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Irish defence minister confirms plans to scrap Irish neutrality
1 February 2026 @ 11:44 pm
Irish Minister for Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Trade Helen McEntee has confirmed the government will push ahead with plans to scrap Ireland’s long-cherished position of neutrality. The stance has been far from perfectly adhered to, as Ireland has over the years allowed frequent use of its airports for US warplanes, including those assisting so-called ‘Israel’s’ genocide […]
By Robert FreemanKuenssberg tells Polanski talking about Gaza genocide is ‘divisive’
1 February 2026 @ 11:37 pm
BBC establishment shill Laura Kuenssberg tried a ‘gotcha’ with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on Sunday 1 February – and ended up exposing and embarrassing herself. Kuenssberg claimed that the Greens’ determination to include the UK government’s collaboration in Israel’s Gaza genocide is ‘divisive’, as if genocide and hurt feelings carry equivalent weight. She received […]
By SkwawkboxMandelson resigns – embarrassing Starmer over Epstein to avoid embarrassment over Epstein
1 February 2026 @ 11:23 pm
‘Lord’ Peter Mandelson – a swooning fan of serial child-rapist, paedophile-panderer and Israeli spy Jeffrey Epstein – has resigned from the Labour Party. In a statement, he said he was resigning so he doesn’t “cause further embarrassment” to Starmer’s party over his massive Epstein links. In doing so, he has embarrassed Starmer over his massive […]
By SkwawkboxThe ‘Wall of Tears’ in New York: when the names of Gaza’s children become testimony that refutes Israel
1 February 2026 @ 11:10 pm
While Western governments continue to provide political and military cover for Israel, within Western societies themselves, there are growing spaces for challenging the official narrative, led by independent artistic and cultural initiatives that redefine the victim and break down their reduction to numbers. In this context, art is no longer merely a symbolic expression, but […]
By Alaa ShamaliWatch as Polanski asks “who bought the Labour Party?”
1 February 2026 @ 10:56 pm
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has released a half-hour video with The Fraud author Paul Holden doing exactly the right thing. Polanski on the money – again Polanski asks “Who bought the Labour Party?” He and Holden then dissect the secrecy, dishonesty and dark-money tactics of Starmer and the faction that conned Labour members into voting […]
By SkwawkboxCrossings as a weapon of war: how Israel strangled Gaza via blockade
1 February 2026 @ 10:47 pm
Although Gaza is only a few kilometres away from the rest of the world, its inhabitants live in suffocating isolation, controlled by decisions rather than borders. This isolation is measured by the permits granted or denied and by the gates opened and closed according to the balance of military power. The crossings, which were supposed […]
By Alaa ShamaliIran warns of ‘regional war’ if the United States attacks it
1 February 2026 @ 10:38 pm
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Sunday 1 February that any military attack by the United States on his country would lead to a regional war, warning that the repercussions of any confrontation would not be confined within Iran’s borders. Iran: regional war will follow if Trump attacks Khamenei made the remarks in a […]
By Alaa ShamaliIsrael is forcing Doctors Without Borders out of Gaza on 28 February
1 February 2026 @ 10:30 pm
The Israeli authorities have issued a decision to end the activities of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Gaza Strip and to require it to leave the Strip by 28 February. It’s a move that has raised widespread concerns among humanitarian and medical circles about the repercussions on civilians’ access to life-saving healthcare, given the […]
By Alaa ShamaliIsrael just ‘broke’ a world record for kidney donors – but where did all the organs come from?
1 February 2026 @ 7:46 pm
This week in occupied Jerusalem, more than 1,000 people gathered together, in an attempt to break a new world record – the largest gathering of live kidney donors. The event marked 2,000 kidney donations in Israel, and was organised by the kidney donation charity Matnat Chaim. Israel kidney donations: a “world record for humanity”? Israeli […]
By Charlie JaayMost politicians are liars – but every so often, someone exposes the truth
1 February 2026 @ 7:32 pm
It’s widely accepted that politicians lie. But if you say they’re all the same, you’re incentivising a race to the bottom. I like it when a politician gets caught in a lie. It’s a wakeup call to the others. Politicians lie and lie and lie Last week, I was a guest speaker at Paul Holden’s […]
By Jamie Driscoll