Quaker Political Interference Has Got Out of Control
12 April 2025
News Round-Up
12 April 2025
by Will Jones
The head of Greenpeace UK, Will McCallum, has been arrested after the group poured blood-red dye into the US embassy’s pond in London in protest against arms sales to Israel.
President Donald Trump has outlined an extraordinary new plan for Gaza in which the US will take over the strip and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East" while the Palestinian population is moved elsewhere.
Humza Yousaf has accused Foreign Secretary David Lammy of racism for meeting with an Israeli minister as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, saying he must deem Arab lives of lower value.
From handing over the Chagos Islands to compensating Gerry Adams, Starmer's decisions owe more to human rights lawyers than sound politics. He needs to sack his chum Lord Hermer before he shipwrecks his Government.
Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end the war and release the hostages, saying he will continue promoting "peace through strength" throughout the region.
A damning new report has exposed how Gaza's Health Ministry inflated casualty figures by misclassifying victims and counting unrelated deaths, fuelling a false narrative that Israel is deliberately targeting civilians.
The BBC has been accused of "gross historical ignorance" after it said that Syria's Jews "want to believe they have a space now" following the collapse of Assad's Government at the hands of an Islamist insurgency.
In a profoundly moving piece, the Telegraph's Allison Pearson recounts the desperate fight of Mandy Damari to free her daughter from Hamas, grappling with the failures of global diplomacy and the horror of living in limbo.
The ICC's politically charged arrest warrants for Israeli leaders betray its mandate, undermine international justice and embolden terrorists worldwide, says Natasha Hausdorff in the Telegraph.
The arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant should be the last the International Criminal Court issues, says Stephen Daisley. The ICC must fall.
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