Drop Site @DropSiteNews 🇪🇸 Spain condemns U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran, denounces Iranian attacks on Gulf states, blocks U.S. base use Spain has rejected the joint U.S.–Israeli military operation against Iran, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez calling it a “unilateral” and “dangerous escalation” that violates international law and the UN Charter. At the same time, Sánchez condemned Iran’s strikes on Gulf countries, saying Spain “condemns in the strongest terms all illegal and indiscriminate attacks” against Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Oman and Cyprus. He urged an end to the “spiral of violence” and a return to diplomacy. Madrid has refused to allow the U.S. to use the jointly operated bases at Rota and Morón for strikes on Iran. Reports say at least 15 U.S. aircraft, including refueling tankers, have since relocated to other European bases. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares also described Iran’s retaliatory attacks as “absolutely unjustified” while reiterating Spain’s call for de-escalation. Still, Spain remains the only major EU country to explicitly criticize the U.S.–Israeli operation. The position follows a 2025 arms embargo on Israel and bans on weapons transit through Spanish airspace and ports.

Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon Translated from Spanish We reject the unilateral military action by the United States and Israel, which represents an escalation and contributes to a more uncertain and hostile international order. We likewise reject the actions of the Iranian regime and the Revolutionary Guard. We cannot afford another prolonged and devastating war in the Middle East. We demand immediate de-escalation and full respect for international law. It is time to resume dialogue and achieve a lasting political solution for the region.

🇪🇸 Spain condemns US–Israeli strikes on Iran, denounces Iranian attacks on Gulf states, blocks US base use

Spain has rejected the joint US–Israeli military operation against Iran, w/ PM Pedro Sánchez calling it a “unilateral” & “dangerous escalation” that violates internat'l law & the UN Charter...

This is an embarrassing statement that is disrespectful to Canadians.

Or that Trump is/was a Russian asset. Or that Epstein was an Israeli asset. American intelligence needs to catch up to public intelligence.

This photo captures Rohit at a rare moment, when he is not surfing his phone during important meeting proceedings.

This is really good news.

How do you know with such confidence that this has nothing to do with America? This is what the CIA does and the timing is too perfect.

Americans have messed around with the global south for a very long time, and I hope this teaches us to empathize with the global south when its people show anger or frustration at Americans. Historically we have dismissed the south as people who just don't share the same liberal democratic values.

shameful day to be canadian

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation

It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant.

It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from:

Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation.

All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Wow. Right on.

Fair enough.

Do you mean our historic partnership with the United States was more of a principled alliance and not realpolitik?

Read my statement on IDF soldiers platformed at Canadian universities here: www.heathermcpherson.ca/statement_on...

oh this is cool and unexpected

There it is: this was never about the hostages.

@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social we need a proper ARMS EMBARGO and SANCTIONS on Israel NOW.

Stop aiding and abetting the breaking of International Law.

#ArmsEmbargoNow #FreePalestine

canadian media would never have this courage

Dear President Obama, I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza." Palestinians have families, too. This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide. I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world. Love, Ms Rachel

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Sooo disappointed in Bob Rae and Canada.

Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills | Globalnews.ca Ontario's education minister is facing scrutiny of his expenses, after his office declined to release details of the money he has spent on restaurant meals.

If the education minister is so angry about milkshake expenses, then just wait until he hears about the $6 billion his government took out of our schools.

globalnews.ca/news/1145119...

#onted #onpoli

People signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the UN

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right.

Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

Statement by President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, at the General Debate of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 24 September 2025 - Presidentti Check against delivery Madam President, Mr Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, In its simplest form, foreign policy is based on three pillars: values, interests, and power. I come f...

"No single state should have veto power. And, if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter, its voting rights should be suspended." Finnish President Alexander Stubb nails it, at #UNGA80 www.presidentti.fi/en/statement...

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

2025 is jarring as shit. Spend a chunk of time interviewing people being exterminated. Then grocery shopping. Absorb news (mostly just bodies and fascists at this point) and watch the PM and 95% of journos lie about it. Then school pick-up and small-talk about bullshit. W.T.A.F

Same here... Kids, family, work, small talk... FUCKING ECOCIDE!... Sport, concerts, meetings, coffee... FUCKING GENOCIDE! Garden and sleep... FUCKING FASCISM!

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

How many commissions, committees, experts, academics & human rights groups?
How many voices from the ground in Gaza?
How many - all naming, decrying & condemning genocide - will it take?

Hannah Einbinder at the Emmys backstage:

"It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

Honest Government Ad | Global Sumud Flotilla YouTube video by thejuicemedia

The gist of the Israeli take on the Global Sumud Flotilla. (They can bomb, they can kill, they can lie through their teeth, they can deny genocide till they are blue in the mouth. BUT, they cannot counter the power of well-targeted humour) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoA...

Someone has noted that ‘enigma’ is an anagram for ‘gamine’, suggesting that underaged women were at the core of their ’secret’.

Gaza is Being Erased. We Cannot Look Away. Bearing Witness, Building Solidarity

We are directly, immediately, tangibly helping families in #Gaza survive -- sending funds so they can buy food, shelter and transportation away from lethal Israeli attacks.
Please, please join us: www.connectinggaza.org open.substack.com/pub/connecti...

Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.