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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 13h

If Israel was serious about stopping the conflict they would have released the only leader able to unite the West Bank and #Gaza and negotiate some form of peace. Instead they took him off the list and beat him up for good measure. #r4today #wato #MarwanBarghouti

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons * Gaza ceasefire – live updates Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal. Arab Barghouti said his 66-year-old father was assaulted by eight guards on 14 September as he was being transferred between Ganot and Megiddo prisons. Continue reading...

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 7d

The Russian drones that violated Poland’s airspace are “yet more proof that the Kremlin is not interested in peace but in escalation,” writes Radosław Sikorski, the foreign minister of Poland. “If you are surprised by that, you have not been paying attention.”

Opinion | Radosław Sikorski: Putin Is Escalating His War

The leadership of Russia must understand that its attempt to rebuild Europe’s last empire is doomed to fail.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 14h

They seem to be in the foothills of civil war, where each #ICE story gets a little more violent, a little more extreme. #Chicago #r4today

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 14h

The Israeli government needs to be more honest with the families. In Paragraph 5 of the agreement, “to exchange information and intelligence on any remaining deceased hostages that were NOT RETRIEVED within the 72 hours…” #r4today #Hostages #Gaza

LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 15h

An important detail of the ceasefire agreement is being skimmed over by reporters. #r4today

Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 15h

Email just sent to today @ bbc . co . uk

Links:

www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#r4today

Text of an email dated 16 October 2025

The agreement that Israel and Hamas signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, 2025 recognises, particularly at 5 e, that some of the hostage remains may not be retrieved within 72 hours.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-oct-9-israel-hamas-deal-on-trumps-plan-for-comprehensive-end-to-gaza-war/

This fact doesn't seem to inform your reporting of "anger in Israel" about delays in returning the bodies, though the BBC has reported on it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgyr8e0gl2o

I wonder if the Israeli government is being open about this part of the agreement.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 16h

Look at the devastation, nobody should be surprised by this.
“Hamas has announced that the remains of all the deceased Israeli hostages that it can reach have been handed back and it would need specialist recovery equipment to retrieve the rest from Gaza’s ruins.” #r4today #GazaCeasefire

Hamas says all reachable hostage bodies recovered amid Israel threat to resume Gaza fighting

Israel’s defence minister has said the country could resume fighting if Hamas does not honour the terms of the ceasefire deal

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Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social · 1d

The presenters of #r4today are totally clued-up about films, books and stage shows plus all the right-wing talking points that their right-wing friends in the overwhelmingly right-wing press have read out each day on the show. However when it comes to the science of climate change they are useless.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

I do understand why some feel the need to stay on X but it’s very easy to crosspost, I did it myself before I deleted my Twitter account. As James O’Brien says, there’s little point to Twitter posts if you have to sift through dozens of abusive/bot comments to find any intelligent replies. #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

The BBC *still* has no presence on this website. It’s been 9 months since the owner of X performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration, he’s now calling for the overthrow of the British government. And the BBC ignore it, continuing to endorse him by using his platform. #r4today

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

"Elon Musk, X owner and advocate of civil war" would be a useful shorthand to adopt, until he retracts his call for pre-emptive political violence in our country as an existential necessity

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

The withholding of food as a weapon of war is still a war crime. Israel are using collective punishment on the already starving Gazans, even though they know that the retrieval of the bodies is not within their control. #r4today #Gaza

Israel limits aid into Gaza in dispute over hostage remains as ceasefire faces test

Hamas accused of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of hostages but Palestinian militants say they face obstacles in retrieving them

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like screaming into the void, the BBC are refusing to acknowledge this case. If it’s a television show about Traitors, fine - but real life treachery? Not happening. #r4today #NathanGill

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

They’re doing what they’ve been doing for years - preventing any peace deal by supplying arms to one set of Palestinians in order to divide. Netanyahu was supplying money to Hamas until October 7, which is why Mossad were so pissed at him when the attack happened. #c4news

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL headline:
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it's blown up in our faces

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

For the first time he appears to be looking like a really elderly man.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

WHAT. A. SOCIOPATH. I have NEVER heard the wholesale destruction of #Gaza along with the killing of tens of thousands of men, women and children described as “a little bit of an unfortunate situation there..” #EthnicCleansing is STILL a war crime. #JaredKushner @meidastouch.com #wato #c4news #bbcpm

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. #MarwanBarghouti

Bhav @bhavkhatri.bsky.social · 2d

Barghouti is still massively popular amongst Palestinians and a well-known supporter of a 2-state solution — this is exactly why he will not be released by Netanyahu.

European govs were serious about a 2-state solution they would put pressure on Israel and Trump for his release.

#r4today

LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

If Israel genuinely wanted peace they’d have allowed Barghouti to go free. The only challenge to the power base of Hamas remains locked up. #r4today #Gaza #Ceasefire #Hostages #MarwanBarghouti

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

If Israel genuinely wanted peace they’d have allowed Barghouti to go free. The only challenge to the power base of Hamas remains locked up. #r4today #Gaza #Ceasefire #Hostages #MarwanBarghouti

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 3d

Netanyahu refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, the most popular Palestinian leader—and the one most likely to bring about a two-state solution. Hamas refuses to disarm. The two enemies are united in opposition to a two-state solution. That makes lasting peace unlikely. wapo.st/3W5yhAx

Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace

“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

“Javier Milei is the template,” — Kemi Badenoch, 2025.
Milei is due to visit the White House today trying to shore up the Argentine economy he took a chainsaw to, only last year. #Argentina #Bailout #r4today #bbcpm

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

“America First.”

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

“Not allowed to say it”, and then he says it. He can’t help himself, can he. I hope nobody labels that nuclear button “Do not press”. #r4today

a do not press sign next to a yellow button

ALT: a do not press sign next to a yellow button

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

When a protest photo becomes a work of art. #PortlandFrog #ICE #RageAgainstTheMachine #r4today #NoKings

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

Nice Biblical reference applied to Christian Nationalists currently running the show in Portland. #PortlandFrog #r4today

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; the [Willamette River] shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house...

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9d

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

His crassness has pretty much lost its power to appall me but I admit I did wince at this. Giorgia #Meloni meanwhile managed to keep a poker face throughout. #r4today

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 3d

Hostages’ families celebrate their release, but Israeli authorities deny that luxury to others. “We’ve been waiting here for his release for two days…the Israelis stormed our house and told us we were forbidden from doing any kind of celebration – so he should be released,” said Umm Abed. #Gaza

‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh if the team at #r4today or any other BBC News programme could possibly squeeze this into the schedule in place of The Traitors updates we seem to get three times a week, that would be great. #Farage #Russia #NathanGill #wato #bbcpm

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Matthew Wright @matthew-wright.bsky.social · 4d

Byline has become one of the most important sources of news in the country! Amazing what a difference it makes when you're not owned/controlled by a foreign billionaire x

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