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Charles Arthur

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Navi Pillay dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to 'survivors of international crimes' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/navi-pillay-dedicates-nobel-peace-prize-survivors-international-crimes

Navi Pillay dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to 'survivors of international crimes'

<article data-history-node-id="449063" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/navi-pillay-dedicates-nobel-peace-prize-survivors-international-crimes" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/navi-pillay-dedicates-nobel-peace-prize-survivors-international-crimes" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Navi Pillay dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to 'survivors of international crimes'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>South African jurist Navi Pillay, who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2026, dedicated the prize to “survivors of international crimes".&nbsp;</p> <p>The remarks were made at a press conference in Nuremberg, Germany, where Nazi leaders were prosecuted after World War II.</p> <p>“Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes,” said 85-year-old Navi Pillay.</p> <p>She previously headed the tribunal that prosecuted those responsible for the 1994 Rwanda genocide and led a United Nations commission of inquiry that accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.</p> <p>Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay. The ministry stated that the prize was a “grotesque weaponization of the prize to fuel antisemitism and bigotry.”</p> <p>In a declaration, the Israeli Foreign Ministry accused her of fueling the “officially sanctioned demonization of Israel” and “pushing the grotesque lie of genocide.”</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay’s commitment to universal legal principles and her firm moral compass are constants in a long career. Born into a family of Indian Tamil origin under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillay became a lawyer and legal pioneer, confronting deep structural discrimination, segregation and exclusion. A common thread runs from her early work defending Nelson Mandela and others who stood up against apartheid to her service as a judge in some of the key international court cases of our time. This year’s laureate has significantly enlarged the scope and impact of international law. She has served as a judge on the High Court in South Africa, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, until recently, she chaired the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today Navi Pillay is a judge on the International Court of Justice in the case where Myanmar stands accused of genocide. In historic international court cases, she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence. Navi Pillay has also contributed to strengthen the institutions of international law. Her independence, expertise and steadfastness have made her one of the most respected international jurists of our time. Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize: https://t.co/JMjpp1jPKc #NobelPeacePrize #NobelPrize</p> — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) <a href="https://x.com/NobelPrize/status/2108483271113723984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

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paulusthewoodgnome@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 3d ago

Billionaire press... 'When the Sunday Times broke the news that David Reuben, one of the richest men in the UK, had fled to Monaco, Labour’s tax regime was blamed. However, research by TaxWatch has found that Reuben has been a tax resident in Monaco since 2014.' www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...

‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left

TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 5d ago

Jewish, 94, and arrested for supporting Palestine Action: Margaret Owen on Ed Miliband and the right to protest - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jewish-arrested-supporting-palestine-action-margaret-owen-ed-miliband-right-protest

Jewish, 94, and arrested for supporting Palestine Action: Margaret Owen on Ed Miliband and the right to protest

Owen OBE, a friend of Miliband's late mother, was arrested at a vigil calling on Burnham's government to lift the ban on Palestine Action outside the party conference

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Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · last wk.

Just finished @sarahpinsker.bsky.social's collection "Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea" and loved every bit of it, especially the final story, which was published earlier in Uncanny: "And Then There Were (N-1)." SO GOOD: www.uncannymagazine.com/article/and-...

And Then There Were (N-One) - Uncanny Magazine

I considered declining the invitation. It was too weird, too expensive, too far, too dangerous, too weird. Way too weird. An invitation like that would never come again. I’d regret it if I didn’t go. ...

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Charles Arthur@charlesrarthur.bsky.social · 6d ago

Barry Malone @malonebarry Some things the British media and political class have reacted hysterically to during Israel's genocide: - The Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban - Bob Vylan - Gary Lineker - The Green Party motion Something they have not reacted hysterically to: - The genocide

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · last wk.

Six-year-old killed by Israeli attacks in central Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/six-year-old-killed-israeli-attacks-central-gaza

Six-year-old killed by Israeli attacks in central Gaza

<article data-history-node-id="448790" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/six-year-old-killed-israeli-attacks-central-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/six-year-old-killed-israeli-attacks-central-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Six-year-old killed by Israeli attacks in central Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A six-year-old Palestinian girl has succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack in central Gaza's Deir el-Balah, Wafa reports, citing medical sources.</p> <p>According to the sources,&nbsp;Suha Mohammed Nasser was shot by Israeli forces while sheltering with her family in a tent in Wadi al-Salqa, south of Deir al-Balah.</p> <p>In a separate attack,&nbsp;Saqr al-Qaisi was killed when an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the city's&nbsp;al-Hawouz area.</p> <p>Meanwhile, in southern Gaza, Israeli shelling continues to pound Khan Youni's&nbsp;Sheikh Nasser neighborhood.</p> <p>Al Jazeera reports that in Gaza City, several people have been wounded in an Israeli drone strike near Abbad al-Rahman School in al-Saftawi in the city's north, while another person was shot in the Tuffah neighbourhood. The Israeli military also conducted demolitions in the city's east.</p> <p>Israeli military vehicles also opened fire east&nbsp;al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis, and north of Beit Lahiya.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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