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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Current Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 11m

Middle East 'doomed' without Palestinian state, King of Jordan tells BBC

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

Middle East 'doomed' without Palestinian state, King of Jordan says

In an exclusive interview with BBC Panorama, the king says a two-state solution is the only answer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 59m

As for the US and its supporters on the issue of the ceasefire; do not confine any agreement only to Gaza. Consider the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem to end. The integrity of our international legal system is otherwise at stake. #auspol #Israel #ICJ #Palestine

Israel’s response to the International Court of Justice

The ceasefire plan in Gaza has dominated our news in recent days and weeks. One aspect of the plan is the obligation of Israel in the first phase to release a number — a large number — of Palestinian prisoners.

johnmenadue.com

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 47m

"... some bearing the marks of recent beatings and a few unable to walk without being propped up by their relatives.

When asked about their treatment in the prisons, a prisoner apologised and said he could not answer, for fear that he would face repercussions from Israeli authorities"

‘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

www.theguardian.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 7h

"The people in Gaza, including me, lost everything."

As Israel and Hamas exchange captives amid a U.S.-backed ceasefire, writer Ahmed Abu Artema slams Western double standards that privilege Israeli lives over those of Palestinians.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14h

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

EXCLUSIVE: UNRWA tells the Canary Israel is still mounting a 'strangling siege' on Gaza

Despite the ceasefire aid is still not getting in, with UNRWA telling the Canary that 6,000 of its trucks are held by Israel at the border

www.thecanary.co

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v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.social · 9h

Έφτασε στη Γάζα το πρώτο από τα 38 συνολικά λεωφορεία που μεταφέρουν Παλαιστίνιους που απελευθερωθηκαν από τα ισραηλινά κολαστήρια.

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 12h

Extortion replacing diplomacy & any sense of fairness, doubtful Europe’s 11th hour weak penalties have had any impact yet, given this corrupt hollow peace where international law is meaningless in Gaza & the West Bank, perhaps Europe stands for something rather than continuing to kneel in surrender

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13h

The EU must lift penalties on Israel now that a Gaza ceasefire has begun, Israel’s new ambassador to the EU told POLITICO.

EU must lift penalties on Israel now that Gaza ceasefire has begun, envoy says

Israel’s new ambassador to the EU tells POLITICO that Europe is not likely to get a seat on Trump’s “board of peace” unless it restores full cooperation with Netanyahu’s government.

www.politico.eu

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14h

Israel has banned Palestinians from celebrating the release of Palestinian prisoners [hostages] & banned their families from giving interviews

Contrast that with the celebrations around the release of Israeli hostages & the many interviews being broadcast around the world.

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Michelle Fahy @michellefahy.bsky.social · 14h

If you were hoping to hear Chris Hedges speak at the National Press Club and were stymied by the NPC's cancellation of him...

There is this instead (in Adelaide):
events.humanitix.com/edward-said-...

Edward Said Memorial Lecture 'Chris Hedges'

Join the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) in 2025 as we host Chris Hedges at UniSA for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture.

events.humanitix.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15h

Hind Khoudary reporting from Khan Younis as people wait for the release of hundreds of Palestinian hostages held by Israel

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Ruth McHugh-Dillon @ruthmchugh-dillon.bsky.social · 15h

"On Sunday, two days after the ceasefire was announced, Khadr returned to search through the ruins of his parents’ home. He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands."

‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remains

www.theguardian.com

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 15h

😂 even the smallest tax reform can change the course of Labor

David @daverino.bsky.social · 15h

Captured. The corporate state continues to rule

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Government offers major concessions on proposed super tax increase

The government has bowed to pressure on its superannuation tax policy, one of the few revenue-raising measures it had promised, two years on from when it was first announced.

www.abc.net.au

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 16h

Further to my last post another vitally important view from a young person speaking to social connection for LGBTQ+ kids and the social media ban

Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 20h

Props to Project Rockit for bringing an actual young person, Caitlin Blanch, to speak to the committee given the policies are about them but mostly excludes them.

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 16h

The actual impacted young people who have spoken intelligently and insightfully to committee making more bloody sense than most of the adults in Canberra, seriously we should lower the voting age and prioritise safety by holding tech companies accountable on the safety of their ‘products’

Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17h

Leo Puglisi from @6newsau.bsky.social gave evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the social media age ban - I asked him about the real impacts on young people. This isn't about protection, it's about control. You can't lock kids out of news and social connection and call it safety.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17h

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

"...UNICEF, has received reports that the attack occurred in a facility hosting families displaced by the ongoing conflict... further 21 children were reportedly injured.

...up to 60 people were killed on Saturday’s assault by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)..."

news.un.org/en/story/202...

#Sudan

17 children reportedly killed in attack on Sudan displacement camp

At least 17 children, including an infant just seven days old, have reportedly been killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Centre in El Fasher, North Darfur, early on Saturday morning.

news.un.org

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 20h

Very bad, seeing more and more of these stories of ICE abducted children, where’s the international condemnation, given detention conditions adults are being subjected to, what’s happening to these children? Foreign reporters might want to ask President of US about it on his Israeli victory tour

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 23h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

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Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 21h

Israel raided prisoner family homes across five districts in the West Bank. www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-ba...

Israel raids homes of West Bank prisoners set to be released in deal

Families of captive Palestinians threatened not to celebrate release of family members following ceasefire deal

www.middleeasteye.net

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 22h

Yes an encouraging kind of disappointment, don’t worry kid be your best man from the back bench and we’ll see what happens I might make a come back and we can eat onions with the Americans presiding over their soy bean ashes fashioned into a new kind of organic nuclear sub…

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 22h

“I am disappointed because he’s a very talented MP and teams need their best players on the field,” says Tony Abbott. “Still, I understand that he wants to be able to speak beyond his portfolio area and that can really only be done from the back bench.” satpa.pe/0w3c72F

Exclusive: Abbott ‘disappointed’ by Andrew Hastie as right splinters

A fracturing of the Liberal right faction has created chaos within the party, leading to what MPs have called ‘incredible ... damage’ to the Coalition’s reputation and prospects.

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow will bring obscene displays of Trump self congratulation propaganda via corrupted mass media, so take care, avoid or be prepared for the mental assault, its great there’s a pause & exchange of hostages but Palestinian death & suffering continues in Gaza & the conveniently ignored West Bank

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

The airstrikes may have stopped, but the real war in Gaza has just begun, a silent war of grief and shattered hearts.
Every night without those we lost, Gaza turns into one endless house of mourning.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Λεωνίδας Βατικιώτης @leonidasv.bsky.social · 1d

Απόφαση ντροπής το Νόμπελ Ειρήνης στο φερέφωνο του Τραμπ στη Βενεζουέλα, του Λεωνίδα Βατικιώτη leonidasvatikiotis.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/%...

Απόφαση ντροπής το Νόμπελ Ειρήνης στο φερέφωνο του Τραμπ στη Βενεζουέλα, του Λεωνίδα Βατικιώτη

Απέναντι στη Νορβηγική Επιτροπή που απονέμει κάθε χρόνο τα βραβεία Ειρήνης οφείλουμε ένα μεγάλο ευχαριστώ. Είμαστε ευγνώμονες! Για το Νόμπελ Ειρήνης 2025 είχαν προταθεί οι 270 περίπου (Παλαισ…

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

The Taliban are under heavy attack from Pakistan with fighter jets striking multiple targets in Kandahar.

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Leni @heradescends.bsky.social · 1d

These fn people… the world sees you even if you’re winning in this moment, the vast majority of us see you clearly and eventually we’ll probably end up using your own creations to undo you… that or in the case of Ellison senior death via geriatric Botox addiction

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d

Drop Site’s @ryangrim.bsky.social spoke to Al Jazeera's The Listening Post (@AJListeningPost, X) about how billionaire Larry Ellison (Oracle founder & a top donor to Israel’s military) is buying up US media outlets to reshape coverage of Gaza and shore up Israel’s collapsing image among Americans.

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