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A photo of a roadblock Israeli settlers installed on the main road between Sebastia, a Palestinian village south of Nablus, and Route 60, which connects the city to the central and southern West Bank, seen on March 7, 2026, overlaid with the headline, "With World’s Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank."

After the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war on Iran, Israeli forces have imposed a near-total closure of municipal centers in the West Bank, shutting gates and restricting crossings without warning or perceptible logic. theintercept.com/2026/03/10/i...

Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran A U.S. military “targeting error” triggered the killing of at least 175 at a school in Iran, the highest civilian death toll in Trump’s war.

Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.

Less than a quarter of Americans support the US-Israeli war in Iran, but legacy Jewish establishment groups like the ADL, AIPAC, and the Jewish Federations are throwing their weight behind this unpopular war, and they’re falsely claiming to speak in the name of all American Jews while doing so.

Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation… NOTE: this essay is a 15 minute read. If it’s listed as longer than that, it’s because it contains a list of over 100 references at the…

...time to tap the sign again: "Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental: A Timeline and Compilation of Studies" (no-paywall essay with over 100 research studies & reviews):
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK.

Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not having a plan to demine Hormuz is a ‘no winter clothes to invade Russia’ level planning error

I mean, destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program would be a pretty dumb goal, because there is zero evidence that one exists, but still...

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

These Are the True Things | Naghmeh Sohrabi | Substack I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy. Click to read These Are the True Things, by N...

For those wanting to know more about Iran and voices from inside the country (rather than the fash-y monarchists outside), Naghmeh Sohrabi has been translating pieces from folks inside on her blog:

truethings.naghmehs.com

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

This report makes a compelling case: that cutting carbon emissions makes sense for our economy, as well as for the safety of our climate.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scottish Day workers dayschool for Palestine Saturday April 11 Augustine Church Edinburgh

Workers Day School for Palestine
🗓️ Saturday 11th April
📍 Augustine Church, Edinburgh

This day school is for workers and activists who are interested in workplace and union organising for Palestine.
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That's one way to design a review to reach the conclusion you've already reached. Exclude all the evidence in advance

18 Dems just voted *today* for Trump’s agenda. Does it make sense yet why they’re so unpopular?

Today I asked ministers to deny* that the number of jury acquittals in protest cases was a factor in the Government’s dangerous attack on jury trials.

*They did not do this

Trump just rolled out a cruel anti-trans prison policy doctors are calling ‘dangerous’ A new Bureau of Prisons move requiring that transgender inmates be tapered off their hormones could bring serious health consequences, physicians and advocates warn.

NEWS: The Trump administration is forcing transgender inmates to detransition by implementing a new policy that would withhold their medical treatment in a way that puts clinicians in conflict with ethics and patients in danger.

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

A photo of Palestinians walking through roads surrounded by rubble and collapsed buildings in Al-Zahra, northwest of Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 19, 2025, overlaid with the headline, "Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere." and the DEK, "Israeli bombing left cars in Gaza immobile and roads impassable. The assault on Iran has only spiked prices and worsened conditions."

While the world turns its attention to Iran, daily life in Gaza has not returned to pre-genocide conditions. theintercept.com/2026/03/09/i...

Map of the gaza strip showing half a dozen airstrikes

Just because Israel is bombing Lebanon and Iran at the same time doesn't mean that it will let up on Gaza.
These are the strikes of the last 24hrs (9th & 10th March)

UK-made RTX Tomahawk missiles were likely used by the US to bomb a girls' primary school in Iran.

The UK arms industry is deeply entwined with the US.

It is time for the UK to stop fuelling this US-led war machine, and disentangle itself from it.

Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

On 28th February, the United States bombed Shajareh Tayyebeh school in southern Iran and killed at least 180 people - mostly children.

It is likely they used Tomahawk missiles to bomb three times.

Components of the Tomahawk missile are made in Raytheon's factory in Glenrothes, Scotland.

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.

It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

"There's a genocide happening in this island because it is being taken over by dffiferent people that are not indigenous to this land"

"I would love to know where you are planning to go when they really turn on us. Because it has happened before + will happen again"

Thomas Corbett-Dillon, GB News

A reminder that when Christian Zionists and Christian Nationalists in the West talk about Christians, they are not talking about the Christians of the same holy land that Jesus himself came from. They don't give a shit about us.

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

Black rain: the health and environmental risks from Tehran’s oil fires - CEOBS Attacks on Tehran's oil facilities have exposed millions to harm, we explore the attacks and unpack their health and environmental risks.

Israeli attacks on four oil facilities in #Tehran this weekend have exposed millions of Iranians to harm.

In this post we explore the attacks and unpack their health and environmental consequences: ceobs.org/black-rain-t... 1/3 #IranIsreal #Iran #IntLaw

Global arms flows jump nearly 10 per cent as European demand soars The volume of major arms transferred between states increased by 9.2 per cent between 2016–20 and 2021–25. States in Europe more than trebled their arms imports, making it the biggest recipient region...

📣New SIPRI data on global #ArmsTransfers out now: Global arms flows jump nearly 10% as European demand soars.

Read the press release ➡️ bit.ly/4laXOnH

#ArmsTransfers #GlobalArmsTrade #ArmsData #SIPRIData #Peace

The five largest exporters of major arms in 2021–25 were 🇺🇸USA, 🇫🇷France, 🇷🇺Russia, 🇩🇪Germany and 🇨🇳China.

The five largest recipients of major arms in 2021–25 were 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇮🇳India, 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia, 🇶🇦Qatar and 🇵🇰Pakistan.

Read the fact sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/OSM...