Shona Murray

@shonamurray.bsky.social

Europe Correspondent Euronews. Based in Brussels. Edward R. Murrow alum. Euronews.com

This 40 second clip encapsulates perfectly the genocidal logic at the heart of political Zionism. The settler militias are no aberration, they are Israel’s state ideology stripped of the pretense of wanting to be liked and accepted by the West.

Temperamentally pro-Israel liberals have to grapple with the fact that they, not pro-Palestine people, have held the reins of government in the US, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, etcetera for decades and decades and they did absolutely nothing to bring about "two-states".

I’m glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza. But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gaza—including 20K+ kids—is Iranian fake news. It’s not the students and young people who are fooled. It’s Van Jones.

Israeli soldiers were filmed throwing belongings from Palestinian homes in Qusra, where settlers have besieged several houses for more than a week. Israeli settlers have operated alongside Israeli forces during raids on Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.

Today, 87 years ago, the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, wherein both dictatorships divided Eastern Europe. A pact that still has ramifications all over Europe to this day.

Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking hand in Moscow, August 1939.A victory arch with the swastika and hammer and sickle, erected for the German-Soviet victory parade in Brest-Litowsk, September 22nd, 1939.
German and Soviet officers saluting the swastika flag during the German-Soviet victory parade in Brest-Litowsk, September 22nd, 1939.

A must-read: “The main sponsor emblazoned across my jersey is Standard Chartered, the insurance company. Its chief executive Bill Winters recently referred to 8,000 workers set to lose their jobs to AI as “lower-value human capital”. www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Why I have decided to quit supporting Liverpool after 50 years

Jeff Bezos’s links to Israel and his gutting of the Washington Post should be a wake-up call to all fans

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For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame.

Diarrhea in the lettuce, glass in the popsicles, E. Coli in the berries, screw worms in the beef, salmonella in the chicken & eggs, listeria in everything else. Man I love deregulation. Libertarianism is such a great philosophy.

Politicians in Germany and elsewhere were outraged by Ben Gvir demanding the killing of 30-40 people per day in Gaza. But Israel actually really killing Palestinians in Gaza on a daily basis (even if not on that scale) doesn't cause any outrage whatsoever www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260818-isr...

Israeli drone strike on crowded Gaza cafe kills 6 Palestinians, eyewitnesses say

Six Palestinians were killed, including a child, and over 12 others were injured Tuesday by an Israeli drone strike that targeted a crowded cafe in the port of Gaza City, Anadolu reports. In the im…

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A Russian jet-powered “Shahed” drone has reached western Ukraine for the first time, flying roughly 900 km (560 miles) from occupied Crimea. Ukrainian monitors say its route was deliberately designed to evade air defenses. www.kyivpost.com/post/82616

Russia’s ‘Shahed’ Drone Flies 560 Miles, Reaching Western Ukraine for the First Time

Air defense monitors say the drone’s record range exposes gaps in Ukraine’s anti-aircraft coverage across western regions.

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