

>>492551
https://x.com/Currentreport1/status/1996573225917305314
Iraq clarified that it has not designated Hezbollah or the Houthis as terrorist organizations, saying the listing was a mistake and has now been corrected

Iraqi PM has ordered an investigation to find out how the error happened and to hold those responsible accountable

Electronic Intifada | News & analysis on day 790 of the Gaza genocide
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New Hezbollah video just dropped

MintPress News:
Mothin Ali, the co-deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, is scheduled to visit Palestine Action hunger strikers in HMP Bronzefield.

Ali plans to meet with two prisoners, Amu Gib and Qesser Zuhrah, who are part of a group known as the "#Filton24".

The prisoners are on hunger strike to protest their detention conditions, which Ali has described as "appalling," and to demand immediate release on bail and a fair trial.

The hunger strike involves six individuals in total and is considered the largest in the UK since the 1981 IRA hunger strike led by Bobby Sands. Mainstream media has largely been accused of ignoring the situation.

https://x.com/ESCdiscord/status/1996691964738285596
https://x.com/ESCdiscord/status/1996691967628267979
According to Ynet, Israeli president Isaac Herzog personally intervened to prevent a vote on banning Israel from Eurovision 2026.

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1996844907529634014
MenchOSINT: Possible attack on a merchant vessel in Bab el Mandeb, reports that shot were fired.

Israeli ex-army official who leaked Sde Teiman abuse video discharged from hospital
Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi was hospitalised a month ago after overdosing on sleeping pills, according to Israeli media.

Yerushalmi has been at the centre of a legal scandal after admitting she had leaked a video appearing to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian man held in the Sde Teiman detention facility.

After the former military officer resigned, she was arrested on suspicion of misconduct and obstructing justice, but then released for 10 days of house arrest. Soon after that, on November 9, she was rushed to the hospital for the overdose.

Citing a police report, The Times of Israel newspaper reported that she would be summoned for interrogation in the coming days.

Her case triggered an uproar among far-right politicians who accused her of undermining the military, as well as a broader national debate on whether Israeli soldiers should be tried for abusing Palestinians.

https://aje.io/duyprv?update=4151963

Explosions heard across Gaza
An Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza has just sent an update on what has been ongoing on the ground today. Here’s a rundown:

Gaza City: Explosions were reported east of the northern city following demolition operations, sending a large cloud of smoke across the area. A strike also hit near the so-called yellow line in the Tuffah neighbourhood, where artillery shelling continues to target the eastern area. Intense drone activity has been reported over western Gaza City, with intermittent explosions heard throughout the morning.
''Central Gaza: An air strike was reported east of the central governorate, specifically near the Maghazi refugee camp.
Southern Gaza: Israeli naval vessels opened fire towards the coast of Khan Younis, while air raids were also reported in the city of Rafah.''

At least 95,000 Palestinians affected by intensified Israeli operations in northern West Bank
Every week, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issues an update on the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank. Here are the key highlights of this week’s report:

Half of the 227 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces or settlers between January 1 and December 1 in the West Bank were in Jenin and Nablus governorates. Four were killed in the past week alone.
More than 95,000 Palestinians were affected by expanded operations by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank this week, particularly in Jenin and Tubas governorates.
The UN agency documented 1,680 attacks by Israeli settlers in more than 270 communities across the Palestinian territory so far this year – an average of five incidents per day.
The olive harvest continues to be marked by widespread settler violence, with 178 attacks documented in October and November in 88 communities.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/5/live-israel-sets-military-budget-at-34bn-keeps-attacking-gaza

Report details deep Israeli intelligence links behind firm running US government cybersecurity
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Drawing on reporting by journalist Nate Bear of ¡Do Not Panic!, a new investigation reveals that Axonius, a firm operating inside more than seventy US federal agencies, was created and staffed by alumni of Israel’s Unit 8200, its premier intelligence unit.

Though marketed as an American cybersecurity firm headquartered in New York, Axonius’s engineering base, founders, and early investors are overwhelmingly tied to Israeli intelligence networks. Its platform centralizes and analyzes the digital activity of millions of federal employees, giving operators broad visibility over devices, logins, browsing behavior, and the ability to disable accounts or quarantine equipment.

Reporting shows that Axonius expanded with extraordinary speed after its founders left Israeli military intelligence, securing millions in seed funding from venture capitalists with similar intelligence backgrounds before landing hundreds of millions more from US investors closely connected to Israel’s tech-military ecosystem.

Despite these origins, Axonius has secured contracts with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of War, the Defense Logistics Agency, and dozens of additional federal departments, effectively embedding software engineered by former Israeli spies at the core of US cyber infrastructure.

The report warns that Israel’s long record of espionage inside the US makes this level of access deeply alarming. Axonius' penetration of federal systems amounts to subcontracting US cybersecurity to an intelligence apparatus with a documented history of spying on American institutions. More broadly, Bear argues this reflects a cycle in which Israel develops surveillance tools with US funding, then sells them back to the US, creating lucrative pathways for former military intelligence officers while exposing federal systems to foreign exploitation.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1996877521300688987

>>492558
Why is Israel allowed to participate in Eurovision, but Russia is banned from participating in Eurovision?

Furthermore, Israel is in the Middle East, not Europe, unless you are talking about European lineage, which there is a lot to unpack. Yikes.

>>492546
Statement by Hamas:
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"Regarding the killing of the traitor Yasser Abu Shabab, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, affirms the following:

The fate met by the dead collaborator, who worked with the occupation, Yasser Abu Shabab, is the inevitable fate of anyone who betrays his people and his homeland, and accepts being a tool in the hands of the occupation.

The criminal acts carried out by Yasser Abu Shabab and his gang represented a blatant departure from national and social norms.

We value the stance of the families, tribes, and clans that disowned Abu Shabab, and all those involved in attacking their own people or collaborating with the occupation, and lifted tribal and social protection from this isolated group that represents no one but itself.

The occupation’s use of gangs that are socially and morally fallen and outside the law, turning them into tools for carrying out imaginary projects in the Gaza Strip, reflects the level of helplessness it has reached in the face of the heroic steadfastness of our people and their valiant resistance.

We affirm that the occupation, which failed to protect its collaborators, will not be able to protect any of its agents, and that the fate of anyone who tampers with the security of his people and serves their enemy is to fall into the trash heap of history and lose all respect and standing in society.

The unity of our people, with its families, tribes, clans, and national institutions, will remain the safety valve against all attempts to damage our internal fabric, and will never serve as a shelter for criminal gangs or suspicious projects, regardless of who stands behind them."

Israeli-linked spyware company Intellexa, founded by former Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, was exposed for deploying Predator spyware that silently hacks smartphones worldwide. This is what Netanyahu means by: “If you have a phone, you’re holding a piece of Israel.”

Investigations by Haaretz, Inside Story, WAV Research Collective, and Amnesty International reveal that Intellexa used malicious digital ads to infect phones: simply viewing the ad could trigger the attack. Once infected, operators gained full access to the camera, microphone, chats, emails, GPS, photos, files, and browsing history.

Despite Intellexa being sanctioned by the US, they're still operating.

Leaked internal documents and training videos (“Intellexa Leaks”) show that:

➤ Intellexa built “delivery vectors” that trick the phone into opening infection links without the user clicking, creating near–zero-click attacks.
➤ All stolen data was funneled through a hidden “CNC Anonymization Network” to mask the operator.
➤ Intellexa staff kept remote access to government surveillance systems, letting them view live spying operations and victims’ data.
➤ Advertisement-based infection methods (ADINT) are now being developed by multiple spyware firms and used by governments.

Amnesty warns that such silent, ad-driven exploits will expand as people avoid unknown links and true zero-click attacks grow more expensive. Tech companies and ad networks must urgently act to detect and disrupt these attacks.

https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/1997193559779237955

Rights group warns that Israel is advancing a plot to kill abducted Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti
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The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has warned that intensified assaults on Marwan Barghouti reveal a dangerous intention by the Tel Aviv authorities to eliminate him. The group said these actions amount to a grave crime and a clear violation of international humanitarian law, urging the United Nations and global institutions to act without delay. Barghouti’s family received an anonymous call from an Israeli number confirming he had been violently attacked in custody, leaving him with critical injuries, including the severing of part of his ear and multiple fractures.

The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said the call has caused widespread distress, noting that efforts to reestablish contact with the caller have failed. It vowed to work with Palestinian officials to investigate the specifics of the assault and verify Barghouti’s condition. The Asra Media Office added that recent intimidation targeting his family reflects a broader pattern of pressure, citing continued isolation, torture, denial of visits, and threats from Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir as further evidence of a systematic effort to endanger his life.

The AMO placed full responsibility on Israel for Barghouti’s safety and the well-being of all prisoners, calling on the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and human rights organizations to intervene and launch an independent investigation. It said the international community’s silence enables the continued offenses inside Israeli prisons. Barghouti, a 66-year-old senior Fatah leader seen by many Palestinians as a potential successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, has been imprisoned since 2002 on charges he rejects and does not recognize as legitimate.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1997235307041738760

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1997608555965280286
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) Quds Brigades – Jenin Brigade:

"After re-establishing contact with one of our fighting units from the Silat al-Dhahr squad, they confirmed that at exactly 5:32 pm yesterday, they detonated a guided Sejjil explosive device against an Israeli infantry force."

https://x.com/MustafaBarghou1/status/1997895087087300705
The Israeli army invaded UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem.

Israel Spied on U.S. Forces at Joint Gaza Base

➤ Israeli operatives secretly recorded U.S. forces and allied officials at the CMCC base in southern Israel, a joint center created under Trump’s Gaza ceasefire and reconstruction plan.

➤ The spying became so extensive that U.S. base commander Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank told his Israeli counterpart: “The recording has to stop here.”

➤ The CMCC hosts U.S., Israeli, and allied military planners, diplomats, and aid officials—but no Palestinian representatives.
https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/1997991897164325243

Every staff member at the BBC must now complete a training course that warns against criticising Zionists and implies the use of the term is antisemitic.

The new guidance, a section of which was shared on X by journalist Richard Sanders on Monday, says that “antisemites frequently use the word Zionist (or worse ‘Zio’), when they are in fact referring to Jews, whether in Israel or elsewhere”.

It adds that “those claiming to be ‘anti-Zionist, not antisemitic’, should do so in the knowledge that many Jewish people consider themselves to be Zionists”.

If these critics have no intention of offending Jewish people, “they should criticise ‘the Israeli government’ and not ‘Zionists’”, it says.

The section does not mention that many other Jewish people oppose Zionism, or that supporters of Zionism, including far-right and evangelical figures, can be antisemitic.

“Zionism involves the creation of an ethnically defined entity in a territory that, at the start of the process, was occupied almost entirely by people of a different ethnicity,” Sanders said in his post.

Outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie – who resigned in November after what some observers called a rightwing “coup” led by Tory-linked figures – has told staff they have six months to finish the course.

The BBC has been under pressure to show it is responding to complaints of anti-Israel bias by an advisor named Michael Prescott, who works for a PR firm with deep ties to the Conservative party.

He was backed in his criticisms by BBC board member Robbie Gibb, a former director of the pro-Israel Jewish Chronicle newspaper. Gibb also advised on the founding of GB News.

The bias claims stem from various incidents, including the fact that the BBC did not cut away from a live broadcast of rap duo Bob Vylan chanting “death, death to the IDF” at Glastonbury in June.

But numerous BBC staff have accused the corporation of being heavily biased towards Israel throughout its genocide in Gaza.

A study published in June by the Center for Media Monitoring found the corporation gives Israeli deaths 33 times more coverage per fatality than Palestinian deaths, and used “significantly more emotive language” for the former.

- from Novara Media, Dec. 9, 2025

https://x.com/BeckettUnite/status/1998310952186343567
Israel 🇮🇱 seizes UN territory in the illegally occupied East Jerusalem 🇵🇸

Under the pretext of ‘unpaid taxes’ when the UN is exempt from taxes

‘Soldiers’ remove the UN flag & replace it with an 🇮🇱 flag

The compound now an 🇮🇱 settlement

An act of war
Expel 🇮🇱 from the UN now.

Dublin company supplying missile performance parts to Israel Defense Forces supplier

A Dublin defence company allegedly targeted by Palestine Action Éire has again shipped parts to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) largest weapons supplier.

Acra Control sent components to improve missile performance to Elbit Systems on 5 December – which follows a previous Ditch report of other shipments to the same Israeli company.

The Ditch reported last month that another Irish-based company, Analog Devices, is sending parts from its Limerick factory to Elbit Systems' land warfare division.

The Acra KAM-500 data acquisition system has a “track record as being a key component in successful testing of the missile platforms”, according to Curtiss-Wright, Acra Control’s parent company.

Earlier last week a courier collected these systems from Acra Control’s Clonskeagh office and delivered them to Dublin Airport.

A Lufthansa passenger flight took the missile performance parts from Dublin to Frankfurt last Friday, according to shipping records obtained by The Ditch.

Acra Control’s shipment arrived in Israel from Germany on Saturday afternoon on another Lufthansa flight and was later delivered to IMI Systems (Elbit Systems) in Ramat Hasharon – a facility that produces missiles and other weapons for the IDF.

Acra Control has been contacted for comment.

https://www.ontheditch.com/dublin-company-supplying-missile/

Hamas: No talks on 'Phase Two' until Israel implements Phase One
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Hamas official Hussam Badran warned that Israel is openly violating the ceasefire agreement, pointing to comments by Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir claiming the “yellow line” now serves as Gaza’s new border.

Badran said Israel has failed to meet any Phase One commitments, citing the closure of Rafah crossing, obstruction of shelter deliveries, reduced humanitarian aid, and continued killings and home demolitions inside the yellow line.

He stressed that Phase Two negotiations cannot begin without firm pressure on Israel from mediators and the US to enforce full compliance with Phase One. As long as Israel continues breaching the deal and shirking its obligations, Badran said, there is no basis to move forward.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1998359633061122079

Report: 110 Palestinian prisoners dead under Ben Gvir’s authority

Israel's Walla News reports that 110 Palestinian prisoners have died since Itamar Ben Gvir became National Security Minister, an unprecedented toll that far exceeds anything documented in previous decades.

Most detainees were transferred to hospitals only after their health collapsed inside Israeli prisons, after enduring harsh conditions marked by extreme hunger, severe weight loss, torture, overcrowding, darkness, and failing sanitation.

Physicians for Human Rights’ earlier count of 46 deaths now “appears drastically understated,” the report says.

It adds that since the Gaza genocide began, Ben Gvir has also barred Red Cross access to Palestinian prisoners, removing all external oversight as mortality inside Israeli custody surged.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1997986912821301344

Netanyahu to meet with US President Trump on December 29, 2025.

The meeting is expected to take place at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, though the White House was also mentioned as a possibility in earlier reports.

Netanyahu is planning a week-long visit to the United States, from approximately December 28, 2025, to January 4, 2026, during which he is slated to hold a total of two meetings with Trump, as well as sit-downs with other US officials including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

- Mintpress News, December 9, 2025