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India's Hindu RSS lobbies groups abroad to counter minority rights criticism reut.rs/4dAowUp reut.rs/4dAowUp

This has been going on for 80 years, and heavily documented. The NYTimes finally scraped together enough integrity to publish something.

Bertie Ahern on video: Ireland has 'too many immigrants'; 'I worry about Africans' irishexaminer.com/news/politics/…

Ukrainian state anti-corruption watchdogs have officially charged Andriy Yermak, the former head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, with corruption and money laundering. politico.eu/article/former…

In August, Iceland will hold a referendum on whether to open new accession negotiations with the EU. It offers Norway a chance to put the issue back on its own political agenda. 🔗 politico.eu/article/norway…

“Some men had to have their testicles amputated by doctors after beatings…” Thread with some of the unspeakably depraved acts of rape and sexual assault by Israelis against Palestinians detailed in this piece:

Ursula von der Leyen hasn’t revived the EU in the way she hoped. People around her say its her own fault bloomberg.com/news/features/…

This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opi…

Why is Alan Shatter, the ex justice minister no less, allowed to issue what appears to be weekly SLAAP threats to people and organisations with impunity? This practice is illegal in this country, in my honest opinion, after researching the issue. Shatter is clearly using social media to revel in the fear and submission of his targets for political purposes and to the detriment of public participation. Use of legal threats to cultivate public apologies is illegal. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (“SLAPPs”) “A significant proposal contained in the Draft General Scheme is the potential introduction of a new section into the 2009 Act to address SLAPPs, the use of strategic and abusive litigation by powerful plaintiffs to deter public discussion. Under the proposal, defendants would be able to apply to a court for early dismissal of an action, or, after the full hearing for a dismissal and/or declaration that the proceedings constituted a SLAPP. The Draft General Scheme provides that proceedings may be considered by a court to constitute a SLAPP if they have certain “features of concern” such as: “(a) the making of claims of a disproportionate, excessive or unreasonable nature; (b) intimidation, harassment or threats made by the plaintiff or his or her representatives against the defendant or associated parties, including prior to the institution of the proceedings; (c) the existence of multiple proceedings initiated by the plaintiff or associated parties, against the defendant or associated parties, in relation to similar matters; (d) the conduct of the litigation by the plaintiff in a manner which is disproportionate, excessive or unreasonable, including (but not limited to) the use of aggressive, unreasonably frequent, or intrusive pre-action communication...” If proceedings are found to constitute a SLAPP, a plaintiff may be liable to bear the defendant’s costs in full. Furthermore, if a court is satisfied that defamation proceedings are a SLAPP or abusive, a court may award damages to the defendant in those proceedings for harm suffered as a result of the proceedings.” mccannfitzgerald.com/knowledge/disp… The described law came in to effect earlier this year and contains specific provisions to prevent exactly what Alan Shatter is doing here and every other day. irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2026/act/2…

“In wrenching interviews, Palestinians have recounted to me a pattern of widespread Israeli sexual violence against men, women and even children,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. nyti.ms/4ue9mtV

The bodies of American citizens are being used by Israel to blow up. American authorities are secretly stealing the bodies of American loved ones and giving them to Israel to be desecrated. America is the most cucked nation in history.

Fury as Green councillor proudly posts footage of himself driving gas guzzling Lamborghini days after his election - despite his party's 'war on motorists' trib.al/DHknOiX

Mother of hostage killed by IDF in Gaza says troops had sweeping fire orders haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

The framed map of Israel in the background lmao

Nope. Stealing other people's homes and land must stop. לא תגנב!

The Ditch can reveal Fine Gael Galway West byelection candidate and Seanad leader Seán Kyne is the senator alleged to have blackmailed and harassed the former Inland Fisheries Ireland CEO.  ontheditch.com/fine-gael-byel…

BREAKING: The Welsh parliament has voted to elect Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth as the country's first pro-independence first minister. He has said his party will use time in government to make the case for an independent Wales.

People are boycotting Eurovision because of the inclusion of Israel, which is engaged in a brutal occupation & genocide of the Palestinian people. Boy George says he won't join the boycott because he has Jewish friends. Conflating Jewish people with Israel is antisemitic.

20 Jews were MURDERED in Jonathan's country... JUST in 2025. Literally NO Jewish person has EVER been murdered in Ireland in an antisemitic attack. HIS country is condmend as antisemitic in the 2025 Tel Aviv antisemitism report... not Ireland. cst.tau.ac.il/wp-content/upl…

@FiachOighir Yep, we're antisemitic for wanting Palestinians to live while Amercians aren't antisemitic for murdering Jews. Amazing stuff really.

@BTriagain Yes, but does the USA condemn Israel's war crimes? LOL. Because that is what this is all about - trying to demonise Ireland because we are vocal in our opposition to Israel's war crimes and the genocide it is carrying out. These cunts don't care about REAL antisemitism.