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Scottish flotilla activist 70 year old Margaret Pancetta has been hospitalized after release from Israeli detention for having denied her access to her inhalers, a fractured leg, dehydration and multiple infections.

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Leaked emails show that David Ellison (son of the world’s second-richest man and US military contractor, Larry Ellison) co-ordinated with the Israeli military on plans to promote Israel and shut down the BDS movement and criticism of the Apartheid State.

Ellison recently purchased Paramount and CBS News, and has installed self-described “Zionist fanatic” Bari Weiss as CBS’ editor-in-chief.

For more on this story, read the new report from Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal: thegrayzone.com/2025/10/06/cbs-owner-israeli-gener…

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The Trump administration has unilaterally pulled out of negotiations with the government of Venezuela, according to the New York Times.

Trump’s team are angry that Nicolás Maduro has not followed their command to resign his presidency, and that Venezuela refuses to pretend they play a major role in the international drug trade.

Trump has long stated that it would be “cool” to invade Venezuela, as it is “really part of the United States.”

For a deep dive into Venezuela and the US drug war, read the MintPress investigation: “From WMDs to “Narco-States”: How the US Sells Wars the Intelligence Doesn’t Support.”

www.mintpressnews.com/us-venezuela-drug-war-claims…

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Venezuelan authorities have foiled an attempt by “extremist sectors of the local Venezuelan right” to blow up the US Embassy in Caracas, President Nicolas Maduro announced yesterday evening.

Venezuela’s pro-US far-right is very powerful, and has openly called for a US invasion of the country, that, they hope, would bring them to power.

The goal of the embassy bombing was to blame the government, and provide a justification for an all-out American invasion of the country.

For more on Trump’s plans for Venezuela, read the MintPress investigation “From WMDs to “Narco-States”: How the US Sells Wars the Intelligence Doesn’t Support.”

www.mintpressnews.com/us-venezuela-drug-war-claims…

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Activists from Palestine Action NL defaced Amsterdam’s Royal Palace with red paint and anti-Israel slogans early Tuesday, accusing Dutch authorities of hypocrisy for banning a Palestinian commemoration while permitting an Israeli one on Dam Square.

The group said it targeted the palace as a symbol of “the centuries-long history of Dutch colonialism,” explaining that the red paint represented “the blood that the Dutch state has on its hands.”

The act took place on the second anniversary of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, as they continue to obstruct the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

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Democratic New York Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has once again gone out of his way to distance himself from the far-left by attacking Cuba and Venezuela. “I want to be clear about my position. I believe both Nicolás Maduro and Miguel Díaz-Canel are dictators.

Their administration have stifled free and fair elections, imprisoned political opponents, and suppressed a free and fair press,” Mamdani stated.

Venezuela and Cuba are the two primary targets of American imperial ambitions in Latin America, with the Trump administration directly stating their intentions of regime change in those countries.

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The US government has sent nearly a quarter-billion dollars in weapons and other aid to the Lebanese military for the purposes of aiding them to disarm and dismantle Hezbollah.

The Trump administration is pushing the Lebanese government hard to enact their plan to eradicate the armed resistance group.

Few believe Hezbollah will give up their arms, setting the stage for a Western-backed bloodbath in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Army has been largely absent in resisting Israel, while Hezbollah has provided the lion’s share of the resistance to the Israeli bombings and invasion of Southern Lebanon.

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MintPress podcaster and veteran Greg Stoker has been released from Israeli detention today.

He released a video on his social media platforms that other humanitarian activists who joined the Sumud Flotilla are still being held by Israel, including other veterans and many of them are on hunger strike.

He describes having to sleep on the floor and not given access to food or medicine.

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Itamar Ben-Gvir referred to the activists captured from the flotilla as terrorists, expressing pride in their harsh imprisonment and mistreatment.

The National Security Minister went further, stating that he personally visited Ketziot Prison in the Negev Desert to ensure the detainees “receive no special treatment.”

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Conservatives Pledge To Create UK "Removals Force Based on ICE"

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced her party's intention to create a UK ICE-style force tackled with removing 150,000 people per year from the country.

Badenoch said the taskforce would be given more than $2 billion and “sweeping new powers” in order to achieve the goal.

This Americanization of UK politics continues, despite the Trump administration's immigration policy being deeply unpopular in the US.

A recent poll found that 43% of Americans strongly disapprove of Trump's heavy-handed approach, compared with only 27% who strongly approve.

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