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23.04.202520:33
Dean Group International, a metal components manufacturer based in #Manchester, has severed all ties with #Elbit Systems UK subsidiary Instro Precision following a direct action campaign by #Palestine Action.
▪️The move comes after activists targeted Dean Group’s Irlam site on March 31, 2025.
▪️Palestine Action’s campaign exposed Dean Group’s involvement in producing surveillance and targeting equipment used by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza genocide and its offensive on the West Bank.
▪️This severed tie adds to a growing list of companies distancing themselves from Elbit, including #Hydrafeed and #Kuehne+Nagel.
#Vpol #UK #IOF #WestBank #PalestineAction #GazaUnderAttack
▪️The move comes after activists targeted Dean Group’s Irlam site on March 31, 2025.
▪️Palestine Action’s campaign exposed Dean Group’s involvement in producing surveillance and targeting equipment used by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza genocide and its offensive on the West Bank.
▪️This severed tie adds to a growing list of companies distancing themselves from Elbit, including #Hydrafeed and #Kuehne+Nagel.
#Vpol #UK #IOF #WestBank #PalestineAction #GazaUnderAttack
23.04.202519:19
Anti-Zionist historian Ilan Pappe argues that removing #Israel from #UEFA and other global sports events is an essential measure in holding it accountable, given what it has been doing to Palestinians.
▪️According to Pappe, sports have long been used as platforms to challenge injustice and bring international attention to critical issues.
▪️By advocating for their exclusion from international sporting bodies, Pappe believes pressure can be placed on governments and institutions that continue to normalize and support Israel’s occupation of #Palestine and its systemic discrimination against its indigenous people.
▪️He sees this not only as a symbolic stance but also as a practical method of mobilizing public opinion and intensifying the call for justice.
▪️ For Pappe, sports boycotts are one of many tools to push for real political change and to demand accountability where diplomatic efforts have failed.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow
▪️According to Pappe, sports have long been used as platforms to challenge injustice and bring international attention to critical issues.
▪️By advocating for their exclusion from international sporting bodies, Pappe believes pressure can be placed on governments and institutions that continue to normalize and support Israel’s occupation of #Palestine and its systemic discrimination against its indigenous people.
▪️He sees this not only as a symbolic stance but also as a practical method of mobilizing public opinion and intensifying the call for justice.
▪️ For Pappe, sports boycotts are one of many tools to push for real political change and to demand accountability where diplomatic efforts have failed.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow
23.04.202518:03
Reform UK’s rise isn’t an accident—it’s the result of a broken system. Decades of neoliberalism, a hollowed-out Labour Party, and a complicit media have paved the way for the far right. When people are desperate and unheard, fascism fills the void. The left must rebuild—fast.
#vpol
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23.04.202513:04
Late Tuesday night, hundreds of demonstrators gathered at #Yale University to protest the announced visit of Israeli occupation official and genocide-enforcer Itamar Ben-Gvir who is set to speak at the Shabtai Society.
▪️The protest started in Beinecke Plaza, where participants set up tents and cordoned off much of the space, demanding action against controversial #Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
▪️Organizers and social media posts reported that Ben-Gvir was set to speak at Yale’s campus.
▪️A video posted by AM Palestine CT showed a large crowd filling the plaza, with many protesters waving flags and carrying signs.
▪️The protest remained mostly peaceful, though Yale has seen heightened tensions during recent demonstrations.
▪️The crowd dispersed late Tuesday, but organizers vowed to return on Wednesday.
▪️In 2023, over 40 students were arrested during a comparable campus demonstration after declining to leave the area.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow
▪️The protest started in Beinecke Plaza, where participants set up tents and cordoned off much of the space, demanding action against controversial #Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
▪️Organizers and social media posts reported that Ben-Gvir was set to speak at Yale’s campus.
▪️A video posted by AM Palestine CT showed a large crowd filling the plaza, with many protesters waving flags and carrying signs.
▪️The protest remained mostly peaceful, though Yale has seen heightened tensions during recent demonstrations.
▪️The crowd dispersed late Tuesday, but organizers vowed to return on Wednesday.
▪️In 2023, over 40 students were arrested during a comparable campus demonstration after declining to leave the area.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow
23.04.202511:00
A Palestinian woman issued a distress call via voice message from #Shuja'iyya in northern #Gaza, as Israeli occupation forces closed in on #Palestinians trapped in the city following a new ground invasion and siege.
▪️The attack involved intense bombings, heavy shelling, and a large-scale ground assault, aimed at occupying the city as part of a broader plan to seize control of northern Gaza and cut it off from the southern part of the Strip.
▪️ At least 50 Palestinians have been killed so far, with dozens more wounded, while many remain trapped under the rubble.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #Ceasefirenow #Palestine #Israel
▪️The attack involved intense bombings, heavy shelling, and a large-scale ground assault, aimed at occupying the city as part of a broader plan to seize control of northern Gaza and cut it off from the southern part of the Strip.
▪️ At least 50 Palestinians have been killed so far, with dozens more wounded, while many remain trapped under the rubble.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #Ceasefirenow #Palestine #Israel
23.04.202510:04
Israel killed twin sisters, Saba and Sana, in an airstrike on their home in Gaza.
▪️ The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (#UNRWA) reported Monday that nearly 600 children have been killed in the #Gaza Strip since #Israel resumed its bombardment last month.
▪️ Citing #UNICEF data, UNRWA added that more than 1,600 other children have been injured since March 18.
▪️ Gaza hospitals have received 26 martyrs and 60 injured in the past 24 hours.
▪️ A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unreachable by ambulance and civil defense teams.
▪️ The total death toll from Israeli genocide has risen to 51,266 martyrs and 116,991 injuries since October 7, 2023.
▪️ Since March 18, 2025, the toll has reached 1,890 martyrs and 4,950 injuries.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow #Palestine
▪️ The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (#UNRWA) reported Monday that nearly 600 children have been killed in the #Gaza Strip since #Israel resumed its bombardment last month.
▪️ Citing #UNICEF data, UNRWA added that more than 1,600 other children have been injured since March 18.
▪️ Gaza hospitals have received 26 martyrs and 60 injured in the past 24 hours.
▪️ A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unreachable by ambulance and civil defense teams.
▪️ The total death toll from Israeli genocide has risen to 51,266 martyrs and 116,991 injuries since October 7, 2023.
▪️ Since March 18, 2025, the toll has reached 1,890 martyrs and 4,950 injuries.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow #Palestine
23.04.202509:00
Israel killed twin sisters, Saba and Sana, in an airstrike on their home in Gaza.
▪️ The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (#UNRWA) reported Monday that nearly 600 children have been killed in the #Gaza Strip since #Israel resumed its bombardment last month.
▪️ Citing #UNICEF data, UNRWA added that more than 1,600 other children have been injured since March 18.
▪️ Gaza hospitals have received 26 martyrs and 60 injured in the past 24 hours.
▪️ A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unreachable by ambulance and civil defense teams.
▪️ The total death toll from Israeli aggression has risen to 51,266 martyrs and 116,991 injuries since October 7, 2023.
▪️ Since March 18, 2025, the toll has reached 1,890 martyrs and 4,950 injuries.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow #Palestine
▪️ The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (#UNRWA) reported Monday that nearly 600 children have been killed in the #Gaza Strip since #Israel resumed its bombardment last month.
▪️ Citing #UNICEF data, UNRWA added that more than 1,600 other children have been injured since March 18.
▪️ Gaza hospitals have received 26 martyrs and 60 injured in the past 24 hours.
▪️ A number of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, unreachable by ambulance and civil defense teams.
▪️ The total death toll from Israeli aggression has risen to 51,266 martyrs and 116,991 injuries since October 7, 2023.
▪️ Since March 18, 2025, the toll has reached 1,890 martyrs and 4,950 injuries.
#Vpol #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #CeasefireNow #Palestine
22.04.202520:39
Palestinian Isl●am●ic J●ih●ad (#PIJ) has demanded the immediate release of two senior leaders, Khaled Khaled and Abu Ali Yasser, arrested by the #HTS regime just 48hrs after the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud #Abbas, met with Syria’s al-Jolani (Ahmad al-Sharaa).
▪️P●IJ condemned the arrests, stressing that #Syria has “long been a refuge” for the Palestinian res●ist●ance, and urging Damascus to “clarify the reasons for this detention”.
▪️The movement affirmed that both leaders had “served the Palestinian cause with integrity,” reiterating that its “rifles have only ever been aimed at the [Israeli] enemy.”
▪️The arrests come amid #US pressure, with al-Jolani seen as meeting conditions for sanctions relief.
▪️Moreover, Israel has repeatedly targeted PI●J sites in #Damascus.
▪️This follows a broader shift in Syria’s stance toward #Israel after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, as the #IOF advanced to within 20km of Damascus, an act widely seen as quiet compliance.
#Vpol
▪️P●IJ condemned the arrests, stressing that #Syria has “long been a refuge” for the Palestinian res●ist●ance, and urging Damascus to “clarify the reasons for this detention”.
▪️The movement affirmed that both leaders had “served the Palestinian cause with integrity,” reiterating that its “rifles have only ever been aimed at the [Israeli] enemy.”
▪️The arrests come amid #US pressure, with al-Jolani seen as meeting conditions for sanctions relief.
▪️Moreover, Israel has repeatedly targeted PI●J sites in #Damascus.
▪️This follows a broader shift in Syria’s stance toward #Israel after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, as the #IOF advanced to within 20km of Damascus, an act widely seen as quiet compliance.
#Vpol
22.04.202519:51
The passing of Pope Francis has drawn a wave of tributes from leaders and movements across the Palestinian Res●ista●nce and the Res●ista●nce Axis, honoring his stance on Palestine, interfaith dialogue, and global justice.
▪️He●zbo●llah mourned him as a man of peace who condemned #Israel’s “terrorism” in #Gaza and supported #Lebanon's stability.
▪️#Iraq’s Sayyed Ali al-Sistani recalled their historic 2021 encounter in #Najaf, calling it a milestone for peace and interfaith dialogue.
▪️#Iran’s President Masoud #Pezeshkian and Speaker Mohammad Bagher #Qalibaf, along with top clerics, praised the Pope’s defense of the oppressed.
▪️Ha●ma●s expressed gratitude for his condemnation of war crimes and genocide in Gaza, hailing him as a global voice for justice.
▪️In his final public appearance on #Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, #Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza and condemned the war on Gaza as a humanitarian catastrophe.
#Vpol #GazaUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #Palestine
▪️He●zbo●llah mourned him as a man of peace who condemned #Israel’s “terrorism” in #Gaza and supported #Lebanon's stability.
▪️#Iraq’s Sayyed Ali al-Sistani recalled their historic 2021 encounter in #Najaf, calling it a milestone for peace and interfaith dialogue.
▪️#Iran’s President Masoud #Pezeshkian and Speaker Mohammad Bagher #Qalibaf, along with top clerics, praised the Pope’s defense of the oppressed.
▪️Ha●ma●s expressed gratitude for his condemnation of war crimes and genocide in Gaza, hailing him as a global voice for justice.
▪️In his final public appearance on #Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, #Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza and condemned the war on Gaza as a humanitarian catastrophe.
#Vpol #GazaUnderAttack #GazaGenocide #Palestine
22.04.202519:16
Haifa, the Bride of the Carmel, fell 77 years ago today, on April 22, 1948, in one of the defining battles of the Palestinian #Nakba. British forces handed over the gates of the city as Zionist militias purged it.
▪️#British forces handed over strategic city positions to the Zionist Haganah militia while blocking Arab reinforcements.
▪️ 5,000 #Haganah militants launched their assault under the codename Bi'ur Hametz (Spring Cleaning), occupying the city amid rivers of #Palestinian blood.
▪️In just two days, 15,000 Palestinians were exiled. Within weeks, only 3,000 Arabs remained from a pre-war population of 65,000. Most were forcefully displaced into #Lebanon, #Syria, and other countries across the region.
The fall of Haifa was more than a military conquest. It marked the beginning of the Nakba and the systematic erasure of #Palestine. #Haifa’s fall is more than history, it’s a living memory of dispossession, and a testament to Palestinian resilience, and enduring #Arab identity.
#Vpol #UK
▪️#British forces handed over strategic city positions to the Zionist Haganah militia while blocking Arab reinforcements.
▪️ 5,000 #Haganah militants launched their assault under the codename Bi'ur Hametz (Spring Cleaning), occupying the city amid rivers of #Palestinian blood.
▪️In just two days, 15,000 Palestinians were exiled. Within weeks, only 3,000 Arabs remained from a pre-war population of 65,000. Most were forcefully displaced into #Lebanon, #Syria, and other countries across the region.
The fall of Haifa was more than a military conquest. It marked the beginning of the Nakba and the systematic erasure of #Palestine. #Haifa’s fall is more than history, it’s a living memory of dispossession, and a testament to Palestinian resilience, and enduring #Arab identity.
#Vpol #UK
22.04.202518:37
Burkina Faso has thwarted a major coup attempt planned for April 16, which would have destabilized the Sahel nation. Authorities intervened before the plot could be executed.
▪️According to Security Minister Mahamadou #Sana, the operation was orchestrated by military defectors in collaboration with armed groups.
▪️In an official statement, the government noted that Intelligence services intercepted communications between Lt. Barry #Abdramane and terrorist leaders, revealing sensitive details about military positions and operations. He was found to be AWOL.
▪️The plan included a coordinated assault on the presidency alongside large-scale terrorist attacks to destabilize national command.
▪️A number of patriotic soldiers reported the plot by April 15, leading to arrests in Ouagadougou. Other plotters reportedly fled to Côte d'lvoire, where authorities say the operation's foreign command center remains active.
#Vpol #BurkinaFaso #IvoryCoast
▪️According to Security Minister Mahamadou #Sana, the operation was orchestrated by military defectors in collaboration with armed groups.
▪️In an official statement, the government noted that Intelligence services intercepted communications between Lt. Barry #Abdramane and terrorist leaders, revealing sensitive details about military positions and operations. He was found to be AWOL.
▪️The plan included a coordinated assault on the presidency alongside large-scale terrorist attacks to destabilize national command.
▪️A number of patriotic soldiers reported the plot by April 15, leading to arrests in Ouagadougou. Other plotters reportedly fled to Côte d'lvoire, where authorities say the operation's foreign command center remains active.
#Vpol #BurkinaFaso #IvoryCoast
22.04.202518:05
"From the ‘granary of Rome’ to top wheat importers—how did North Africa’s food sovereignty collapse?
Food imperialism forces Egypt, Morocco & Algeria to export water-intensive crops (citrus, olives) to the Global North while relying on cheap, subsidized wheat imports—draining their resources.
US dumping policies flooded markets with subsidized grain, crushing local farmers. Today in Egypt, agribusiness elites profit as Nile water grows cash crops for export instead of food for Egyptians.
This isn’t an accident—it’s a neoliberal political choice. It’s what Philip McMichael calls ‘corporate food regime’ at work.
#vpol #FoodImperialism #Imperialism #Neocolonialism #US #Hegemony #FoodRegimes #Neoliberalism #Agriculture #GlobalSouth
Food imperialism forces Egypt, Morocco & Algeria to export water-intensive crops (citrus, olives) to the Global North while relying on cheap, subsidized wheat imports—draining their resources.
US dumping policies flooded markets with subsidized grain, crushing local farmers. Today in Egypt, agribusiness elites profit as Nile water grows cash crops for export instead of food for Egyptians.
This isn’t an accident—it’s a neoliberal political choice. It’s what Philip McMichael calls ‘corporate food regime’ at work.
#vpol #FoodImperialism #Imperialism #Neocolonialism #US #Hegemony #FoodRegimes #Neoliberalism #Agriculture #GlobalSouth
22.04.202517:33
Fatima Hassouna was assassinated for exposing the truth. Over 200 Palestinian journalists have been murdered by Israel—not as "collateral damage," but as a deliberate strategy to silence witnesses of genocide.
They kill the storytellers to bury the story. But the world is watching.
#vpol
They kill the storytellers to bury the story. But the world is watching.
#vpol
22.04.202516:06
As #AI becomes more prevalent in #agriculture, it's crucial to maintain a balance between technological innovation and human expertise.
As experts have pointed out, "AI cannot fully replace the creative thinking and intuition that #farmers bring to their work."
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As experts have pointed out, "AI cannot fully replace the creative thinking and intuition that #farmers bring to their work."
#Vpol
22.04.202514:02
On April 22, 2013, Greek Orthodox #Archbishop Boulos Yazigi and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim were abducted near Kafr Dael, west of Aleppo, #Syria, while negotiating the release of two kidnapped priests: Armenian Catholic Fr. Michel Kayyal and Greek Orthodox Fr. Maher Mahfouz.
▪️In civilian clothes, they traveled with two others; Fathallah Kabboud was killed, and the second person remains unidentified. No group claimed responsibility.
▪️A 2020 investigation cited by Agenzia Fides suggests that the kidnapping occurred in a zone influenced by foreign intelligence services, possibly implicating Turkish intelligence (#MIT), and argues such an operation required their knowledge.
▪️A 2024 investigative by L’Orient-Le Jour reinforced the Turkish link and situates the kidnapping within a broader context of foreign infiltration, geopolitics, and intelligence rivalries.
▪️The #MECC set April 22 as the "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented."
#Vpol
▪️In civilian clothes, they traveled with two others; Fathallah Kabboud was killed, and the second person remains unidentified. No group claimed responsibility.
▪️A 2020 investigation cited by Agenzia Fides suggests that the kidnapping occurred in a zone influenced by foreign intelligence services, possibly implicating Turkish intelligence (#MIT), and argues such an operation required their knowledge.
▪️A 2024 investigative by L’Orient-Le Jour reinforced the Turkish link and situates the kidnapping within a broader context of foreign infiltration, geopolitics, and intelligence rivalries.
▪️The #MECC set April 22 as the "Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented."
#Vpol
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